What Happened In October 1972 In History

Historical Events for October, 1972

• 11th » USS Kitty Hawk riot or A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) or 'Kitty Hawk' off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
• 13th » An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62 Aeroflot Flight 217 or crashes outside Moscow killing 174.
• 13th » Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains, near the border between Argentina and Chile. By December 23, 1972, only 16 out of 45 people lived long enough to be rescued.
• 22nd » Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between United States known as Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.
• 23rd » Operation Linebacker, a US bombing campaign against North Vietnam in response to its Easter Offensive, ends after five months.
• 29th » The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615.
• 30th » A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago kills 45 and injures 332.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1972

• 1st » Ronen Altman Kaydar, Israeli author and poet
• 1st » Jean Paulo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer
• 1st » Leila Hatami, Iranian actress
• 1st » Esa Holopainen, Finnish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Amorphis)
• 2nd » Tara Dawn Holland, American model Miss America known as Miss America 1997
• 2nd » Aaron McKie, American basketball player and coach
• 3rd » Komla Dumor, Ghanaian-English journalist (d. 2014)
• 3rd » Kim Joo-hyuk, South Korean actor
• 3rd » Akis Katsoupakis, Greek musician, arranger and record producer
• 4th » Kurt Thomas (basketball) e.g Kurt Thomas, American basketball player
• 5th » Annely Akkermann, Estonian politician
• 5th » Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
• 5th » Grant Hill, American basketball player
• 5th » Thomas Roberts (television journalist) e.g Thomas Roberts, American journalist
• 6th » Daniel Cavanagh, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anathema (band) or Anathema)
• 6th » Anders Iwers, Swedish bass player (Tiamat (band) named Tiamat, Cemetary (band) or Cemetary, and Ceremonial Oath)
• 6th » Mark Schwarzer, Australian footballer
• 6th » Ryu Si-won, South Korean actor and singer
• 6th » Ko So-young, South Korean actress
• 7th » Loek van Wely, Dutch chess player
• 7th » Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Terry Balsamo, American guitarist (Cold (band) called Cold, Limp Bizkit, and Evanescence)
• 8th » Kim Myung-min, South Korean actor
• 8th » Stanislav Varga, Slovak footballer and manager
• 9th » Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actress
• 10th » Jun Lana, Filipino director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter
• 10th » Dean Roland, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Collective Soul and Magnets and Ghosts)
• 10th » Alexei Zhitnik, Ukrainian-Russian ice hockey player
• 11th » Claudia Black, Australian actress
• 12th » Neriah Davis, American model and actress
• 12th » Juan Manuel Silva, Argentinian race car driver
• 12th » Tom Van Mol, Belgian footballer
• 13th » Summer Sanders, American swimmer and sportscaster
• 14th » Erika de Lone, American tennis player
• 15th » Karla Álvarez, Mexican actress (d. 2013)
• 15th » Fred Hoiberg, American basketball player and coach
• 15th » Matt Keeslar, American actor
• 15th » Sandra Kim, Belgian singer
• 16th » Adrianne Frost, American comedian, actress, and author
• 16th » Darius Kasparaitis, Lithuanian-Russian ice hockey player and coach
• 16th » Tomas Lindberg, Swedish singer-songwriter (At the Gates, Lock Up (UK band) Lock Up, Disfear, The Great Deceiver (band) The Great Deceiver, Grotesque (band) Grotesque, The Crown (band) The Crown, Skitsystem, and Liers in Wait)
• 16th » Kordell Stewart, American football player and radio host
• 17th » Eminem, American rapper, producer, and actor (D12, Outsidaz, and Bad Meets Evil)
• 17th » Musashi (kickboxer) known as Musashi, Japanese martial artist and kick-boxer
• 17th » Tarkan (singer) or Tarkan, German-Turkish singer-songwriter and producer
• 17th » Sharon Leal, American actress and singer
• 17th » Joe McEwing, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 18th » Alex Tagliani, Canadian race car driver
• 19th » Pras, American rapper and producer (Fugees)
• 19th » Keith Foulke, American baseball player
• 20th » Pie Geelen, Dutch swimmer
• 20th » Will Greenwood, English rugby player and sportscaster
• 20th » Brian Schatz, American politician, 11th Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii
• 21st » Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
• 21st » Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Fiery Furnaces)
• 21st » Masakazu Morita, Japanese voice actor
• 21st » Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian academic and scholar
• 22nd » Saffron Burrows, English actress
• 23rd » Tiffeny Milbrett, American soccer player
• 23rd » Bryan Pratt, American lawyer and politician
• 23rd » Jasmin St. Claire, Virgin Islander porn actress
• 23rd » Jimmy Wayne, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 24th » Raelee Hill, Australian actress
• 24th » Kim Ji-soo (actress) called Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress
• 24th » Scott Peterson, American murderer
• 24th » Pat Williams (American football) e.g Pat Williams, American football player
• 25th » Jonathan Torrens, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 26th » Daniel Elena, Monegasque race car driver
• 26th » Riaz (actor) known as Riaz, Bangladesh called Bangladeshi popular film actor
• 27th » Elissa (singer) known as Elissa, Lebanese singer
• 27th » Lee Clark (footballer) or Lee Clark, English footballer and manager
• 27th » Evan Coyne Maloney, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Maria Mutola, Mozambican runner
• 27th » Brad Radke, American baseball player
• 28th » Terrell Davis, American football player and sportscaster
• 28th » Brad Paisley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 29th » Takafumi Horie, Japanese businessman, founded Livedoor
• 29th » Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress and producer
• 29th » Gabrielle Union, American actress
• 31st » Shaun Bartlett, South African footballer and manager
• 31st » Matt Dawson, English rugby player
• 31st » Grigoris Georgatos, Greek footballer

Famous Deaths for October 1972

• 1st » Louis Leakey, Kenyan-English archaeologist and paleontologist (b. 1903)
• 9th » Miriam Hopkins, American actress and singer (b. 1902)
• 12th » Robert Le Vigan, French actor (b. 1900)
• 17th » Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1914)
• 17th » George, Crown Prince of Serbia (b. 1887)
• 17th » Billy Williams (singer) known as Billy Williams, American singer (The Charioteers) (b. 1910)
• 20th » Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
• 24th » Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1919)
• 24th » Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)
• 24th » Ernesto Segura, 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops (b. 1914)
• 26th » Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aircraft designer, founded Sikorsky Aircraft (b. 1889)
• 31st » Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)
• 31st » Marcia Healy, American actress (b. 1904)

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