1972

Jim Daniels

Does anybody know anything interesting that happened in 1972, or a link to a site with facts about that year (famous birthdays, deaths, events, news items, trivia etc) Its for a 30th birthday celebration.

Any ideas...?

Thanks
Jim

Irish_Ranger_IR

http://www.factmonster.com/year/1972.html


President Nixon makes unprecedented eight-day visit to Communist China and meets with Mao Zedong (Feb. 17).


Britain takes over direct rule of Northern Ireland in bid for peace (March 24).


Eleven Israeli athletes at Olympic Games in Munich are killed after eight members of an Arab terrorist group invades Olympic Village; five guerrillas and one policeman are also killed (Sept. 5).


Nixon orders "Christmas bombing" of North Vietnam (Dec.). Background: Vietnam War


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U.S. Events

U.S. Statistics

President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew
Population: 209,896,021
Life expectancy: 71.2 years
Violent Crime Rate (per 1,000): 39.6
Property Crime Rate (per 1,000): 35.6

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Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at Laurel, Md., political rally (May 15).


Five men are apprehended by police in attempt to bug Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C.'s Watergate complex—start of the Watergate scandal (June 17).


US Supreme Court rules that death penalty is unconstitutional (June 29).


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Economics


US GDP (1998 dollars): $1,237.30 billion
Federal spending: $230.68 billion
Federal debt: $435.9 billion
Median Household Income
(current dollars): $9,697
Consumer Price Index: 41.8
Unemployment: 5.9%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.08



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Sports

Sports Links

Pro Football Through the Years

Pro Basketball Through the Years

Pro Baseball Through the Years


Super Bowl
Dallas d. Miami (24-3)

World Series
Oakland A's d. Cincinnati (4-3)

NBA Championship
LA Lakers d. New York (4-1)

Stanley Cup
Boston d. NY Rangers (4-2)

Wimbledon
Women: Billie Jean King d. E. Goolagong (6-3 6-3)
Men: Stan Smith d. I. Nastase (4-6 6-3 6-3 4-6 7-5)

Kentucky Derby Champion
Riva Ridge

NCAA Basketball Championship
UCLA d. Florida St. (81-76)

NCAA Football Champions
USC (12-0-0)

1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Winter Olympics


Entertainment

Entertainment Awards


Pulitzer Prizes
Fiction: Angle of Repose, Wallace Stegner
Music: Windows, Jacob Druckman


Oscars awarded in 1972
Academy Award, Best Picture: The French Connection, Philip D'Antoni, producer (Twentieth Century-Fox)

Nobel Prize for Literature: Heinrich Böll (Germany)

1972 Emmy Awards

1972 Tony Awards

Grammys awarded in 1972
Record of the Year: "It's Too Late," Carole King
Album of the Year: Tapestry, Carole King (Ode)
Song of the Year: "You've Got a Friend," Carole King, songwriter

Miss America: Laurie Lea Schaefer (OH)

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Events

Time Inc. transmits HBO, the first pay cable network.


Women dominate the 1971 Grammy Awards, taking all four top categories. Carole King won Record, Album and Song of the Year, while Carly Simon takes the Best New Artist award.


The National Institute of Mental Health and the surgeon general issue a report that claims exposure to violence on television fosters aggression in children.


Gloria Steinem's Ms magazine debuts.


M*A*S*H premieres on CBS.


Atari introduces the arcade version of Pong, the first video game. The home version comes out in 1974.


Movies

The Godfather, Deliverance, Cabaret, Sleuth, The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie


Books

John Ashberry, Three Poems


John Gardner, The Sunlight Dialogues


Maxine Kumin, Up Country


James Merrill, Braving the Elements


Eudora Welty, The Optimist's Daughter




Science
Nobel Prizes in Science


Chemistry: Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Stanford Moore, and William Howard Stein (all US), for pioneering studies in enzymes

Physics: John Bardeen, Leon N. Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer (all US), for theory of superconductivity, where electrical resistance in certain metals vanishes above absolute zero temperature

Physiology or Medicine: Gerald M. Edelman (US), and Rodney R. Porter (UK), for research on the chemical structure and nature of antibodies

CAT (Computerized Axial Tomography) scanning is developed in England.


The compact disk is developed by RCA (US).


The antidepressant Prozac (fluoxetine) is developed by Bryan B. Malloy (Scotland) and Klaus K. Schmiegel (US). Background: Health & Nutrition


The video disk is introduced by Philips Company (Netherlands).


Electronic mail is introduced. Queen Elizabeth will send her first email in 1976. Background: Computers and Internet


Apollo XVII, the last manned moon landing to date, returns to Earth with 250 pounds of lunar samples. Background: US Staffed Space Flights

Jim Daniels

Nice one!!

Thanks for that!!