1972

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Centuries:	19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades:	1940s  1950s  1960s  - 1970s -  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years:	1969 1970 1971 - 1972 - 1973 1974 1975

1972 was a leap year in the 20th century.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Movies released 5 Hit Songs 6 New Books

[change] Events

• February 17 - U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China.
• May 15 - Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
• June 29 - The United States Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
• September 17 - The television comedy series M*A*S*H premires in the United States.
• Author and pen club president Heinrich Böll receives the nobel prize for literature.

[change] Births

• January 2 - Adam Elliot, Australian animator
• January 11 - Amanda Peet, American actress
• January 15 - Ben Affleck, American actor
• February 17 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer (Green Day)
• February 17 - Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (Judy and Mary)
• March 15 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (Blink 182)
• March 17 - Oksana Grishuk, Ukrainian figure skater
• March 23 - Jonas Björkman, Swedish tennis player
• April 17 - Jennifer Garner, American actress
• April 20 - Carmen Electra, American model
• May 4 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)

• June 23 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
• August 6 - Geri Halliwell, English singer (Spice Girls)
• August 25 - Rachael Ray, American talk show host and cook
• August 27 - Denise Lewis, English athlete
• August 27 - Dalip Singh Rana, Indian wrestler
• August 30 - Cameron Diaz, American actress
• September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
• October 17 - Eminem, American rapper
• December 9 - Tré Cool, American musician (Green Day)
• December 19 - Alyssa Milano, American actress
• December 28 - Pat Rafter, Australian tennis player
• Shmuel Yerushalmi, Israeli poet

[change] Deaths

• January 16 - Ross Bagdasarian, American pianist and actor (b. 1919)
• April 27 - Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana (b. 1909)
• May 5 - Martiros Saryan, Russian-Armenian painter (b. 1880)
• May 28 - HRH the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII King of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. [[]])

[change] Movies released

• Deliverance
• The Godfather

[change] Hit Songs

• "People Need Love" - ABBA
• "He Is Your Brother" - ABBA
• "Starman" - David Bowie
• "Take It Easy" - The Eagles
• "Jealous Guy" - John Lennon
• "All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople
• "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
• "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" - Paul Simon
• "Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
• "Duncan" - Paul Simon
• "America" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart
• "Ben"- Michael Jackson
• "Parle plus bas (Le Parrain)"- Dalida
• "Les choses de l'amour"- Dalida
• "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" - Mac Davis
• "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "American Pie" - Don McLean
• "Horse With No Name" - America
• "Ventura Highway" - America
• "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
• "Rocket Man" - Elton John
• "Layla" - Derek & the Dominoes
• "Rock & Roll Part 2" - Gary Glitter
• "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Jim Croce
• "The Candyman" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers
• "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)" - Curtis Mayfield
• "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Without You" - Harry Nilsson
• "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
• "Brand New Key" - Melanie
• "Signs" - The Drifters
• "My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry
• "Morning Has Broken" - Cat Stevens
• "I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash
• "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
• "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers
• "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
• "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" - Hollies
• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
• "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
• "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Nights in White Satin" - The Moody Blues
• "Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays
• "I'm Stone in Love With You" - The Stylistics
• "I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond
• "The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - Robert John
• "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin
• "Metal Guru" - T.Rex
• "Two Divided By Love" - The Grass Roots
• "Burning Love" - Elvis Presley
• "Joy" - Apollo 100

[change] New Books

• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson