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Died : | 04/07/1972 | "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
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Died : | 04/07/1972 | Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
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Died : | 04/04/1972 | Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
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Died : | 01/10/1972 | Al Goodman, orch leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
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Died : | 10/30/1972 | Alan Roth, orch leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
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Died : | 12/23/1972 | Andrej N Tupolev, Russian aircraft builder, dies
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Died : | 12/01/1972 | Antonio Segni, Italian lawyer/minister/premier/president, dies at 81
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Died : | 08/09/1972 | Bill Berns, commentator (Television Screen Magazine), dies at 53
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Died : | 03/02/1972 | Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
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Died : | 01/31/1972 | Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
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Died : | 07/24/1972 | Bobby Ramirez, drummer (White Trash), killed at 23 in bar brawl
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Died : | 07/06/1972 | Brandon De Wilde, actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash
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Died : | 08/02/1972 | Brian Cole, rocker with the Association, dies of heroin OD at 28
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Died : | 04/05/1972 | Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73
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Died : | 05/03/1972 | Bruce Cabot, actor (Diamonds are Forever), dies at 68
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Died : | 04/12/1972 | C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
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Died : | 09/23/1972 | Carl Frank, actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63
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Died : | 12/23/1972 | Charles Atlas, body builder dies at 79
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Died : | 09/26/1972 | Charles Correll, actor (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82
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Died : | 06/13/1972 | Clyde McPhatter, singer of the drifters, dies of a heart attack
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Died : | 10/04/1972 | Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
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Died : | 01/28/1972 | Cut Wagemaker, [Adrian B], statue artist, dies
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Died : | 01/16/1972 | David Seville, [Ross Bagdasarian] (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
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Died : | 06/12/1972 | Edmund Wilson, US writer (To the Finland station), dies
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Died : | 05/28/1972 | Edward VIII, King of Gr Brit/N Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies
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Died : | 06/23/1972 | Elton Britt, country singer (Sat Night Jamboree), dies at 54
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Died : | 11/01/1972 | Ezra Pound, US poet (Throne), dies at 87
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Died : | 04/03/1972 | Ferde Grof‚, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
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Died : | 08/05/1972 | Frederic Tozere, actor (Mr Phillips-Stanley), dies at 71
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Died : | 01/14/1972 | Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKWG], king of Denmark (1947-72)
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Died : | 03/11/1972 | Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
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Died : | 03/30/1972 | Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
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Died : | 05/24/1972 | Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64
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Died : | 01/10/1972 | Georg Rendl, Austria miner/beekeeper/writer (Satan auf Erde), dies
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Died : | 12/08/1972 | George Collins, (Rep-Ill), dies at 47, in airplane crash
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Died : | 04/25/1972 | George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
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Died : | 08/13/1972 | George Wiess, General Manager (NY Yankees), dies at 78
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Died : | 04/30/1972 | Gia Scala, actress, dies at 38
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Died : | 04/02/1972 | Gil Hodges, NY Mets manager, dies at 57
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Died : | 12/20/1972 | Gnter Eich, German literary (Botschaften des Regens), dies at 75
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Died : | 10/20/1972 | Harlow Shapley, astronomer (discovered Sun's position in galaxy), dies
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Died : | 03/16/1972 | Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
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Died : | 12/26/1972 | Harry Truman, 33rd US Pres (1945-53) dies at 88 in Kansas City, Mo
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Died : | 07/28/1972 | Heal Traubel, US singer (Sieglinde in Walkre, Nightclubs), dies
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Died : | 12/15/1972 | Herbert Eimert, German composer (Glockenspiel), dies
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Died : | 12/21/1972 | Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70
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Died : | 01/31/1972 | Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
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Died : | 06/20/1972 | Howard Johnson, US restaurant/hotel founder, dies at 75
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Died : | 10/26/1972 | Igor Sikorsky, Russian/US helicopter builder, dies at 83
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Died : | 05/02/1972 | J Edgar Hoover, head of FBI (1924-72)/cross dresser, dies at 77
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Died : | 10/24/1972 | Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53
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Died : | 03/20/1972 | Jan Engelman, poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
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Died : | 01/01/1972 | Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
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Died : | 02/15/1972 | Jef [Josephus CF] Last, poet/Indonesian politician, dies
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Died : | 01/24/1972 | Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
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Died : | 07/21/1972 | Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan, dies
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Died : | 04/04/1972 | John AHJS Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal)
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Died : | 01/07/1972 | John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
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Died : | 02/11/1972 | John Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
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Died : | 08/07/1972 | Joi Lansing, actress (Bob Cummings Show), dies at 44 of cancer
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Died : | 07/02/1972 | Joseph F Smith Jr, leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95
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Died : | 12/02/1972 | Jos‚ Lim¢n, Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
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Died : | 08/14/1972 | Jules Romains, French novelist (Death of Nobody), dies at 86
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Died : | 01/01/1972 | Kenneth Patchen, US poet/writer (Cloth of Tempest), dies at 60
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Died : | 10/22/1972 | Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies
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Died : | 04/27/1972 | Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62
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Died : | 08/29/1972 | Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies
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Died : | 10/16/1972 | Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
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Died : | 12/27/1972 | Lester B Pearson (L), 14th Canadian PM (Nobel 1956), dies
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Died : | 10/27/1972 | Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
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Died : | 10/01/1972 | Louis Leakey, anthropologist, dies at 68
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Died : | 01/27/1972 | Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer, dies at 60
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Died : | 05/22/1972 | Margaret Rutherford, English actress (Murder Ahoy, VIP's), dies
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Died : | 02/05/1972 | Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
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Died : | 11/23/1972 | Marie Wilson, actress (My Friend Irma), dies at 56
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Died : | 03/20/1972 | Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
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Died : | 01/01/1972 | Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies
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Died : | 08/11/1972 | Max Theiler, S African/Eng/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies
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Died : | 10/25/1972 | Norman Norell [Levinson], US fashion designer, dies at 72
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Died : | 08/14/1972 | Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65
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Died : | 04/15/1972 | Otto Brenner, German union leader, dies
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Died : | 01/12/1972 | Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies
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Died : | 08/02/1972 | Paul Goodman, US social critic/writer, dies at 60
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Died : | 03/30/1972 | Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
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Died : | 05/05/1972 | Rev Gary Davis, musician, dies
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Died : | 12/31/1972 | Roberto Clemente, Pitts Pirate slugger, dies in a plane crash at 38
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Died : | 01/17/1972 | Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 56
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Died : | 09/27/1972 | Rory Storm, lead singer of Rory Storm & Hurricane, commits suicide
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Died : | 11/12/1972 | Rudolf Friml, Czech/US composer (Bohemian suite), dies
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Died : | 06/12/1972 | Saul David Alinsky, radical writer (John L Lewis), dies at 63
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Died : | 01/09/1972 | Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
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Died : | 11/06/1972 | Tod Andrews, actor (Gray Ghost, Counterthrust), dies at 52
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Died : | 02/26/1972 | Tom Manders, cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 51
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Died : | 02/28/1972 | Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
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Died : | 02/22/1972 | Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
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Died : | 05/20/1972 | Walter Winchell, columnist/narrator (Untouchables), dies at 75
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Died : | 09/12/1972 | William Boyd, cowboy (Hopalong Cassidy), dies at 77
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Special : | 04/30/1972 | "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
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Special : | 08/11/1972 | "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
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Special : | 12/02/1972 | "December Giant" largest sinkhole in US collapses (Alabama)
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Special : | 01/22/1972 | "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premiers on NBC TV
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Special : | 06/05/1972 | "If You Had Wings" opens
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Special : | 09/17/1972 | "M*A*S*H," premiers on TV
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Special : | 01/14/1972 | "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premiers on NBC TV
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Special : | 09/14/1972 | "Waltons" TV program premiers
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Special : | 08/10/1972 | 1 million kg heavy meteorite grazes atmosphere above Canada
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Special : | 09/05/1972 | 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept
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Special : | 05/13/1972 | 115 die in nightclub atop 7-story Sennichi dept store (Osaka Japan)
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Special : | 02/03/1972 | 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
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Special : | 06/09/1972 | 14" of rain in 6 hrs burst Rapid City SD dam, drowns 200
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Special : | 12/23/1972 | 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism
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Special : | 07/17/1972 | 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
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Special : | 07/23/1972 | 1st Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS) is launched
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Special : | 02/16/1972 | 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
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Special : | 09/16/1972 | 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
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Special : | 03/08/1972 | 1st airship flown over Britain in 20 years (Europa)
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Special : | 06/09/1972 | 1st all-nite grad parties
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Special : | 08/01/1972 | 1st article exposing Wategate scandal (Bernstein-Woodward)
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Special : | 04/13/1972 | 1st baseball players' strike ends after 13 days
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Special : | 09/18/1972 | 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs San Diego)
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Special : | 03/10/1972 | 1st black US political convention opens (Gary Indiana)
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Special : | 06/03/1972 | 1st female US rabbi installed, Sally J Priesand at 25
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Special : | 03/08/1972 | 1st flight of the Goodyear blimp
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Special : | 09/27/1972 | 1st game at Nassau Coliseum, Rangers beat Islanders 6-4 (exhibition)
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Special : | 10/01/1972 | 1st games of World Hockey Association
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Special : | 08/21/1972 | 1st hot air balloon flight over Alps
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Special : | 06/30/1972 | 1st leap second day; also 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
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Special : | 02/01/1972 | 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
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Special : | 10/07/1972 | 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
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Special : | 02/20/1972 | 1st time Cleve Cavaliers beat NY Knicks (111-109)
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Special : | 10/17/1972 | 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins
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Special : | 07/09/1972 | 1st tour of Paul McCartney & Wings (France)
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Special : | 07/07/1972 | 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley & Joanne E Pierce)
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Special : | 04/16/1972 | 2 giants pandas arrive in US, from China
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Special : | 07/21/1972 | 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76 (Seville, Spain)
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Special : | 07/18/1972 | 200,000 attend Mt Pocono rock festival in Penns
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Special : | 10/06/1972 | 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
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Special : | 07/21/1972 | 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record)
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Special : | 07/22/1972 | 27.53 cm (10.84") of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
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Special : | 01/23/1972 | 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
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Special : | 05/30/1972 | 3 Jap PFL terrorists kills 24, wound 72 at Tel Aviv's Lod Intl airport
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Special : | 04/01/1972 | 30,000 attend Mar Y Sol rock concert, Vega Baja, Puerto Rico
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Special : | 04/02/1972 | 44th Academy Awards presented
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Special : | 10/30/1972 | 45 die in a train crash in Chicago Ill
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Special : | 10/12/1972 | 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
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Special : | 06/17/1972 | 5 arrested for burglarizing Democratic Party HQ at Watergate
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Special : | 04/10/1972 | 7.0 earthquake kills 1/5 of population of Iranian province of Fars
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Special : | 08/24/1972 | 8th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 2-1
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Special : | 12/02/1972 | A R Klemola discovers asteroid #1934 Jeffers
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Special : | 09/07/1972 | A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2202 Pele
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Special : | 03/18/1972 | AIAW 1st basketball champs, Immaculata beats West Chester State 52-48
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Special : | 10/02/1972 | Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105
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Special : | 10/13/1972 | Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
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Special : | 05/20/1972 | Affirmed wins Preakness
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Special : | 05/05/1972 | Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115
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Special : | 09/26/1972 | American Museum of Immigration dedicated
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Special : | 06/04/1972 | Angela Davis, black activist, acquitted of killing a white guard
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Special : | 09/24/1972 | Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
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Special : | 04/23/1972 | Apollo 16 astronauts explores Moon surface
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Special : | 04/16/1972 | Apollo 16 launched; 5th manned lunar landing (Decartes Highlands)
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Special : | 04/27/1972 | Apollo 16 returns to Earth
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Special : | 04/20/1972 | Apollo 16's Young & Duke land on Moon with Boeing Lunar Rover #2
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Special : | 12/19/1972 | Apollo 17 (last of Apollo Moon landing series) returns to Earth
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Special : | 12/07/1972 | Apollo 17, last of Apollo Moon series, launched
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Special : | 04/22/1972 | Apollo astronauts John Young & Charles Duke ride on Moon
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Special : | 01/21/1972 | Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
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Special : | 03/15/1972 | Assassination attempt on governor George Wallace of Alabama
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Special : | 12/11/1972 | Astronauts Cernan & Harrison become 11th & 12th on Moon
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Special : | 09/17/1972 | BART begins passenger service in SF
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Special : | 09/11/1972 | BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
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Special : | 02/10/1972 | BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
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Special : | 11/30/1972 | BBC bans Wings "Hi, Hi, Hi"
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Special : | 06/18/1972 | BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118
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Special : | 12/16/1972 | Bangladesh Constitution goes into effect
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Special : | 11/04/1972 | Bangladesh adopts constitution
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Special : | 04/19/1972 | Bangladesh becomes a member of British Commonwealth
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Special : | 04/05/1972 | Baseball season is delayed due to a strike
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Special : | 05/20/1972 | Bee Bee Bee wins Preakness
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Special : | 04/11/1972 | Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
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Special : | 06/25/1972 | Berenice Gera becomes 1st female umpire in pro baseball
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Special : | 02/15/1972 | Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander GM
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Special : | 07/07/1972 | Billie Jean King beats Evonne Goolagong to win Wimbledon
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Special : | 01/09/1972 | Billionaire Howard Hughes said Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
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Special : | 10/12/1972 | Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
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Special : | 01/31/1972 | Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
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Special : | 07/21/1972 | Bloody Friday: 22 IRA-bombs explode in Belfast
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Special : | 07/02/1972 | Bob Seagren pole vaults world record 5.63m
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Special : | 09/01/1972 | Bobby Fischer (US) defeats Boris Spassky (USSR) for world chess title
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Special : | 03/25/1972 | Bobby Hull becomes the 2nd NHLer to score 600 goals
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Special : | 01/23/1972 | Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
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Special : | 05/11/1972 | Boston Bruins beat NY Rangers 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
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Special : | 06/09/1972 | Bruce Springsteen signs a record deal with Columbia
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Special : | 05/15/1972 | Bus plunges into Nile River killing 50 pilgrims. (Minia Egypt)
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Special : | 07/13/1972 | C Torres discovers asteroid #3050 Carrera
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Special : | 02/18/1972 | Calif Supreme Court strikes down it's death penalty
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Special : | 05/20/1972 | Cameroon adopts its constitution
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Special : | 05/22/1972 | Ceylon becomes Republic of Sri Lanka as its constitution is ratified
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Special : | 09/05/1972 | Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley Belgium
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Special : | 09/08/1972 | Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year
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Special : | 07/31/1972 | Chic White Sox Dick Allen hits 2 inside-the-park-homers in Minn
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Special : | 09/02/1972 | Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
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Special : | 04/16/1972 | Chicago Cub Burt Hooton no-hits Phillies, 1-0
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Special : | 06/30/1972 | Cincinnati Reds are 11 games back in NL, & go on to win pennant
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Special : | 03/22/1972 | Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
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Special : | 11/02/1972 | Construction begins on Kingdome, Seattle
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Special : | 12/03/1972 | Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
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Special : | 03/18/1972 | Cornell NCAA hockey team shut out for 1st time in 225 games (Boston U)
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Special : | 01/02/1972 | Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
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Special : | 02/26/1972 | Dam break in WV kills 107
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Special : | 03/15/1972 | Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112
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Special : | 06/06/1972 | David Bowie releases "Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust"
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Special : | 07/10/1972 | Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach Florida (McGovern)
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Special : | 07/12/1972 | Democrats nominated George McGovern for president in Miami Fla
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Special : | 06/02/1972 | Dion & the Belmonts reunion concert at Madison Square Garden
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Special : | 10/29/1972 | Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
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Special : | 11/14/1972 | Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
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Special : | 08/13/1972 | Dutch KRO-TV transmits 440th & last "Bonanza"
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Special : | 08/14/1972 | East German Aeroflot Illyushin 62 crashes near Moscow, killing 156
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Special : | 12/29/1972 | Eastern Tristar Jumbo Jet crashes near Everglades killing 101
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Special : | 10/25/1972 | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
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Special : | 07/23/1972 | Eddy Merckx (Belgium) wins his 4th consecutive Tour de France
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Special : | 05/02/1972 | Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine. 126 die (Kellogg Idaho)
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Special : | 09/10/1972 | Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship
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Special : | 12/14/1972 | Eugene Cernan & Harrison Schmitt leave the Moon
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Special : | 06/06/1972 | Explosion at world's largest coal mine kills 427 (Wankie Rhodesia)
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Special : | 11/22/1972 | Flyers start Islanders on 15 game winless streak
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Special : | 08/06/1972 | Garry Player wins PGA golf tournament
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Special : | 02/28/1972 | George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
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Special : | 05/15/1972 | George Wallace shot & left paralyzed by Arthur Bremer in Laurel, Md
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Special : | 06/07/1972 | German Chancellor Willy Brandt visits Israel
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Special : | 11/01/1972 | Germaoin Gagnon scores 1st Islander hat trick
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Special : | 06/06/1972 | Gold hits record $60 an ounce in London
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Special : | 08/02/1972 | Gold hits record $70 an ounce in London
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Special : | 10/27/1972 | Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
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Special : | 08/24/1972 | Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame
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Special : | 03/24/1972 | Great Britain imposes direct rule over Northern Ireland
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Special : | 05/16/1972 | Greg Luzinski's 500' HR hits Liberty Bell monument in Phila Vet
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Special : | 10/26/1972 | Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
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Special : | 08/07/1972 | Hall of Fame inducts Berra, Sandy Koufax, Lefty Gomez & Early Wynn
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Special : | 08/06/1972 | Hank Aaron hits 660th & 661st HR for record HRs with one club
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Special : | 04/25/1972 | Hans-Werner Grosse glides 907.7 miles (1,461 km) in an AS-W-12
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Special : | 10/08/1972 | Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
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Special : | 05/25/1972 | Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
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Special : | 01/15/1972 | Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
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Special : | 10/26/1972 | Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
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Special : | 10/05/1972 | Herbert Mullin first kills, to prevent earthquakes
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Special : | 07/10/1972 | Herd of stampeding elephants kills 24, Chandka Forest India
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Special : | 04/19/1972 | Hungary revises constitution
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Special : | 06/21/1972 | Hurricane Agnes hits US east coast; 118 die
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Special : | 06/23/1972 | Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history
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Special : | 01/07/1972 | Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
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Special : | 11/30/1972 | Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 (Rome Italy)
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Special : | 12/02/1972 | In 1 of their worst trades Yanks get Rich McKinney for Stan Bahnsen
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Special : | 07/21/1972 | In NY, 57 murders occur in 24 hours
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Special : | 05/14/1972 | In Willie Mays 1st game as a NY Met his homer beats SF Giants, 5-4
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Special : | 05/20/1972 | Indiana Pacers beat NY Nets in 5th ABA championship, 4 games to 2
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Special : | 01/01/1972 | International Book Year begins
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Special : | 04/09/1972 | Jack Nicklaus wins Masters golf tournament
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Special : | 09/24/1972 | Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yds vs Green Bay (rec)
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Special : | 09/28/1972 | Japan & Communist China agree to re-establish diplomatic relations
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Special : | 12/11/1972 | Jet's Don Maynard becomes all time pro reception leader (632)
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Special : | 07/24/1972 | Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at 16
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Special : | 09/06/1972 | John & Yoko appear on Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
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Special : | 03/16/1972 | John & Yoko are served with deportation papers
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Special : | 02/14/1972 | John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
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Special : | 02/18/1972 | John & Yoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
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Special : | 05/11/1972 | John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
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Special : | 05/18/1972 | John Sebastian makes 63 consecutive free throws while blindfolded
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Special : | 04/21/1972 | John Young & Charles Duke explores Moon (Apollo 16)
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Special : | 09/25/1972 | KAVT (now KSMQ) TV channel 15 in Austin, MN (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 01/01/1972 | KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 11/19/1972 | KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting
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Special : | 07/--/1972 | KFTV TV channel 21 in Hanford-Fresno, CA (SIN) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 03/01/1972 | KHMA TV channel 11 in Houma, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 11/--/1972 | KOCE TV channel 50 in Huntington Beach, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 06/11/1972 | KPAT-AM in Berkeley CA returns from KRE
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Special : | 03/22/1972 | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP
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Special : | 02/22/1972 | Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir & Prime Minister of Qatar
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Special : | 12/28/1972 | Kim Il-song, becomes president of North Korea
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Special : | 11/04/1972 | Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
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Special : | 04/03/1972 | L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau
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Special : | 09/30/1972 | L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1942 Jablunka
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Special : | 10/04/1972 | L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #3475
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Special : | 01/14/1972 | L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #1842 Hynek, #1843 Jarmila,
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Special : | 12/03/1972 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2233 Kuznetsov
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Special : | 09/06/1972 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2720 Pyotr Pervyj & #2768 Gorky
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Special : | 10/08/1972 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1910 Mikhailov & #2475 Semenov
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Special : | 07/14/1972 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1959 Karbyshev & #2423 Ibarruri
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Special : | 08/18/1972 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids 1858 Lobachevsk˜, 2098 Zyskin & 3108
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Special : | 11/28/1972 | LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to Calif Angels
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Special : | 12/27/1972 | LA Kings start Islanders on 12 game losing streak
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Special : | 01/10/1972 | LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
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Special : | 01/07/1972 | LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
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Special : | 03/26/1972 | LA Lakers set NBA record of 69 wins in a season (69-13)
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Special : | 07/13/1972 | LA Rams (Irsay) & Baltimore Colts (Rosenbloom) swap owners
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Special : | 05/07/1972 | Lakers beat Knicks for NBA championship, 4 games to 1
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Special : | 03/19/1972 | Lakers humble Golden State Warriors 162-99 in most lopsided NBA game
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Special : | 01/05/1972 | Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
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Special : | 08/12/1972 | Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam
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Special : | 12/31/1972 | Leap second day; also in 1973-79, 1987
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Special : | 07/15/1972 | Lee Trevino wins his 2nd consecutive golf's British Open
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Special : | 01/07/1972 | Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
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Special : | 12/29/1972 | Life magazine ceases publication
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Special : | 06/17/1972 | Looking Glass releases "Brandy"
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Special : | 02/25/1972 | Lopsided trade, Cards trade Steve Carlton to Phillies for Rick Wise
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Special : | 09/12/1972 | Lord Michael Killanin succeeds Avery Brundage as head of Olympics
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Special : | 02/14/1972 | Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & softland on moon
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Special : | 04/01/1972 | Major league baseball players stages 1st collective strike
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Special : | 01/21/1972 | Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
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Special : | 09/21/1972 | Marcos declares martial law in Philippines
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Special : | 01/02/1972 | Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
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Special : | 10/12/1972 | Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
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Special : | 03/18/1972 | Memphis' Larry Miller sets ABA record of 67 pts in a game
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Special : | 01/02/1972 | Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
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Special : | 12/31/1972 | Miami Dolphins beat Pitts Steelers 21-7 in AFC championship game
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Special : | 12/16/1972 | Miami Dolphins become 1st undefeated NFL team (14-0-0)
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Special : | 01/31/1972 | Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
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Special : | 05/12/1972 | Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5/13)
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Special : | 05/13/1972 | Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started 5/12)
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Special : | 01/21/1972 | Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
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Special : | 10/02/1972 | Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0
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Special : | 08/05/1972 | Moody Blues release "Nights in White Satin"
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Special : | 07/01/1972 | Ms. magazine begins publishing
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Special : | 06/08/1972 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3230
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Special : | 10/02/1972 | N E Kurochkin discovers asteroid #2302 Florya
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Special : | 01/05/1972 | NASA announces development of space shuttle
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Special : | 03/15/1972 | NASA selects 3 part configuration for Space Shuttle
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Special : | 03/14/1972 | NBA's Cincinatti Royals announce they are moving to Kansas City
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Special : | 03/12/1972 | NHL great Gordie Howe retires after 26 seasons
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Special : | 07/27/1972 | NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques
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Special : | 07/25/1972 | NL beats AL 4-3 in 43rd All Star Game (Fulton County Stad, Atlanta)
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Special : | 08/26/1972 | NY Cosmos beat St Louis Stars, 2-1 to win NASL championship
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Special : | 09/24/1972 | NY Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
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Special : | 08/08/1972 | NY Yankees sign 30 year lease with NYC
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Special : | 03/23/1972 | NY Yanks agree to continue playing ball in the Bronx
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Special : | 04/27/1972 | NYC Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported
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Special : | 01/05/1972 | NYC transit fare rises from 30› to 35›
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Special : | 08/01/1972 | Nate Colbert of SD Padres hits record tying 5 HRs in a double header
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Special : | 12/27/1972 | New North Korean constitution comes into effect
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Special : | 12/17/1972 | New line of control agreed to in Kashmir between India & Pakistan
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Special : | 06/23/1972 | Nixon & Haldeman agree to use CIA to cover up Watergate
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Special : | 10/25/1972 | Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow & John R Hicks
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Special : | 03/30/1972 | North Vietnamese troops pull out of South Vietnam
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Special : | 09/25/1972 | Norway votes to join common market
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Special : | 10/22/1972 | Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
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Special : | 03/31/1972 | Offical Beatles Fan Club, closes down
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Special : | 08/31/1972 | Olga Korbut, USSR, wins olympic gold medal in gymnastics
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Special : | 04/21/1972 | Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 4 (Copernicus) launched
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Special : | 05/10/1972 | Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into resevoir, killing 77
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Special : | 12/05/1972 | P Wild discovers asteroid #1866 Sisyphus
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Special : | 09/05/1972 | P Wild discovers asteroid #1906 Naef
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Special : | 10/30/1972 | P Wild discovers asteroids #1844 Susilva, #1845 Helewalda & #2868
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Special : | 01/30/1972 | Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth
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Special : | 09/05/1972 | Palestinian terrorists kill 10 Israelis at 1972 Munich Olympics
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Special : | 10/11/1972 | Panama adopts constitution
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Special : | 09/30/1972 | Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
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Special : | 05/12/1972 | Paul McCartney & Wings release "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
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Special : | 02/25/1972 | Paul McCartney releases "Give Ireland back to the Irish" single
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Special : | 09/16/1972 | Penny Marshall appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Fly Unfriendly Skies"
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Special : | 11/26/1972 | Pete Gogolak scores NY Giant record 8 pts after a touchdown
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Special : | 08/17/1972 | Phillies Steve Carlton wins his 15th straight game
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Special : | 12/07/1972 | Phillipine 1st lady Imelda Marcos stabbed & wounded by an assailant
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Special : | 03/02/1972 | Pioneer 10 launched for Jupiter flyby
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Special : | 03/03/1972 | Pioneer 10 launched towards asteroid belt & Jupiter
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Special : | 06/07/1972 | Pirate's Gene Alley bases-loaded wall, beats Padres 1-0 in 18th
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Special : | 11/22/1972 | Pitts Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2m7s)
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Special : | 09/20/1972 | Police find cannabis growing on Paul & Linda McCartney's farm
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Special : | 08/18/1972 | Police fine Paul & Linda McCartney œ800 in Sweden cannabis possession
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Special : | 02/27/1972 | Pres Nixon & Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issued Shanghai Communique
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Special : | 11/07/1972 | Pres Nixon (R) re-elected defeating George McGovern (D)
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Special : | 12/30/1972 | Pres Nixon halts bombing of North Vietnam & announces peace talks
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Special : | 06/23/1972 | Pres Nixon signs act barring sex discrimination in college sports
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Special : | 02/17/1972 | President Nixon leaves Washingto DC for China
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Special : | 04/02/1972 | Prime Minister Begin visits Cairo
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Special : | 10/11/1972 | Prison uprising at Washington DC jail
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Special : | 05/01/1972 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner (Angle of Repose)
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Special : | 05/01/1972 | Radio's Mutual Black Network premiers
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Special : | 02/10/1972 | Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
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Special : | 05/20/1972 | Republic of Cameroon declared as constitution is ratified
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Special : | 08/21/1972 | Republican convention opens in Miami Beach
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Special : | 02/21/1972 | Richard Nixon becomes 1st US president to visit China
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Special : | 03/17/1972 | Ringo releases "Back of Bugaloo" in UK
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Special : | 06/15/1972 | Rock fall inside Vierzy Tunnel (France) causes 2 train crash; 107 die
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Special : | 08/09/1972 | Rockwell receives NASA contract to construct Space Shuttle
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Special : | 05/15/1972 | Ryukyu Is & Daito Is returned to Japan after 27 yrs of US control
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Special : | 05/08/1972 | Sabena aircraft at Lod Intl, Tel Aviv, captured by Palestinians
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Special : | 01/19/1972 | Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
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Special : | 02/04/1972 | Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
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Special : | 02/26/1972 | Slag heap dam collapses above Buffalo Creek WV, kills 125
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Special : | 11/15/1972 | Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
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Special : | 12/21/1972 | Soviet Union signs a separate peace with East Germany
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Special : | 10/03/1972 | Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
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Special : | 07/09/1972 | Stan Smith wins Wimbledon
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Special : | 10/03/1972 | Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies (almost « of their 59 wins)
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Special : | 01/26/1972 | Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
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Special : | 08/26/1972 | Summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany
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Special : | 09/06/1972 | Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
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Special : | 01/16/1972 | Super Bowl VI-Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3
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Special : | 06/29/1972 | Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual
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Special : | 06/29/1972 | Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel & unusual punishment"
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Special : | 03/16/1972 | T Gehrels discovers asteroid #2272
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Special : | 05/14/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1905 Ambartsumian
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Special : | 07/13/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2112 Ulyanov
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Special : | 04/19/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2328 Robeson
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Special : | 06/13/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2604
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Special : | 12/30/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3119 Dobronravin
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Special : | 05/09/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroids #1903 Adzhimushkaj & #1904 Massevitch
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Special : | 05/17/1972 | T Smirnova discovers asteroids #2400 Derevskaya, #3082 Dzhalil & #3146
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Special : | 07/31/1972 | Thomas Eagleton withdraws as Democratic VP candidate
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Special : | 01/10/1972 | Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
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Special : | 03/25/1972 | UCLA wins its 6th consecutive national basketball title
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Special : | 06/05/1972 | UN Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm
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Special : | 11/11/1972 | US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army
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Special : | 09/10/1972 | US Men's olympic basketball teams 1st lose, 51-50 to USSR (disputed)
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Special : | 03/22/1972 | US Senate passes 27th amendement (Equal rights)
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Special : | 02/05/1972 | US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
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Special : | 12/18/1972 | US began its heaviest bombing of North Vietnam
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Special : | 11/22/1972 | US ends travel ban to China
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Special : | 01/31/1972 | US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
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Special : | 08/21/1972 | US orbiting astronomy observatory Copernicus launched
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Special : | 05/22/1972 | US president Nixon begins visit Moscow
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Special : | 04/10/1972 | US, USSR & 70 other nations agree to ban biological weapons
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Special : | 02/14/1972 | USSR launches Luna 20; unmanned probe soft-lands on Moon, returns
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Special : | 06/29/1972 | USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
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Special : | 12/08/1972 | United Airlines crashes at Chicago's Midway Airport killing 45
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Special : | 10/13/1972 | Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12/23 rescue)
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Special : | 03/27/1972 | Venera 8 launched to Venus
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Special : | 07/22/1972 | Venera 8 makes soft landing on Venus
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Special : | 10/--/1972 | WGGS TV channel 16 in Greenville, SC (IND) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 12/17/1972 | WGVC (now WUCX) TV channel 35 in Grand Rapids, MI (PBS) 1st broadcast
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Special : | 12/--/1972 | WJMR TV channel 20 in New Orleans, LA (IND) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 09/10/1972 | WKAR TV channel 23 in East Lansing, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 01/14/1972 | WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 09/15/1972 | WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 01/14/1972 | WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 05/19/1972 | WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 10/23/1972 | WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 01/24/1972 | WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
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Special : | 12/--/1972 | WSWB (now WOFL) TV channel 35 in Orlando, FL (IND) begins broadcasting
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Special : | 06/24/1972 | Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)
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Special : | 12/31/1972 | Washington Redskins beat Dallas Cowboys 26-3 in NFC championship game
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Special : | 05/28/1972 | White House "plumbers" break into Democratic Nat'l HQ at Watergate
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Special : | 05/11/1972 | Willie Mays traded to NY Mets
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Special : | 03/01/1972 | Wilt Chamberlain is 1st NBA player to score 30,000 points
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Special : | 02/01/1972 | Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
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Special : | 12/01/1972 | Wings release "Hi, Hi, Hi" in UK
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Special : | 10/30/1972 | Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
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Special : | 03/22/1972 | Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
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Special : | 06/03/1972 | Yanks score 8 times in 13th beating White Sox 18-10
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Special : | 11/27/1972 | Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
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Special : | 06/24/1972 | Yvonne Braitwaite Burke becomes 1st black chair in Dem convention
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