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Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year an event which has not since been repeated. Events January Main article: January 1972 January 1 Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary General of the United Nations. Pierre Hotel Robbery: Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of The Pierre Hotel in New York City of at least $4 million. January 4 The first scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395). Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. January 7 An Iberian Airlines passenger plane crashes into a 250-meter peak on the island of Ibiza; 104 are killed. Howard Hughes speaks by telephone to denounce Clifford Irving's supposed biography of him. January 9 The RMS Queen Elizabeth is destroyed by fire in Hong Kong harbor. January 10 Father of The Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns Bangladesh from Pakistan January 13 Prime Minister of Ghana Kofi Abrefa Busia is overthrown in a military coup. January 14 Queen Margaret II of Denmark succeeds her father King Frederick IX on the throne of Denmark. January 16 Super Bowl VI: The Dallas Cowboys defeat the Miami Dolphins 243. January 19 The Libertarian enclave Minerva on a platform in the South Pacific sponsored by the Phoenix Foundation declares independence. Soon neighboring Tonga annexes the area and dismantles the platform. January 20 President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto announces that Pakistan will immediately begin a nuclear weapons programme. January 21 A New Delhi bootlegger sells wood alcohol to a wedding party; 100 die. January 24 Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi is discovered in Guam; he had spent 28 years in the jungle. January 25 Shirley Chisholm the first African American Congresswoman announces her candidacy for President. January 26 Yugoslavian air stewardess Vesna Vulovi is the only survivor when her plane crashes in Czechoslovakia. She survives after falling 10160 meters in the tail section of the aircraft. The Aboriginal Tent Embassy is set up on the lawn of Parliament House in Canberra. January 28 Richard Chanfray claims he is the Count of St Germain on French television. January 30 Bloody Sunday: The British Army kills 14 unarmed nationalist civil rights marchers in Derry Northern Ireland. Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations. January 31 King Birendra succeeds his father as King of Nepal.

February Main article: February 1972 February 2 A bomb explodes at the British Yacht Club in West Berlin killing Irwin Beelitz a German boat builder. The German militant group Movement 2 June announces its support of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. Anti-British riots take place throughout Ireland. The British Embassy in Dublin is burned to the ground as are several British-owned businesses. February 3February 13 The 1972 Winter Olympics are held in Sapporo Japan. February 4 Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars. February 5 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage. Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame. February 9 The British government declares a state of emergency over a miners' strike. February 15 President of Ecuador Jos Mara Velasco Ibarra is deposed for the fourth time. Phonorecords are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. February 17 Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model-T when the 15007034th Beetle is produced. February 18 The California Supreme Court voids the state's death penalty commuting all death sentences to life in prison. February 19 Asama-Sans incident: Five United Red Army members break into a lodge below Mount Asama taking the wife of the lodge keeper hostage. February 21 The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. February 21February 28 U.S. President Richard M. Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong. February 22 Aldershot bombing: An Official IRA bomb kills 7 in Aldershot England. A Lufthansa plane is hijacked and taken to Aden. Passengers are released after a ransom of 16 million German marks is agreed. February 23 Angela Davis is released from jail. A Caruthers California farmer Rodger McAfee helps her make bail. February 24 North Vietnamese negotiators walk out of the Paris Peace Talks to protest U.S. air raids. February 26 A coal sludge spill kills 125 people in Buffalo Creek West Virginia. Luna 20 comes back to Earth with 55 grams (1.94 oz) of lunar soil. February 28 The Asama-Sanso incident ends in a standoff between 5 members of the Japanese United Red Army and the authorities in which 2 policemen are killed and 12 injured. March Main article: March 1972 March 1 The Thai province Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani Province. The Club of Rome publishes its report Limits to Growth. March 2 The Pioneer 10 spacecraft is launched from Cape Kennedy to be the first man-made satellite to leave the solar system. Jean-Bedel Bokassa becomes President of the Central African Republic. March 3 Sculpted figures of Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson are completed at Stone Mountain in the U.S. state of Georgia. March 4 Libya and the Soviet Union sign a cooperation treaty. The Organisation of the Islamic Conference Charter is signed (effective 28 February 1973). March 5 Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis leaves the Greek Communist Party. March 13 The United Kingdom and the People's Republic of China elevate diplomatic exchanges to the ambassadorial level after 22 years. Clifford Irving admits to a New York court that he had fabricated Howard Hughes' "autobiography". March 16 The first building of the PruittIgoe housing development is destroyed. March 19 India and Bangladesh sign a friendship treaty. March 22 The 92nd U.S. Congress votes to send the proposed Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. March 24 The Godfather is released in cinemas in the United States. The British government announces the prorogation of the Parliament of Northern Ireland and the introduction of 'Direct Rule' of Northern Ireland after the Unionist government refuses to cede security powers. March 25 Aprs Toi sung by Vicky Leandros (music by Klaus Munro & Mario Panas lyric by Klaus Munro & Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1972 for Luxembourg. Bewitched starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick Sargent aired its final episode "The Truth Nothing but the Truth So Help Me Sam" on ABC. March 26 An avalanche on Mount Fuji kills 19 climbers. The last trolleybus system in the United Kingdom closes in Bradford West Riding of Yorkshire after over 60 years of operation. March 30 Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. April Main article: April 1972 April 7 Vietnam War veteran Richard McCoy Jr. hijacks a United Airlines jet and extorts $500000; he is later captured. April 10 The U.S. and the Soviet Union join some 70 nations in signing the Biological Weapons Convention an agreement to ban biological warfare. A 7.0 Richter scale earthquake kills 5000 people in the Iranian province of Fars. The 44th Annual Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. April 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan. April 16 Apollo 16 (John Young Ken Mattingly Charlie Duke) is launched. During the mission the astronauts achieve a lunar rover speed record of 18 km/h. Vietnam War Nguyen Hue Offensive: Prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong. April 17 The first Boston Marathon in which women are officially allowed to compete. April 22 Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax finish rowing across the Pacific. April 26 The Lockheed L-1011 Tristar enters service with Eastern Airlines. April 27 A no-confidence vote against German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstances. April 29 The fourth anniversary of the Broadway musical Hair is celebrated with a free concert at a Central Park bandshell followed by dinner at the Four Seasons. There 13 Black Panther protesters and the show's co-author Jim Rado are arrested for disturbing the peace and for using marijuana. May Main article: May 1972 May The Burundian Genocide against the Hutu begins; more than 500000 Hutus die. The Magnavox Odyssey video game system is released thus marking the dawn of the video game age. May 2 Fire in a silver mine in Idaho kills 91. May 5 An Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; 115 die. May 7 General elections are held in Italy. May 8 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the mining of Haiphong Harbor in Vietnam. May 13 Fire in a nightclub atop the Sennichi department store in Osaka Japan kills 115. May 15 Okinawa is returned to Japan after 27 years of United States Military occupation. Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur Herman Bremer at a Laurel Maryland political rally. May 16 The first financial derivatives exchange the International Monetary Market (IMM) opens on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. May 18 Four troopers of both SAS and SBS are parachuted onto the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 1000 miles (1600 km) off Britain in the Atlantic after a bomb threat and ransom demand which turns out to be bogus. May 19 Three out of 6 bombs explode in the Springer Press building in Hamburg Germany injuring 17; the Red Army Faction claims responsibility. May 21 In Rome Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's "Piet" statue with a sledgehammer shouting that he is Jesus Christ. May 22 Ceylon becomes the republic of Sri Lanka under prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike when its new constitution is ratified. Ferit Melen forms the new (interim) government of Turkey (35th government) May 23 The Tamil United Front (now known as Tamil United Liberation Front) a pro-Tamil organization is founded. May 24 Rangers lift the Cup Winners Cup defeating Dynamo Moscow in the final at the Nou Camp. Their supporters invade the pitch with the team banned from defending the trophy the following season. A Red Army Faction bomb explodes in the Campbell Barracks of the U.S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg West Germany; 3 U.S. soldiers (Clyde Bonner Ronald Woodard and Charles Peck) are killed. May 26 Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT I treaty in Moscow as well as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and other agreements. The Watergate first break-in the "Ameritas dinner" fails. Wernher von Braun retires from NASA frustrated by the agency's unwillingness to pursue a manned trans-orbital space program. Willandra National Park is established in Australia. May 27 A second Watergate break-in attempt fails. May 30 The Angry Brigade goes on trial in the United Kingdom. May 30 Three Japanese Red Army members kill 24 and injure 100 in Lod Airport Israel. June Main article: June 1972 June Iraq nationalizes the Iraq Petroleum Company. June 2 Andreas Baader Jan-Carl Raspe Holger Meins and some other members of Red Army Faction are arrested in Frankfurt am Main after a shootout. June 3 Sally Priesand becomes the first female U.S. rabbi. June 4 Angela Davis is found not guilty of murder. June 5June 16 The United Nations Conference on the Human Environment is held in Stockholm Sweden June 8 Seven men and 3 women hijack a plane from West Germany to Czechoslovakia. June 9 The Black Hills flood kills 238 in South Dakota. June 14June 23 Hurricane Agnes kills 117 on the U.S. East Coast. June 15 Ulrike Meinhof and Gerhard Mller of the Red Army Faction are arrested in a teacher's apartment in Langenhagen West Germany. June 15June 18 The first U.S. Libertarian Party National Convention is held in Denver Colorado. June 16 108 die as two passenger trains hit the debris of a collapsed railway tunnel near Soissons France. June 17 Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee. The United States returns Okinawa occupied and governed since the World War II Battle of Okinawa to Japan. Chilean president Salvador Allende forms a new government. June 18 Staines air disaster: 118 die when a Trident 1 jet airliner crashes 2 minutes after take off from London Heathrow Airport. West Germany beats the Soviet Union 30 to win Euro 72. June 23 Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the C.I.A. to obstruct the F.B.I.'s investigation into the Watergate break-ins. June 26 Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney co-found Atari. June 28 U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that no new draftees will be sent to Vietnam. June 29 Furman v. Georgia: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional. June 30 An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the month. July Main article: July 1972 July U.S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. July 1 The Canadian ketch Vega flying the Greenpeace III banner collides with the French naval minesweeper La Paimpolaise while in international waters to protest French nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific. The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms becomes independent from the IRS. July 2 Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 both nations sign the historic Simla Agreement agreeing to settle their disputes bilaterally. July 4 The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado. July 8 The U.S. sells grain to the Soviet Union for $750 million. July 10 India's news agency reports that at least 24 people have been killed in separate incidents in the Chandka Forest in India by elephants. July 10July 14 The Democratic National Convention meets in Miami Beach. Senator George McGovern who backs the immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam is nominated for President. He names fellow Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate. July 15 The PruittIgoe housing development is demolished in Saint Louis Missouri. July 18 Anwar Sadat expels 20000 Soviet advisors from Egypt. July 21 Bloody Friday: 22 bombs planted by the Provisional IRA explode in Belfast Northern Ireland; nine people are killed and 130 seriously injured.1 Comedian George Carlin is arrested by Milwaukee police for public obscenity for reciting his "Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television" at Summerfest. A collision between two trains near Sevilla Spain kills 76 people. July 23 The United States launches Landsat 1 the first Earth-resources satellite. July 25 U.S. health officials admit that African-Americans were used as guinea pigs in the Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male. July 29 A national dock strike begins in Britain. July 31 The Troubles Northern Ireland: Operation Motorman 4:00 AM: British Army begins to regain control of the "no-go areas" established by Irish republican paramilitaries in Belfast Derry ("Free Derry") and Newry.1 Claudy bombing (Bloody Monday) 10:00 AM: Three car bombs in Claudy County Londonderry kill nine. It becomes public knowledge only in 2010 that that a local Catholic priest was an IRA officer believed to be involved in the bombings but his rle was covered up by the authorities.2 August Main article: August 1972 August 1 U.S. Senator Thomas Eagleton the Democratic vice-presidential nominee withdraws from the race after revealing he was once treated for mental illness. August 4 Arthur Bremer is jailed for 63 years for shooting George Wallace. Dictator Idi Amin declares that Uganda will expel 50000 Asians with British passports to Britain within 3 months. A huge solar flare (one of the largest ever recorded) knocks out cable lines in U.S. It begins with the appearance of sunspots on August 2; an August 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until August 10. August 10 A brilliant daytime meteor skips off the Earth's atmosphere due to an Apollo asteroid streaking over the western US into Canada.3 August 12 The last U.S. ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. August 14 An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin; all 156 onboard perish. August 16 As part of a coup attempt members of the Royal Moroccan Air Force fire upon but fail to bring down Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. August 21 The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach Florida renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term. August 22 John Wojtowicz 27 and Sal Naturile 18 hold several Chase Manhattan Bank employees hostage for 17 hours in Gravesend Brooklyn N.Y an event later dramatized in the film Dog Day Afternoon. August 26 September 11 The 1972 Summer Olympics are held in Munich West Germany. September Main article: September 1972 September 1 Bobby Fischer defeats Boris Spassky in a chess match at Reykjavk Iceland becoming the first American chess champion (see Match of the Century). September 4 The first episode of The Price Is Right is hosted on CBS by Bob Barker. Gambit and The Joker's Wild also premiere. September 5September 6 Munich Massacre: Eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich are murdered after 8 members of the Arab terrorist group Black September invade the Olympic Village; 5 guerillas and 1 policeman are also killed in a failed hostage rescue. September 10 The Brazilian driver Emerson Fittipaldi wins the Italian Grand Prix at Monza and becomes the youngest Formula One World Champion. September 14 West Germany and Poland renew diplomatic relations. September 17 Uganda announces that there are Tanzanian troops in its territory. September 18 So Paulo Metro is inaugurated in Brazil. September 19 A parcel bomb sent to the Israeli Embassy in London kills 1 diplomat. September 23 Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos issues Proclamation No. 10814 placing the entire country under martial law. September 24 An F-86 fighter aircraft leaving an air show at Sacramento Executive Airport fails to become airborne and crashes into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor killing 12 children and 11 adults.5 September 25 Norwegian EC referendum 1972: Norway rejects membership in the European Economic Community. September 27 The Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China is signed in Beijing. September 28 The Canadian national men's hockey team defeats the Soviet national ice hockey team in Game 8 of the 1972 Summit Series (French: La Srie du Sicle Russian: ) 65 to win the series 431. September 29 Sino-Japanese relations: Japan normalizes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China (Taiwan). October Main article: October 1972 October The government of former President of Somalia Mohamed Siad Barre formally introduces the Somali alphabet as Somalia's official writing script.6 October 1 The first publication reporting the production of a recombinant DNA molecule marks the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.7 October 2 Denmark joins the European Community; the Faroe Islands stay out. October 5 The United Reformed Church is founded out of the Congregational and Presbyterian Churches. October 6 A train crash in Saltillo Mexico kills 208 people. October 8 R. Sargent Shriver is chosen to replace Thomas Eagleton as the U.S. vice-presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. October 12 En route to the Gulf of Tonkin a racial riot involving more than 200 sailors breaks out aboard the United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk; nearly 50 sailors are injured. October 13 Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571: A Fairchild FH-227D passenger aircraft transporting a rugby union team crashes at about 14000' in the Andes mountain range near the Argentina/Chile border. Sixteen of the survivors are found alive December 20 but they have had to resort to cannibalism to survive. October 16 A plane carrying U.S. Congressman Hale Boggs of Louisiana and 3 other men vanishes in Alaska. The wreckage has never been found despite a massive search at the time. Rioting Maze Prison inmates cause a fire that destroys most of the camp. October 17 Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visits Yugoslavia. October 25 The first female FBI agents are hired. Belgian Eddy Merckx sets a new world hour record in cycling in Mexico City. October 26 Following a visit to South Vietnam U.S. National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger suggests that "peace is at hand." October 28 The Airbus A300 flies for the first time. October 29 The Black September group hijacks a Lufthansa Boeing 727 over Turkey demanding the release of 3 comrades still held for the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games. October 30 U.S. President Richard Nixon approves legislation to increase Social Security spending by US$5.3 billion. A commuter train collision in Chicago kills 45 injures hundreds. November Main article: November 1972 Nixon's landslide victory in the electoral college during the 1972 Election. The arcade version of Pong is released. November At a scientific meeting in Honolulu Herbert Boyer and Stanley N. Cohen conceive the concept of recombinant DNA. They publish their results in November 1973 in PNAS. Separately in 1972 Paul Berg also recombines DNA in a test tube. Recombinant DNA technology has dramatically changed the field of biological sciences especially biotechnology and opened the door to genetically modified organisms. The Nishitetsu Lions baseball club part of the NPB's Pacific League is sold to the Fukuoka Baseball Corporation a subsidiary of Nishi-Nippon Railroad. The team is renamed the Taiheiyo Club Lions. November 5 A group of Amerindians occupies the Bureau of Indian Affairs. November 7 U.S. presidential election 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide (the election had the lowest voter turnout since 1948 with only 55 percent of the electorate voting). November 11 Vietnam War Vietnamization: The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam. November 14 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1000 (1003.16) for the first time. November 16 The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage 1. November 19 Sen Mac Stofin a leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army is arrested in Dublin after giving an interview to RT. November 22 Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war. November 28 The last executions in Paris France. Roger Bontems and Claude Buffet the Clairvaux Mutineers were guillotined at La Sante Prison by chief executioner Andre Obrecht (already suffering from Parkinson's Disease). Bontems had been found innocent of murder by the court but as Buffet's accomplice was condemned to death anyway. President Georges Pompidou in private an abolitionist upheld both death sentences in deference to French public opinion. November 29 Atari kicks off the first generation of video games with the release of their seminal arcade version of Pong the first game to achieve commercial success. November 30 Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning United States troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27000. Cod War: British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home says that Royal Navy ships will be stationed to protect British trawlers off Iceland. December Main article: December 1972 December 2 Edward Gough Whitlam becomes the first Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years. He is sworn in on 5 December and his first action using executive power is to withdraw all Australian personnel from the Vietnam War. December 7 Apollo 17 (Gene Cernan Ronald Evans Harrison Schmitt) the last manned Moon mission to date is launched. The Provisional Irish Republican Army kidnaps Jean McConville in Belfast. Imelda Marcos is stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant; her bodyguards shoot him. December 8 United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway killing 43 of 61 passengers and 2 people on the ground. Over $10000 cash is found in the purse of Watergate conspirator Howard Hunt's wife. International Human Rights Day is proclaimed by the United Nations. December 11 Apollo 17 lands on the Moon. December 14 Apollo program: Eugene Cernan is the last person to walk on the moon after he and Harrison Schmitt complete the third and final Extra-vehicular activity (EVA) of Apollo 17. This is the last manned mission to the moon of the 20th Century. December 15 The Commonwealth of Australia ordains equal pay for women. The United Nations Environment Programme is established as a specialized agency of the United Nations. December 16 The Constitution of Bangladesh comes into effect. The Portuguese army kills 400 Africans in Tete Mozambique. December 19 Apollo program: Apollo 17 returns to Earth concluding the program of lunar exploration. December 21 East Germany and West Germany recognize each other. ZANLA troopers attack Altera Farm in north-east Rhodesia. December 22 Two small earthquakes are felt at about 9:30 and 10:15 local time in Managua Nicaragua. Australia establishes diplomatic relations with China and West Germany. A peace delegation that includes singer-activist Joan Baez and human rights attorney Telford Taylor visit Hanoi to deliver Christmas mail to American prisoners of war (they will be caught in the Christmas bombing of North Vietnam). December 23 A 6.25 Richter scale earthquake in Nicaragua kills 500012000 people in the capital Managua; President Somoza is later accused of pocketing millions of dollars worth of foreign aid intended for relief. The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game defeating the Oakland Raiders 137 on a last second play that becomes known as The Immaculate Reception. December 24 Swedish Prime minister Olof Palme compares the American bombings of North Vietnam to Nazi massacres. The U.S. breaks diplomatic contact with Sweden. December 25 The Christmas bombing of North Vietnam causes widespread criticism of the U.S. and President Richard Nixon. December 26 Former United States President Harry S. Truman dies in Kansas City Missouri. December 28 The bones of Martin Bormann are identified in Berlin. December 29 Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashes into the Everglades in Florida killing 101 of 176 onboard. December 31 Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while en route to deliver aid to Nicaraguan earthquake victims. An extra leap second (23:59:60) is added to end the year. The US ban on the pesticide DDT takes effect. Date unknown The International Year of the Book is designated by UNESCO. The last major epidemic of smallpox in Europe breaks out in Yugoslavia. The United Kingdom begin to train Special Air Service for anti-terrorist duties. The "tea house" Mellow Yellow opens on the Amstel River in Amsterdam pioneering the legal sale of cannabis in the Netherlands. The first women are admitted to Dartmouth College. Colombian looters find Ciudad Perdida but keep it a secret until the government reveals it in 1975. The Yellow River dries up for the first time in known history. Worship of Norse gods is officially approved in Iceland. The Second Cod War breaks out between the United Kingdom and Iceland. The Climatic Research Unit is founded by climatologist Hubert Lamb at the University of East Anglia. The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia bans the cultural organization Matica hrvatska founded in 1842. Alex Comfort's bestselling manual The Joy of Sex is published. Births JanuaryFebruary January 1 Barron Miles defensive back for the BC Lions in the CFL Lilian Thuram French football player Yoon Chan South Korean actor January 4 Brad Zavisha Canadian ice hockey player January 10 Thomas Alsgaard Norwegian cross-country skier January 11 Amanda Peet American actress January 12 Espen Knutsen Norwegian hockey player January 13 Nicole Eggert American actress Vitaly Scherbo Belarusian gymnast January 15 Il Mi Chung South Korean golfer Claudia Winkleman British television presenter Yang Yong-eun South Korean golfer January 16 Ruben Bagger Danish footballer Ang Christou Australian rules footballer Yuri Drozdov Russian footballer Ezra Hendrickson Vincentian footballer Salah Hissou Moroccan long-distance runner Joe Horn American football player Greg Page Australian musician and actor Alen Peternac Croatian footballer January 17 Ken Hirai Japanese singer and songwriter January 18 Mike Lieberthal American baseball player January 19 Angham Egyptian singer record producer and actress January 21 Billel Dziri Algerian footballer January 22 Romi Park Japanese seiyu (voice actress) January 23 Ewen Bremner Scottish actor Marcel Wouda Dutch swimmer January 27 Mark Owen British pop singer (Take That) Keith Wood Irish rugby player Wynne Evans Welsh operatic tenor February 2 Klra Dobrev wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsny Hendrick Ramaala South African long-distance runner Hisashi Tonomura Japanese musician February 4 Giovanni Silva De Oliveira Brazilian footballer February 5 Mary Crown Princess of Denmark Koriki Chsh Japanese comedian February 7 Alex Bassi American race car driver February 8 Big Show American professional wrestler February 9 Norbert Rzsa Hungarian swimmer February 11 Craig Jones American musician Steve McManaman British footballer Kelly Slater American professional surfer February 14 Drew Bledsoe American football player Rob Thomas American singer-songwriter Big Daddy V American professional wrestler February 15 Jaromr Jgr Czech hockey player February 16 Jerome Bettis American football player February 17 Billie Joe Armstrong American rock musician and lead singer/guitarist (Green Day) Yuki Isoya Japanese singer Philippe Candeloro French figure skater February 19 Malky Mackay Scottish footballer February 21 Seo Taiji Korean musician February 22 Michael Chang American tennis player Claudia Pechstein German speed-skater February 24 Richard Chelimo Kenyan athlete (d. 2001) February 25 Jaak Mae Estonian cross-country skier February 29 Antonio Sabato Jr. Italian actor MarchApril March 3 Darren Anderton English footballer March 4 Pae Gil-Su North Korean gymnast Ivy Queen Puerto Rican composer and singer Jos Verstappen Dutch race car driver March 6 Shaquille O'Neal American basketball player March 9 Ronald Cheng Hong Kong singer and actor Spencer Howson Australian radio announcer Travis Lane Stork American emergency room physician and television personality March 10 Takashi Fujii (Matthew Minami) Japanese television performer Matt Kenseth American race car driver Michael Lucas Russian gay pornographic actor and director March 17 Mia Hamm American soccer player March 18 Dane Cook American comedian March 21 Chris Candido American professional wrestler (d. 2005) Derartu Tulu Ethiopian long-distance runner March 22 Elvis Stojko Canadian figure skater Cory Lidle American baseball player (d. 2006) March 23 Joe Calzaghe Welsh boxer Judith Godrche French actress March 27 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Dutch footballer Charlie Haas American professional wrestler Ignacio Garrido Spanish golfer March 28 Eby J. Jose Indian journalist and human rights activist March 29 Junichi Suwabe Japanese voice actor March 30 Karel Poborsky Czech Republic football player April 3 Jennie Garth American actress April 4 Tag Adams American gay pornographic film actor April 5 Junko Takeuchi Japanese voice actress April 8 Sung Kang Korean actor Ariel Hernandez Cuban boxer April 9 Bernard Ackah Ivorian mixed martial artist and comedian April 11 Jason Varitek American baseball player April 12 ebnem Ferah Turkish singer and song-writer April 13 Mariusz Czerkawski Polish ice hockey player April 15 Arturo Gatti Canadian boxer (d. 2009) April 16 Conchita Martnez Spanish tennis player April 17 Tony Boselli American football player Jennifer Garner American actress Muttiah Muralitharan Sri Lankan cricketer Terran Sandwith Canadian ice hockey player April 19 Rivaldo Brazilian footballer April 20 Carmen Electra American actress and singer Le Huynh uc Vietnamese footballer April 23 Choky Ice Hungarian porn actor April 24 Chipper Jones American baseball player Chad I Ginsburg American musician and record producer (CKY) April 26 Avi Nimni Israeli footballer MayJune May 2 The Rock American professional wrestler and actor Paul Adcock English footballer May 4 Mike Dirnt American rock musician and bassist (Green Day) May 5 James Cracknell British Olympic winning rower May 6 Martin Brodeur Canadian hockey goaltender Naoko Takahashi Japanese long-distance runner Janne Blomqvist Finnish swimmer May 8 Darren Hayes Australian musician May 10 Radosaw Majdan Polish goalkeeper Katja Seizinger German alpine skier May 16 Derek Mears American actor/stuntman May 17 Tyson Cane American gay pornographic actor May 19 Jenny Berggren Swedish rock singer (Ace of Base) Claudia Karvan Australian actress May 20 Busta Rhymes American musician and actor Andreas Lundstedt Swedish singer and actor (Alcazar) May 21 The Notorious B.I.G. American musician (d. 1997) May 23 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian race car driver May 25 Jules Jordan American pornographic movie director actor and producer May 28 Michael Boogerd Dutch cyclist May 29 Stanislas Renoult French singer May 30 Sichir Hoshi Japanese seiyuu Manny Ramrez Dominican baseball player May 31 Dave Roberts American baseball player Frode Estil Norwegian cross-country skier June 2 Wayne Brady American comedian June 4 Derian Hatcher American ice hockey player Debra Stephenson English actress June 5 Pavel Kotla Polish conductor Mike Bucci American professional wrestler June 6 Cristina Scabbia Italian singer June 7 Karl Urban New Zealand actor June 8 Chapman To Hong Kong actor June 10 Steven Fischer American film producer and director June 11 Jillian Bell Canadian writer and editor June 14 Matthias Ettrich German computer scientist June 15 Andy Pettitte American baseball player June 17 Iztok op Slovenian rower June 18 Roger "Infernus" Tiegs Norwegian black metal musician original member of Gorgoroth June 19 Poppy Montgomery Australian actress June 21 Irene van Dyk South Africanborn netball player June 22 Miguel Del Toro Mexican baseball player June 23 Zinedine Zidane French footballer June 24 Robbie McEwen Australian professional road bicycle racer Denis vegelj Slovenian rower June 25 Carlos Delgado Puerto Rican baseball player June 28 John Heidenreich American professional wrestler June 29 Samantha Smith American peace activist (d. 1985) Nawal Al Zoghbi Lebanese singer JulyAugust July 3 Asha Gill British-born television host July 4 Craig Spearman New Zealand cricketer Alexei Shirov Spanish chess Grandmaster July 6 Mark Gasser British concert pianist July 7 Lisa Leslie American basketball player Stoney Case American football player July 8 Sourav Ganguly Indian cricketer July 10 Sofa Vergara Columbian-American actress and former TV personality/model July 13 Sean Waltman American professional wrestler July 21 Catherine Ndereba Kenyan long-distance runner July 22 Keyshawn Johnson American football player July 26 Nathan Buckley Australian rules footballer July 27 Maya Rudolph American actress comedian Takako Fuji Japanese actress Takashi Shimizu Japanese director July 28 Elizabeth Berkley American actress July 29 Wil Wheaton American actor July 31 Tami Stronach former actress August 1 Devon Hughes American professional wrestler Tanya Reid Canadian actress Marc Costanzo Canadian musician August 2 Kelly Richardson Canadian contemporary artist August 3 Patrik Isaksson Swedish singer and songwriter August 6 Geri Halliwell British pop singer August 7 Sarah Cawood British television presenter Brad Patton Swedish gay pornographic actor August 9 A-Mei Taiwanese singer August 10 Angie Harmon American actress August 11 Jonathon Prandi American model and actor August 12 Demir Demirkan Turkish rock musician and songwriter August 13 Kevin Plank American entrepreneur (Under Armour) August 14 Ed O'Bannon American basketball player August 15 Ben Affleck American actor Mikey Graham Irish singer (Boyzone) August 16 Emily Robison American country music performer (Dixie Chicks) August 17 Ken Ryker American pornographic actor August 18 Leo Ku Hong Kong actor and singer August 19 Sammi Cheng Hong Kong singer and actress August 20 Chaney Kley American actor (d. 2007) August 22 Jonathan Coachman American World Wrestling Entertainment announcer August 25 Marvin Harrison American football player August 27 Mike Smith Canadian actor August 29 Bae Yong Joon South Korean actor August 30 Cameron Diaz American actress Pavel Nedvd Czech footballer August 31 Chris Tucker American actor SeptemberOctober September 2 Sergei Zholtok Latvian hockey player (d. 2004) September 3 Kim Joo-hyuk South Korean actor September 4 Franoise Yip Chinese-Canadian actress September 6 Anika Noni Rose American actress September 7 Sean Daley American Hip-Hop Musician (Atmosphere) September 8 Os du Randt South African rugby player Lisa Kennedy Montgomery American disc jockey and political satirist Tomokazu Seki Japanese seiyu (voice actor) September 9 Natasha Kaplinsky English newsreader September 10 Ghada Shouaa Syrian athlete Rio Tahara Japanese snowboarder Sara Groves American Christian musician September 12 Budi Putra Indonesian journalist writer and blogger September 13 Kelly Chen Hong Kong actress and singer September 15 Jimmy Carr British comedian September 16 Sprent Dabwido Nauruan politician September 17 Bobby Lee American comedian September 19 Jim Druckenmiller National Football League quarterback Ashot Nadanian Armenian chess player theoretician and coach September 21 Liam Gallagher British singer (Oasis) Jon Kitna American football player September 22 Matthew Rush American gay pornographic actor Bob Sapp American boxer and kickboxer September 23 Karl Pilkington English radio producer September 24 Karyn Bosnak American author September 27 Sylvia Crawley American basketball player Gwyneth Paltrow American actress September 28 Dita Von Teese American burlesque artist September 30 Ari Behn Norwegian author Shaan Indian singer October 1 Jean Paulo Fernandes Brazilian footballer October 2 Konstantinos Papadakis Greek pianist October 4 Van Darkholme Vietnamese-American gay pornographic actor director and photographer October 5 Grant Hill American basketball player Aaron Guiel Canadian baseball player October 6 Ko So-young South Korean actress Anders Iwers Swedish musician October 9 Etan Patz American missing schoolboy October 10 Jun Lana Filipino playwright and screenwriter October 11 Claudia Black Australian actress October 12 Mechele Linehan American murderer October 17 Eminem American rapper and actor Wyclef Jean Haitian rapper Tarkan Turkish singer Sharon Leal American actress and director October 21 Masakazu Morita Japanese seiyu (voice actor) Evhen Tsybulenko Ukrainian professor of international law October 22 D'Lo Brown American professional wrestler October 24 Kim Ji-soo South Korean actress Pat Williams American football player October 27 Lee Clark English footballer Elissa Lebanese singer Brad Radke American baseball player Marika Krook Finnish singer (Edea) Maria de Lurdes Mutola Mozambican athlete October 28 Terrell Davis American football player October 29 Tracee Ellis Ross American actress Takafumi Horie Japanese entrepreneur Gabrielle Union American actress October 31 Matt Dawson English rugby player and TV personality NovemberDecember November 1 Toni Collette Australian actress Jenny McCarthy American actress and model November 2 Vladimir Vorobiev Russian ice hockey player Samantha Womack British actress November 4 Lus Figo Portuguese footballer November 6 Thandie Newton British actress Rebecca Romijn American actress and model November 7 Danny Grewcock British rugby player November 9 Naomi Shindou Japanese seiyuu Eric Dane American actor Doug Russell American sports media personality November 10 Shawn Green American baseball player November 11 Ben Richards British actor (The Bill) November 13 Takuya Kimura Japanese actor November 14 Matt Bloom American wrestler Josh Duhamel American actor model November 23 Alf-Inge Haaland Norwegian footballer November 28 Jesper Strmblad Swedish musician November 29 Andreas Goldberger Austrian ski jumper November 30 Christopher Fitzgerald American stage actor December 1 Norbert Wjtowicz Polish historian and theologian December 5 Cole Youngblood American pornographic actor December 6 Mnica Santa Mara Peruvian model and TV host (d. 1994) December 7 Hermann Maier Austrian skier Tammy Lynn Sytch American wrestling manager and personality December 9 Tr Cool American rock musician and drummer (Green Day) December 10 Brian Molko American musician (Placebo) December 11 Daniel Alfredsson Swedish NHL hockey player December 12 Joel Cahen Israeli artist Wilson Kipketer Danish athlete December 13 Chris Grant Australian footballer December 15 Rodney Harrison American football player December 16 Angela Bloomfield New Zealand actress December 19 Alyssa Milano American actress Warren Sapp American football player December 22 Vanessa Paradis French singer and actress December 24 Klaus Schnellenkamp German-Chilean author December 25 Qu Yunxia Chinese middle-distance runner December 27 Colin Charvis Welsh rugby player December 28 Patrick Rafter Australian tennis player December 29 Jude Law British actor December 30 Kerry Collins American football player December 31 Joey McIntyre American actor and singer Deaths JanuaryMarch January 1 Maurice Chevalier French entertainer (b. 1888) January 6 Chen Yi Chinese communist military commander and politician (b. 1901) January 7 John Berryman American poet and scholar (b. 1914) January 8 Kenneth Patchen American poet and painter (b. 1911) Wesley Ruggles American film director (b. 1889) January 9 Ted Shawn American dancer (b. 1891) January 10 Aksel Larsen Danish politician (b. 1897) January 14 King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899) January 16 Ross Bagdasarian Sr. American record producer (Alvin and the Chipmunks) (b. 1919) January 17 Rochelle Hudson American actress (b. 1916) Betty Smith American writer (b. 1896) January 18 Clarence Earl Gideon Defendant during civil rights court case (Gideon v. 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C. Escher Dutch artist (b. 1898) March 29 J. Arthur Rank British industrialist and film producer (b. 1888) AprilJune April 2 Gil Hodges American baseball player (b. 1924) April 3 Ferde Grof American composer (b. 1882) April 4 Stefan Wolpe German-born composer (b. 1902) Adam Clayton Powell Jr. African-American politician (b. 1908) April 5 Brian Donlevy American actor (b. 1901) Isabel Jewell American actress (b. 1907) April 7 Betty Blythe American actress (b. 1893) Abeid Karume President of Zanzibar (b. 1905) August Zaleski former President of Poland (b. 1883) April 8 Andrea Feldman American actress (b. 1948) April 9 James F. Byrnes United States Secretary of State and Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1879) April 11 George H. 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Edgar Hoover American Federal Bureau of Investigation director (b. 1895) May 3 Bruce Cabot American actor (b. 1904) May 4 Edward Calvin Kendall American chemist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1886) May 5 Frank Tashlin American film director (b. 1913) May 5 Martiros Saryan Armenian painter (b. 1880) May 6 Deniz Gezmi Turkish revolutionary (b. 1947) May 13 Dan Blocker American actor (Bonanza) (b. 1928) May 18 Sidney Franklin American film director (b. 1893) May 22 Cecil Day-Lewis British poet (b. 1904) Margaret Rutherford English actress (b. 1892) May 23 Richard Day Canadian art director (b. 1896) May 24 Asta Nielsen Danish silent film actress (b. 1881) Ismail Yasin Egyptian comedian and actor (b. 1915) May 28 King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894) May 31 Walter Freeman American physician (b. 1895) June 12 Edmund Wilson American writer and critic (b. 1895) June 13 Clyde McPhatter American singer (b. 1932) Georg von Bksy Hungarian biophysicist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899) Stephanie von Hohenlohe Austrian-born German World War II spy (b. 1891) June 22 Vladimir Durkovi Serbian footballer (b. 1937) June 25 Jan Matulka American painter (b. 1890) JulySeptember July 2 Joseph Fielding Smith 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876) July 6 Brandon De Wilde American actor (b. 1942) July 7 King Talal King of Jordan (b. 1909) July 21 Ralph Craig American athlete (b. 1889) July 24 Lance Reventlow American playboy and race car driver (b. 1936) July 28 Helen Traubel American soprano (b. 1903) August 7 Joi Lansing American actress (b. 1929) Tom Neal American actor (b. 1914) August 11 Max Theiler South African virologist recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899) August 14 Oscar Levant American pianist and actor (b. 1906) August 16 Pierre Brasseur French actor (b. 1905) August 19 James Patterson American actor (b. 1932) August 26 Francis Chichester British sailor and aviator (b. 1901) August 28 Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941) September 5 (Munich massacre): Yossef Romano Israeli weightlifter (b. 1940) Moshe Weinberg Israeli wrestling coach (b. 1939) September 6 (Munich massacre): Luttif Afif and four other Palestinian terrorists David Mark Berger Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944) Ze'ev Friedman Israeli weightlifter (b. 1944) Yossef Gutfreund Israeli wrestling referee (b. 1932) Eliezer Halfin Israeli wrestler (b. 1948) Amitzur Shapira Israeli athletics coach (b. 1932) Kehat Shorr Israeli shooting coach (b. 1919) Mark Slavin Israeli wrestler (b. 1954) Andre Spitzer Israeli fencing coach (b. 1945) Yakov Springer Israeli weightlifting judge (b. c. 1921) September 8 Warren Kealoha American Olympic swimmer (b. 1904) September 11 Max Fleischer American animator (b. 1883) September 12 William Boyd American actor (b. 1895) September 14 Lane Chandler American actor (b. 1899) September 15 Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1887) September 17 Akim Tamiroff Russian actor (b. 1899) September 19 Robert Casadesus French pianist (b. 1899) September 21 Henry de Montherlant French writer (b. 1896) September 26 Charles Correll American radio actor (b. 1890) Robert E. 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Carroll English actor (b. 1886) October 20 Harlow Shapley American astronomer (b. 1885) October 24 Jackie Robinson African-American baseball player (b. 1919) Claire Windsor American actress (b. 1892) October 26 Igor Sikorsky Russian aviation engineer (b. 1889) October 28 Mitchell Leisen American film director (b. 1898) October 29 Victor Milner American cinematographer (b. 1893) November 1 Ezra Pound American poet (b. 1885) November 5 Reginald Owen English actor (b. 1887) November 12 Rudolf Friml Czech composer (b. 1879) November 13 Margaret Webster American actress (b. 1905) November 14 Martin Dies Jr. American politician (b. 1900) November 18 Danny Whitten American musician (b. 1943) November 23 Marie Wilson American actress (b. 1916) November 25 Henri Coand Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886) November 28 Havergal Brian English composer (b. 1876) November 29 Carl Stalling American composer (b. 1891) November 30 Hans Erich Apostel Austrian composer (b. 1901) December 2 Jos Limn Mexican choreographer (b. 1908) Yip Man master of Wing Chun Kung Fu (b. 1893) December 3 Bill Johnson American musician (b. 1872) December 6 Janet Munro British actress (b. 1934) December 9 William Dieterle German film director (b. 1893) Louella Parsons American gossip columnist (b. 1881) December 15 Edward Earle Canadian actor (b. 1882) December 21 Paul Hausser German Waffen SS general (b. 1880) December 22 Jimmy Wallington American radio personality (b. 1907) December 24 Charles Atlas Italian-American strongman and sideshow performer (b. 1892) Gisela Richter English art historian (b. 1882) December 25 C. 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