1972 Facts for Kids

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1969 1970 1971 – 1972 – 1973 1974 1975

1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events
Births
Deaths
Movies released
Hit Songs
New Books
Images for kids
See also

Events

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

Births

January 2 – Adam Elliot, Australian animator
January 11 – Amanda Peet, American actress
February 17 – Billie Joe Armstrong, American singer (Green Day)
February 17 – Yuki Isoya, Japanese singer (Judy and Mary)
March 6 – Shaquille O'Neal, professional basketball player, actor and rapper
March 15 – Mark Hoppus, American musician (Blink 182)
March 17 – Oksana Grishuk, Ukrainian figure skater
March 23 – Jonas Björkman, Swedish tennis player
April 17 – Jennifer Garner, American actress
April 20 – Carmen Electra, American model
May 2 – Dwayne Johnson, Retired professional wrestler and actor
May 4 – Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
May 6 – Martin Brodeur, Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender
June 23 – Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
August 6 – Geri Halliwell, English singer (Spice Girls)
August 9 – Juan Esteban Aristizábal Vásquez, Colombian singer ad songwriter
August 15 – Ben Affleck, American actor
August 25 – Rachael Ray, American talk show host and cook
August 27 – Denise Lewis, English athlete
August 27 – Dalip Singh Rana, Indian professional wrestler and actor
August 30 – Cameron Diaz, American actress
September 28 – Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
October 17 – Eminem, American rapper
December 9 – Tré Cool, American musician (Green Day)
December 19 – Alyssa Milano, American actress
December 28 – Pat Rafter, Australian tennis player
Shmuel Yerushalmi, Israeli poet

Deaths

January 16 – Ross Bagdasarian, American pianist and actor (b. 1919)
April 27 – Kwame Nkrumah, first President of Ghana (b. 1909)
May 5 – Martiros Saryan, Russian-Armenian painter (b. 1880)
May 28 – HRH the Duke of Windsor, formerly Edward VIII King of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
December 26 – Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (b. 1884)
December 27 – Lester Pearson, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1897)

Movies released

Deliverance
The Godfather

Hit Songs

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

New Books

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Hunter S. Thompson

1972 facts for kids

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Movies released

Hit Songs

New Books

Images for kids

See also