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1972 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2028. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1972 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1972

• January 13, 1972 – Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong.
• February 15, 1972 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Water Rat in Chinese astrology.
• April 16, 1972 – Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
• July 1, 1972 – The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
• September 10, 1972 – The United States suffers its first loss of an international basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany.
• September 30, 1972 – Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
• October 22, 1972 – Vietnam War: In Saigon, Henry Kissinger and South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu meet to discuss a proposed cease-fire that had been worked out between Americans and North Vietnamese in Paris.
• October 30, 1972 – A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago kills 45 and injures 332.
• November 23, 1972 – The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
• December 23, 1972 – The 16 survivors of the Andes flight disaster are rescued after 73 days, having survived by cannibalism.

Who Were Born On 1972?

• March 12, 1972 – James Maritato, American wrestler
• March 20, 1972 – Chilly Gonzales, Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer
• April 27, 1972 – Almedin Civa, Bosnian footballer and coach
• May 24, 1972 – Layne Beachley, Australian surfer
• June 1, 1972 – Daniel Casey, English actor
• June 25, 1972 – Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach
• July 8, 1972 – Sourav Ganguly, Indian cricketer and sportscaster
• August 20, 1972 – Melvin Booker, American basketball player
• October 15, 1972 – Karla Álvarez, Mexican actress (d. 2013)
• November 1, 1972 – Sean Roberge, Canadian actor (d. 1996)