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1972 in the United States

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1972
in
the United States

Decades:
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Events from the year 1972 in the United States.

Incumbents

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Federal government

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Events

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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June 17: Five men are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex (pictured).

July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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December 7–19: Apollo 17, the last crewed Moon mission

Undated

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Ongoing

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January

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Marc Blucas
Amanda Peet
Ernie Reyes Jr.
Nikki Haley
Gabriel Macht
Amy Coney Barrett
Mike Johnson
Garret Graves

February

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Essence Atkins
Big Show
Kelly Slater
Rob Thomas
Billie Joe Armstrong
Taylor Hawkins
Ralphie May

March

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Shaquille O'Neal
Jaret Reddick
Common
Mark Hoppus
Dane Cook
Reince Priebus
Leslie Mann

April

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Sung Kang
Jennifer Garner
Carmen Electra
Willie Robertson
Violent J

May

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Julie Benz
Dwayne Johnson
Chris Tomlin
Dana Perino
Rhea Seehorn
Laverne Cox

June

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Wayne Brady
Wentworth Miller
Jeanette Nuñez
Ben Ray Luján
John Cho
Selma Blair
Christian Kane

July

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Sofía Vergara
Michael Rosenbaum
Sean Waltman
Marlon Wayans
Maya Rudolph
Wil Wheaton
GloZell

August

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Jacinda Barrett
Muriel Bowser
Chip Roy
Angie Harmon
Ben Affleck
Todd Young
Cameron Diaz

September

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Bob Evans
Goran Višnjić
Matt Busch
Jermaine Dupri
Beto O'Rourke
Shawn Stockman
Gwyneth Paltrow

October

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Lajon Witherspoon
Grant Hill
Eminem
Brian Schatz
Brad Paisley
Tracee Ellis Ross
Gabrielle Union

November

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Jenny McCarthy
Jason London
Eric Dane
Josh Duhamel
Missi Pyle
Brian Baumgartner

December

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Stanton Barrett
Jason Winer
Jason Mantzoukas
Alyssa Milano
LaTroy Hawkins
Kevin Stitt
Joey McIntyre

Full date unknown

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Raffi Besalyan
Bigg D
Sheletta Brundidge
Jason Goldberg
Erik LaRay Harvey

Deaths

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Ross Bagdasarian Sr.
Mahalia Jackson
Orlando Ward
Basil O'Connor
Zack Wheat
J. Edgar Hoover
Dan Blocker
Max Theiler
Prescott Bush
Jackie Robinson
Ezra Pound
Louella Parsons
Harry S. Truman

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin. Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice. 1972. p. 9.
  2. ^ Sayuri Daimon (May 14, 2002). "Handover of Okinawa to Japan was prickly issue". Japan Times. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  3. ^ United States (1973). United States Statutes at Large. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 146.
  4. ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Chittum, Samme. "A Tale of Two DC-10s". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  5. ^ Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  6. ^ Michael A. Genovese (May 12, 2010). Encyclopedia of the American Presidency. Infobase Publishing. pp. 158–. ISBN 978-1-4381-2638-8.
  7. ^ Fulton Lewis (1972). The Top of the News with Fulton Lewis III. Fulton Lewis Productions. p. 249.
  8. ^ Observation of Meteoroid Impacts by Space-Based Sensors Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine astrosociety.org, 1998, 'Apollo asteroid about ten meters in diameter'
  9. ^ Bell, Daniel (March 17, 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 517. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  10. ^ The Summer Of Music Documentaries: 'Wattstax' National Public Radio, 2010-07-16.
  11. ^ "Crash at Farrell's". Archived from the original on March 20, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  12. ^ Lewis Deschler (1977). Deschler's Precedents of the United States House of Representatives: Including References to Provisions of the Constitution and Laws, and to Decisions of the Courts. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-16-087787-2.
  13. ^ John S. Bowman (1985). The Vietnam War: An Almanac. World Almanac Publications. p. 331. ISBN 978-0-911818-85-7.
  14. ^ US EPA, OCSPP (January 7, 2014). "DDT - A Brief History and Status". US EPA. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  15. ^ "ARRINGTON, Jodey Cook". bioguide.congress.gov.
  16. ^ "Data Bank of Scientists: Emma Perry Carr". Project NOVA (NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics). California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Archived from the original on December 5, 2008. Retrieved June 20, 2013.
  17. ^ Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 5, P–S edited by William S. Powell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1979, p. 372.
  18. ^ Whitman, Alden, "Mahalia Jackson, Gospel Singer And a Civil Rights Symbol, Dies", The New York Times, (January 28, 1972) p. 1.
  19. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). Broadcasting. February 14, 1972. p. 54. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  20. ^ "John Litel Dies". Independent Press-Telegram. February 5, 1972. p. 2. Retrieved December 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  21. ^ Gregory, Elizabeth (2017). Twenty-first century Marianne Moore. Essays from a critical Renaissance. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 257. ISBN 9783319651095.
  22. ^ Seabrook, Jack (1993). Martians and misplaced clues : the life and work of Fredric Brown. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. p. 10. ISBN 9780879725914.
  23. ^ "Lorenzo Wright Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". April 18, 2020. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
  24. ^ "Gil Hodges dies of heart attack". Victoria Advocate. (Texas). Associated Press. April 3, 1972. p. 1B.
  25. ^ "Powell, Adam Clayton, Jr. - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. United States Congress. Archived from the original on January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
  26. ^ Goodrich, Edna (1883–1971)
  27. ^ Sidney Lanfield American film and television director
  28. ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. (2 volume set). McFarland. p. 128. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
  29. ^ Smith, Michael (July 16, 2021). "Local voices: When did American slavery really end?". The Fayetteville Observer. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  30. ^ Edward Sloman
  31. ^ "Victor Milner". The Founding Fathers. American Cinematographer. Retrieved July 8, 2016.
  32. ^ Peter Ackroyd (1980). Ezra Pound and His World. Scribner. p. 116. ISBN 978-0-684-16798-5.
  33. ^ Harry Richman Is Dead at 77; Broadway Singer of the 1930s
  34. ^ Nick Talevski (1999). The Encyclopedia of Rock Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-7119-7548-4.
  35. ^ Gerald E. Wheeler (1995). Kinkaid of the Seventh Fleet: A Biography of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid, U.S. Navy. Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy. p. 486. ISBN 978-0-945274-26-1.
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  37. ^ James Bohn (May 12, 2017). Music in Disney's Animated Features: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to The Jungle Book. University Press of Mississippi. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-4968-1215-5.
  38. ^ Paul Donnelley (2000). Fade to Black: A Book of Movie Obituaries. Omnibus. p. 455. ISBN 978-0-7119-7984-0.
  39. ^ Edward Earle
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