Monday 9 October 1972
It was Monday, under the sign of Libra. The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Maurice Kelly and Roman Oben.
In that special week of October people in US were listening to Ben by Michael Jackson.
In UK Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon was in the top 5 hits.
Last Tango in Paris, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1972
while Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Izdanci iz opaljenog grma.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Hunt the Wumpus or Hunt the Wumpus.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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TV Series
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Historical Events
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Famous Birthdays:
- Maurice Kelly: CFL linebacker (BC Lions).
- Roman Oben: Tackle (New York Giants).
- Sarah Vandenbergh: Australian actor.
- Audie England: American actress.
Famous Deaths:
- Giuseppe Capogrossi: Italian painter, dies at 72.
- Miriam Hopkins: American actress and brittle leading lady of the '30s who did numerous films.
Facts:
- Dude opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 16 performances
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Music Charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of October 1972 ?
Top #10 songs in the USA
- Michael Jackson - Ben
- Bill Withers - Use Me
- The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays The Fool
- Elvis Presley - Burning Love
- Raspberries - Go All The Way
- Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
- Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
- The Moody Blues - Nights In White Satin
- The O'Jays - Back Stabbers
- Hot Butter - Popcorn
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Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in October 1972?
- Time: The Other Campaigners: Pat Nixon and Eleanor McGovern.
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8301
- Life: Dallas Cowboys tackle Bob Lilly football
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks ?
The Winds Of War
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation.Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and ...
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The Exorcist
Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist is now a major television series on FOX. It remains one of the most controversial novels ever written and went on to become a literary phenomenon: It spent fifty-seven weeks on the New York ...
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The Day Of The Jackal
THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FORSYTH“The Day of the Jackal makes such comparable books such as The Manchurian Candidate and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold seem like Hardy Boy mysteries.”—The
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Message From Malaga
"That delay in the delivery of the message from Málaga could have been absolutely disastrous. As it was, there had been irreparable loss: an agent dead."Under
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