February 1972 calendar

February 1972
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1972.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Edward Heath (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on February 1972: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of February 1972?

Events

01 Feb 1972 Wings release Give Ireland Back to the Irish in the UK
02 Feb 1972 Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs and William Harridge selected for Baseball Hall of Fame.
03 Feb 1972 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
04 Feb 1972 Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
05 Feb 1972 Another Puff by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
08 Feb 1972 Josh Gibson and Buck Leonard selected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
09 Feb 1972 President of Ecuador José María Velasco Ibarra is deposed for the fourth time.
10 Feb 1972 BBC bans Give Ireland Back to the Irish by Wings
13 Feb 1972 1776 closes at 46th Steet Theater in New York City after 1,217 performances.
14 Feb 1972 John andYoko co-host Mike Douglas Show for entire week
15 Feb 1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros / Tenedos
16 Feb 1972 Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns
17 Feb 1972 President Nixon leaves Washington DC for China
18 Feb 1972 John andYoko end a week of co-hosting Mike Douglas Show
19 Feb 1972 The Asama-Sanso hostage standoff begins in Japan.
20 Feb 1972 1st time Cleveland Cavaliers beat the New York Knicks (111-109)
21 Feb 1972 Richard Nixon becomes 1st US President to visit China
22 Feb 1972 Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani becomes Amir and Prime Minister of Qatar.
23 Feb 1972 Angela Davis is released from jail. A Caruthers, California farmer, Rodger McAfee, helps her make bail.
24 Feb 1972 North Vietnamese negotiators walk out of the Paris Peace Talks to protest U.S. air raids.
25 Feb 1972 Paul McCartney releases Give Ireland back to the Irish single
26 Feb 1972 Dam break in WV kills 107
27 Feb 1972 US President Richard Nixon and Chinese Premier Chou En-lai issue Shanghai Communique.
28 Feb 1972 George Harrison is involved in a minor car accident
29 Feb 1972 Jack Anderson discloses Dita Beard (ITT) memo indicating antitrust charges were dropped for $400,000 contribution to the Republican Party
10 Feb 1972 Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates.