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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

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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

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in February 1972?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - American Pie (Parts 1 and 2)
  2. - Let's Stay Together
  3. - Without You
  4. - Hurting Each Other
  5. - Brand New Key

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Son Of My Father
  2. - Telegram Sam
  3. - American Pie
  4. - Have You Seen Her
  5. - Beg, Steal Or Borrow

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Cabaret

Cabaret

Release year: 1972

Directed by: Bob Fosse

Starring: Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey

Country: United States of America

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

Release year: 1972

Directed by: Peter Bogdanovich

Starring: Barbra Streisand, Ryan O'Neal, Madeline Kahn, Kenneth Mars

Country: United States of America

The Seduction of Mimi

The Seduction of Mimi

Release year: 1972

Directed by: Lina Wertmüller

Starring: Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Turi Ferro, Agostina Belli

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

Release year: 1972

Directed by: Franco Zeffirelli

Starring: Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Leigh Lawson, Kenneth Cranham

Dastaan

Dastaan

Release year: 1972

Directed by: B.R. Chopra

Starring: Dilip Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Prem Chopra, Bindu

Books

Which were the most popular books released in February 1972?
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Our Gang by Philip Roth

Our Gang

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Our Gang, Philip Roth's indignant and ferocious response to Richard M., is a political satire in great tradition.

The Naive And Sentimental Lover by John Le Carré

The Naive And Sentimental Lover

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A LOVE STORY THAT TURNS PAGES FROM THE GRANDMASTER of SPY THRILLERS Aldo is a sentimental and naive lover. He is a successful and judicious man who is thrown from the orderly certainty of his life when he meets Shamus, …

The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

The Day Of The Jackal

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THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FOSTER"The Day of the Jackal makes comparable books like The Manchurian Candidate or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold look like Hardy Boy mysteries The

The Winds Of War by Herman Wouk

The Winds Of War

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The author of Herman Wouk's epic historical fiction of World War II is a masterpiece in historical fiction. His story immerses us into the lives of one family, who finds themselves at the center of the war's chaos.

Message From Malaga by Helen MacInnes

Message From Malaga

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"The delay in Malaga's delivery of the message could have been catastrophic. It was an irreparable loss, an agent had died. "Under