July 1972 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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 July 1972: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of July 1972?

Events

01 Jul 1972 Follies closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 524 performances
02 Jul 1972 Fiddler on the Roof closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 3242 performances
04 Jul 1972 The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado.
05 Jul 1972 Pierre Messmer appointed French Premier
07 Jul 1972 1st women FBI members sworn in (Susan Lynn Roley and Joanne E Pierce)
08 Jul 1972 English Prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
09 Jul 1972 1st tour of Paul McCartney andWings (France)
10 Jul 1972 Democratic convention opens in Miami Beach, Florida (George McGovern wins).
11 Jul 1972 The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
12 Jul 1972 Democrats nominated George McGovern for President in Miami Florida
14 Jul 1972 Jean Westwood is 1st woman chosen to head Democratic National Committee
15 Jul 1972 101st British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots 278 at Muirfield Gullane
16 Jul 1972 Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes 269th patriarch of Constantinople
17 Jul 1972 1st 2 women begin training as FBI agents at Quantico
18 Jul 1972 Egypt President Sadat throws 20,000 Russian military aids out
21 Jul 1972 27.5 cm rainfall at Fort Ripley, Minnesota (state record)
22 Jul 1972 10.84 (27.53 cm) of rainfall, Fort Ripley, Mn (state 24-hr record)
23 Jul 1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
24 Jul 1972 Jigme Singye Wangchuk becomes king of Bhutan at age 16.
25 Jul 1972 43rd All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
27 Jul 1972 NHL star Maurice "Rocket" Richard signs with WHL Quebec Nordiques.
28 Jul 1972 39th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Dallas 20, All Stars 7 (54,162)
29 Jul 1972 A national dock strike begins in Britain.
30 Jul 1972 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
31 Jul 1972 Dick Allen is 7th to hit 2 inside-the-park homers in a game

Famous Birthday

Sofia Vergara
Colombian actress.
Isabelle Boulay
Canadian singer, interpreter.
Marlon Wayans
American actor.
Maya Rudolph
American actress and comedian.
Elizabeth Berkley
American actress.
Michael Rosenbaum
American actor director and producer.
Gilles Lellouche
Movie Actor.
Bénédicte Delmas
Manuela Lopez
Sundar Pichai
Titoff (humorist)
Saïd Taghmaoui
Scott Foley
American actor.
Yao Defen
Chinese giant (d. 2012).
Laurent Gaudé
French writer.
Lee Priest
Evan Farmer
Ariadne Shaffer
Míriam Alamany
Kirsten Vangsness
American actress.
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Famous Deaths

Sam de Grasse
Dies at 97.
Giorgio Nataletti
Composer, dies at 65.
Max Zehnder
Composer, dies at 70.
Hugo Kauder
Composer, dies at 84.
Pavel Borkovek
Composer, dies at 78.
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Jazz artist, dies at 68.
Joseph F Smith Jr
Leader US mormon chuch, dies at 95.
Joseph Fielding Smith
American religious figure, 10th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Born 1876).
King Talal
of Jordan (Born 1909).
Athenagoras
Patriarch of Constantinople (Born 1886).
Charu Majumdar
Indian revolutionary leader (Born 1918).
Jigme Dori Wangchuck
king of Bhutan, dies.
Bobby Ramirez
drummer (White Trash), killed at age 23 in bar brawl.
Robert Weede
American baritone (Born 1903).
Jigme Dorji Wangchuck
Third king of Bhutan (Born 1928).
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgian lawyer and politician 46th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1972).
Ralph Craig
American sprinter and sailor (d. 1972).
Lovie Austin
American pianist composer and bandleader (d. 1972).
Brandon De Wilde
Actor (Jamie), dies at 30 in a car crash.
Helen Traubel
American soprano and actress (d. 1972).
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