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
08 Jul 1972 Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.