May 1972 calendar

Events

• 01 May 1972 Different Times opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
• 02 May 1972 Electrical fire in Sunshine Silver mine - 126 die (Kellogg, Idaho, USA).
• 04 May 1972 Vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.
• 05 May 1972 Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
• 06 May 1972 98th Kentucky Derby: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:01.8.
• 07 May 1972 Betty Burfeindt wins Sealy LPGA Golf Classic.
• 08 May 1972 Sabena aircraft at Lod International airport, Tel Aviv, Israel, captured by Palestinians.
• 10 May 1972 Overloaded South Korean bus plunges into reservoir, killing 77.
• 11 May 1972 John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show
• 12 May 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minn Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (completed 5 / 13)
• 13 May 1972 Milwaukee Brewers beat Minnesota Twins, 4-3, in 22 innings (started May 12).
• 14 May 1972 In Willie Mays' first game as a New York Mets player, his homer beats the San Francisco Giants, 5-4.
• 15 May 1972 Hard Job Being God opens at Edison Theater NYC for 6 performances
• 16 May 1972 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationale.
• 17 May 1972 Tottenham Hotspur wins first UEFA Cup in London, England.
• 18 May 1972 Me & The Chimp, last airs on CBS-TV
• 19 May 1972 WMAV TV channel 18 in Oxford, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 20 May 1972 Different Times closes at ANTA Theater NYC after 24 performances
• 21 May 1972 Heathen! opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 1 performance
• 22 May 1972 Ton Sijbrands becomes world checker champion.
• 23 May 1972 The Tamil United Front (now known as Tamil United Liberation Front), a pro-Tamil organization, is founded.
• 24 May 1972 Glasgow Rangers wins 12th Europe Cup II at Barcelona, Spain.
• 25 May 1972 Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Ron Stander
• 26 May 1972 Nixon and Brezhnev signs SALT accord
• 27 May 1972 Applause closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances
• 28 May 1972 White House "plumbers" break into Democratic National headquarters at Watergate.
• 29 May 1972 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
• 30 May 1972 The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout Britain.
• 31 May 1972 Ajax wins Europe Cup 1 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Famous Birthday

• Dwayne Johnson

  American/Canadian actor, producer, and professional wrestler, also known by his ring name The Rock.

• Laure Sainclair
• Notorious BIG

  Rapper.

• Busta Rhymes

  American rap artist, Rhymes formed Leaders of the New School in 1990 and released two albums with the group before releasing his 1996 solo...

• David Charvet

  French-American actor who moved to the U.S.

• Chiara Mastroianni

  French actress, daughter of Catherine Deneuve and Marcello Mastroianni.

• Darren Hayes

  Australian singer.

• Julie Benz

  American actress.

• Christophe Dominici

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as wing.

• Nathalie Iannetta
• Sébastien Amiez
• Mike Dirnt

  American musician (Green Day).

• Lisa Ann

  American Pornographic Actress.

• Valérie Claisse
• Barbara Schulz

  French stage and film actress of German descent, she was nominated for the Cesar of best promising actress and for the Moliere.

• Fili Houtteman

  Belgian exotic dancer, a stripper who had won the beauty title of Miss Belgium in 1996.

• Hélène Fillières
• Cédric Soulette
• Gabriel Mann (actor)
• Thomas Langmann
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Famous Deaths

• Hugo Hartung

  Writer, dies at 69.

• J Edgar Hoover

  Head of FBI (1924-72) / cross dresser, dies at 77.

• Rev Gary David

  Vocalist, dies at 76.

• Maxime Dumoulin

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Eero Aukusti Sipila

  Composer, dies at 53.

• Gavin Muir

  Actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64.

• Margaret Ruthven Lang

  Composer, dies at 104.

• Nigel Green

  Actor (Skull, Tobruk, Ipcress File), dies at 47.

• Edward Calvin Kendall

  American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Born 1886).

• Fernand Ansseau

  Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at age 82.

• Cornelis J van der Klauw

  Dutch biologist/zoologist, dies at age 78.

• Deniz Gezmis

  Yusuf Aslan and Huseyin Inan are executed in Ankara for attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order.

• Ismail Yasin

  Egyptian comedian and actor (Born 1915).

• Dan Blocker

  American television actor and Korean War veteran, best remembered for his role as Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright in the long-running NBC western...

• Les Harvey

  Scottish musician, guitarist and member of the "Stone the Crows" rock band from 1967.

• Edward VIII

  King of Great Britain/Northern Ireland/emperor (India 1936), dies at age 77.

• Moe Berg

  American baseball player and spy (Born 1902).

• Cecil Day-Lewis

  England, United Kingdom -- Poet laureate / detective (Nicholas Blake).

• Edward King

  American football player and politician 66th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 2006).

• Walter Freeman

  American physician and psychiatrist (d. 1972).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2. The Chi-Lites - Oh Girl
3. Joe Tex - I Gotcha
4. The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There
5. The Stylistics - Betcha By Golly, Wow

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pipes & Drums & The Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guard - Amazing Grace
2. T Rex - Metal Guru
3. David Cassidy - Could It Be Forever / Cherish
4. Vicky Leandros - Come What May
5. Elton John - Rocket Man