October 1972 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1972 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
• 02 Oct 1972 From Israel with Love opens at Palace Theater NYC for 8 performances
• 03 Oct 1972 Baltimore Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
• 04 Oct 1972 Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
• 05 Oct 1972 Herbert Mullin, serial killer, first kills, claiming to prevent earthquakes.
• 06 Oct 1972 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico.
• 08 Oct 1972 From Israel with Love closes at Palace Theater NYC after 8 performances
• 09 Oct 1972 Dude opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 16 performances
• 10 Oct 1972 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
• 11 Oct 1972 Panama adopts constitution
• 12 Oct 1972 Hurry, Harry opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
• 13 Oct 1972 Hurry, Harry closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 2 performances
• 14 Oct 1972 Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
• 15 Oct 1972 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
• 16 Oct 1972 Pacific Paradise opens at Palace Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 17 Oct 1972 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs. Penguins
• 19 Oct 1972 Mother Earth opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances
• 20 Oct 1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia
• 21 Oct 1972 Dude closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 16 performances
• 22 Oct 1972 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
• 23 Oct 1972 Pippin opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1944 performances
• 25 Oct 1972 Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow and John R Hicks
• 26 Oct 1972 Guided tours of Alcatraz (by US Park Service) begin.
• 27 Oct 1972 Golden Gate National Recreation Area created.
• 28 Oct 1972 Mother Earth closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
• 29 Oct 1972 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
• 30 Oct 1972 45 die in a train crash in Chicago, Illinois
• 31 Oct 1972 Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award

Famous Birthday

• Eminem

  BAmerican white rapper with a solid reputation of vulgarity, exhibitionism, irreverence and rage, the apparent requisites for success with...

• Gabrielle Union

  American actress.

• Tarkan

  Turkish singer born in Germany, a key artist in the history of European pop music with his song "Simarik".

• Scott Peterson

  American convicted of killing his wife and unborn son.

• Wyclef Jean
• Wyclef Jean

  Musician.

• Tracee Ellis Ross

  American actress.

• Saffron Burrows

  English actress.

• Emma Colberti
• Nathalie Vincent
• Neriah Davis

  Los Angeles, California -- Playmate (Mar, 1994).

• Claudia Black

  Australian actress.

• Grant Hill

  American basketball player: forward, Pistons In April 2004, his wife Tamia was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

• Yinka Dare

  African-American basketball player: center, Nets.

• Steeve Estatof
• Gaëtan Roussel

  French singer, songwriter and composer, lead vocalist of the bands Louise Attaque (name inspired by the group "Violent Femmes") and Tarmac.

• Erin Daniels
• Brad Paisley

  American musician.

• Ricardo Sá Pinto
• Ricardo Trêpa
• See more

Famous Deaths

• Miriam Hopkins

  American actress and brittle leading lady of the '30s who did numerous films.

• Louis S B Leakey

  Archaeologist / anthropologist, dies at 68.

• Giuseppe Capogrossi

  Italian painter, dies at 72.

• Leo G Carroll

  Actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80.

• Lew Parker

  Actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65.

• Kurt Edzard

  German Sculptor (nudist / portraits).

• Norman Norell [Levinson]

  US fashion designer, dies at 72.

• Joseph Kaminski

  Composer, dies at 68.

• Alan Roth

  Orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68.

• Colin Gordon

  Actor (John-Baron), dies at 61.

• George

  British royalty who succeeded his grandfather, George II.

• Jackie Robinson

  major league baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers 1947, Hall of Fame), dies of heart disease at age 53 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.

• Billy Williams

  American actor, a handsome box office star and a twin, whose first acting job was on-stage at the age of seven.

• Bill Durnan

  Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972).

• Turk Broda

  Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1972).

• Igor Sikorsky

  Russian-American aircraft designer founded Sikorsky Aircraft (d. 1972).

• Louis Leakey

  Kenyan-English palaeontologist and archaeologist (d. 1972).

• Kurt Hiller

  Writer, dies at 87.

• Claire Windsor

  American actress (Born 1897).

• See more

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
2. Michael Jackson - Ben
3. Chuck Berry - My Ding-A-Ling
4. Three Dog Night - Black & White
5. Bill Withers - Use Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
2. 10cc - Donna
3. David Cassidy - How Can I Be Sure
4. Peter Skellern - You're A Lady
5. Gary Glitter - I Didn't Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock And Roll)