September 1972 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1972 Egypt and Libya form federation
• 02 Sep 1972 Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 seconds)
• 04 Sep 1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals.
• 05 Sep 1972 11 Israeli athletes are slain at Munich Olympics by Black Sept
• 06 Sep 1972 Summer Olympics resume in Munich Germany after massacre
• 08 Sep 1972 Chicago Cubs' Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year.
• 09 Sep 1972 86th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean M King beats K Melville (63 75)
• 10 Sep 1972 20th Olympic games close at Munich, German FR
• 11 Sep 1972 BART begins service with a 26-mi (42-km) line from Oakland to Fremont
• 12 Sep 1972 Ciod War: Icelandic gunboats sink 2 British trawlers in North Sea
• 13 Sep 1972 1st TV broadcast of Waltons on CBS
• 14 Sep 1972 Waltons TV program premieres
• 15 Sep 1972 WMAO TV channel 23 in Greenwood, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 16 Sep 1972 1st TV series about mixed marriage-Bridgit Loves Bernie
• 17 Sep 1972 M*A*S*H, premieres on NBC TV
• 18 Sep 1972 1st black NL umpire (Art Williams-Los Angeles vs. San Diego)
• 19 Sep 1972 A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat.
• 21 Sep 1972 Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos issues Proclamation No. 1081 placing the entire country under martial law.
• 22 Sep 1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
• 23 Sep 1972 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos announces over television and radio the implementation of martial law.
• 24 Sep 1972 New York Jets' Joe Namath passes for six touchdowns versus Baltimore Colts (44-34).
• 25 Sep 1972 Dutch air force drives away Russian Tupolev-bomber
• 26 Sep 1972 Norway rejects membership in European Common Market
• 27 Sep 1972 The Joint Communique of the Government of Japan and the Government of the People's Republic of China is signed in Beijing.
• 28 Sep 1972 David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York Carnegie Hall
• 29 Sep 1972 Sino-Japanese relations: Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China.
• 30 Sep 1972 Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.

Famous Birthday

• Gwyneth Paltrow

  American actress sometimes compared to Grace Kelly for her cool and regal grace.

• Dita von Teese
• French Fifth Republic
• Liam Gallagher

  English singer (Oasis).

• Letizia of Spain
• Idris Elba

  English/American actor.

• Goran Visnjic

  Croatian actor.

• K-Mel (Alliance Ethnik)
• Jermaine Dupri

  American music producer and rapper.

• Olivia Bonamy

  French actress.

• Eugene Hütz
• Ulrich Ramé

  French football/soccer player, a goalkeeper.

• Natasha Kaplinsky

  English journalist.

• Réginald Becque
• Kolkata (India)
• Natalia Estrada

  Spanish actress, model and television presenter.

• Alicia Rickter

  Long Beach, California -- Playmate (Oct, 1995).

• Gaël Morel
• Matthieu Gonet
• Henning Baum
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Famous Deaths

• Maurice Thiriet

  French composer of classical and film music.

• Pierre-Henri Simon

  French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet and literary critic.

• Max Fleischer

  Austrian-American animator and producer (d. 1972).

• Jacques Pirenne

  Belgian historian, dies at 81.

• Kornelis Posthumus

  Chemist, dies at 70.

• Henry M de Montherlant

  French Author (Port Royal), dies at 76.

• Robert KJE Antonissen

  South African literary, dies at 53.

• Carl Frank

  Actor (Uncle Gunnar-Mama), dies at 63.

• Charles J Correll

  Actor / voice (Calvin & the Colonel), dies at 82.

• Ulvi Cemal Erkin

  Composer, dies at 66.

• Rory Storm

  lead singer of and Hurricane, commits suicide.

• Charles Correll

  American radio actor (Born 1890).

• Henry de Montherlant

  French author and playwright (d. 1972).

• Geoffrey Fisher

  Archbishop of Canterbury (Born 1887).

• William Boyd

  American immunologist and chemist (d. 1983).

• May Aufderheide

  Composer, dies at 84.

• Akim Tamiroff

  Actor (Hotel Paradisio, Lord Jim), dies at 72.

• Josef Romano

  Israeli olympian, murdered.

• Mosje Weinberg

  Israeli olympic wrestling coach, murdered.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
2. Three Dog Night - Black & White
3. Mac Davis - Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me
4. The Hollies - Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
5. Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Slade - Mama Weer All Crazee Now
2. Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
3. Rod Stewart - You Wear It Well
4. 10cc - Donna
5. Faron Young - It's Four In The Morning