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Significant Events and Personalities of 1972

This quiz tests your knowledge of significant events and notable personalities from the year 1972, covering various fields such as sports, politics, and entertainment.

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1 October 31 – ________, English rugby player and TV personality

2 ________, French football player

3 October 12 – ________, American murderer

4 ________ admits to a New York court that he had fabricated Howard Hughes' "autobiography".

5 ________, Sri Lankan cricketer

6 ________ – Thandie Newton, British actress

7 Worship of Norse gods is officially approved in ________.

8 ________, American rock musician and lead singer (Green Day)

9 ________, American professional wrestler

10 September 21 – Philippine president ________ issues Proclamation No. 1081[2] placing the entire country under martial law.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the 1972 case of Yvonne Wanrow, a Colville Indian, charged with the murder of a child molester, brought about changes in U.S. criminal law as it affects women and Native Americans.
  • the University of Arkansas owns SEFOR, a highly contaminated experimental research nuclear reactor that was deactived in 1972.
  • the founders of the Communist League in Denmark, had departed from the Left Socialists in 1972 even though they had been in majority in that party.
  • the song "Nights in White Satin," largely ignored on its first release in 1967, reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was re-released in 1972.
  • in the 1972 census there were an estimated 580,000 Jamnapari goats in India.
  • C is for Cookie is a song by Joe Raposo, first performed on Sesame Street by Cookie Monster on March 28, 1972.
  • soul singer Bettye Lavette's album Souvenirs was recorded in 1972, but was shelved by Atlantic Records until a French music collector discovered it and released it in 2000, sparking a continuing surge of interest in the singer.
  • Arnold Miller defeated W.A. "Tony" Boyle in 1972 for the presidency of the United Mine Workers of America after Boyle murdered union reformer Joseph Yablonski.
  • Frank Fulco, a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives between 1956 and 1972, was once honored on his House floor by the government of Italy for his long involvement in Italian American causes.
  • Ralph Fasanella was pumping gas for money in 1972 when featured on the cover of New York Magazine as "...the best primitive painter since Grandma Moses".
  • John Ritter made one of his first film appearances in the 1972 horror film The Other.
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