1972

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Years :	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
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Years:	1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975

Contents 1 Deaths 2 Events 3 Films released 4 Hit Songs 5 New Books 6 Births 7 Deaths

[edit] Deaths

• J. Arthur Rank,film executive.

[edit] Events

• February 17 - U.S. President Richard Nixon visits China.
• May 15 - Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur H. Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
• June 29 - The United States Supreme Court rules that the death penalty is unconstitutional.
• September 17 - The television comedy show M*A*S*H premires in the United States.
• Author and pen club president Heinrich Böll receives the nobel prize for literature.

[edit] Films released

• Cabaret
• Deliverance
• The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
• The Godfather
• Man of La Mancha
• Sleuth

[edit] Hit Songs

• "People Need Love" - ABBA
• "He Is Your Brother" - ABBA
• "Starman" - David Bowie
• "Take It Easy" - The Eagles
• "Jealous Guy" - John Lennon
• "All The Young Dudes" - Mott The Hoople
• "You're So Vain" - Carly Simon
• "Me and Julio Down By The Schoolyard" - Paul Simon
• "Mother and Child Reunion" - Paul Simon
• "Duncan" - Paul Simon
• "America" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "You Wear It Well" - Rod Stewart
• "Ben"- Michael Jackson
• "Parle plus bas (Le Parrain)"- Dalida
• "Les choses de l'amour"- Dalida
• "Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" - Mac Davis
• "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her" - Simon and Garfunkel
• "American Pie" - Don McLean
• "Horse With No Name" - America
• "Ventura Highway" - America
• "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
• "Rocket Man" - Elton John
• "Layla" - Derek & the Dominoes
• "Rock & Roll Part 2" - Gary Glitter
• "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" - Jim Croce
• "The Candyman" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Lean on Me" - Bill Withers
• "Freddie's Dead (Theme From Superfly)" - Curtis Mayfield
• "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Without You" - Harry Nilsson
• "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
• "Brand New Key" - Melanie
• "Signs" - The Drifters
• "My Ding-A-Ling" - Chuck Berry
• "Morning Has Broken" - Cat Stevens
• "I Can See Clearly Now" - Johnny Nash
• "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" - Roberta Flack
• "I'll Take You There" - The Staple Singers
• "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
• "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" - Hollies
• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone - The Temptations
• "Heart of Gold" - Neil Young
• "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
• "Nights in White Satin" - The Moody Blues
• "Back Stabbers" - The O'Jays
• "I'm Stone in Love With You" - The Stylistics
• "I Am Woman" - Helen Reddy
• "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
• "Song Sung Blue" - Neil Diamond
• "The Candy Man" - Sammy Davis Jr.
• "Starman" - David Bowie
• "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" - Robert John
• "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin
• "Metal Guru" - T.Rex
• "Two Divided By Love" - The Grass Roots
• "Burning Love" - Elvis Presley
• "Joy" - Apollo 100

[edit] New Books

• August 1914 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
• Captains and the Kings - Taylor Caldwell
• Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator - Roald Dahl
• Die the Long Day - Horace Orlando Patterson
• Endurance - James L Harris
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
• The Gods Themselves - Isaac Asimov
• The Great Bridge - David McCullough
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull - Richard Bach
• Lady of Quality – Georgette Heyer
• The Manticore - Robertson Davies
• My Name is Asher Lev - Chaim Potok
• The Odessa File - Frederick Forsyth
• The Osterman Weekend - Robert Ludlum
• The Politics of Jesus - John Howard Yoder
• Semi-Tough - Dan Jenkins
• Two from Galilee - Marjorie Holmes
• The Word - Irving Wallace
• Watership Down - Richard Adams

[edit] Births

• April 17 - Jennifer Garner
• September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow
• February 17 - Billie Joe Armstrong
• May 4 - Mike Dirnt
• December 9 - Tré Cool

[edit] Deaths

• April 2 - Gil Hodges
• May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover
• December 26 - Harry S. Truman