First U.S. Senate election
Time: 1972
Place: Washington D.C., U.S.
Details: He was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 when he became the sixth-youngest senator in American history.
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1972
Garry Kasparov-Mikhail Botvinnik's chess school
1972 - Soviet Union, (Azerbaijan)
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1972 - U.S.
Amancio Ortega-Confecciones Goa
1972 - Spain
Statue of Liberty-Immigration museum
1972 - New York, U.S.
DC Comics-Giant
1972 - U.S.
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-Howard Hughes Corporation
1972 - U.S.
Microprocessor-The Intel 8008
1972 - California, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Nixon Entered His Name On The New Hampshire Primary Ballot
Wednesday Jan 5, 1972 - New Hampshire, U.S.
Justin Trudeau-Christened
Sunday Jan 16, 1972 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Disasters with highest death tolls-1972 Iran Blizzard
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First Sudanese Civil War-The Addis Ababa Agreement
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Shaquille O'Neal-Birth
Monday Mar 6, 1972 - Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
1973 oil crisis-OPEC threatens "appropriate sanctions"
Saturday Mar 11, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Father's Day-Permanent national holiday
1972 - U.S.
Marlon Brando-The Godfather
Tuesday Mar 14, 1972 - U.S.
Brexit-Treaty of Accession
1972 - Brussels, Belgium
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development-Santiago Conference
Thursday Apr 13, 1972 - Santiago, Chile
Justin Trudeau-Visit of U.S. President Richard M. Nixon
Friday Apr 14, 1972 - Canada
Yasunari Kawabata-Death Mystery
Sunday Apr 16, 1972 - Japan
Communist insurgency in Sarawak-Rajang Area Security Command
Tuesday Apr 18, 1972 - Sarawak, Malaysia
Dwayne Johnson-Birth
Tuesday May 2, 1972 at 11:54:00 PM - Hayward, California, U.S.
Edward VIII-Queen Elizabeth II visited the Windsors
Thursday May 18, 1972 - France
Richard Nixon-The President and First Lady Visit to The Soviet Union
Monday May 22, 1972 - Moscow, Russia
Joe Biden-Biden defeated Republican incumbent J. Caleb Boggs to become the junior U.S. senator from Delaware
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Richard Nixon-Nixon Approved a Five-year Cooperative Program
Wednesday May 24, 1972 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Edward VIII-Death
Sunday May 28, 1972 - Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris, France
Johan Cruyff-Second European Cup
Wednesday May 31, 1972 - Rotterdam, Netherlands
1973 oil crisis-Iraq nationalizes Iraq Petroleum Company's (IPC) concession
Thursday Jun 1, 1972 - Iraq
Edward VIII-The Funeral
Monday Jun 5, 1972 - London, England, United Kingdom
1973 oil crisis-OPEC moves to prevent companies whose interests were nationalized in Iraq
Friday Jun 9, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Richard Nixon-McGovern Secured The Democratic Nomination
Saturday Jun 10, 1972 - California, U.S.
Popeyes-Chicken on the Run
Monday Jun 12, 1972 - Arabi, Louisiana, U.S.
Richard Nixon-Five Men Were Caught breaking Into The Democratic party Headquarters
Saturday Jun 17, 1972 - The Democratic party headquarters, Watergate complex, Washington, D.C., U.S.
Flag of Bhutan-Bhutan flag code of conduct
Monday Jun 19, 1972 - Bhutan
Zinedine Zidane-Birth
Friday Jun 23, 1972 - Marseille, France
Red Dog (Pilbara)-First owner "Colin Cummings"
1972 - Dampier, Western Australia
Atari, Inc.-Foundation of Atari
Wednesday Jun 28, 1972 - Sunnyvale, California, United States
DC Comics-DC titles featured a new circular logo
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Richard Nixon-Nixon was renominated at the 1972 Republican National Convention
Monday Aug 21, 1972 - Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Stan Lee-Assuming the role of publisher
1972 - New York, U.S.
Coverture-Extended from Coverture
1972 - U.S.
Johan Cruyff-Intercontinental Cup
Friday Sep 22, 1972 - Amsterdam, Netherlands
1973 oil crisis-Libya acquires a 50 percent interest in two ENI concessions
Saturday Sep 30, 1972 - Libya
Richard Branson-Virgin Records
1972 - England, United Kingdom
Eminem-Birth
Tuesday Oct 17, 1972 - St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Joe Biden-Biden argued for strict adherence to the treaty (SALT I)
1972 - U.S.
Kroger-Kroger built an ultra-modern dairy plant
1972 - Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Kroger-Kroger exited Milwaukee
1972 - U.S.
1973 oil crisis-OPEC approves the plan providing for 25 percent government ownership of all Western oil interests operating
Friday Oct 27, 1972 - Vienna, Austria
Hong Kong independence-Request of the People's Republic of China
Thursday Nov 2, 1972 - Hong Kong, China
Richard Nixon-One of The Largest Landslide Election Victories In American History
Tuesday Nov 7, 1972 - U.S.
New York Stock Exchange-Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 for the first time
Tuesday Nov 14, 1972 - New York, U.S.
Bart Millard-Birth
Friday Dec 1, 1972 - Greenville, Texas, U.S.
Ted Bundy-Bundy joined Governor Daniel J. Evans' re-election campaign
1972 - Washington, U.S.
Martin Bormann-Construction workers uncovered Human Remains near Lehrter Station
Thursday Dec 7, 1972 - West Berlin, West Germany
Joe Biden-Biden's wife and one-year-old daughter Naomi were killed
Monday Dec 18, 1972 - Hockessin, Delaware, U.S.
Harry S. Truman-Death
Tuesday Dec 26, 1972 at 07:50:00 AM - Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1972
1972 - Vietnam
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1972 - Kyoto, Japan