1972
Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (born 1887)
Helen Lyman, commonly known as Helen Hoyt or Helen Hoyt Lyman, was an American poet.
Helen Hoyt, American poet and author (born 1887)
The 1970s
Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
1972
Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (born 1913)
Giannis Papaioannou was a famous Greek musician and composer born in Kios, Ottoman Empire. In English his name is sometimes romanticized as Yannis, Ioannis or Yiannis. Most active …
Giannis Papaioannou, Turkish-Greek composer (born 1913)
1972
Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (born 1929)
Joi Lansing was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the …
Joi Lansing, American model, actress, and singer (born 1929)
1972
Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (born 1897)
Sıddık Sami Onar was a Turkish academic specialized in administrative law at the Istanbul University.
Sıddık Sami Onar, Turkish lawyer and academic (born 1897)
1972
Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
Max Theiler was a South African-American virologist and physician. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1951 for developing a vaccine against yellow fever in…
Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
1972
Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1906)
Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor and actor born in Pittsburgh, U.S., from Russian-emigrant parents. Levant studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and Arno…
Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (born 1906)
1972
Jules Romains, French author and poet (born 1885)
Jules Romains was a French poet and writer and the founder of the Unanimism literary movement. His works include the play Knock ou le Triomphe de la médecine, and a cycle of works …
Jules Romains, French author and poet (born 1885)
1972
Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (born 1905)
Pierre Brasseur, born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Pierre Brasseur, French actor and screenwriter (born 1905)
1972
Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (born 1901)
Sir Francis Charles Chichester KBE was a British businessman, pioneering aviator and solo sailor.
Francis Chichester, English pilot and sailor (born 1901)
1972
Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (born 1905)
Lale Andersen was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Lehe. She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which by 1942 transcended the confli…
Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (born 1905)
1972
Prince William of Gloucester (born 1941)
Prince William of Gloucester was a member of the British royal family. The elder son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, he was a grands…
Prince William of Gloucester (born 1941)
1972
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)
Alan Falconer Kippax was a cricketer for New South Wales (NSW) and Australia. Regarded as one of the great stylists of Australian cricket during the era between the two World Wars,…
Alan Kippax, Australian cricketer and businessman (born 1897)
1972
Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
Luttif Afif was a Palestinian militant who commanded the Munich massacre, a terrorist attack in the Munich Olympic Village on 5 September 1972.
Perpetrator and victims of the Munich massacre
1972
Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)
Dimitris Poulianos was a Greek artist responsible for creating a large body of oil paintings and charcoal drawings that continue to hold value amongst private collectors and promin…
Dimitris Poulianos, Greek painter and illustrator (born 1899)
1972
William Boyd, American actor and producer (born 1895)
William Lawrence Boyd was an American actor and film producer, known for portraying the cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy in dozens of Western films released during the 1930s and '40s.
William Boyd, American actor and producer (born 1895)
1972
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (born 1906)
Ulvi Cemal Erkin was a member of the pioneer group of symphonic composers in Turkey, born in the period 1904–1910, who later came to be called The Turkish Five. These composers, al…
Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish composer and educator (born 1906)
1972
Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (born 1915)
Baki Süha Ediboğlu was a Turkish poet and author.
Baki Süha Ediboğlu, Turkish poet and author (born 1915)
1972
Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (born 1887)
Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Baron Fisher of Lambeth, was an English Anglican priest, and 99th Archbishop of Canterbury, serving from 1945 to 1961.
Geoffrey Fisher, English archbishop and academic (born 1887)
1972
Akim Tamiroff, American actor (born 1899)
Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff was an Armenian-American actor. One of the premier character actors of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tamiroff developed a prolific career despite his thick acc…
Akim Tamiroff, American actor (born 1899)
1972
Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (born 1899)
Robert Marcel Casadesus was a French pianist and composer. He was the most prominent member of a distinguished musical family, being the nephew of Henri Casadesus and Marius Casade…
Robert Casadesus, French pianist and composer (born 1899)
1972
Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (born 1903)
Pierre-Henri Simon was a French intellectual, literary historian, essayist, novelist, poet, and literary critic. He won the Prix Ève-Delacroix for Histoire d’un bonheur in 1965.
Pierre-Henri Simon, French historian and author (born 1903)
1972
Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the Univers
James Reid was a Scottish trade union activist, orator, politician and journalist born in Govan, Glasgow. His role as spokesman and one of the leaders in the Upper Clyde Shipbuilde…
Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the Univers
1972
Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to demand the release of 315 Palestinians convicted on terror
The Black September Organization was a Palestinian militant organization, which was founded in September 1970. Besides other actions, the group was responsible for the assassinatio…
Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to demand the release of 315 Palestinians convicted on terror
1972
The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginn
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginn