* Gene Austin ( 1900 – 1972 ), American singer

* Charles Atlas ( 1892 – 1972 ), a famous bodybuilder

He was the fourth child of Ondrej Varchola ( Americanized as Andrew Warhola, Sr., 1889 – 1942 ) and Júlia ( née Zavacká, 1892 – 1972 ), whose first child was born in their homeland and died before their move to the U. S. Andy had two older brothers, Paul, born about 1923, and John, born about 1925.

* 1972 – Vietnam War: Easter Offensive – American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.

* 1886 – Athenagoras I, Greek religious leader, 268th Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople ( d. 1972 )

* 1929 – Joi Lansing, American model and actress ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Scott Martin Brooks, American actor

* 1972 – Chad Eaton, American football player

* 1972 – Jason Hervey, American actor

* 1972 – Ami James, Israeli-American tattoo artist

* 1972 – Anders Thomas Jensen, Danish screenwriter and director

* 1972 – Dickey Simpkins, American basketball player

* 1972 – Jo Van Daele, Belgian discus thrower

* 1972 – Sebnem Ferah, Turkish singer and musician

* 1972 – Dimitrios Kokotis, Greek high jumper

* 1972 – Paul Lo Duca, American baseball player

* 1896 – Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – JR Richards, American singer-songwriter, and musician ( Dishwalla )

* 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia ( d. 1972 )

* 1972 – Jaap-Derk Buma, Dutch field hockey player

* 1972 – Felix da Housecat, American DJ and producer

* 1972 – The Great Khali, Indian wrestler

* 1972 – Denise Lewis, English heptathlete

Dita Von Teese ( born Heather Renée Sweet on September 28, 1972 in Rochester, Michigan ) is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, and actress.

although the 1972 Indonesian alphabet reform was largely a concession of Dutch-based Indonesian to the English-based spelling of Malaysian.

Indonesian underwent spelling reforms in 1947 and 1972, after which its spelling was more consistent with the form of the language spoken in Malaysia ( i. e. Malay ).

It was not translated into Indonesian until 1972.

Hence the word for ' grandchild ' used to be written as chuchu in Malaysia and tjoetjoe in Indonesia, until a unified spelling system was introduced in 1972 ( known in Indonesia as Ejaan Yang Disempurnakan or the ' Perfected Spelling ') which removed most differences between the two varieties: Malaysian ch and Indonesian tj became c: hence cucu.

In 1971 – 1972 the Indonesian government launched " Operasi Koteka " (" Operation Penis Gourd ") which consisted primarily of trying to encourage the people to wear shorts and shirts because such clothes were considered more " modern.

During the late 1960s, the Baseball Players Union became much stronger and conflicts between owners and the players ' union led to major work stoppages in 1972, 1981, and 1994.

The UCC is by far the most diverse of the Reformed churches in the U. S. In the United Kingdom, the United Reformed Church was formed in 1972 by the merger of the Presbyterian and the Congregational churches, on presbyterian principles of union but within a continuing congregational regard for local diversity.

* 1972 – Colin Charvis, Welsh rugby union player

Negotiations for territorial status began in 1972 and a covenant to establish a commonwealth in political union with the U. S. was approved in a 1975 referendum.

* 1972 – Danny Grewcock, English rugby union player

* 1972 – Matt Dawson, English rugby union footballer

Although the governments of the PDRY and the YAR declared that they approved a future union in 1972, little progress was made toward unification, and relations were often strained.

The Situationist International, in the 15 years from its formation in 1957 and its dissolution in 1972, is characterized by a Marxist and surrealist perspective on aesthetics and politics, The alternative life experiences explored by the Situationists were the construction of situations, unitary urbanism, psychogeography, and the union of play, freedom and critical thinking.

In his memoirs, Lamont wrote that he was " horrified " when Ted Heath in 1972 announced Britain that it was accepting the Werner Plan for monetary union.

Connors was acquiring a reputation as a maverick in 1972 when he refused to join the newly formed Association of Tennis Professionals ( ATP ), the union that was embraced by most male professional players, in order to play in and dominate a series of smaller tournaments organized by Bill Riordan, his manager and a clever promoter.

The United Reformed Church results from a union of the Presbyterian Church of England and the Congregational Church in England and Wales in 1972.

* W. A. Boyle ( 1904 – 1985 ), president of the United Mine Workers of America union, 1963 – 1972

In 1972 he launched his career in community and union settings, as moderator for the citizen's committee of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, then in 1977 as a representative for the Royal Victoria Hospital employees.

This was the second major expansion after the union in 1972 with the municipalities of Brè-Aldesago and Castagnola.

Notable sports personalities born in Blackburn include: rock climber John Sumner in 1936 ; and England rugby union players Will Greenwood in 1972 and Iain Balshaw in 1979.

The flag itself would take have taken the colors of the flag of the Federation of Arab Republics, in existence from 1972 to 1977, but the falcon present at the center of that flag would have been replaced with the Tunisian star and red crescent, as the union agreement described it: " Flag: the star and Tunisian crescent in the white middle, then the red and black.

He was educated at the independent George Heriot's School in Edinburgh, and the University of Glasgow, where he received an MA in Politics and Economics in 1972 and was president of the union.

He was a member of the executive of the Manufacturing, Science and Finance trade union for twenty four years from 1972, and joined the Labour Party as late as 1983 after seven years in the Socialist Workers Party.

Its successor is the United Reformed Church ( a union of the Congregational Church in England and Wales and the Presbyterian Church of England in 1972 ).

As a member of Lamar Hunt's World Championship Tennis professional tour group and the players ' union, he was banned by the International Tennis Federation from competing in the 1972 Wimbledon Championships and he boycotted the event in 1973.

Barbados withdrew from the currency union in 1972.

Having earlier re-established relations with the miners ' union leaders in February 1972, Heath appointed Jellicoe " energy supremo " to restore power supplies around the time of the Three-Day Week and had him set up and chair a Civil Contingencies Unit, which was, when an internal crisis arose, to operate through " COBRA " ( Cabinet Office Briefing Rooms ).

* Federico Méndez ( born 1972 ), Argentine rugby union player

The largest building on campus, the Harmon Fine Arts Center would open in 1972 with the Olmsted Center, Drake ’ s student union building, opening in 1974.