* 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

Before the introduction of UTC on 1 January 1972 Greenwich Mean Time ( also known as Zulu time ) was the same as Universal Time ( UT ) which is a standard astronomical concept used in many technical fields.

On 1 January 1972, GMT was replaced as the international time reference by Coordinated Universal Time, maintained by an ensemble of atomic clocks around the world.

Since then the Universal House of Justice has acted as the head of the religion ; in 1972 it published its constitution.

Universal Studios promptly countersued, claiming that Star Wars itself had stolen many ideas from its motion picture Silent Running ( 1972 ) ( notably the robot " drones ") and the Buck Rogers movie serial of the 1930s.

Gordy relocated Motown Records to Los Angeles in 1972 and there it remained an independent company until June 28, 1988, when Gordy sold the company to MCA and Boston Ventures ( which took over full ownership of Motown in 1991 ), then to PolyGram in 1994, before being sold again to MCA Records ' successor Universal Music Group, when it acquired The PolyGram Group.

It was in operation from 1928 to 1948 and then 1950 to 1972 and was the principal supplier of animation for Universal Studios, now part of the media conglomerate NBCUniversal.

The cartoons continued to be distributed by Universal through 1947, changing to United Artists distribution in 1948-49, and by Universal again from 1951 to 1972.

Lantz finally closed up shop in 1972 ( by then, he later explained, it was economically impossible to continue producing them and stay in business as rising inflation had strained his profits ), and Universal serviced the remaining demand with reissues of his older cartoons.

Following Duels successful TV airing, Universal released Duel overseas in 1972, especially in Europe.

The Earthquake script languished at Universal Studios for a short period of time, but was brought back to life by the huge success of the 20th Century Fox hit, The Poseidon Adventure, released in December 1972.

Earlier in his career, Ledeen authored Universal Fascism: The Theory and Practice of the Fascist International, 1928 – 1936, published in 1972 and now out of print.

* Universal Fascism ; the Theory and Practice of the Fascist International, 1928 – 1936, New York, H. Fertig, 1972

After receiving a contract with Universal Studios, Van Ark co-starred with Bette Davis in The Judge and Jake Wyler, a 1972 television pilot that failed to be picked up by NBC.

Gless had been initially unavailable for the movie and series, which were produced by Orion, because of her long-running contract to Universal Television ( she was the last actress ever to be signed to a long-term contract with a studio, in 1972 ).

In 1972, Zanuck joined up with David Brown to form an independent production company called The Zanuck / Brown Company at Universal Pictures.

Prior to signing up a contract for Universal Studios in 1972 ( much like her future Knots Landing co-stars Joan Van Ark and Kevin Dobson did at the same time ), Mills spent much of the 1970s appearing as a guest on television shows such as The Six Million Dollar Man, Hawaii Five-O, The Love Boat, CHiPs, The Oregon Trail, Quincy, M. E., the UK's Thriller series, Police Woman, and Fantasy Island, as well as several made-for-TV movies.

After absorbing the assets of defunct Universal Airlines in May 1972, it added nine Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft to its fleet.

Bobby Crocker, on the TV series Kojak, after he signed a contract with Universal Studios in 1972.

The current Coordinated Universal Time system was adopted as an official time standard on 1 January 1972.

English title: A Universal History of Infamy, 1972, ( ISBN 84-206-1309-6 ).

Later in 1972, the Universal House of Justice started planning its own Seat.

* Mr. Gabriel Paredes ( MBA 1972, President and CEO, Universal Storefront Services Corporation

The Yukon Standard Time Zone ( YST ) was a geographic region that kept standard time by subtracting nine hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC ) resulting in UTC − 9 after 1971, or from Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT ) before 1972.