* 1972 – Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor, Malaysian astronaut

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

Between Singapore's departure from the Malaysian federation and the opening of Sepang Circuit, Malaysia hosted a range of other racing tournaments at Shah Alam's own circuit between 1968 to 1995, including the Tasman Series ( 1968 – 1972 ), Formula Pacific ( 1973 – 1974, 1978 – 1982 ), Formula Atlantic ( 1975 ), Formula Two ( 1977 ) and Formula Holden ( 1995 ).

Mahathir was readmitted to UMNO in 1972 and became Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1981, and in time most of the policies suggested in the book were indeed adopted by the Malaysian government, most notably in the Malaysian New Economic Policy.

* In the Malaysian federal capital Kuala Lumpur ( Federal territory separated from Selangor, since 1 February 1974 ) established on 1 February 1972.

Before he was appointed to the post, he served as the Malaysia's Assistant High Commissioner in Madras from 1963 to 1964, Second Secretary of Malaysia's Embassy in Paris in between 1966 and 1968, the Counsellor in the Malaysian High Commission in London from 1970 until 1972 and the Chargé d ' affaires in Vientiane from 1974 until 1976.

He also won the 1971 British Formula Atlantic Championship and the Singapore Grand Prix in 1973 and was second in 1972 and also second in the Malaysian Grand Prix in 1972.

Lim first became a minister in the Malaysian cabinet when he was made Minister with Special Functions dealing with New Villages and Emergency work in 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.

* 1972 – First edition of the BBC comedy panel game I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue is broadcast, one of the longest running British radio shows in history.

* Seven Dirty Words-a comedy routine by George Carlin, from 1972, in which he explained the seven words that must never be used in a television broadcast.

* The Ruling Class ( 1972 Peter O ' Toole black comedy.

The flat Williams had lived in on Osnaburgh Street from 1972 until his death was bought by Rob Brydon and Julia Davis for the writing of their comedy series Human Remains.

( 1972 ), starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O ' Neal, a screwball comedy indebted to Hawks's Bringing Up Baby ( 1938 ) and His Girl Friday ( 1940 ).

After leaving the CFU, Weir made his first major independent film, the short feature Homesdale ( 1971 ), an offbeat black comedy which co-starred rising young actress Kate Fitzpatrick and musician and comedian Grahame Bond, who came to fame in 1972 as the star of The Aunty Jack Show ; Weir also played a small role, but this was to be his last significant screen appearance.

It has been broadcast since 11 April 1972 on BBC Radio 4 with new series currently rotating with the other Monday night comedy staples The Unbelievable Truth and Just a Minute.

Sponsored by the Caravan Trade & Industries Association " Caravan Holiday " was completed by early 1972 and released in cinemas across Australia as a supporting feature to Peter Bogdanovich's hugely popular US comedy picture What's Up, Doc?

Several movies have been filmed in the county including the 1993 blockbuster action-adventure The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, the 1972 drama Deliverance, and the 1996 comedy My Fellow Americans starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner.

* A 1972 tragic comedy Forget Herostratus!

In 1972 Le Mesurier made a cameo appearance in Val Guest's sex comedy Au Pair Girls and he starred alongside Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Paul Angelis and Adrienne Posta Bob Kellett's The Alf Garnett Saga.

The Ruling Class is a 1972 British black comedy film.

It is now 1972 and CBS is inviting the team to reunite for a special on the history of comedy, with the pair representing the vaudeville era at its best.

Gielgud quickly rose to the status of being one of the top directors for Binkie Beaumont's H. M. Tennent, Ltd. production company in London's West End Theatre and later on Broadway, his productions including Lady Windermere's Fan ( 1945 ), The Glass Menagerie ( 1948 ), The Heiress ( 1949 ), his own adaptation of The Cherry Orchard ( 1954 ), The Potting Shed ( 1958 ), Five Finger Exercise ( 1959 ), Peter Ustinov's comedy Half Way Up a Tree ( 1967 ), and Private Lives ( 1972 ).

He made his acting debut at the age of five, playing a sick puppy in the absurdist comedy Pound ( 1970 ), and then at age seven appeared in the surrealist Greaser's Palace ( 1972 ).

He was also a member of a folk rock musical trio, and was a member of a local summer theater / comedy project in Benton in 1972, where he co-starred in Jean-Claude van Itallie's America Hurrah.

Episodes ranged from high drama (" Bushwacked ", episode # 392, 1971 ; " Shanklin ", episode # 409, 1972 ) to broad comedy (" Hoss and the Leprechauns ", episode # 146, 1964 ; " Caution, Bunny Crossing ", episode # 358, 1969 ) and addressed such meaty issues as the environment (" Different Pines, Same Wind ", episode # 304, 1968 ), substance abuse (" The Hidden Enemy ", episode # 424, 1972 ), domestic violence (" First Love ", episode # 427, 1972 ), anti-war sentiment (" The Weary Willies ", episode # 364, 1970 ), and illegitimate births (" Love Child ", episode # 370, 1970 ; " Rock-A-Bye Hoss ", episode # 393, 1971 ).

After a supporting role in the 1970 comedy film Catch-22, Grodin gained recognition as a comedy actor when he played the lead role in the 1972 film The Heartbreak Kid.

His efforts after Get Smart were less successful, including the comedy series The Partners ( 1971 – 1972 ), a self-titled game show called Don Adams ' Screen Test ( 1975 – 1976 ) and three attempts to revive the Get Smart series in the 1980s.

* The Office Picnic ( 1972 ) is a dark comedy set in an Australian Public Service office.

In 1972, George Carlin released an album of stand-up comedy entitled Class Clown.

Two the movies of the time were Beni ecën vetë, directed by Xhanfize Keko in 1975, and the comedy Kapedani, directed by Fehmi Hoshafi and Muharrem Fejzo in 1972.

Next were films such as The Winds of the Aures ( 1965 ) of Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina, Patrol To The East ( 1972 ) of Amar Laskri, Prohibited Area of Ahmed Lallem, ( 1972 ), The Opium and the stick of Ahmed Rachedi, or The Battle of Algiers ( 1966 ) which is an Algerian-Italian film selected three times at the Oscars.

Arau appeared in the 1972 Mexican film El rincón de las vírgenes (" The Virgins ' Corner "), where he played the assistant of a fake mystical doctor traveling from town to town, who reminisce about their travels, when a group of women decide to propose the doctor for sainthood.

Skyjacked ( film ) is a 1972 film about a crazed Vietnam war veteran hijacking a Boeing 747 and demanding to be taken to Russia by the captain, Charlton Heston.

* Bloody Sunday ( TV film ), a 2002 film depicting a version of events of Bloody Sunday 1972

Although the film had originally been released in 1952, due to Chaplin's political difficulties at the time, it did not play for one week in Los Angeles, and thus did not meet the criterion for nomination until it was re-released in 1972.

* The Blood Spattered Bride ( La Novia Ensangrentada ) is a 1972 Spanish horror film written and directed by Vicente Aranda, is based on the text.

Two of his earliest film roles include small parts as uniformed police officers in both the 1972 film The Hot Rock and 1974's Death Wish.

Benedict's film debut was in the 1972 film Georgia, Georgia.

* 1888 – J. Arthur Rank, British film producer ( d. 1972 )

He sang in a duet of his 1972 song " Changes " with Butterfly Boucher for the 2004 animated film Shrek 2.

Commissioned by Philips to publicise the museum, it was shown as a trade test colour film on the BBC from 1968 to 1972.

Sinatra purportedly used pressure from his underworld connections to get the part, an incident that inspired the Johnny Fontane character in the classic 1972 film The Godfather.

His directorial fame escalated with the release of The Godfather ( 1972 ), a film which revolutionized movie-making in the gangster genre, earning praise from critics and public alike.

It was not until February 1973 that The New York Times first used the term, describing how the " moods and tensions " in the British private-eye parody Pulp ( 1972 film ) | Pulp came " out of the collective depths of the film noir ".

A planned 1972 U. S. network television screening of the 1966 Warner Bros. film The Brides of Fu Manchu was cancelled due to protests from an Asian anti-defamation group.

A scene from this film was reused as stock footage in the 1972 film Godzilla vs. Gigan.

Godzilla Vs. Megalon was originally planned as a non-Godzilla film, a solo vehicle for Jet Jaguar, which was the result of a contest Toho had for children in mid-to-late 1972.

Four years later came Groucho's last theatrical film appearance ; a brief, uncredited cameo in Michael Ritchie's The Candidate ( 1972 ).