* 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

He was also highly critical of a decision taken in Belfast by McKee to assassinate members of the rival Official IRA, who had been on ceasefire since 1972.

The founders of the INLA were Seamus Costello and other activists who had left or been forced out of the Official IRA in the wake of the OIRA's 1972 ceasefire and the increasingly reformist approach of Official Sinn Féin.

Although formally on ceasefire ( except for " defensive actions ") since 1972 ( see above ), the Official IRA continued some attacks on British forces up until mid 1973, killing seven British soldiers in what it termed " retaliatory attacks ".

On 4 March 1972, Captain Marcus McCausland, aged 39, a Catholic member of the Ulster Defence Regiment ( UDR ), became the first UDR soldier murdered by the Official Irish Republican Army ( OIRA ).

In February 1972, he survived an assassination attempt by the Official Irish Republican Army.

Following an Official Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) bombing at Aldershot, Hampshire, in February 1972, club member and MP Jill Knight called for legislation to outlaw the Official IRA and its political wing, Official Sinn Féin.

** Official IRA ( 1969 – 72 ) Although formally on ceasefire, except for " defensive actions ," since 1972.

Although the Official IRA was drawn into the spiraling violence of the early period of conflict in Northern Ireland, it gradually stepped down its military campaign against the United Kingdom's armed presence in Northern Ireland, declaring a permanent ceasefire in May 1972.

* Official Irish Republicanism, 1962 to 1972, Sean Swan, ISBN 1-4303-1934-8

Colorado USA Field Ornithologists Official Records Committee Report 1972 through 1975.

Official French Hallmarks used between 1798 and 1972 for gold and silver.

* Official Reading Festival website-dates from 1972, but some years missing

Jyoti Singh Randhawa ( born 4 May 1972 ) is an Indian professional golfer who was ranked in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking several times between 2004 and 2009.

In 1972, Fields wrote a humorous diet book entitled I Think I'll Start on Monday: The Official 8½ Oz.

These plans were formalized in a 1972 Official Development Plan ( http :// vancouver. ca / commsvcs / BYLAWS / odp / fccdd. pdf ).

Hughes initially joined the Official Irish Republican Army, but left after the organisation declared a ceasefire in May 1972.

The Canadian government established the Official Multiculturalism Act in 1971 and appointed a minister responsible for multiculturalism in 1972.

In 1972 the Official Solicitor, Norman Turner, broke a legal stalemate between the Trades Union Congress and the government known as the Pentonville Five case, in which five shop stewards from the dockers ' union were imprisoned on a charge of contempt.

Official portrait of Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume issued by the Zanzibarian government probably in 1972

The Official IRA maintained armed actions up until 1972, but characterised them as " defensive ".

The Official IRA mounted their own armed campaign in the Troubles up to 1972, when they called a ceasefire.