# Anything interesting happen in 1972? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 21, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520 "2006-07-21T19:08:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/21 "2006-07-21T20:53:06Z")
> [@Hippy Hollow](#): > > Sweeeeeet. That’s my birthday!!! Aha! The plot thickens! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/22 "2006-07-21T21:02:45Z")
My Father died in August. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/23 "2006-07-21T21:56:59Z")
Well jeez, Watergate happened (as opposed to being uncovered), Nixon was re-elected. Just little things like that. And moe importantly The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars was released. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/24 "2006-07-21T22:06:33Z")
1972: the year I ceased to be an only child. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/25 "2006-07-21T22:30:15Z")
June of 1972–Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof, and several other members of the Baader Meinhof group were arrested. July 1972–my grandmother died. Nov 6 1972–Billy Murcia of the New York Dolls died of a drug overdose. For part of that year my family lived in Madison, WI. I hated it except for my pet chipmunk, who lived in the woodpile and took food from my hand. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/26 "2006-07-21T22:36:43Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > my pet chipmunk, who lived in the woodpile and took food from my hand. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/27 "2006-07-21T22:55:53Z")
My GF, at the wheel of a Dodge Charger, had a dispute over territory w/ a large palm tree. The palm won and I almost bought the farm. I spent a couple weeks in hospital and a month in a wheelchair. And this was after surviving three tours in VN. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/28 "2006-07-21T23:13:31Z")
I learned to read. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/29 "2006-07-22T04:39:27Z")
Big events that happened in 1972: The Watergate break-in “Bloody Sunday” in Northern Ireland The US withdrawal from Vietnam The US recognized the People’s Republic of China The Munich Olympic massacre The USSC outlawed the death penalty The last landing on the moon Bangladesh declared independance Egypt expelled its Soviet military advisors HBO launched the first paid cable television network ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/30 "2006-07-22T06:21:25Z")
April 1972, my wife and I were married. So Coral Anniversary coming up next year. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/31 "2006-07-22T07:26:13Z")
I turned 16 and received my driver’s license. ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/32 "2006-07-22T10:06:11Z")
I think someone went to the Marianas trench for 20 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/33 "2006-07-22T10:50:31Z")
> [@racer72](#): > > I turned 16 and received my driver’s license. Hey! Me too! ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/34 "2006-07-22T21:14:35Z")
> [@Alonzo John Blitz](#): > > I was burned by a mole in MI6. After eight months in Lubyanka I was exchanged for a KGB busboy and a hodful of pet rocks. Alonzo I loved it. I even stole it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/35 "2006-07-22T21:19:21Z")
I also graduated from high school. Different high school and state than **FCM and Twicks**. I also voted for the first time in the 1972 presidential election. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/36 "2006-07-22T22:48:31Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > I graduated from high school. Twin, you must have started school a year earlier than I did! In our district a kid could start kindergarten when they were four, if they would be five by January 1. But it wasn’t required, so my folks waited and sent me to school next year. So basically I was the oldest in the class, rather than the youngest! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/37 "2006-07-23T00:04:10Z")
IMDB’s most popular 1972 movie titles: > [@](#): > > The Godfather > Deliverance > Cabaret > The Poseidon Adventure > Solyaris > Sleuth > Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex \* But Were Afraid to Ask > Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes > Ultimo tango a Parigi > Frenzy I would rank _The Godfather_ as among the top ten films ever. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/38 "2006-07-23T00:09:38Z")
“Don’t change Dicks in the middle of a screw! Vote for Nixon in '72.” Meh. High School. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/39 "2006-07-23T00:15:38Z")
Ezra Pound died. I turned a year old. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520/40 "2006-07-23T00:43:54Z")
Cowboy Bill Watts won the Tri-State Version of the North American Heavyweight Title from The Stomper in July 0f 1972. Dory Funk, Jr. was the NWA World Heavyweight Champion that year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anything-interesting-happen-in-1972/365520.md?page=3)