Historical figures in 1972
The atlas holds 87 people and 160 moments here, in 1972. The most recorded lives are Salvador Allende, Richard Nixon and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Educators.
Notable people
Mao Zedong
in 1972
1 moment here
Chinese communist revolutionary and political leader who led the Chinese Communist Party and founded the People’s Republic of China.…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1972
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Max Theiler
in 1972
1 moment here
South African-American virologist and physician whose work at Harvard, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Yale contributed to the development of the 17D…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1972
2 moments here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1972
2 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Milton Obote
in 1972
1 moment here
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1966 and as president from 1966 to 1971 and from 1980 to 1985.…
Morgan Tsvangirai
in 1972
1 moment here
Zimbabwean trade unionist and opposition politician who led the Movement for Democratic Change and served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 2009 to…
Muammar Gaddafi
in 1972
1 moment here
Libyan military officer, revolutionary, politician, and political theorist who ruled Libya from the 1969 coup until his overthrow and killing during…
Muhammad Ali
in 1972
2 moments here
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) was an American boxer, activist, humanitarian, and global cultural figure.…
Neil Armstrong
in 1972
1 moment here
American naval aviator, research test pilot, NASA astronaut, aerospace administrator, and professor.…
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
in 1972
1 moment here
South Vietnamese army officer and politician who led South Vietnam as chairman of the National Leadership Committee from 1965 and as president from…
Norodom Sihanouk
in 1972
1 moment here
Cambodian monarch, politician, and cultural figure who was king (1941–1955; 1993–2004), prime minister, chief of state, and leader in exile.…
Octavio Paz
in 1972
1 moment here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Oscar Niemeyer
in 1972
1 moment here
Brazilian modernist architect whose career ranged from early work in Rio de Janeiro and New York to Brasília, Paris exile, and later international…
Pablo Neruda
in 1972
1 moment here
Chilean poet, diplomat, senator, Communist political figure, and 1971 Nobel laureate. Born Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto, he lived and…
Richard Nixon
in 1972
7 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Rosa Parks
in 1972
1 moment here
American civil-rights activist whose lifelong work against racial segregation included local NAACP organizing in Montgomery, the 1955 bus protest and…
Saddam Hussein
in 1972
3 moments here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Salvador Allende
in 1972
24 moments here
Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death during the 11 September 1973 coup.…
Sebastián Piñera
in 1972
1 moment here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
in 1972
6 moments here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1972
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Steve Biko
in 1972
1 moment here
Bantu Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and a leading theorist and organizer of the Black Consciousness Movement.…
Steve Irwin
in 1972
1 moment here
Australian zookeeper, conservationist, wildlife educator, and television personality known as the Crocodile Hunter.…
Moments
- 1972 UNCTAD III building inauguration Salvador Allende
- 1972 Death at Zushi work apartment Yasunari Kawabata
- 1972 Visit with Habib Bourguiba Anwar Sadat
- 1972 Thirteenth Kissinger meeting Lê Đức Thọ
- 1972 Visit to Israel Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1972 Meeting with Sadat in Cairo Muammar Gaddafi
- 1972 Moscow summit Richard Nixon
- 1972 Official visit to Tehran Richard Nixon
- 1972 Official visit to Warsaw Richard Nixon
- 1972 Museum of Solidarity inauguration Salvador Allende
- 1972 Visit to Eisenstadt Willy Brandt
- 1972 Visit to Vienna Willy Brandt
- 1972 Insulin lecture in Budapest Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1972 Independence Cup match at Maracanã Eusébio
- 1972 Independence Cup match in Natal Eusébio
- 1972 Independence Cup match in Recife Eusébio
- 1972 First visit to France Saddam Hussein
- 1972 Simla Summit Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1972 Madison Square Garden concert Elvis Presley
- 1972 White House meeting with Nixon Golda Meir
- 1972 July negotiating session with Kissinger Lê Đức Thọ
- 1972 Alvin Lewis fight Muhammad Ali
- 1972 People's Police School study Trần Đại Quang
- 1972 Special guest at Munich Olympics Abebe Bikila
- 1972 Game of Death fight-sequence filming Bruce Lee
- 1972 Insulin discussions in Beijing Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1972 Insulin discussions in Shanghai Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1972 One to One benefit concerts John Lennon
- 1972 Death in New Haven Max Theiler
- 1972 Last visit to his mother Vasily Shukshin
- 1972 Doctoral studies in Madrid Alan García
- 1972 University of Massachusetts professorship Chinua Achebe
- 1972 Move to parents' home after martial-law arrest Corazon Aquino
- 1972 Visit to Benigno Aquino Jr. at Camp Crame Corazon Aquino
- 1972 Congress and lecture in Kyoto Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1972 Insulin lecture at Nagoya University Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1972 Declaration of martial law Ferdinand Marcos
- 1972 Communist Youth Congress closing Salvador Allende
- 1972 Meeting with Robert Sobukwe Steve Biko
- 1972 Enrollment at Reed College Steve Jobs
- 1972 Final war-effort concert at Cairo University Umm Kulthum
- 1972 Welcomed in Belgrade Elizabeth II
- 1972 First exile in Tokyo Kim Dae-jung
- 1972 Star-Spangled Women fundraiser Tina Turner
- 1972 Foreign-languages and culture training Trần Đại Quang
- 1972 Showcase at the Pheasantry Freddie Mercury
- 1972 First return from exile Juan Perón
- 1972 November renegotiation meeting Lê Đức Thọ
- 1972 Filming of I Wish You Love Marlene Dietrich
- 1972 Arrival in Mexico City Salvador Allende