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
Steve Jobs
in 1972
1 moment here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Tina Turner
in 1972
3 moments here
Tina Turner (Anna Mae Bullock) was an American-born Swiss singer, songwriter, actress, and author.…
Trần Đại Quang
in 1972
2 moments here
Vietnamese police general and politician who served as Minister of Public Security from 2011 to 2016 and as President of Vietnam from April 2016…
Tsung-Dao Lee
in 1972
1 moment here
Chinese-American theoretical physicist and 1957 Nobel laureate, known for work on parity violation, particle physics, statistical mechanics, and…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
in 1972
1 moment here
Nigerian teacher, businessman and politician who served as governor of Katsina State from 1999 to 2007 and president of Nigeria from 2007 until his…
Umm Kulthum
in 1972
1 moment here
Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…
Vasily Shukshin
in 1972
2 moments here
Soviet Russian writer, actor, screenwriter, and film director associated with Village Prose.…
Võ Nguyên Giáp
in 1972
1 moment here
Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary, and politician. Giáp was a leading commander of the Việt Minh and the People’s Army of Vietnam, served…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1972
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Walter Brattain
in 1972
1 moment here
American experimental physicist and co-inventor of the point-contact transistor. Brattain’s documented life moved from his birth in Amoy, China,…
Willy Brandt
in 1972
5 moments here
German Social Democratic politician, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm in Lübeck. He lived in exile in Norway and Sweden during the Nazi era, became…
Yasunari Kawabata
in 1972
1 moment here
Japanese novelist and short-story writer, Nobel laureate in Literature in 1968. His documented movements include an Osaka and Ibaraki childhood,…
Zaha Hadid
in 1972
1 moment here
Iraqi-British architect, artist, and designer known for experimental, fluid architectural forms.…
Zhou Enlai
in 1972
1 moment here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and diplomat who served as the first premier of the People’s Republic of China from 1949 until his death.…
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
in 1972
5 moments here
Pakistani barrister and statesman who served as Pakistan’s fourth president (1971–1973) and ninth prime minister (1973–1977).…
Moments
- 1972 Marquee Club performance Freddie Mercury
- 1972 Death in Kansas City Harry S. Truman
- 1972 Return to Chile and final public appearance Pablo Neruda
- 1972 Address to the UN General Assembly Salvador Allende
- 1972 Kremlin dinner in Moscow Salvador Allende
- 1972 Official Soviet Union visit Salvador Allende
- 1972 Rally in Algiers Salvador Allende
- 1972 Return rally in Santiago Salvador Allende
- 1972 Speech at University of Guadalajara Salvador Allende
- 1972 Speech in Havana Salvador Allende