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1972
1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday.
Events
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Jackson, David A.; Symons, Robert H.; and Berg, Paul. (1972). Biochemical Method for Inserting New Genetic Information into DNA of Simian Virus 40: Circular SV40 DNA Molecules Containing Lambda Phage Genes and the Galactose Operon of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 69(10), 2904-2909.
November
December
Unknown dates
Year in topic
Births
January-March
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January 17 - Ken Hirai,Japanese singer-songwriter
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February 1 - Yoshi DeHerrera, American television personality
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February 11 - Dennis Iliohan , Dutch football player
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February 14 - Drew Bledsoe, American football quarterback
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February 15 - Jaromir Jagr, ice hockey star
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February 16 - Jerome Bettis, American football player
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February 17 - Philippe Candeloro , figure skater
- February 17 - Billie Joe Armstrong, musician (Green Day)
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February 24 - Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (d. 2001)
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February 29 - Antonio Sabato Jr., actor
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March 6 - Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
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March 10 - Eugene Roshal, computer programmer
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March 10 - Matt Kenseth, race car driver
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March 15 - Mark Hoppus, musician (Blink 182)
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March 17 - Mia Hamm, American soccer player
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March 20 - Alexander Kapranos, singer/guitarist (Franz Ferdinand (band))
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March 22 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
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March 22 - Elvis Stojko, figure skater
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March 23 - Judith Godrčche, actress
April-June
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April 4 - Adam Clayton Powell Jr., American politician
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April 11 - Jason Varitek, American baseball player
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April 17 - Tony Boselli, American football player
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April 17 - Jennifer Garner, actress
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April 17 - Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
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April 21 - Donny Epstein , producer and lawyer
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April 24 - Chipper Jones, American baseball player
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May 2 - The Rock, professional wrestler and actor
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May 4 - Mike Dirnt musician in the band Green Day
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May 20 - Busta Rhymes, rap music singer
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May 21 - The Notorious B.I.G., musician (d. 1997)
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May 30 - Manny Ramirez, baseball player
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June 4 - Derian Hatcher, NHL hockey player
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June 7 - Karl Urban, actor
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June 15 - Andy Pettitte, American baseball pitcher
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June 21 - Irene van Dyk, netball goalshoot for New Zealand.
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June 23 - Zinédine Zidane, French football star
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June 25 - Carlos Delgado, baseball player
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June 29 - Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
July-September
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July 8 - Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
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July 2 - Wayne Brady, actor, comedian
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July 9 - Jennifer Keene , figure skater
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July 24 - Lance Reventlow, playboy, entrepreneur, F1 driver
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July 27 - Jill Arrington, college football reporter, ESPN
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July 28 - Elizabeth Berkley, actress
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August 6 - Geri Halliwell, musician Spice Girls
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August 11 - Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
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August 15 - Ben Affleck, actor
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August 23 - Dave Chappelle, actor, comedian
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August 25 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
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August 30 - Cameron Diaz, actress
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August 30 - Pavel Nedved, Czech football star
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September 2 - Sergei Zholtok, professional ice hockey player
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September 8 - Lisa Kennedy, MTV VJ
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September 10 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian heptathlete
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September 21 - Jon Kitna, American football quarterback
- September 21 - Liam Gallagher, British Rock Musician, Lead-Singer of Oasis
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September 22 - Bob Sapp, American boxer, kickboxer
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September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, actress
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September 30 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author
October-December
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October 5 - Grant Hill, basketball player
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October 17 - Eminem, rapper, actor
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October 17 - Wyclef Jean, rapper
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October 24 - Pat Williams, football player
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October 28 - Terrell Davis, football player
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October 28 - Trista Rehn, The Bachelorette
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November 4 - Luis Figo, Portuguese football star
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November 6 - Thandie Newton, actress
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November 10 - Shawn Green, baseball player
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November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor
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December 4 - Nikki Tyler, pornographic actress
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December 7 - Hermann Maier, Austrian ski driver
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December 9- Tre' Cool drummer for the band Green Day
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December 10 - Brian Molko, Placebo singer
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December 19 - Alyssa Milano, actress
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December 19 - Warren Sapp, football player
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December 29 - Jason Kreis, American soccer player
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December 29 - Jude Law, actor
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December 30 - Kerry Collins, American football quarterback
Deaths
January-June
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January 1 - Maurice Chevalier, French entertainer (surgical complications) (b. 1888)
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January 8 - Kenneth Patchen, American poet and painter (b. 1911)
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January 14 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
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January 26 - Mahalia Jackson, American gospel music singer (b. 1911)
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February 11 - Jan Wils, Dutch architect (b. 1891)
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February 20 - Walter Winchell, American journalist (b. 1897)
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February 22 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
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March 13 - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
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March 21 - David McCallum Sr., concertmaster violinist and father of David McCallum (b. 1897)
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March 24 - Cristobal Balenciaga, Spanish couturier (b. 1895)
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March 27 - Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (b. 1904)
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March 27 - M. C. Escher, Dutch graphic artist (b. 1898)
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March 29 - Lord J. Arthur Rank, British industrialist and film producer (b. 1888)
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April 4 - Stefan Wolpe, composer (b. 1902)
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April 8 - Andrea Feldman, American actress (suicide) (b. 1948)
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May 2 - J. Edgar Hoover, American FBI director (b. 1895)
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May 13 - Dan Blocker, American actor (b. 1928)
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May 22 - Cecil Day-Lewis, English poet (b. 1904)
- May 22 - Margaret Rutherford, English actress (b. 1892)
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May 28 - King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom (b. 1894)
July-December
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July 2 - Joseph Fielding Smith, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
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July 7 - King Talal, King of Jordan (b. 1909)
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July 19 - Hezekiah M. Washburn, American missionary (b. 1884)
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July 21 - Ralph Craig, American athlete (b. 1889)
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July 28 - Helen Traubel, American soprano (b. 1903)
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August 14 - Oscar Levant, American pianist and actor (b. 1906)
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August 28 - His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester (airplane crash) (b. 1941)
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September 15 - Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1887)
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September 19 - Robert Casadesus, French pianist (b. 1899)
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October 1 - Louis Leakey, British paleontologist (b. 1903)
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October 20 - Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (b. 1885)
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October 24 - Jackie Robinson (Baseball Hall of Famer) (b. 1919)
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October 26 - Igor Sikorsky, aviation engineer (b. 1889)
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November 1 - Ezra Pound, American poet (b. 1885)
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November 14 - Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (b. 1900)
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November 25 - Henri Coanda, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (b. 1886)
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November 28 - Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1876)
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November 28 - Princess Sibylla of Sweden
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December 3 - Bill Johnson, American jazz musician (b. 1872)
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December 24 - Gisela Richter, English art historian (b. 1882)
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December 26 - Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States (heart failure} (b. 1884)
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December 31 - Roberto Clemente, baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1934)
Last updated: 10-11-2005 09:05:07
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