What Happened on June 28, 1972

Famous Birthdays

Alessandro Nivola, American actor, born in Boston, Massachusetts
Arie van der Padt, Dutch soccer player (Tonegido, Sparta), born in Ridderkerk, Netherlands
Kelly Wiltshire, CFL defensive back (Toronto Argonauts)
Marvin Jones, American NFL linebacker (NY Jets), born in Miami, Florida
Willie Apiata, New Zealand army officer (Victoria Cross for NZ), born in Mangkino, New Zealand

Born in 1972

Famous Deaths

Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893-1972)

Indian scientist and applied statistician (Mahalanobis distance), whose birthdate is celebrated annually in India as "National Statistics Day", dies at 78