What Happened on May 1, 1972

• "Different Times" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 24 performances
• North Vietnamese troops occupy Quang Tri Activities Committee
• Pulitzer prize awarded to Wallace Stegner for his novel Angle of Repose

• Radio's Mutual Black Network premieres

• Bobby Chouinard, Filipino baseball pitcher (first Filipino to play MLB), born in Manilla, Philippines

• Fernand Ansseau, Belgian opera singer (Orfeo), dies at 82

Holidays: Labour Day (India)

• #1 Song: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
• #1 Song: Amazing Grace - The Pipes & Drums & Military Band Of The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards