What Happened in November 1972

Historical Events

Sports History

Nov 2 Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Steve Carlton is unanimously selected National League Cy Young Award winner; wins 27 games for Phillies, who as a team win only 59 games

Nov 2 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
Nov 4 "I Can See Clearly Now" single by Johnny Nash begins a 3-week run on the top of the charts
Nov 4 Bangladesh adopts constitution
Nov 4 Kings score 3 goals within 45 seconds against Islanders
Nov 5 Vice-President of Sinn Féin Maire Drumm is arrested in the Republic of Ireland

Biden to Senate

Nov 7 Attorney Joe Biden is elected to the US Senate, representing the state of Delaware after defeating longtime incumbent J. Caleb Boggs by just over 3,000 votes; Biden would win re-election 6 times

46th US President, Vice President and Senator Joe Biden

Nixon Defeats McGovern

Nov 7 Incumbent President Richard Nixon is re-elected, defeating Democrat candidate George McGovern in a landslide by winning 49 states

Politician and Presidential Candidate George McGovern

Event of Interest

Nov 8 Stock Exchange Tower, the new 26-story home of the London Stock Exchange opened by Queen Elizabeth II

Queen of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II

Nov 9 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Nov 11 Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time
Nov 11 Rugby League World Cup, Stade de Gerland, Lyon, France: Australia and Great Britain draw 10-10; Great Britain awarded the Trophy
Nov 11 US Army turns over Long Bihn base to South Vietnamese army

Petty Wins a Fourth

Nov 12 22nd NASCAR Sprint Cup: Richard Petty wins

Nov 12 Charity concert for United Crusade (now United Way) in San Diego, California attracts nearly 52,000; performers include: J. Geils Band, Jesse Colin Young, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Foghat, and Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show
Nov 14 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)
Nov 15 Circle-in the-Square Theater opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
Nov 15 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays
Nov 15 White Sox Dick Allen wins AL MVP
Nov 16 "Dear Oscar" opens at Playhouse Theater NYC for 5 performances
Nov 16 Elektra Records releases "No Secrets', the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Carly Simon; her commercial breakthrough spends 5 weeks at top of US charts and contains the hit singles "You're So Vain" and "The Right Thing to Do"
Nov 19 "Ambassador" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 9 performances
Nov 19 "Dear Oscar" closes at Playhouse Theater NYC after 5 performances
Nov 19 Gershwin Theater (Uris) opens at 1633 Broadway NYC
Nov 19 KFIZ TV channel 34 in Fond du Lac, WI suspends broadcasting
Nov 19 Leader of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) Seán MacStiofáin is arrested in Dublin

Willy Brandt

Nov 19 Willy Brandt's SPD wins West German election

Nov 20 2 British soldiers are killed in a booby trap bomb in Cullyhanna, County Armagh
Nov 21 Red Sox Carlton Fisk wins AL Rookie of Year, Mets Jon Matlack wins NL
Nov 22 Belgium government of Eyskens resigns
Nov 22 In Pittsburgh, Penguins set NHL record for scoring fastest 5 goals (2:07) in 10-4 win over St. Louis Blues
Nov 22 Philadelphia Flyers beat New York Islanders and start them on 15 game winless streak
Nov 22 US ends 22 year travel ban to China

Lynch Approves Attlee Paper

Nov 24 Taoiseach Jack Lynch meets with British PM Edward Heath in London to give Irish approval to Attlee's paper saying new arrangements should be 'acceptable to and accepted by the Republic of Ireland'

Nov 24 USSR performs underground nuclear test
Nov 25 "Ambassador" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 9 performances
Nov 26 Bomb explosion at the Film Centre Cinema, in O’Connell Bridge House in Dublin, Ireland
Nov 26 NFL NY Giant placekicker Péte Gogolák scores team record 8 PAT (points after touchdown) in 62-10 win over Philadelphia Eagles at Yankee Stadium, NYC
Nov 27 Pierre Trudeau forms Canadian government
Nov 27 Yanks trade Ellis, Torres & Spikes to Indians for Nettles & Moses
Nov 28 2 members of the IRA are killed in a premature bomb explosion in the Bogside area of Derry
Nov 28 Galt MacDermot and Christopher Gore's futuristic rock musical "Via Galactica" opens at Uris Theater, NYC; runs for 7 performances

Frank Robinson

Nov 28 LA Dodgers trade Frank Robinson to California Angels

Pong

Nov 29 Co-founder of Atari, Nolan Bushnell releases Pong, the 1st commercially successful video game, in Andy Capp's Tavern in Sunnyvale, California

Nov 30 BBC bans Wings' "Hi, Hi, Hi"
Nov 30 Illegal fireworks factory explodes killing 15 in Rome, Italy

Events in 1972

Famous Birthdays

Nov 1 Glen Murray, Canadian ice hockey right wing (1,009 NHL games; All Star 2003-04; Boston Bruins), born in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nov 1 Jenny McCarthy, American model (Playboy playmate Oct, 1993), TV personality (The View), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 1 Paul Dickov, Scottish soccer striker and manager (10 caps; Manchester City, Leicester City), born in Livingston, West Lothian
Nov 1 Toni Collette, Australian actress (The Sixth Sense), born in Sydney, New South Wales
Nov 2 Alfred Schreuder, Dutch soccer midfielder and manager (NAC Breda; manager: 1899 Hoffenheim), born in Barneveld, Netherlands
Nov 2 Darío Silva, Uruguayan soccer striker (49 caps, 14 goals; Málaga, Cagliari), born in Treinta y Tres, Uruguay
Nov 2 Marie-Josée Gilbeau-Ouimet, Canadian kayaker (World C'ships 3 gold K-2 200m 1995, 98; K-4 200m 1995), born in Lachine, Quebec
Nov 2 Samantha Janus, British singer and actress (EastEnders), born in Brighton, Sussex, England
Nov 3 Armando Benitez, Dominican baseball pitcher (NL saves leader 2004; MLB All Star 2003, 04; NY Mets, Seattle Mariners, Florida Marlins), born in Ramón Santana, San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Nov 3 Ugo Ehiogu, English soccer defender (4 caps; Aston Villa, Middlesborough), born in London, England (d. 2017)
Nov 4 Jeff Kaplan, American game designer (World of Warcraft), born in New Jersey
Nov 4 Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer (Real Madrid, Inter Milan), born in Almada, Portugal
Nov 4 Tabu [Tabassum Hashmi], Indian actress (Maachis), born in Hyderabad, India
Nov 5 Neil Cowley, English jazz pianist (Displaced, Fragile State), born in London
Nov 6 Anthony Brown, American NFL tackle (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Okinawa, Japan
Nov 6 Deivi Cruz, American baseball player, born in Nizao, Dominican Republic

Nov 6 Garry Flitcroft, English soccer midfielder, manager (Manchester City, Blackburn Rovers), born in Bolton, Lancashire
Nov 6 Rebecca Romijn (O'Connell), American model and actress (X-Men films; Ugly Betty; The Librarians), born in Berkeley, California
Nov 6 Thandiwe Newton, English actress (Mission: Impossible 2, Westworld), born in Westminster, London
Nov 6 Vicki Movessian, American ice hockey defenseman (USA, Olympic-98), born in Concord, Massachusetts
Nov 7 Christopher Daniel Barnes, American actor (As World Turns), born in Portland, Maine
Nov 7 Emily Lesueur, American synchronized swimmer (Olympic gold teams 1996), born in Glendale, California
Nov 7 Jeremy London, American actor (I'll Fly Away, Party of Five), born in San Diego, California
Nov 7 Jimmy Gary Jr., American NFL running back (Seattle Seahawks), born in Stuart, Florida
Nov 7 Marcus Stewart, English football player, born in Bristol, England
Nov 7 Mike Goldman, Australian media personality (Big Brother Australia), born in Brisbane, Australia
Nov 8 Chris Fydler, Australian swimmer (Olympic gold 4×100m freestyle relay 2000; World C'ship gold 1998), born in Sydney, Australia
Nov 8 Gretchen Mol, American actress, born in Deep River, Connecticut
Nov 8 Ken Blackman, American NFL guard (Cincinnati Bengals), born in Brunswick, Georgia
Nov 9 Doug Russell, American radio personality, born in Pewaukee, Wisconsin
Nov 9 Eric Dane, American actor, born in San Francisco, California

Nov 9 Laxmi Poruri, American tennis star (1994 Futures-College Park), born in Guntur, India
Nov 9 Mark Fields, American NFL linebacker (New Orleans Saints), born in Los Angeles, California
Nov 10 Dick Kooijman, Dutch soccer player (Heracles, FC Groningen, Az), born in Wijk bij Duurstede, Netherlands
Nov 10 Isaac Bruce, American NFL wide receiver (St Louis Rams), born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Nov 10 Shawn Green, American baseball outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays), born in Des Plaines, Illinois
Nov 10 Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis star (1993 Futures-Freeport), born in Siófok, Hungary
Nov 11 Adam Beach, Canadian actor, born in Ashern, Manitoba
Nov 11 Jack Jackson, NFL/CFL wide receiver (Chicago Bears, Toronto Argonauts), born in Moss Point, Mississippi
Nov 11 Steve Konowalchuk, American NHL center (Washington Capitals), born in Salt Lake City, Utah
Nov 12 Vassilis Tsiartas, Greek footballer, born in Alexandria, Greece
Nov 13 Shom-Rock, rocker (Young Nation)
Nov 13 Takuya Kimura, Japanese singer and actor (SMAP), born in Tokyo, Japan
Nov 14 Aaron Taylor, American College Football HOF guard (Notre Dame; Super Bowl XXXI Green Bay Packers), born in San Francisco, California
Nov 14 Douglas Payne, Scottish rock bassist (Travis - "Why Does It Always Rain On Me"; "Sing"), born in Glasgow, Scotland
Nov 14 Ed Patterson, Delta, NHL right wing (Pitts Penguins)

Nov 14 Edyta Górniak, Polish pop singer("That's Not Me"), born in Ziębice, Poland

Josh Duhamel (51 years old)

Nov 14 American actor (Transformers, Life as We Know It), born in Minot, North Dakota

Nov 14 Lori Dupuis, ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics 1998)
Nov 14 Matthew Bloom, American professional wrestler
Nov 15 Greg Bloedorn, NFL center (Seattle Seahawks)
Nov 15 Jonny Lee Miller, English actor (Trainspotting, Elementary), born in London
Nov 16 Missi Pyle, American actress
Nov 17 Kimya Dawson, American folk singer (Moldy Peaches - "Anyone Else but You"), born in Bedford Hills, New York
Nov 17 Leonard Roberts, American actor
Nov 18 Jason Arnberger, cricketer (NSW opening batsman 1994-95 -)
Nov 18 Jessica "Jessi" Alexander, American country music singer and songwriter ("The Climb"), born in Jackson, Tennessee
Nov 18 Robert Shapiro, American politician/humorist
Nov 19 David Palmer, American NFL wide receiver (Minnesota Vikings 1994-2002), born in Birmingham, Alabama
Nov 20 Sheema Kalbasi, Iranian born poet, born in Tehran, Iran
Nov 20 Trent Pollard, American NFL guard (Cin Bengals), born in Seattle, Washington
Nov 20 Yanick Dupre, Canadian NHL left wing (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 1997)
Nov 21 David Tua, Samoan boxer
Nov 21 Rain Phoenix, American (Even Cowgirls Get the Blues), and singer, born in Crockett, Texas
Nov 22 Mavan Atapattu, cricketer (Sri Lankan Test batsman)
Nov 23 Kurupt [Ricardo Emmanuel Brown], American rapper and actor (Tha Dogg Pound), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nov 24 Barry Potomski, Canadian NHL player (LA Kings), born in Windsor, Ontario
Nov 24 Fred Brathwaite, NHL goalie (Edmonton Oilers), born in Ottawa, Ontario
Nov 24 Lawrence Brownlee, American operatic tenor (The Barber of Seville), born in Youngstown, Ohio
Nov 25 Alessandro Michele, Italian fashion designer (Gucci), born in Rome, Italy
Nov 25 Petteri Nummelin, Turku FIN, hockey defenseman (Team Finland)
Nov 26 Arjun Rampal, Indian actor (Rock On!!), born in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Nov 26 Nicole Beach, American model (Wonderbra), born in Phoenix, Arizona
Nov 27 Jason Burns, American NFL running back (Cin Bengals), born in Chicago, Illinois
Nov 28 Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
Nov 29 Brian Baumgartner, American actor (Kevin in The Office), born in Atlanta, Georgia
Nov 29 Jamal Mashburn, American NBA forward (Miami Heat, Dallas Mavericks), born in The Bronx, New York
Nov 29 Larry Joe Campbell, American actor, born in Cadillac, Michigan
Nov 29 Minoru Tanaka, Japanese pro-wrestler, born in Komaki, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Nov 30 Abel Xavier, Portuguese footballer
Nov 30 Christophe Beck, Canadian pianist, conductor, and television and film score composer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Hangover; Frozen; Ant-Man), born in Montreal, Quebec
Nov 30 Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor

Born in 1972

Famous Weddings

James Taylor

Nov 3 American singer-songwriter James Taylor (23) weds American singer-songwriter Carly Simon (27 or 29) at her Manhattan apartment, they announce the nuptials and celebrate that evening at his Radio City Music Hall concert; divorce in 1983

Famous Deaths

Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

Nov 1 American poet (The Cantos), critic and fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II, dies at 87

Nov 5 Reginald Owen, British actor (Mary Poppins, Sherlock Holmes), dies at 85
Nov 6 Billy Murcia, Colombian born American rocker (New York Dolls), chokes to death at 21
Nov 7 Tod Andrews, American actor (From Hell it Came, Outrage), dies of a heart attack at 55
Nov 10 Charlie Hallows, English cricketer who scored 1000 runs in a single month in May 1928, dies at 77
Nov 11 Berry Oakley, American rocker and bass player (The Allman Brothers Band), dies in motorcycle crash at 24
Nov 12 Rudolf Friml, Czech-American concert pianist and composer (Rose-Marie; The Vagabond King), dies at 92
Nov 14 Martin Dies, Jr., American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas), dies at 71
Nov 16 Andrey Filippovich Pashchenko, composer, dies at 87
Nov 18 Danny Whitten, American rock guitarist and songwriter (Crazy Horse; Rod Stewart - "I Don't Want To Talk About It"), dies of a methaqualone overdose at 29
Nov 18 Segundo Luis Moreno Andrade, Ecuadorian composer and musicologist, dies at 90
Nov 21 Karel Haba, Czech composer and violinist, dies at 74
Nov 23 Marie Wilson, American actress (The Story of Mankind, My Friend Irma), dies of cancer at 56
Nov 24 Alexander Smallens, Russian-born American conductor, dies at 83
Nov 24 Hall Overton, American jazz pianist, and jazz and classical composer (Enchanted Pear Tree), dies from cirrhosis of the liver at 52
Nov 25 Hans Scharoun, German architect (Berlin Philharmonic), dies at 79
Nov 25 Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer, dies at 86
Nov 26 R. P. Keigwin, English academic, dies at 89
Nov 28 Gustave Frederic Soderlund, American composer, dies at 91
Nov 28 [William] Havergal Brian, British composer ("Gothic" symphony), dies at 96
Nov 29 Carl W. Stalling, American film composer (Disney's Silly Symphonies; Warner Brothers Cartoons), dies at 81
Nov 30 Hans-Erich Apostel, Austrian composer (Kubiniana, Requiem), dies at 71
Nov 30 Neil H McElroy, soap manufacturer/minister of Defense (1957-59), dies
Nov 30 Valentin Ruiz Aznar, Spanish choirmaster, composer, and priest, dies at 70

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