Today in History for Year 1972

Months in Year 1972: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 1 - 100 of 702

Jan 1st - "Company" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 690 performances
Jan 1st - "On the Town" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 65 performances
Jan 1st - "Promises Promises" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 1281 perfs
Jan 1st - China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
Jan 1st - International Book Year begins
Jan 1st - KDSD TV channel 16 in Aberdeen, SD (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 2nd - "Rothschilds" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 505 perfs
Jan 2nd - Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 14-3 in NFC championship game
Jan 2nd - Mariner 9 begins mapping Mars
Jan 2nd - Miami Dolphins beat Balt Colts 21-0 in AFC championship game
Jan 4th - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
Jan 5th - Largest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Lakers-11,178)
Jan 5th - NASA announces development of space shuttle
Jan 5th - NYC transit fare rises from 30 cents to 35 cents
Jan 5th - Pres Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle
Jan 5th - West-Pakistani sheik Mujib ur-Rahman freed
Jan 6th - US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
Jan 6th - US male Figure Skating championship won by Kenneth Shelley
Jan 6th - Vladimir Bukovski is exiled from USSR
Jan 7th - Iberian Airlines crashes into 800' peak on island of Ibiza, 104 die
Jan 7th - LA Lakers chalk up 33rd consecutive win (NBA record)
Jan 7th - Lewis F Powell Jr becomes a Supreme Court Justice
Jan 7th - William Hubbs Rehnquist, sworn in as Supreme Court Justice
Jan 7th - LA Lakers 33 straight win streak snapped, losing to Bucks 120-104
Jan 8th - Dmitri Shostakovitch' 15th Symphony, premieres in Moscow
Jan 8th - NCAA announces freshman can play on teams starting in fall
Jan 9th - Billionaire Howard Hughes says Clifford Irving's bio is a fake
Jan 9th - Marlene Hagge wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Jan 9th - Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire
Jan 10th - Sheik Mujib ur-Rahman arrives in Dacca, East-Pakistan
Jan 10th - Triple album set "Concert for Bangladesh" released in UK
Jan 11th - East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
Jan 11th - Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes president & sheik Mujib ur-Rahman premier
Jan 12th - Tigers sign a lease to build a $126M domed stadium (doesn't happen)
Jan 13th - Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
Jan 14th - "Sanford & Son" starring Redd Foxx premieres on NBC TV
Jan 14th - WMAH TV channel 19 in Biloxi, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 14th - WMAU TV channel 17 in Bude, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 14th - WMAW TV channel 14 in Meridian, MS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Jan 15th - Heavyweight Joe Frazier KOs Terry Daniels
Jan 16th - Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes European all-round lady skating champ
Jan 16th - Super Bowl VI: Dallas Cowboys-24, Miami-3 in New Orleans Superbowl MVP: Roger Staubach, Dallas, QB
Jan 17th - Section of Memphis' Highway 51 South renamed Elvis Presley Blvd
Jan 19th - Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, & Early Wynn elected to Hall of Fame
Jan 21st - Assam's North East Frontier Agency becomes Arunachal Pradesh terr
Jan 21st - Belgium government of Eyskens-Cools forms
Jan 21st - Manipur, Meghalaya & Tripura become separate states of Indian union
Jan 21st - Mizoram, formerly part of Assam, creates an Indian union territory
Jan 21st - Tripura becomes a full-fledged state in India.
Jan 22nd - "Emergency" with Robert Fuller premieres on NBC TV
Jan 22nd - 22nd NBA All-Star Game: West beats East 112-110 at LA
Jan 23rd - 2nd AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 26-13
Jan 23rd - Ard Schenk becomes European all-round skating champ
Jan 23rd - Bootlegger sells wood alcohol to wedding party-100 die-New Delhi
Jan 23rd - Entire population of Istanbul under 24 hour house arrest
Jan 23rd - NFL Pro Bowl: AFC beats NFC 26-13
Jan 24th - WRIP (now WDSI) TV channel 61 in Chattanooga, TN (IND) 1st broadcast
Jan 24th - Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II.
Jan 25th - 25th NHL All-Star Game: East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
Jan 25th - 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
Jan 26th - Stewardess Vesna Vulovic survives 10,160m fall without parachute
Jan 28th - Oral Roberts' Eddie Woods grabs 30 rebounds for 2nd consecutive game
Jan 29th - 5th ABA All-Star Game: East 142 beats West 115 at Louisville
Jan 30th - Bloody Sunday: Brit soldiers shoot on catholics in Londonderry, 13 die
Jan 30th - Pakistan withdraws from Commonwealth
Jan 31st - Aretha Franklin sings at Mahalia Jackson's funeral
Jan 31st - Birenda, becomes leader of Nepal
Jan 31st - Military coup ousts civilian government of Ghana
Jan 31st - US launches HEOS A-2 for interplanetary observations (396/244,998)
Feb 1st - 1st scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) introduced ($395)
Feb 1st - Wings release "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" in UK
Feb 1st - Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
Feb 2nd - Lefty Gomez, Ross Youngs & William Harridge selected for Hall of Fame
Playwright Tom Stoppard Feb 2nd - Tom Stoppard's "Jumpers," premieres in London
Feb 3rd - 11th Winter Olympic games opens in Sapporo, Japan (1st in Asia)
Feb 3rd - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Feb 4th - 6th round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks ends in Vienna Austria
Feb 4th - Sen Strom Thurmond suggests John Lennon be deported
Feb 5th - "Another Puff" by Jerry Reed peaks at #65
Feb 5th - Bob Douglas is 1st black elected to Basketball Hall of Fame
Feb 5th - US airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers & baggage
Feb 8th - Josh Gibson & Buck Leonard selected to Hall of Fame
Feb 9th - Brit government declares state of emergency after month-long miners' strike
Feb 10th - BBC bans "Give Ireland Back to the Irish" by Wings
Feb 10th - Ras al Khaima joins United Arab Emirates
Feb 10th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Feb 13th - "1776" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 1,217 performances
Feb 13th - "Grease" opens on Broadway
Feb 13th - 11th Winter Olympic games close at Sapporo, Japan
Feb 14th - John & Yoko co-host "Mike Douglas Show" for entire week
Feb 14th - Luna 20 (Russia) launched to orbit & soft landing on Moon
Feb 14th - CBS "Late Movie" premieres
Feb 15th - Bill Torrey becomes 1st Islander General Manager
Feb 15th - Dimitrios Papadopoulos becomes metropolitan of Imbros/Tenedos
Feb 15th - Pres Velasco Ibarra of Ecuador deposed for 4th time
Feb 15th - Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time.
Feb 16th - 1st NBA to score 30,000 points (Wilt Chamberlain in 940 games)
Feb 16th - German mass murderers "Three of Breda" freed
Feb 16th - Test Cricket debut of Lawrence Rowe WI v NZ Kingston, 214 & 100
Feb 16th - Wilt Chamberlain hit 30,000 point mark during a game with Phoenix Suns

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 1,418

Jan 1st - Barron Miles, NFL def back (Pittsburgh Steelers)/WLAF corner (Frankfurt)
Jan 1st - Ivan Droppa, hockey defenseman (Team Slovakia 1998)
Jan 1st - Lilian Thuram, French footballer
Jan 1st - DJ Shadow, American DJ and songwriter
Jan 2nd - Jeff Jackson, US baseball outfielder (Philadelphia Phillies)
Jan 2nd - Lake Dawson, NFL wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
Jan 2nd - Mattias Norstrom, Mora SWE, NHL defenseman (Team Sweden, LA Kings)
Jan 2nd - Christopher Lennertz, American composer
Jan 3rd - Charles Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Jan 3rd - Deborah Carter, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
Jan 3rd - Jacques Wildberger, composer
Jan 3rd - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
Jan 3rd - Nichole Nordeman, American singer
Jan 4th - Mike McCoy, WLAF quarterback (Amsterdam Admirals)
Jan 4th - James Longley, American documentary filmmaker
Jan 5th - Joseph Patton, NFL guard (Washington Redskins)
Jan 5th - Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer
Jan 6th - Denis Montana, CFL receiver (Montreal Alouettes, Toronto Argonauts)
Jan 6th - Shae Marks, New Orleans LA, playmate (May, 1994)
Jan 6th - Willie Clark, NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles)
Jan 6th - Nek, Italian singer
Jan 7th - Aaron John Mcintosh, Auckland NZ, sailboard yachter (Olympics-96)
Jan 7th - Chuck Levy, kick returner/running back (SF 49ers)
Jan 7th - Donald Brashear, Bedford, NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens)
Jan 8th - Brandie Burton, San Bernardino CA, LPGA golfer (1993 du Maurier Ltd)
Jan 8th - Devlin Murphy, Honolulu Hawaii, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
Jan 9th - Eddie Mason, NFL linebacker (NY Jets)
Jan 9th - Jay Powell, Meridian MS, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
Jan 9th - Kristie Hicks, Bardstown Kentucky, Miss America-Kentucky (1996)
Jan 9th - Sarah Beeny, British TV personality
Jan 9th - Angie Martinez, American radio and television personality
Jan 9th - Jay Powell, baseball player
Jan 10th - Thomas Lewis, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants)
Jan 10th - Brian Lawler, American professional wrestler
Jan 11th - Amber Medlin, Virginia Beach Virginia, Miss America-Virginia (1996)
Jan 11th - Dexter Seigler, NFL cornerback (Seattle Seahawks)
Jan 11th - Huub Loeffen, Dutch soccer player (Vitesse)
Jan 11th - Rey Ordonez, Havana Cuba, infielder (NY Mets)
Jan 11th - Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star (WR/OR 50m freestyle)
Jan 11th - Marc Blucas, American actor
Jan 12th - Dominique Ross, NFL running back (Dallas Cowboys)
Jan 12th - Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Rajiv Gandhi
Jan 12th - Randy Sklar, American comedian
Jan 13th - Byron "Bam" Morris, NFL running back (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Jan 13th - Nicole Eggert, Glendale California, actress (Charles in Charge, Baywatch)
Jan 13th - Richard Woodley, NFL cornerback (Detroit Lions)
Jan 13th - Atoosa Rubenstein, Iranian-born American magazine editor
Jan 13th - Vitaly Scherbo, Belarusian gymnast
Jan 14th - Kyle Brady, NFL tight end (NY Jets)
Jan 14th - Michael Davis, NFL cornerback (Cleveland Browns)
Jan 14th - Predrag Gosta, Yugoslav-born conductor
Jan 14th - Raimondas Rumšas, Lithuanian cyclist
Jan 15th - Ernie Reyes Jr, San Jose California, actor (Ernie-Sidekicks)
Jan 15th - Kimberly Anne Massaro, St Louis Mo, Miss America (Missouri-5th-1997)
Jan 15th - Claudia Winkleman, English television presenter
Jan 16th - Desiree Leipham, Spokane Wash, WPVA volleyballer (Nationals-17th-1995)
Jan 16th - Joe Horn, wide receiver (KC Chiefs)
Jan 16th - Lee McIntyre, Peak Hill Aust, golfer (T3 1995 NSW Trainee Champ)
Jan 16th - Dameon Clarke, Canadian actor
Jan 16th - Salah Hissou, Moroccan long-distance runner
Jan 16th - Joe Horn, American football player
Jan 16th - Richard T. Jones, American actor
Jan 16th - Greg Page, Australian musician and actor
Jan 17th - Rohn Meyer, CFL offensive linebacker (Calgary Stampeders)
Jan 17th - Wendall Gaines, NFL tight end (Arizona Cardinals)
Jan 17th - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
Jan 17th - Benno Fürmann, German actor
Jan 18th - Dwayne Carswell, NFL tight end (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32)
Jan 18th - Mike Lieberthal, Glendale CA, catcher (Philadelphia Phillies)
Jan 18th - Ryan Kuehl, defensive tackle (Washington Redskins)
Jan 18th - Steven Conley, linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers)
Jan 18th - Vinod Kambli, cricketer (prolific Indian batsman 1993-)
Jan 19th - Tyrone Wheatley, NFL running back (NY Giants)
Jan 19th - Joana Benedek, Mexican actress
Jan 19th - Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
Jan 19th - Princess Kalina of Bulgaria, titular Bulgarian royal family
Jan 20th - Alcides Catanho, NFL outside linebacker (NE Patriots)
Jan 21st - Alan Benes, Evansville IN, pitcher (St Louis Cardinals)
Jan 21st - Howard Nathan, NBA guard (Atlanta Hawks)
Jan 21st - Shelley Looney, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98)
Jan 21st - Rick Falkvinge, Swedish politician
Jan 21st - Yasunori Mitsuda, Japanese composer
Jan 21st - Cat Power (Chan Marshall), American musician
Jan 22nd - Steve Scifres, guard/tackle (Dallas Cowboys)
Jan 22nd - Toddrick McIntosh, NFL defensive end (Tampa Bay Bucs)
Jan 22nd - Gabriel Macht, American actor
Jan 22nd - Romi Paku, Japanese seiyu (voice actress)
Jan 22nd - Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (d. 1999)
Jan 23rd - Anthony Peterson, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears, SF 49ers)
Jan 23rd - Gary Harrell, NFL/WLAF receiver (NY Giants, Frankfurt Galaxy)
Jan 23rd - Kez McCorvey, NFL wide receiver (Detroit Lions)
Jan 23rd - Tanya Harding, Australian softball pitcher (Olympics-bronze-96)
Jan 23rd - Ewen Bremner, Scottish actor
Jan 23rd - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer
Jan 24th - Jay Walker, quarterback (Minnesota Vikings)
Jan 24th - Joe Garten, WLAF center (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Jan 24th - Raphael Graetz, WLAF linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Jan 24th - Salima Davidson, Pittsburgh Penn, volleyball setter (Olympics-96)
Jan 24th - Shannon Garrett, CFL defensive back (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
Jan 24th - Naoshi Mizuta, Japanese composer

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Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 2 of 2

Jul 8th - English prince Richard marries Birgitte of Deurs (Henriksen)
Aug 5th - "The Addams Family" actor John Astin (42) weds actress Patty Duke (25)

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 100 of 269

Jan 1st - Jane Morgan, actress (Mrs Margaret Davis-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 91
Jan 1st - Maurice A Chevalier, French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83
Jan 3rd - Frans Masereel, Flem WWII resistance fighter (Le Soleil), dies at 82
Jan 4th - Carl-Olof Anderberg, composer, dies at 57
Jan 6th - Chen Yi, Chinese military commander and politician (b. 1901)
Jan 7th - Clarence Passailaigue, cricketer (487 for 6th wkt for Jamaica), dies
Jan 7th - John Berryman, US poet (Imaginary Jew), dies
Jan 7th - Eftichia Papagianopoulos, Greek lyricist
Jan 8th - Kenneth Patchen, US writer (See You in the Morning), dies at 60
Jan 9th - Ted Shawn, US dancer, dies at 80
Jan 10th - Al Goodman, Russian/US orchestra leader (NBC Comedy Hour), dies at 81
Jan 10th - Georg Rendl, Austriam miner/beekeeper (Satan on Earth), dies at 68
Jan 10th - Sverre Jordan, composer, dies at 82
Jan 10th - Aksel Larsen, Danish politician (b. 1897)
Jan 12th - Padraic Colum, Irish poet/writer/founder (Irish Review), dies at 90
Jan 14th - Frederik IX, [Christiaan FFMKW], king of Denmark (1947-72), dies at 72
Jan 15th - Daisy Ashford, English child writer (The Young Visiters) (b. 1881)
Jan 16th - David Seville, singer (Alvin & Chipmunks), dies at 52
Jan 16th - Teller Ammons, American politician (b. 1895)
Poet/Novelist Kenneth Patchen (Jan 8th) Jan 17th - Rochelle Hudson, actress (That's My Boy), dies at 55
Jan 17th - Betty Smith, American writer and singer (b. 1896)
Jan 18th - Rudolf Wittelsbach, composer, dies at 69
Jan 19th - Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
Jan 24th - Jerome Cowan, actor (Mr Dithers-Blondie), dies at 74
Jan 25th - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (b. 1892)
Jan 27th - Mahalia Jackson, gospel singer (He Got the Whole World), dies at 60
Jan 27th - Richard Courant, German/US mathematician, dies at 84
Jan 28th - Adriaan B "Jaap" Wagemaker, Dutch sculptor, dies at 66
Jan 30th - Karel Boleslav Jirak, composer, dies at 81
Jan 31st - Bir Bikram Shah Deva Mahendra, king of Nepal (1955-72), dies at 51
Jan 31st - Howard Barlow, conductor (Voice of Firestone), dies at 79
Jan 31st - Istvan Szelenyi, composer, dies at 67
Feb 2nd - Jessie Royce Landis, actress (North by Northwest), dies at 67
Feb 2nd - Natalie Clifford Barney, American writer (b. 1876)
Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson (Jan 27th) Feb 3rd - John Litel, actor (Big Boss, Crime Doctor, My Buddy), dies at 79
Feb 5th - Marianne Moore, US poetess (Pulitzer 1951), dies at 84
Feb 6th - Julian H Steward, US anthropologist (South American), dies at 70
Feb 8th - Markos Vamvakaris, Greek musician and songwriter (b. 1905)
Feb 11th - Jan Wils, architect (Olympian Stadium, Amsterdam), dies at 80
Feb 14th - Lambertus "Bertus" van Lyre, composer/conductor (Dike), dies at 65
Feb 15th - Edgar P Snow, US author/journalist (Battle for Asia), dies at 66
Feb 15th - Jef [Josephus CF] Last, Dutch poet/Indonesian politician, dies at 73
Feb 17th - Gavril Nikolayevich Popov, composer, dies at 67
Feb 19th - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
Feb 19th - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
Feb 20th - Herbert Menges, composer, dies at 69
Feb 20th - Walter Winchell, writer/actor (Dondi, Love & Hisses), dies at 74
Feb 21st - Bronislava Nijinska, Polish-Russian ballet dancer (b. 1891)
Feb 21st - Eugène Tisserant, French Catholic candinal (b. 1884)
Feb 22nd - Walter Sande, actor (Adventures of Tugboat Annie), dies at 65
Feb 23rd - Michael Taube, composer, dies at 81
Feb 26th - Tom Manders, Dutch cabaret artist (Dorus), dies at 50
Feb 27th - Pat Brady, American actor and singer (b. 1914)
Feb 28th - Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies
Mar 1st - Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63
Mar 2nd - Bill Lawrence, news anchor (ABC), dies at 56
Mar 5th - Nils Bjorkander, composer, dies at 78
Mar 8th - Erich von dem Bach, Nazi official (b. 1899)
Mar 11th - Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65
Mar 13th - Tony Ray-Jones, British photographer (b. 1941)
Mar 15th - Aleksandr Ivanovich Laktionov, Russian painter (b. 1910)
Mar 16th - Harold "Pie" Traynor, hall of fame 3rd baseman (Pirates), dies at 72
Mar 17th - Manny Martindale, cricketer (10 Tests for WI, 34 wickets), dies
Mar 20th - Aad de Haas, Dutch religious painter/graphic artist, dies at 51
Mar 20th - Jan Engelman, Dutch poet/art critic (At the Front), dies at 71
Mar 20th - Marilyn Maxwell, actress (Grace-Bus Stop), dies at 50
Mar 27th - Maurits C Escher, Dutch lithograph carver (Praedestinatie), dies at 73
Mar 27th - Sharkey Bonano, American musician (b. 1904)
Mar 29th - J Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, industrialist/film magnate
Mar 30th - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81
Mar 30th - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
Mar 30th - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
Mar 31st - Meena Kumari, Indian actress (b. 1932)
Apr 2nd - Gil Hodges, manager (NY Mets), dies of heart attack at 57
Apr 2nd - Franz Halder, German general (b. 1884)
Apr 2nd - Toshitsugu Takamatsu, Japanese Martial Arts Grandmaster (b. 1887)
Apr 3rd - Ferde Ferdinand Rudolph von Grofe, composer, dies at 80
Apr 3rd - Ferde Grofe, US composer (Grand Canyon Suite), dies at 80
Apr 4th - Adam Clayton Powell Jr, (Rep-D-NY), dies at 63
Apr 4th - John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies
Apr 4th - Stefan Wolpe, German composer (Zeus & Elidco), dies at 69
Apr 5th - Brian Donlevy, actor (Steve-Dangerous Assignment), dies at 73
Apr 5th - Isabel Jewell, dies at 62
Apr 7th - "Crazy" Joe Gallo, mobster, killed at his 43rd birthday party
Apr 7th - Abeid Karume, Tanzanian sheik/president, murdered
Apr 7th - Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65
Apr 12th - C W Ceram, [Kurt Marek], German/US writer (1st American), dies at 57
Apr 12th - Henri Potiron, composer, dies at 89
Apr 15th - Otto Brenner, German trade union leader, dies at 64
Apr 16th - Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author (Nobel 1968), dies at 72
Apr 19th - Adolf Bach, German philologist/sociologist, dies at 82
Apr 25th - George Sanders, actor (Mr Freeze-Batman, Ivanhoe), dies at 65
Apr 26th - Margaret A R Bonds, US pianist/composer/arranger, dies at 59
Apr 26th - Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
Apr 27th - Kwame Nkrumah, president of Ghana, dies at 62
Apr 27th - Phil King, rock (Blue Oyster Cult), shot in head at 24 while gambling
Apr 29th - Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup
Apr 30th - Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38
Apr 30th - Ntare V, king of Burundi, murdered
May 1st - Fernand Ansseau, Belgian operator (Orfeo), dies at 82