Today in History for October 1972

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 67 of 67

1st - "Don't Play Us Cheap" closes at Barrymore Theater NYC after 164 perfs
1st - 1st games of World Hockey Association
1st - 2nd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 3:08:41
1st - 3rd NYC Marathon won by Sheldon Karlin in 2:27:52
1st - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
2nd - "From Israel with Love" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 8 performances
2nd - Aeroflot Il-18 crashes near Black Sea resort of Sochi, kills 105
2nd - Bill Stoneman of Montreal pitches his 2nd no-hitter, beating Mets, 7-0
2nd - Danish population votes for European Common Market membership
2nd - Mont Expos Bill Stoneman 2nd no-hitter beats NY Mets, 7-0
2nd - Ron Johnson becomes 1st NY Giant to score 4 TDs (vs Phila)
3rd - Indians set a team record for lowest team batting avg .234
3rd - Spaceflight 71-2 launched; 1st flexible substrate photovoltaic flown
3rd - Steve Carlton wins 27th game for Phillies (almost ½ of their 59 wins)
3rd - USSR performs nuclear test
3rd - Balt Roric Harrison is last AL pitcher to homer until interleague play 25 years later
4th - Ted Williams manages his final game as Rangers lose to Royals, 4-0
5th - Herbert Mullin 1st kills, to prevent earthquakes
6th - 22-car train carrying 2,000 pilgrims derails, kills 208 in Mexico
7th - 1st season game at Nassau Coliseum, Flames-3, Islanders-2
8th - "From Israel with Love" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 8 perfs
8th - Harold Carmichael begins NFL streak of 127 consecutive game receptions
8th - In Game 2 of ALCS, A's Bert Campaneris fires his bat at Det pitcher
8th - Lerrin LaGrow Campy, who had been hit by a pitch, is fined & suspended
9th - "Dude" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 16 performances
10th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Heritage Village Golf Open
11th - Panama adopts constitution
11th - Prison uprising at Washington DC jail
11th - Reads beat Pirates in NLCS
12th - "Hurry, Harry" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 2 performances
12th - 46 sailors injured in race riot on aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk
12th - Billy Harris failed in 1st Islander penalty shot
12th - Mariner 9 takes pictures of Martian north pole
13th - "Hurry, Harry" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 2 performances
13th - Aeroflot Il-62 crashes in large pond outside Moscow, 176 die
13th - Commish Bowie Kuhn allows Bert Campaneris to play in World Series
13th - Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue)
13th - Argentine Fairchild crashes in Andesgebergte (rugby team eats crash victims to survive)
14th - Oakland A Gene Tenace is 1st to homer in 1st 2 World Series at bats
15th - 61st Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Bucharest (3-2)
15th - Omni in Atlanta opens - Hawks beat NY Knicks 109-101
16th - "Pacific Paradise" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 5 performances
16th - Creedence Clearwater Revival breaks up
17th - 1st time Islanders shut-out-5-0 vs Penguins
17th - Bob Randall's "6 Rooms Riv Vu," premieres in NYC
17th - Chuck Berry's "My Ding-a-ling," is #1
19th - "Mother Earth" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 12 performances
20th - Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia
21st - "Dude" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 16 performances
21st - "Man of La Mancha" closes at Beaumont Theater NYC after 140 perfs
21st - "Pacific Paradise" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 5 performances
22nd - Betsy Rawls wins LPGA GAC Golf Classic
22nd - Oakland A's 1st championship; beat Reds, 4 games to 3 in World Series
23rd - "Pippin" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 1944 performances
23rd - Access credit cards introduced in Great Britain
23rd - WNJS TV channel 23 in Camden, NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting
25th - Eddy Merckx (Belgium) covers 30 miles, 1,258 yards in 1 hr
25th - Nobel prize for economy awarded to Kenneth J Arrow & John R Hicks
26th - Guided tours of Alcatraz (by Park Service) begin
26th - Henry Kissinger declares "Peace is at hand" in Vietnam
27th - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created
28th - "Mother Earth" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 12 performances
29th - Don Cockroft of Cleveland Browns kicks 57-yard field goal
29th - Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA Corpus Christi Civitan Golf Open
30th - 45 die in a train crash in Chicago Ill
30th - Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
31st - Gaylord Perry wins AL Cy Young award

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 127

1st - Danielle Scott, Baton Rouge LA, volleyball middle blocker (Oly-96)
2nd - Aaron McKie, NBA guard (Portland Trail Blazers, Phila 76ers)
2nd - Adrian Van Troost, fast cricket bowler (Somerset & Holland)
2nd - Patricia Gauani, Miss USA-Delaware (1997)
2nd - Rafael Carmona, Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, pitcher (Seattle Mariners)
2nd - Tara Dawn Holland, Overland Park Kansas, Miss America (1997)
2nd - Torey Hunter, CFL defensive back (Montreal Alouettes)
3rd - Christian Peter, defensive tackle (NY Giants)
3rd - Denny Vaughn, orchestra leader (Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour)
3rd - Michael Nylander, Stockholm Swe, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
3rd - Sandy Martinez, Villa Mella Dom Rep, catcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
3rd - Garrett Dutton, American musician (G. Love and Special Sauce)
3rd - Lajon Witherspoon, American singer (Sevendust)
4th - Joanna Stone, Australian javelin thrower (Olympics-96)
4th - Kurt Thomas, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks, Miami Heat)
4th - Norberto Garrido, tackle (Carolina Panthers)
4th - Rusty Fitzgerald, Minneapolis, NHL center (Pitts Penguins)
5th - Derek Sholdice, CFL offensive linebacker (Edmonton Eskimos)
5th - Grant Hill, Dallas Tx, NBA forward/guard (Det Pistons, Oly-gold-96)
5th - Thomas Roberts, American news anchor
6th - J J Stokes, NFL wide receiver (SF 49ers)
6th - Ryu Shi-won, Korean actor and singer
7th - John Hyden, Tustin California, volleyball outside hitter (alt-Olympics-96)
7th - Rahsaan Giddings, CFL linebacker (Montreal Alouettes)
7th - Ben Younger, American screenwriter and film director
8th - Dede Demet, Milwaukee Wisc, cyclist (Olympics-96)
8th - Jared Kaaiohelo, WLAF running back (Scottish Claymores)
8th - Stanislav Varga, Slovakian footballer
9th - Maurice Kelly, CFL linebacker (BC Lions)
9th - Roman Oben, tackle (NY Giants)
9th - Sarah Vandenbergh, Australian actor
10th - Alexei Zhitnik, Kiev Ukraine, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
10th - Hunter Goodwin, tight end (Minnesota Vikings)
10th - Marianne Limpert, Matagami Quebec, 200m relay swimmer (Oly-silver-96)
10th - Trent McCleary, Swift Current, NHL right wing (Ottawa Senators)
10th - Yinka Dare, NBA center (NJ Nets)
10th - Jun Lana, Filipino playwright and screenwriter
11th - Brigitte Soucy, Moncton New Brunswick,volleyballer (Olympics-96)
11th - Cherokee Parks, NBA center (Dallas Mavericks, Minn Timberwolves)
11th - Kyoko Ina, Tokyo Japan, figure skater (1993 North Atlantic Sr champ)
11th - Troy Corbett, cricket pace bowler (Victorian lefty since 1994-95)
11th - Claudia Black, Australian actress
12th - Jeroen Egge, WLAF offensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals)
12th - Neriah Davis, Los Angeles CA, playmate (Mar, 1994)
12th - Singor Mobley, safety (Dallas Cowboys)
12th - Tom van Mol, soccer player (PSV)
12th - Irina Pantaeva, Russian supermodel and actress
12th - Juan Manuel Silva, Argentine racing driver
12th - Tom Van Mol, Belgian football player
13th - Jaime Bernardo, prince of Netherlands
13th - Jean Foster, Columbus GA, 3x20 rifle (Olympics-1996)
13th - Margarita Maria Beatriz, princess of Netherlands
13th - Summer Sanders, California, butterfly swimmer (Olympics-gold-1992, 96)
14th - Erika de Lone, Boston Mass, tennis star (1996 Futures-Wilmington DE)
14th - J J Smith, NFL running back (KC Chiefs)
14th - Mike Archie, running back (Tennessee Oilers)
14th - Nelson Van waes, CFL defensive linebacker (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
14th - Shawn Banks, WLAF LB (Frankfurt Galaxy)
15th - Fred Hoiberg, NBA guard (Indiana Pacers)
15th - Matt Keeslar, American actor
16th - Darius Kasparaitis, Elektrenai Lit, NHL defenseman (Islanders, Pitts)
16th - Darren Balmforth, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
16th - Kordell Stewart, NFL quarterback/wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers)
16th - Stephen O'Connor, Irish amateur snooker champ (1990)
17th - Vicki Goetze, Michicot WI, LPGA golfer (1995 British Open-12th)
Rapper Eminem (17th) 17th - Eminem [Marshall Bruce Mathers III], Saint Joseph, Missouri, rapper and movie star ('The Real Slim Shady', 'Stan' and '8 Mile')
17th - Tarkan, Turkish singer
17th - Wyclef Jean, Haitian-born singer
17th - Joe McEwing, American baseball player
18th - Angie Marzetta, Norfolk Virginia, female outfielder (Silver Bullets)
18th - James Stream Thurmond Jr, son of US senator Strom Thurmond
18th - Alex Tagliani, Quebec racing driver
18th - Jake Farrow, actor
19th - Glen Anthony Mitchell, Hamilton NZ, road race cyclist (Olympics-96)
19th - Marc Newfield, Sacramento CA, outfielder (San Diego Padres)
19th - Megan Still, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
19th - Otto Steffers, Louisville KY, field hockey defender (Olympics-96)
19th - Reggie Rusk, cornerback (Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
19th - Pras, American musician
20th - Dexter Coakley, linebacker (Dallas Cowboys)
20th - Oleg Fediukov, Moscow Russia, dance skater (& Debbie Koegel)
21st - Orlando Thomas, NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings)
21st - Felicity Andersen, Australian actress
21st - Saffron Burrows, English actress
21st - Masakazu Morita, seiyu and actor
21st - Matthew Friedberger, American musician (The Fiery Furnaces)
21st - Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
22nd - Scott Lachance, Charlottesville, NHL defenseman (NY Islanders)
22nd - Tyrone Williams, WLAF/NFL defensive tackle (Chicago Bears, Rhein Fire)
22nd - Victoria Lagerstrom, Miss Sweden Universe (1997)
22nd - D'Lo Brown, American professional wrestler
23rd - Daryl Price, defensive end (San Francisco 49ers)
23rd - Patrise Alexander, linebacker (Washington Redskins)
23rd - Tiffeny Milbrett, Portland Oregon, soccer forward (Olympics-96)
24th - Eric Sutton, CFL cornerback (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
24th - Louis Michael Anthony Sassin, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun)
24th - Natasha Ann Courter, Davenport Iowa, Miss America-Iowa (1997)
24th - Pat Williams, defensive tackle (Buffalo Bills)
24th - Ruxandra Dragomir, Pitesti Rom, tennis star (1996 Bournemouth doubles)
24th - Susan Barnett, Miss Pennsylvania USA (1996)

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Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 21 of 21

1st - Kurt Hiller, writer, dies at 87
1st - Louis Leakey, English anthropologist, dies at 68
4th - Colin Gordon, actor (John-Baron), dies at 61
4th - Louis S B Leakey, archaeologist/anthropologist, dies at 68
9th - Giuseppe Capogrossi, Italian painter, dies at 72
9th - Miriam Hopkins, actress (Carrie, Barbary Coast), dies at 69
14th - Joseph Kaminski, composer, dies at 68
16th - Leo G Carroll, actor (Topper, Man From Uncle), dies at 80
16th - Hale Boggs, U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (b. 1914)
17th - Turk Broda, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1914)
17th - Prince George of Yugoslavia (b. 1887)
17th - Billy Williams, American singer (b. 1910)
18th - Ken Wishart, cricketer (WI opening batsman in one Test 1935), dies
20th - Harlow Shapley, astronomer (Sun's position in galaxy), dies at 86
22nd - Kurt Edzard, German sculptor (nudist/portraits), dies
24th - Jackie Robinson, 1st black baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53
25th - Norman Norell [Levinson], US fashion designer, dies at 72
26th - Igor Sikorsky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and helicopter builder, dies at 83
27th - Lew Parker, actor (Lou Marie-That Girl), dies a day before turning 65
Archaeologist Louis Leakey (1st) 30th - Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 68
31st - Bill Durnan, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1916)