July 1st, 1972

On this day.

What happened on July 1st, 1972?

• The first Gay Pride march in England is held.

Music charts.

Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on July 1st, 1972.

• United States: Candy Man - Sammy Davis jr.
• United Kingdom: Vincent - Don McLean

Take me back to July 1st, 1972!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is July 1st, 1972, and it's a Saturday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Cancer. People are currently enjoying their weekend.

In America, the July 4th celebrations are fast approaching. It's summer, so the temperatures are warmer and the evenings are longer than usual. In America, the song Candy Man by Sammy Davis jr. is at the top of the singles charts.

Over in the UK, Vincent by Don McLean is the number-one hit song. Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie The Godfather is at the top of the box office. Edward Heath is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Steptoe and Son", "Hee Haw", "Room 222", and "McMillan & Wife". In fashion, the hippie look from the 1960s is still popular. Clothing items such as tie dye shirts, bell-bottoms, midi skirts, gauchos and Mexican blouses are being worn by women. Meanwhile, men are wearing dark satin shirts, ethnic-looking tunics, bell bottom jeans, tweed sports jackets and turtlenecks. It's 1972, so radio stations are playing songs from artists such as Don McLean, Harry Nilsson, Hot Butter, Neil Young, The Moody Blues, Roberta Flack, Bill Withers and Johnny Nash.

If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Jackie Robinson, Janet Munro, Harry S. Truman, and Lyndon B. Johnson would all still be alive. Children and teenagers are watching television shows such as "Lassie", "Captain Kangaroo", "My Three Sons", and "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo". Children are playing with toys such as Motorific (slot car toys), Lite-Brite, Frisbee, and Big Jim (action figure).

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are news stories, trending topics, and fads that were popular on July 1st, 1972.

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  The Watergate Scandal begins.

  The Watergate scandal started in the summer of 1972, when five men were arrested while trying to bug the offices of the Democratic National Committee. A security aide for the Republican Party was among the five men that were detained. The scandal exploded on August 1st, 1972, when the Washington Post reported that campaign money for Richard Nixon's presidential campaign had somehow ended up in the bank account of one of the burglars.

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  The Co-ed Killer is targeting students in California.

  Between May of 1972 and April of 1973, serial killer Edmund Kemper (aka the "Co-ed Killer") was targeting female college students in California.

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  Music cassette tapes are becoming popular.

  Audio cassettes started becoming widespread from about 1972 onward. Although they lacked the sound quality of vinyl records, they were far more convenient and portable.

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  Color TV surpasses black-and-white.

  Sales of color TV sets were beginning to surpass sales of the older black-and-white models. By this stage, almost all of the popular daytime networks were broadcasting in color.

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  The US is winding down its involvement in the Vietnam War.

  During 1972, the war in Vietnam was still ongoing. However, the US had greatly reduced their presence in the country. Between 1971 and 1972, the number of US troops in Vietnam fell from 156,800 to 24,200. Instead of keeping soldiers on the ground, the US shifted its focus to providing air support while negotiators in Paris tried to hammer out a peace agreement.

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  Who were the best NBA players in 1972?

  The best NBA players in 1972 were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, John Havlicek, Spencer Haywood, Jerry West and Walt Frazier.

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  Best soccer players.

  In 1972, the best soccer players were Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Günter Netzer, Johan Cruyff, Piet Keizer, Kazimierz Deyna, Gordon Banks, Barry Hulshoff, Włodzimierz Lubański and Bobby Moore.

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  The Godfather.

  "The Godfather" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1972.

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  Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face"

  "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack would go on to win a Grammy for 1972's Song of the Year.

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  1972 in movies.

  Movies released in 1972 included The Godfather, The Poseidon Adventure, "What's Up, Doc?", Behind the Green Door, Deliverance, Super Fly, Cabaret, The Getaway, Fritz the Cat, The Legend of Boggy Creek, Jeremiah Johnson, Blacula and Silent Running.

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  Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger.

  US President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger were both named Time Person of the Year in 1972. Nixon and Kissinger had made history by traveling to China to "open up a dialogue."

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  1972 in music.

  The Billboard Charts in 1972 were dominated by Don McLean, Roberta Flack, Gilbert O'Sullivan, America, Joe Tex, Looking Glass and Al Green.

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  Have a nice day!

  The smiley face and phrases such as "Have a nice day!" and "Have a happy day!" were being plastered onto t-shirts, mugs, and badges.

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  Bell-bottoms.

  Bell-bottoms (flares) were in fashion.

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  Wallpaper.

  Wallpaper was extremely common in people's homes throughout the 1970s and 1980s. It wasn't until the mid-late 1980s that "modernism" started to creep in.

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  Office workers are using typewriters.

  Although personal computers began to emerge during the 1970s, typewriters were still the norm for most office workers.

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  The Volkswagen Beetle.

  The Volkswagen Beetle was one of the most common cars on the road. Sales of the vehicle increased following the release of the 1968 film The Love Bug (and its subsequent spin-offs).

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  The Hippie movement.

  The hippie counterculture reached its peak during the late 1960s and early 1970s. The movement, which sprung up in opposition to the Vietnam War, was centered around peace, psychedelic music, sexual liberation, bright colors, and drugs such as LSD and marijuana.

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  Lava lamps are all the rage.

  Sales of lava lamps increased in the late 1960s. It wasn't until the second half of the 1970s that they started to go out of fashion.

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  The afro hairstyle is at its peak in popularity.

  The afro hairstyle took off during the 1960s and early 1970s. Public figures such as Angela Davis, Pam Grier, Jimi Hendrix, and the Jackson 5 were among those who sported the style.

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  The push-button telephone.

  Push-button telephones were beginning to replace the older rotary-style landlines.

Facts.

Basic facts and information about this date:

• This date fell on a weekend.
• 51 years, 2 months, and 29 days have passed since July 1st, 1972.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 26 of 1972.
• Leap Year: 1972 was a leap year, which means that it contained 366 days instead of 365 (with an extra day in February).
• Age: People born on July 1st, 1972, are now 51 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1972 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 78793200.

Personality traits.

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Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 1st, 1972.

• June 9th, 1972: The Black Hills flood: 238 people are killed by floods in South Dakota.
• June 14th, 1972: The film "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" is released.
• June 15th, 1972: The co-founder of the Red Army Faction, Ulrike Meinhof, is arrested in Germany.
• June 16th, 1972: 108 people are killed in France when two passenger trains collide with the debris of a collapsed tunnel.
• June 17th, 1972: Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee.
• June 18th, 1972: West Germany win the UEFA Euro 1972 Final with a 3-0 victory over the Soviet Union.
• June 18th, 1972: 118 people are killed when British European Airways Flight 548 crashes in Surrey shortly after taking off.
• June 21st, 1972: Alfred Hitchcock's thriller film "Frenzy" is released.
• June 23rd, 1972: The film "Ben" is released.
• This date: July 1st, 1972
• July 6th, 1972: American actor Brandon deWilde is killed in a car collision.
• July 9th, 1972: 5 Catholics are killed by the British Army in the Springhill estate in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.
• July 12th, 1972: George McGovern is selected as the Democratic Party nominee for the 1972 US presidential election.
• July 21st, 1972: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in Northern Ireland.
• July 24th, 1972: Lance Reventlow dies in a plane crash.
• July 26th, 1972: The horror film "Blacula" is released.
• July 30th, 1972: The survival film "Deliverance", starring Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds, is released in movie theaters.

Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 1st, 1972, will have the star sign Cancer.
• Zodiac Element: Water.
• Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1972 was the year of the Rat (Yang Wood).
• The Life Path Number for this date is 9.
• Native American Zodiac: July 1st, 1972 falls under the Woodpecker.
• Birthstone: A person during the month of July will have the birthstone Ruby.
• Birth flower (July): The Larkspur and the Water Lily.

Photos of 1970s fashion.

Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.

Cars in 1972.

1972 saw the introduction of cars such as the Honda Civic, the Chevrolet LUV, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the BMW 5 Series, the Ford Thunderbird (sixth generation) and the Renault 5.

Were you born on this date?

If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1972.

This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.

If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out July 1st, 1978, instead.

Conception dates.

Conception estimates for this date.

Warning! These conception dates are based on broad estimates.

• A baby that was born on July 1st, 1972 was most likely conceived around October 9th, 1971.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 1st, 1972 is close to March 24th, 1973.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about July 1st, 1972.

• 18,718 days have passed since this date.
• 2,674 weeks have passed.
• 1,617,235,200 seconds have passed since July 1st, 1972.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beat approximately 1,886,774,400 times.
• Since then, the Earth has traveled approximately 834,493,363,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 269,539,200 times.
• You have taken approximately 139,082,227 steps. That's roughly 61,814 miles!
• Since this date, 19,406,822 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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