July 9th, 1972.

What happened?

What happened on July 9th, 1972?

• 5 Catholics are killed by the British Army in the Springhill estate in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Music charts.

These songs were on top of the music charts in the United States and the United Kingdom on July 9th, 1972.

• United States: Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond
• United Kingdom: Take Me Back 'ome - Slade

Take me back to July 9th, 1972!

Let's take a stroll down memory lane!

The date is July 9th, 1972, and it's a Sunday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Cancer. Currently, people are enjoying their weekend.

It's summer, so the temperatures are warmer and the evenings are longer than usual. In America, the song Song Sung Blue by Neil Diamond is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Take Me Back 'ome by Slade is the number one hit song.

Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States, and the movie The Godfather is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Edward Heath is the current Prime Minister. 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 be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Hawaii Five-O", "The Main Chance", "Alias Smith and Jones" and "Emergency!".

Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Lassie", "Sesame Street", "The Clangers" and "Archie's TV Funnies". Popular toys at the moment include the likes of Army men, Clackers, Uno (card game) and Big Jim (action figure).

News topics, nostalgic fads, and pop culture events.

These are trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are topics that would have been in the media on July 9th, 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 arrested. On August 1st, 1972, the scandal was given legs when the Washington Post reported that campaign money for Richard Nixon's presidential campaign had 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.

  From about 1972 onward, audio cassettes started to become more widespread. 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.

  Around this period, sales of color TV sets began to surpass sales of the older black-and-white sets. 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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  Who were the best football players in 1972?

  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.

  U.S. President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, were both named as the Time Person of the Year in 1972. Nixon and Kissinger had made history by travelling 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!

  Around this time, 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 are becoming popular.

  In the early 1970s, bell-bottoms started to take off in popularity.

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  People are using wallpaper to decorate their homes.

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

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  The Hippie movement.

  In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the hippie counterculture was at its height in popularity. 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.

  In the late 1960s, sales of lava lamps took off. 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.

  In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the afro hairstyle was at its peak in popularity. 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.

  During this period, push-button telephones started to replace the older rotary style landlines.

Basic facts.

Basic facts and information about this date.

• This date fell on a weekend.
• 50 years, 8 months and 14 days have passed since July 9th, 1972.
• Week Number: This date occurred during Week 27 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: A person born on July 9th, 1972 will be 50 years old.
• Generation: People born in 1972 belong to the Generation X generation.
• Unix Timestamp: The Unix Timestamp for this date is 79484400.

Around this time.

News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around July 9th, 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.
• July 1st, 1972: The first Gay Pride march in England is held.
• July 6th, 1972: American actor Brandon deWilde is killed in a car collision.
• This date: July 9th, 1972
• 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.

Personality traits.

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Horoscope, birthstone, and birth flower information.

Zodiac and birthstone information.

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• Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on July 9th, 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 8.
• Native American Zodiac: July 9th, 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 9th, 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 9th, 1972 was most likely conceived around October 17th, 1971.
• The due date for a baby that was conceived on July 9th, 1972 is close to April 1st, 1973.

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Time difference & statistics.

Here are some fun statistics about July 9th, 1972.

• A total of 18,519 days have passed since this date.
• 2,645 weeks have passed.
• 1,600,045,200 seconds have passed since the July 9th, 1972.
• If you were born on this day, your heart has beated approximately 1,866,719,400 times.
• Since July 9th, 1972, the Earth has travelled approximately 825,623,323,200 miles through space.
• If you were born on this day, your eyes have blinked approximately 266,674,200 times.
• If you were born on this day, you have taken approximately 137,603,887 steps. That's about 61,157 miles!
• Since this date, 19,200,542 meteors have entered the Earth's atmosphere!
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