Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
- Contents (full)
- 1 Events of 1972
- - Jan. . Feb. . March . April
- - May . June . July . Aug.
- - Sept. . Oct. . Nov. . Dec.
- - Undated . Ongoing
- 2 Births
- 3 Deaths
- 4 Nobel prizes - Ship events
- 5 See also - Notes - External links
Events of 1972
January
February
- February 1 - First scientific hand-held calculator (HP-35) is introduced (price $395).
- February 2 - A bomb explodes at the British Yacht Club in West Berlin. The only casualty is Irwin Beelitz, a German boat builder.
- February 2 - The German militant group Movement 2 June announces its support of the Irish Republican Army.
- February 2 - Anti-British riots throughout Ireland take place. The British Embassy in Dublin is burned to the ground, as are several British-owned businesses.
- February 4 - Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars.
- February 5 - U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage.
- February 5 - Bob Douglas becomes the first African American elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
- February 9 - The British government declares a state of emergency over a miners' strike.
- February 15 - President of Ecuador José María Velasco Ibarra is deposed for the fourth time.
- February 15 - Phonorecords are granted U.S. Federal copyright protection for the first time.
- February 17 - Volkswagen Beetle sales exceed those of the Ford Model-T when the 15,007,034th Beetle is produced.
- February 18 - The California Supreme Court voids the state's death penalty, commuting all death sentences to life in prison.
- February 21 - The Soviet unmanned spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon.
- February 21-February 28 - U.S. President Richard M. Nixon makes an unprecedented 8-day visit to the People's Republic of China and meets with Mao Zedong.
- February 22 - Aldershot bombing - an Official IRA bomb kills 7 in Aldershot, England.
- February 23 - Angela Davis is released from jail. A Caruthers, California farmer, Rodger McAfee, helps her make bail.
- February 23 - A Lufthansa plane is hijacked and taken to Aden. Passengers are released after a ransom of 16 million German marks is agreed.
- February 24 - North Vietnamese negotiators walk out of the Paris Peace Talks to protest U.S. air raids.
- February 26 - A coal sludge spill kills 125 in Buffalo Creek, West Virginia.
- February 26 - Luna 20 comes back to Earth with a cargo of moon rocks.
March
April
- April 7 - U.S. Mafioso Joe Gallo is shot in Umberto's Clam House in Little Italy.
- April 10 - The U.S. and the Soviet Union join some 70 nations in signing an agreement to ban biological warfare.
- April 10 - A 7.0 Richter scale earthquake kills 5,000 people in the Iranian province of Fars.
- April 10 - The 44th Annual Academy Awards are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
- April 13 - The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
- April 16 - Apollo 16 (John Young, Ken Mattingly, Charlie Duke) is launched. During the mission, the astronauts achieve a lunar rover speed record of 18 km/h.
- April 16 - Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue offensive - Prompted by the North Vietnamese offensive, the United States resumes bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong.
- April 18 - The Roland Corporation is founded in Osaka.
- April 22 - Sylvia Cook and John Fairfax finish rowing across the Pacific.
- April 27 - A no-confidence vote against German Chancellor Willy Brandt fails under obscure circumstances.
- April 29 - The fourth anniversary of the Broadway musical Hair is celebrated with a free concert at a Central Park bandshell, followed by dinner at the Four Seasons. There, 13 Black Panther protesters and the show's co-author, Jim Rado, are arrested for disturbing the peace and marijuana use.
May
- May - Burundian Genocide against Hutu begins. More than 500,000 Hutus die.
- May - The Magnavox Odyssey video game system is released, thus marking the dawn of the video game age.
- May 2 - Fire in a silver mine in Idaho, United States kills 91.
- May 5 - An Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo, Sicily (115 dead).
- May 7 - General elections are held in Italy.
- May 8 - U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the mining of Haiphong Harbor in Vietnam.
- May 13 - Fire in a nightclub atop the Sennichi department store in Osaka, Japan, leaves 115 dead.
- May 15 - Governor George C. Wallace of Alabama is shot by Arthur Herman Bremer at a Laurel, Maryland political rally.
- May 18 - Four troopers of both SAS and SBS are parachuted onto the RMS Queen Elizabeth 2, 1,000 miles off Britain in the Atlantic, after a bomb threat and ransom demand, which turns out to be bogus.
- May 19 - Three out of 6 bombs explode in the Springer Press building in Hamburg, Germany, injuring 17 (the Red Army Faction claims responsibility).
- May 21 - In Rome, Laszlo Toth attacks Michelangelo's "Pietà" statue with a sledgehammer, shouting that he is Jesus Christ.
- May 23 - Tamil United Front (now known as Tamil United Liberation Front, a pro-Tamil organization, is founded.
- May 22 - Ceylon becomes the republic of Sri Lanka under prime minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike, when its new constitution is ratified.
- May 24 - Rangers lift the Cup Winners Cup, defeating Dynamo Moscow in the final at the Nou Camp. Their supporters cause a riot, with the team banned from defending the trophy the following season.
- May 24 - A RAF bomb explodes in the Campbell Barracks of the U.S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg, West Germany. Three U.S. soldiers (Clyde Bonner, Ronald Woodard and Charles Peck) are killed.
- May 26 - Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev sign the SALT I treaty in Moscow, as well as the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and other agreements.
- May 26 - First failed attempt at Watergate first break-in: the "Ameritas dinner" at the Watergate.
- May 26 - Wernher von Braun retires from NASA, frustrated by the agency's unwillingness to pursue a manned trans-orbital space program.
- May 26 - Willandra National Park is established in Australia.
- May 27 - Second failed attempt at Watergate first break-in.
- May 28 - Watergate first break-in.
- May 30 - The Angry Brigade goes on trial in the United Kingdom.
- May 30 - Three Japanese Red Army members kill 24 and injure 100 in Lod Airport, Israel.
June
July
- July - U.S. actress Jane Fonda tours North Vietnam, during which she is photographed sitting on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun.
- July 1 - The Canadian ketch Vega, flying the Greenpeace III banner, collides with the French naval minesweeper La Paimpolaise while in international waters to protest French nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific.
- July 1 - The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms becomes independent from the IRS.
- July 2 - Following Pakistan's surrender to India in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, both nations sign the historic Simla Agreement, agreeing to settle their disputes bilaterally.
- July 4 - The first Rainbow Gathering is held in Colorado.
- July 8 - The U.S. sells grain to the Soviet Union for $750 million.
- July 10 - A stampede of elephants kills 24 in the Chandka Forest in India.
- July 10-July 14 - The Democratic National Convention meets in Miami Beach. Senator George McGovern, who backs the immediate and complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam, is nominated for President. He names fellow Senator Thomas Eagleton as his running mate.
- July 15 - The Pruitt-Igoe housing development is demolished in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- July 18 - Anwar Sadat expels 20,000 Soviet advisors from Egypt.
- July 21 - Bloody Friday: 22 bombs planted by the Provisional IRA explode in Belfast, Northern Ireland; 9 people are killed and 130 seriously injured.
- July 21 - Comedian George Carlin is arrested by Milwaukee, Wisconsin police for public obscenity, for reciting his “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television” at Summerfest.
- July 21 - Collision between two trains near Sevilla, Spain kills 76.
- July 23 - The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.
- July 25 - U.S. health officials admit that blacks were used as guinea pigs in a syphilis experiment.
- July 29 - A national dock strike begins in Britain.
August
- August 4 - Huge Solar Flare knocks out cable lines in U.S. One of the largest flares ever recorded. Event begins with appearance of sunspot on Aug 2, Aug 4 flare kicks off high levels of activity until Aug 10, 1972.
- August 10 - A brilliant, daytime meteor skips off the Earth's atmosphere due to an Apollo asteroid streaking over the western US into Canada.[1]
- August 12 - The last U.S. ground troops are withdrawn from Vietnam.
- August 14 - An East German Ilyushin airliner crashes near East Berlin killing all 156 onboard.
- August 16 - The Royal Moroccan Air Force mistakenly fires upon, but fails to bring down, Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat.
- August 21 - The Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, Florida renominates U.S. President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew for a second term.
- August 22 - John Wojtowicz, 27, and Sal Naturile, 18, hold several Chase Manhattan Bank employees hostage for 17 hours in Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.
- August 22 - Jane Fonda makes an antiwar broadcast from a hotel room in Hanoi.
- August 26-September 11 - The 1972 Summer Olympics are held in Munich, West Germany.
- August 28 - Prince William of Gloucester dies in an air crash.
September
October
- October 1 - The first publication reporting the production of a recombinant DNA molecule, marks the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.
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- Jackson, David A.; Symons, Robert H.; and Berg, Paul. (1972). Biochemical Method for Inserting New Genetic Information into DNA of Simian Virus 40: Circular SV40 DNA Molecules Containing Lambda Phage Genes and the Galactose Operon of Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA) 69(10), 2904-2909.
November
Nixon's landslide victory in the electoral college during the
1972 Election .
- November 1 (exact date not known) - At a scientific meeting in Honolulu, Herbert Boyer and Stanley N. Cohen conceive the concept of recombinant DNA. They publish their results in November 1973 in PNAS. Separately in 1972, Paul Berg also recombines DNA in a test tube. Recombinant DNA technology has dramatically changed the field of biological sciences, especially biotechnology, and opened the door to genetically modified organisms.
- November 5 - A group of Amerindians occupies the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- November 7 - U.S. presidential election, 1972: Republican incumbent Richard Nixon defeats Democratic Senator George McGovern in a landslide (the election had the lowest voter turnout since 1948, with only 55 percent of the electorate voting).
- November 11 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - The United States Army turns over the massive Long Binh military base to South Vietnam.
- November 14 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 1,000 (1,003.16) for the first time.
- November 16 - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization adopts the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage [1].
- November 19 - Seán Mac Stíofáin, a leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, is arrested in Dublin after giving an interview to RTÉ.
- November 22 - Vietnam War: The United States loses its first B-52 Stratofortress of the war.
- November 29 - Atari kicks off the first generation of video games with the release of their seminal arcade version of Pong, the first game to achieve commercial success.
- November 30 - Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning United States troop withdrawals from Vietnam due to the fact that troop levels are now down to 27,000.
- November 30 - Cod War: British Foreign Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home says that Royal Navy ships would be stationed to protect British trawlers off Iceland.
December
- December 2 - Edward Gough Whitlam becomes the first Labor Party Prime Minister of Australia for 23 years. He is famously sworn in on the election night and his first action using executive power is to withdraw all Australian personnel from the Vietnam War.
- December 7 - Apollo 17 (Gene Cernan, Ron Evans, Harrison Schmitt), the last manned mission to the Moon to date, is launched.
- December 7 - Provisional Irish Republican Army kidnaps Jean McConville in Belfast.
- December 7 - Imelda Marcos is stabbed and seriously wounded by an assailant; her bodyguards shoot him.
- December 8 - United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway, killing 43 of 61 onboard and 2 on the ground.
- December 8 - Over $10,000 cash is found in the purse of Watergate conspirator Howard Hunt's wife.
- December 8 - International Human Rights Day is proclaimed by the United Nations.
- December 11 - Apollo 17 lands on the Moon.
- December 15 - The Commonwealth of Australia ordains equal pay for women.
- December 16 - The Constitution of Bangladesh comes into effect.
- December 16 - Portuguese army kills 400 Africans in Tete, Mozambique.
- December 19 - Apollo program: Apollo 17 returns to Earth, concluding the program of lunar exploration.
- December 21 - East Germany and West Germany recognize each other.
- December 21 - ZANLA troopers attack Altera Farm in north-east Rhodesia.
- December 22 - Two small earthquakes are felt at about 9:30 and 10:15 local time in Managua, Nicaragua.
- December 22 - Australia establishes diplomatic relations with China and West Germany.
- December 23 - A 6.25 Richter scale earthquake in Nicaragua kills 5,000-12,000 in the capital, Managua; President Somoza will later be accused of pocketing millions of dollars worth of foreign aid intended for relief.
- December 23 - The Pittsburgh Steelers win their first ever post-season NFL game, defeating the Oakland Raiders 13-7, on a last second play that would become known as The Immaculate Reception.
- December 24 - The highest recorded temperature in Australia is recorded in Birdsville, Queensland of 49.5C (121.1F).
- December 25 - The Christmas bombing of North Vietnam causes widespread criticism of the U.S. and President Richard Nixon.
- December 26 - Former United States President Harry S. Truman dies in Kansas City, Missouri.
- December 28 - The bones of Martin Bormann are identified in Berlin.
- December 29 - An Eastern Air Lines Lockheed L-1011 crashes into the Everglades in Florida, killing 101 of 163 onboard.
- December 31 - Roberto Clemente dies in a plane crash off the coast of Puerto Rico while en route to deliver aid to Nicaraguan earthquake victims.
Undated
Ongoing
Fictional
The following are references to year 1972 in fiction:
Births
January-February
- January 1 - Lilian Thuram, French football player
- January 2 - Taye Diggs, American actor
- January 3 - Yoon Chan, South Korean actor
- January 4 - Brad Zavisha, Canadian ice hockey player
- January 7 - Donald Brashear, American ice hockey player
- January 9 - Jay Powell, American baseball player
- January 12 - Espen Knutsen, Norwegian hockey player
- January 13 - Nicole Eggert, American actress
- January 17 - Ken Hirai, Japanese singer and songwriter
- January 18 - Mike Lieberthal, American baseball player
- January 19 - Drea de Matteo, American actress
- January 22 - Romi Paku, seiyu (voice actress)
- January 23 - Ewen Bremner, Stottish actor
- January 23 - Marcel Wouda, Dutch swimmer
- January 26 - Chris Boykin, bodyguard to pro-skater Rob Dyrdek and rapper
- January 27 - Guillermo, Mexican American talk show personality (Jimmy Kimmel)
- January 27 - Mark Owen, British singer and Take That member
- January 27 - Keith Wood, Irish rugby player
- February 1 - Yoshi DeHerrera, American television personality
- February 2 - Klára Dobrev, wife of Hungarian Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány
- February 4 - Giovanni Silva De Oliveira, Brazilian footballer
- February 5 - Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark
- February 5 - Koriki Chōshū, Japanese comedian
- February 7 - Alex Bassi, American race car driver
- February 7 - Robyn Lively, American actress
- February 8 - Big Show, American professional wrestler
- February 11 - Craig Jones, a member of the band Slipknot
- February 11 - Steve McManaman, British footballer
- February 14 - Drew Bledsoe, American football player
- February 14 - Hiroshi, Japanese comedian
- February 14 - Viscera, American professional wrestler
- February 15 - Jaromir Jagr, Czech hockey player
- February 16 - Jerome Bettis, American football player
- February 17 - Billie Joe Armstrong, American musician and lead singer (Green Day)
- February 17 - YUKI, Japanese singer (JUDY AND MARY)
- February 17 - Philippe Candeloro, French figure skater
- February 19 - Malky Mackay, Scottish footballer
- February 21 - Seo Taiji, Korean musician
- February 22 - Michael Chang, American tennis player
- February 23 - Steve Holy, American country singer
- February 24 - Richard Chelimo, Kenyan athlete (d. 2001)
- February 28 - Nick Wright, English football player
- February 29 - Antonio Sabato Jr., Italian actor
March-April
- March 3 - Darren Anderton, English footballer
- March 4 - Ivy Queen, American composer and singer
- March 4 - Jos Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
- March 4 - Pae Gil-Su, North Korean gymnast
- March 6 - Terry Murphy, Northern Irish snooker player
- March 6 - Shaquille O'Neal, American basketball player
- March 6 - Jaret Reddick, American musician (Bowling for Soup)
- March 8 - Angie Hart, Australian pop singer
- March 9 - Spencer Howson, Australian radio announcer
- March 10 - Takashi Fujii (Matthew Minami), Japanese television performer
- March 10 - Matt Kenseth, American race car driver
- March 15 - Mark Hoppus, American musician (blink-182)
- March 17 - Mia Hamm, American soccer player
- March 18 - Dane Cook, American comedian
- March 20 - Alexander Kapranos, British singer and guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
- March 21 - Chris Candido, American professional wrestler (d. 2005)
- March 22 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
- March 22 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
- March 22 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d.2006)
- March 23 - Judith Godrèche, French actress
- March 27 - Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Dutch footballer
- March 28 - Nick Frost, English comedian actor
- March 27 - Charlie Haas, American professional wrestler
- March 30 - Karel Poborsky, Czech Republic football player
- April 3 - Jennie Garth, American actress
- April 5 - Krista Allen, American actress
- April 5 - Junko Takeuchi, Japanese voice actress
- April 11 - Jason Varitek, American baseball player
- April 12 - Şebnem Ferah, Turkish singer and song-writer
- April 12 - NiCole Robinson, American actress
- April 13 - Mariusz Czerkawski, Polish ice hockey player
- April 17 - Tony Boselli, American football player
- April 17 - Jennifer Garner, American actress
- April 17 - Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
- April 17 - Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
- April 19 - Rivaldo, Brazilian footballer
- April 20 - Carmen Electra, American actress and singer
- April 20 - Le Huynh Đuc, Vietnamese footballer
- April 22 - Sarah Patterson, British actress
- April 24 - Chipper Jones, American baseball player
- April 28 - Violent J,Juggalo Rapper
- April 29 - Roman Dirge, American artist, writer and cartoonist
May-June
- May 2 - The Rock, American professional wrestler and actor (birth name – Dwayne Johnson)
- May 2 - Paul Adcock, English footballer
- May 4 - Mike Dirnt, American musician (Green Day)
- May 5 - James Cracknell, British Olympic winning rower
- May 8 - Darren Hayes, Australian musician
- May 10 - Radosław Majdan, Polish goalkeeper
- May 19 - Jenny Berggren, Swedish singer (Ace of Base)
- May 20 - Busta Rhymes, American musician and actor
- May 21 - The Notorious B.I.G., American musician (d. 1997)
- May 22 - Anna Belknap, American actress
- May 23 - Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian racecar driver
- May 28 - Michael Boogerd, Dutch cyclist
- May 30 - Manny Ramírez, Dominican baseball player
- May 31 - Dave Roberts, Major League Baseball player
- June 2 - Wayne Brady, American comedian
- June 4 - Derian Hatcher, American hockey player
- June 4 - Rob Huebel, American comedian
- June 4 - Debra Stephenson, English actress
- June 5 - Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor
- June 5 - Justin Smith, American drummer
- June 5 - Mike Bucci, American professional wrestler
- June 6 - Cristina Scabbia, Italian singer
- June 7 - Karl Urban, New Zealand actor
- June 14 - Matthias Ettrich, computer scientist who founded the KDE project
- June 15 - Andy Pettitte, American baseball player
- June 15 - James Morris, boxer, rapper
- June 16 - Tupac Shakur, rapper, actor (d. 1996)
- June 17 - Iztok Čop, Slovenian rower
- June 19 - Brian McBride, American soccer player
- June 21 - Irene van Dyk, South African-born netball player
- June 21 - Christopher Matthews, English musician
- June 22 - Miguel Del Toro, Mexican baseball player
- June 23 - Zinedine Zidane, French footballer
- June 24 - Robbie McEwen, Australian professional road bicycle racer
- June 24 - Denis Zvegelj, Slovenian rower
- June 25 - Carlos Delgado, Puerto Rican baseball player
- June 25 - Mike Kroeger, Canadian bass guitarist (Nickelback)
- June 28 - John Heidenreich, American professional wrestler
- June 29 - Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
July-August
- July 3 - Asha Gill, British-born television host
- July 6 - Mark Gasser, British concert pianist
- July 7 - Lisa Leslie, American basketball player
- July 8 - Saurav Ganguly, Indian cricketer
- July 13 - Sean Waltman, American professional wrestler
- July 15 - Michael Barnett, British singer
- July 24 - Reverend Jen Miller, American actress, painter and poet
- July 27 - Jill Arrington, American football reporter
- July 28 - Elizabeth Berkley, American actress
- July 31 - Tami Stronach, former actress
- August 1 - Devon Hughes, American professional wrestler
- August 1 - Tanya Reid, Canadian actress
- August 2 - Kelly Richardson, Canadian contemporary artist
- August 3 - Forbes Johnston, professional football player
- August 6 - Geri Halliwell, British musician (Spice Girls)
- August 7 - Sarah Cawood, British television presenter
- August 9 - A-Mei, Taiwanese singer
- August 10 - Angie Harmon, American actress
- August 11 - Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
- August 12 - Demir Demirkan, Turkish rock musician and songwriter
- August 14 - Ed O'Bannon, American basketball player
- August 15 - Ben Affleck, American actor
- August 16 - Emily Robison, American country music performer (Dixie Chicks)
- August 18 - Leo Ku, Hong Kong actor and singer
- August 19 - Sammi Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actress
- August 25 - Marvin Harrison, American football player
- August 27 - Jimmy Pop, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
- August 30 - Cameron Diaz, American actress
- August 30 - Pavel Nedvěd, Czech footballer
- August 31 - Chris Tucker, American comedian
September-October
- September 2 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (d. 2004)
- September 6 - Dylan Bruno, American actor (Numb3rs)
- September 8 - Os du Randt, South African rugby player
- September 8 - Lisa Kennedy, American disc jockey and political satirist
- September 8 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)
- September 10 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
- September 12 - Budi Putra, Indonesian journalist, writer and blogger
- September 12 - Jason Statham, British actor
- September 14 - David Clabaugh, American DJ and Artist son of Puerto Rican Political Activist Carlos Santiago Soto
- September 17 - Bobby Lee, American comedian
- September 21 - Liam Gallagher, British singer (Oasis)
- September 21 - Jon Kitna, American football player
- September 22 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
- September 24 - Karyn Bosnak, American author
- September 27 - Sylvia Crawley, American basketball player
- September 28 - Gwyneth Paltrow, American actress
- September 28 - Dita Von Teese, American burlesque artist
- September 30 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author
- October 5 - Grant Hill, American basketball player
- October 5 - Aaron Guiel, Canadian baseball player
- October 8 - Tricia Vessey, American actress
- October 9 - Etan Patz, disappeared school boy
- October 17 - Marshall Mathers, a.k.a. Eminem American rapper and actor
- October 17 - Wyclef Jean, Haitian rapper
- October 17 - Tarkan, Turkish singer
- October 19 - Tracee Ellis Ross, American actress
- October 21 - Masakazu Morita, seiyu (voice actor)
- October 21 - Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian professor of international law
- October 24 - Pat Williams, American football player
- October 28 - Terrell Davis, American football player
- October 28 - Brad Paisley, American country music performer
- October 28 - Trista Rehn, American television personality
- October 29 - Takafumi Horie, Japanese entrepreneur (Livedoor)
- October 29 - Gabrielle Union, American actress
- October 31 - Julie Dreyfus, French actress
November-December
- November 1 - Toni Collette, Australian actress
- November 2 - Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player
- November 4 - Luís Figo, Portuguese footballer
- November 7 - Danny Grewcock, British rugby player
- November 6 - Thandie Newton, British actress
- November 9 - Doug Russell, American radio personality
- November 9 - Corin Tucker, American musician
- November 10 - Shawn Green, American baseball player
- November 13 - Takuya Kimura, Japanese actor
- November 14 - Matthew Bloom, American wrestler (billed currently as Giant Bernard and Rusher Road)
- November 14 - Josh Duhamel, American actor, model
- November 27 - , American songwriter, voice talent, cover model
- November 30 - Christopher Fitzgerald, American stage actor
- December 1 - Norbert Wójtowicz, Polish historian and theologian
- December 4 - Nikki Tyler, American actress
- December 7 - Hermann Maier, Austrian skier
- December 7 - Tammy Lynn Sytch, American wrestling valet and topless model
- December 9 - Tre Cool, American drummer (Green Day)
- December 10 - Brian Molko, British singer (Placebo)
- December 12 - Joel Cahen, Israeli artist
- December 13 - Chris Grant, Australian footballer
- December 14 - Eric Anderson, American musical theatre actor
- December 15 - Rodney Harrison, American football player
- December 16 - Ben Kowalewicz, Lead singer of the Canadian Band Billy Talent.
- December 18 - DJ Lethal, member of Limp Bizkit and House of Pain
- December 19 - Alyssa Milano, American actress
- December 19 - Warren Sapp, American football player
- December 22 - Vanessa Paradis, French singer and actress
- December 28 - Patrick Rafter, Australian tennis player
- December 29 - Jason Kreis, American soccer player
- December 29 - Jude Law, British actor
- December 29 - , cie (DJ)
- December 30 - Kerry Collins, American football player
Deaths
January - March
April - June
July - September
October - December
Nobel prizes
Ship events
See also
Notes
- ^ Observation of Meteoroid Impacts by Space-Based Sensors astrosociety.org, 1998, 'Apollo asteroid about ten meters in diameter'
- ^ Full Text - Proclamation 1081
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