At A Glance
14 May 1972 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 14 May 1972 was a Sunday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Without You” by Nilsson was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1972
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1972 was The Godfather.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 14 May is Taurus.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 14 May 1972 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for May is Emerald.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 14 May 1972 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 14 May
- 1953 Approximately 7,100 brewery workers in Milwaukee perform a walkout, marking the start of the 1953 Milwaukee brewery strike.
- 1955 Cold War: Eight Communist bloc countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact.
- 1970 Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of the Red Army Faction.
- 1973 Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.
- 1987 Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Lieutenant colonel Sitiveni Rabuka.
Famous people born on 14 May
- Mark Zuckerberg, American computer programmer and businessman, co-founder of Facebook (born 1984)
- George Lucas, American director, producer, and screenwriter, founded Lucasfilm (born 1944)
- Cate Blanchett, Australian actress (born 1969)
- Rob Gronkowski, American football player (born 1989)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1972 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1972 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 26 January – Aboriginal Tent Embassy was constructed in front of Parliament House (now old Parliament House).
- 18 February – The Logie Awards of 1972 are held in Melbourne where Division 4's Gerard Kennedy wins his second consecutive Gold Logie.
- 13 March – Controversial soap opera Number 96 debuts on the 0-10 Network.
Life in Australia in 1972
Prime Minister
William McMahon
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.08
Loaf of Bread
$0.24
Average House
$16,000
Weekly Wage
$75.00
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