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13 April 1972 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 13 April 1972 was a Thursday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “A Horse with No Name” by America.
- Top Film of 1972
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1972 was The Godfather.
- Bestselling Novel of 1972
- “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” by Richard Bach was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1972.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1972–73 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 13 April is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 13 April 1972 fell in the Year of the Rat.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for April is Diamond.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 13 April 1972 was New Moon.
On this day: 13 April
- 1964 At the Academy Awards, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African-American man to win the Best Actor award for the 1963 film Lilies of the Field.
- 1970 At 10:08 PM EST an oxygen tank aboard the Apollo 13 Service Module explodes, putting the crew in great danger and causing major damage to the Apollo command and service module (codenamed "Odyssey") while en route to the Moon.
- 1972 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.
- 1972 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.
- 1976 The United States Treasury Department reintroduces the two-dollar bill as a Federal Reserve Note on Thomas Jefferson's 233rd birthday as part of the United States Bicentennial celebration.
Famous people born on April 13
- Thomas Jefferson, American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (1743–1826)
- Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
- Jonathan Brandis, American actor (1976–2003)
- Christopher Hitchens, English-American essayist, literary critic, and journalist (1949–2011)
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Events of 1972 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1972 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 15 – The Godfather has its premiere at the Loew's State Theatre in New York City.
- April 10 – The 44th Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. William Friedkin's The French Connection wins five awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Friedkin.
- April 12 – The X-rated animated movie Fritz the Cat is released.
Life in the US in 1972
President
Richard Nixon
Gas (per gallon)
$0.36
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Average House
$19,400
Weekly Wage
$154
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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