Discover what happened on 21 January 1972 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Elek Bakk
- Horst Kullack
- Josef Marxer (Liechtensteiner farmer, politician and judge (1889-1972))
- Jiro Yoshihara (Japanese painter (1905-1972))
- Ronald L. Moehlman (music conductor and composer (1907–1972))
- Wilhelm Armbrecht (German politician (1898–1972))
- Albert de Joode (Dutch journalist)
- Nicolas Florine (Russian inventor (1891-1972))
- Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos (British politician (1893-1972))
- Aleksandr Abramovich
- Dick Loftus (American baseball player)
- Gottfrid Fröderberg (Swedish politician (1887–1972))
- James Hutchinson (recipient of the Victoria Cross (1895–1972))
- Gerardo Valencia (Colombian theologian)
- Stanisław Łapot
- Hwang Jong-ryul (South Korean politician (1909-1972))
- Eikichi Iso
- Józef Trojok
- Stanislav Kettner (Czech politician, agonomist and regional politician)
- Georgi Bakŭrdzhiev (Bulgarian painter (1899-1972))
- Pieter Kloppenburg (Dutch cyclist)
- Yevgeny Alekseyev (botanist (1884-1972))
- Gyula Horváth (Hungarian actor (1897–1972))
- Jim Allen (Australian rules footballer (1912–1972))
- Dorothy Rivers Turner (author)
- Des Rowan (Australian rules footballer)
- Ernst Bartl (German politician)
- Herbert Thöny
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- Francis Deák (born 1898; died 1972)
- Annaik Le Leard
- Aleksey Beryozkin (Soviet actor (1905-1972))
- Manuel Paradas Farinós
- Henri Martin (French Catholic priest)
- Pierre Jaudon
- Charles Grant of Cotes ((1903-1972))
- Dorothy Revell Eardley-Wilmot ((1888-1972))
- Zdeněk Kremlička (Czech painter)
- Chester M. Fennell (American ornithologist)
- John Lumpkin (American football coach and politician (1892-1972))
- Józef Frankowski (Polish Righteous Among the Nations)
- Miroslav Polívka
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- Jiro Yoshihara (Japanese painter (1905-1972))
- Frederica Chase Dodd (American clubwoman)
- Elek Bakk
- Horst Kullack
- Josef Marxer (Liechtensteiner farmer, politician and judge (1889-1972))
- Ronald L. Moehlman (music conductor and composer (1907–1972))
- Wilhelm Armbrecht (German politician (1898–1972))
- Albert de Joode (Dutch journalist)
- Nicolas Florine (Russian inventor (1891-1972))
- Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos (British politician (1893-1972))
- Aleksandr Abramovich
- Dick Loftus (American baseball player)
- Gottfrid Fröderberg (Swedish politician (1887–1972))
- James Hutchinson (recipient of the Victoria Cross (1895–1972))
- Gerardo Valencia (Colombian theologian)
- Stanisław Łapot
- Hwang Jong-ryul (South Korean politician (1909-1972))
- Eikichi Iso
- Józef Trojok
- Stanislav Kettner (Czech politician, agonomist and regional politician)
- Georgi Bakŭrdzhiev (Bulgarian painter (1899-1972))
- Pieter Kloppenburg (Dutch cyclist)
- Yevgeny Alekseyev (botanist (1884-1972))
- Gyula Horváth (Hungarian actor (1897–1972))
- Jim Allen (Australian rules footballer (1912–1972))
- Dorothy Rivers Turner (author)
- Des Rowan (Australian rules footballer)
- Ernst Bartl (German politician)
- Herbert Thöny
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- Francis Deák (born 1898; died 1972)
- Annaik Le Leard
- Aleksey Beryozkin (Soviet actor (1905-1972))
- Manuel Paradas Farinós
- Henri Martin (French Catholic priest)
- Pierre Jaudon
- Charles Grant of Cotes ((1903-1972))
- Dorothy Revell Eardley-Wilmot ((1888-1972))
- Zdeněk Kremlička (Czech painter)
- Chester M. Fennell (American ornithologist)
- John Lumpkin (American football coach and politician (1892-1972))
- Józef Frankowski (Polish Righteous Among the Nations)
- Miroslav Polívka
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