Discover what happened on 6 August 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
- Torkel Persson (Swedish cross-country skier)
- Hugo Hantsch (Austrian priest and historian (1895–1972))
- Donald MacDonald (American actor and director of the silent film era (1886-1972))
- Raymond Mondon (French politician (1917-1972))
- Frank Forward (Canadian inventor)
- George Young (Scottish-Canadian swimmer (1909-1972))
- Irvine W. Grote (American chemist (1899-1972))
- Léon Méthot (Canadian politician (1895-1972))
- Shelomoh Ḥayim Fridman
- William Thomas Grant (American businessman)
- Osyp Navrotskyi
- Stefan Chabursky
- Yngve Edward Soderberg (American artist (1896-1972))
- Yoshitomo Okamoto (Japanese historian)
- Maj Lindman
- István Darkó (Hungarian journalist, contributing editor from Czechoslovakia (1902-1972))
- Jerzy Warchałowski (Polish diplomat)
- Harry O. Stratton (American politician)
- Christen Møller
- Katherine Cecilia Rumbold ((died 1972))
- Oliver John Frank Lockwood St. John ((1914-1972))
- Giacomo Bernasconi ((1905-1972))
- Maurice Mercier (French trade-unionist (1907-1972))
- Otakar Kallauner
- Artur Coman (Romanian botanist and forester)
- ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (Iranian Bahá’í scholar)
- Angelo Tosi (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Torkel Persson (Swedish cross-country skier)
- Hugo Hantsch (Austrian priest and historian (1895–1972))
- Donald MacDonald (American actor and director of the silent film era (1886-1972))
- Raymond Mondon (French politician (1917-1972))
- Frank Forward (Canadian inventor)
- George Young (Scottish-Canadian swimmer (1909-1972))
- Irvine W. Grote (American chemist (1899-1972))
- Léon Méthot (Canadian politician (1895-1972))
- Shelomoh Ḥayim Fridman
- William Thomas Grant (American businessman)
- Osyp Navrotskyi
- Stefan Chabursky
- Yngve Edward Soderberg (American artist (1896-1972))
- Yoshitomo Okamoto (Japanese historian)
- Maj Lindman
- István Darkó (Hungarian journalist, contributing editor from Czechoslovakia (1902-1972))
- Jerzy Warchałowski (Polish diplomat)
- Harry O. Stratton (American politician)
- Christen Møller
- Katherine Cecilia Rumbold ((died 1972))
- Oliver John Frank Lockwood St. John ((1914-1972))
- Giacomo Bernasconi ((1905-1972))
- Maurice Mercier (French trade-unionist (1907-1972))
- Otakar Kallauner
- Artur Coman (Romanian botanist and forester)
- ‘Abdu’l-Hamíd Ishráq-Khávari (Iranian Bahá’í scholar)
- Angelo Tosi (Righteous Among the Nations)
- Grant Gordon (actor)