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article on NYC Tourist Information Center describes services it offers including wall phone called Cityphone, which is guaranteed to connect caller with staff capable of providing any type of information; center and visitors illus
KENT, Conn., July 22—Jim Dietz, 6‐foot‐6‐inch, 190‐pound national champion, won the final of the Olympic singles rowing trials today on Lake Waramaug.
Article discusses history of Mass Financial Services, which manages nation's oldest and some of its largest mutual funds; discusses its present position and fact that it has record total of close to $4.5-billion in assets; illus of bd members
The 29 championship pennants won between 1921 and 1964 were strung around the top tier at Yankee Stadium yesterday, flapping easily in the warm winds. In the Yankee clubhouse John Mize sipped an orange drink and recalled the days “when you walked out onto this field and knew you always had time; if you didn't win today, why, you'd win tomorrow.”
Egyptian Pres Sadat's ouster of Soviet mil personnel from Egypt revd; Egyptian spokesman M H Zayyat says on July 22 that Egypt is now keeping its options open and is ready to accept weapons from any nation; drawing of Sadat
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of July 19, 1972, covering July 23, 1972.
Elton John
The Rolling Stones
Roberta Flack
Bill Withers
Procol Harum
1972Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, former Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports[†]
Suat Kılıç is a Turkish lawyer, journalist, and politician. He was the former Minister of Youth and Sports, served in the third cabinet of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and now he is a politician inside New Wellfare Party.
1972Floyd Reifer, Barbadian cricketer and coach[†]
Floyd Lamonte Reifer is a Barbadian cricketer and politician. He is a left-handed middle-order batsman and a right-arm medium pace bowler.
1972Marlon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Marlon Lamont Wayans is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) and the comedy films Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).
1972Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (born 1895)[†]
Esther Applin was an American geologist and paleontologist. She completed her undergraduate degree in 1919 from the University of California, Berkeley. Later, she completed a master's degree which was focused on microfossils. She was a leading figure in the use of microfossils to determine the age of rock formation for use in oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico region. Her job was to examine microfossils collected in drill holes to determine the age of the rock into which the company was drilling. Applin's discoveries were crucial to successful drilling operations across the entire oil industry. Additionally, her contribution to geology and the study of micropaleontology was pivotal in earning women geologists respect in the field.
1972The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite.[†]
Landsat 1 (LS-1), formerly named Earth Resources Technology Satellite ERTS-A or ERTS-1, was the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July 23, 1972, by a Delta 900 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]