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After taking a whipping the night before in Boston, the Knicks extracted their desired revenge last night at Madison Square Garden by topping the Celtics, 97‐94, to delight a capacity crowd of 19,694.
GENEVA—A new round of strategic arms limitation talks (SALT) between the United States and the Soviet Union opened here last week with the pri mary goal of making permanent and comprehensive an interim agreement that limits offensive weapons.
In a game that figured to be of little consequence in the final day scramble for the Ivy League title, Columbia defeated Brown, 28‐12, before a crowd of 5,303 at Baker Field yester day in the season finale for both teams.
PARIS — Henry Kissinger's “one more round” of negotiations “lasting three or four days” stretched through six days last week, and still there was no glimpse of an agreement to end the Vietnam war.
PRINCETON, N.J., Nov. 25— Cornell wound up its 1972 foot ball campaign on a winning note in Palmer Stadium this afternoon, beating Princeton, 22‐15, before 16,000 fans.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of November 22, 1972, covering November 26, 1972.
Cat Stevens
Curtis Mayfield
The Temptations
Yes
Michael Jackson
1972James Dashner, American author[†]
James Smith Dashner is an American writer known for speculative fiction. Many of his books are primarily aimed at children or young adults. He is best known for The Maze Runner series and the young adult fantasy series The 13th Reality. His 2008 novel The Journal of Curious Letters, first in the series, was one of the annual Borders Original Voices picks.
1972Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster[†]
Christopher John Osgood is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently a Detroit Red Wings studio analyst and part-time color commentator for FanDuel Sports Network Detroit. He won three Stanley Cup championships in his career, all with the Red Wings, his first as the backup goaltender, and his last two as the starting goaltender. Between the four Stanley Cups Detroit won between 1997 and 2008, Osgood only missed the 2002 Stanley Cup championship. He is ranked 13th in wins in NHL regular season history with 401.
1972Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer[†]
Arjun Rampal is an Indian actor and model who mainly works in Hindi films. He made his acting debut in Rajiv Rai's romance film Pyaar Ishq Aur Mohabbat (2001) and has since gone on to act in more than 40 films. He has received several awards including the National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Rock On!!.
In 1972, the world population was approximately 3,844,917,680 people[†]