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The year 1972 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. The following entries cover events related to Science or Technology which occurred in the listed year The table of years in science is a tabular display of all years in Science, for overview and quick navigation to any year The year 1962 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1963 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1964 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1965 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1966 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1967 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1968 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1969 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1970 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1971 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1973 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1974 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1975 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1976 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1977 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1978 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1979 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1980 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The year 1981 in Science and Technology involved many significant events listed below The year 1982 in Science and Technology involved many significant events listed below This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page indexes the individual Years pages Twenty-first century See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The 1940s decade ran from 1940 to 1949 Events and trends The 1940s was a period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s which also leads the period to be The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 See also List of centuries, History This is a list of Decades in history including links to corresponding articles with more information about them The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar The twentieth century of the Common Era began on The 21st century is the current century of the Christian Era or Common Era in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. The pages listed below contain information about trends and events in particular centuries and millennia. Events 16 September - Opening of AIR Gallery at 97 Wooster Street SoHo the first artist-run not-for-profit gallery for women artists in the The year 1972 in Archaeology involved some significant events The year 1972 in architecture involved some significant events The year 1972 in literature involved some significant events and new books Events January 17 - Highway 51 South in Memphis Tennessee is renamed " Elvis Presley Blvd" January 20 - Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding Technology is a broad concept that deals with a Species ' usage and knowledge of Tools and Crafts and how it affects a species' ability to control and adapt
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Astronomy and space exploration
- January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space shuttle program. Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by NASA 's Space Shuttle, officially called the Space Transportation System ( STS) is the Spacecraft currently used by the United States
- February 4 - Mariner 9 sends pictures from Mars
- February 21 - The Soviet unmanned spacecraft Luna 20 lands on the Moon. Events 211 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus dies leaving the Roman Empire in the hands of his two quarrelsome sons Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I was a NASA space probe orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Events 362 - Athanasius returns to Alexandria. 1245 - Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 A spacecraft is a Vehicle or machine designed for Spaceflight. Luna 20 (Ye-8-5 series was an Unmanned space mission of the Luna program, also called Lunik 20
- March 2 - Launch of Pioneer 10 spacecraft. Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Pioneer 10 ( Pioneer-F) was the first Spacecraft to travel through the Asteroid belt, which it entered on July 15, 1972
- April 16 - Apollo 16 launched
- July 23 - The United States launches Landsat 1, first Earth-resources satellite. Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Landsat 1, originally named "Earth Resources Technology Satellite 1" was the first satellite of the United States ' Landsat program. This article is about artificial satellites For natural satellites also known as moons see Natural satellite.
Biology
- Socorro Doves (Zenaida graysoni) last seen in the wild. The Socorro Dove ( Zenaida graysoni) is a Dove that is Extinct in the wild The species precariously survives in captivity. A reintroduction program is being prepared.
Computer science
- Cray Research founded. Cray Inc ( is a Supercomputer manufacturer based in Seattle Washington.
Technology
- February 1 - First scientific hand-held calculator later designated, HP-35 introduced. Events 1327 - Teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen The first handneld calculator contained no numerical designation but was simply labeled Hewlett - Packard. The price was 795. 00
- October - The First International Conference on Computer Communications was held in Washington, D. October events and holidays Children's Book Week ( England) - First Week of October National Day ( China People's Republic C. and hosted the first public demo of ARPAnet, a precursor to the Internet.
Awards
Births
Deaths
- October 1 - Louis Leakey (d. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. John Bardeen ( May 23 1908 – January 30 1991) was an American Physicist and Electrical engineer, who won Leon Neil Cooper (born February 28, 1930) is an American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, who with John Bardeen and John Robert John Robert Schrieffer (born May 31, 1931) is an American physicist and with John Bardeen and Leon Neil Cooper, recipient of the The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. Christian Boehmer Anfinsen Jr ( March 26, 1916 &ndash May 14, 1995) was a Biochemist and a 1972 Nobel Prize laureate Stanford Moore ( September 4, 1913 &ndash August 23, 1982) was a U William Howard Stein ( June 25, 1911 &ndash February 2, 1980) was an American Biochemist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Gerald Maurice Edelman (born July 1, 1929) is an American biologist who won the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his Rodney Robert Porter, FRS ( 8 October 1917 &ndash 7 September 1985) was an English Biochemist. The A M Turing Award is given annually by the Association for Computing Machinery to "an individual selected for contributions of a technical nature made to the computing Edsger Wybe Dijkstra ( May 11, 1930 &ndash August 6, 2002; ˈɛtsxər ˈwibə ˈdɛɪkstra was a Dutch computer scientist Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey ( LSB Leakey) ( August 7, 1903 – October 1 1972) was a Kenyan archaeologist and naturalist 1903 in science), British paleontologist. The year 1903 in Science and Technology involved some significant events listed below The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Palaeontology redirects here For the Scientific journal, see Palaeontology (journal.
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