1972

Summary

1972 is a calendar year^[1]. 1972 ranks in the top 8% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1972's image is recorded as President Richard Nixon and Premier Chou En-Lai Shake Hands at the Nixons' Arrival in Peking, China.jpg^[3].
• 1972's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[4].
• 1972's instance of is recorded as leap year^[5].
• 1972's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Saturday and ending on Sunday^[6].
• 1972's follows is recorded as 1971^[7].
• 1972's followed by is recorded as 1973^[8].
• 1972's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2010010719^[9].
• 1972's part of is recorded as 1970s^[10].
• 1972's part of is recorded as Gregorian calendar^[11].
• 1972's Commons category is recorded as 1972^[12].
• 1972's said to be the same as is recorded as 11972 HE^[13].
• 1972's said to be the same as is recorded as 1972^[14].
• 1972's has part is recorded as January 1972^[15].
• 1972's has part is recorded as February 1972^[16].
• 1972's has part is recorded as March 1972^[17].
• 1972's has part is recorded as April 1972^[18].
• 1972's has part is recorded as May 1972^[19].
• 1972's has part is recorded as June 1972^[20].
• 1972's has part is recorded as July 1972^[21].
• 1972's has part is recorded as August 1972^[22].
• 1972's has part is recorded as September 1972^[23].
• 1972's has part is recorded as October 1972^[24].
• 1972's has part is recorded as November 1972^[25].
• 1972's has part is recorded as December 1972^[26].
• 1972's point in time is recorded as +1972-01-01T00:00:00Z^[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for 1972 include T-72^[28], a combat vehicle family^[29].

Why It Matters

1972 ranks in the top 8% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).^[2] 1972 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] 1972 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for 1972 include T-72^[28], a combat vehicle family^[29].