1st » The first Gay Pride march in Pride London called England takes place.
9th » The Troubles: In Belfast, British Army snipers shoot five civilians dead in the Springhill Massacre.
11th » The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
19th » Dhofar Rebellion: British Special Air Service known as SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat.
21st » The Troubles: Bloody Friday (1972) Bloody Friday the Provisional Irish Republican Army Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130.
23rd » The United States launches 'Landsat 1', the first Earth-resources satellite.
24th » Bugojno group is caught by Yugoslav security forces.
31st » The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later tha
Famous Birthdays on July in 1972
1st » Sunshine Becker, American singer (Furthur (band) known as Furthur)
1st » Claire Forlani, English actress
1st » Alex Machacek, Austrian guitarist (BPM (band) e.g BPM and CAB (band) named CAB)
31st » Giorgos Kapoutzidis, Greek actor and screenwriter
Famous Deaths for July 1972
2nd » Joseph Fielding Smith, American religious leader, 10th List of presidents of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1876)
6th » Brandon deWilde, American actor and singer (b. 1942)
7th » Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople (b. 1886)
7th » Talal of Jordan (b. 1909)
9th » Robert Weede, American opera singer (b. 1903)
10th » Lovie Austin, American pianist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1887)
10th » Francis Gailey, Australian-American swimmer (b. 1882)