1972 in Germany
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Events in the year 1972 in Germany.
Incumbents
Events
- 19 February - Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1972
- 1 April - German company SAP SE was founded.
- 23 June - 4 July - 22nd Berlin International Film Festival
- 30 June - 8 October: documenta 5
- 14 August: 1972 Königs Wusterhausen air disaster
- 26 August-10 September - 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
- 5 September - Munich massacre
- 19 November - West German federal election, 1972
- 15 December - The Second Brandt cabinet led by Willy Brandt was sworn in.
- 21 December- The Basic Treaty is signed by Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic.
- Transit Agreement
- Date unknown: German company Fielmann was founded.
Births
- January 2 - Britt Hagedorn, German television presenter
- February 15 - Michelle, German singer
- February 22 - Claudia Pechstein, German speedskater[1]
- March 10 - Mark Waschke, German actor
- April 4 - Bastian Pastewka, German actor and comedian
- April 9 – Bernard Ackah, German-Ivorian mixed martial artist and comedian
- April 16 - Andreas Dittmer, German canoeist
- May 10 - Katja Seizinger, German alpine ski racer
- May 23 - Nadja Uhl, German actress
- June 20 - Simon Verhoeven, German actor and film director
- June 22 - Michael Wendler, German singer
- July 1 - Steffi Nerius, German athlete
- July 10 - Christoph Hochhäusler, German film director
- September 3 - Tim Lobinger, German pole vaulter
- October 18 - Helge Braun, German politician
- November 1 - Mario Barth, German comedian
- November 3 - Hubertus Heil, German politician
- December 4 - Marc Bator, German journalist
- December 16 - Julia Klöckner, German politician
- December 28 - Florian Pronold, German politician
Deaths
- 6 January - Walther von Axthelm, German general (born 1893)
- 25 January - Erhard Milch, German field marshal of Luftwaffe (born 1892)
- 20 February — Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Germann theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics (born 1906)
- 27 March - Raimund Schelcher, German actor (born 1910)
- 6 April — Heinrich Lübke, German politician, former President of Germany (born 1894)
- 26 April — Johann Reichhart, German executioner (born 1893)
- 14 May - Theodor Blank, German politician (born 1905)
- 23 June — Werner Klingler, German film director and actor (born 1903)
- 25 June - Günther Simon, German actor (born 1925)
- 2 July — Eduard Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (born 1890)
- 20 July — Friedrich Flick, German entrepreneur and industrialist (born 1883)
- 1 August - Erwin Madelung, German physicist (born 1881)
- 29 August — Lale Andersen, German singer (born 1905)
- 29 September - Max Nosseck, German film director (born 1902)
- 4 October — Karl Theodor Freiherr von und zu Guttenberg, German politician (born 1921)
- 25 November - Hans Scharoun, German architect (born 1893)
- 9 December - William Dieterle, German actor and film director (born 1893)
- 20 December - Günter Eich, German author (born 1907)
- 24 December - Ernst Kreuder, German writer (born 1903)
See also
References
- "Claudia Pechstein | Biography, Olympic Medals, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
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