1972

Events

 * January 7:
 * William Rehnquist becomes an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
 * April 4:
 * Elizabeth Andrews becomes a Member of the House of Representatives
 * May 2:
 * Vernon Walters becomes Deputy Director of Central Intelligence
 * June 30:
 * Stansfield Turner becomes President of the Naval War College

Births

 * January 28:
 * Amy Coney Barrett - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (Living)
 * August 24:
 * Todd Christopher Young - Senator of Indiana (Living)

Deaths

 * January 25:
 * Carl Trumbull Hayden - Senator of Arizona (b. 1877)
 * December 26:
 * Harry S. Truman - President of the United States (b. 1884)