1972

Summary

1972 is a calendar year^[1]. 1972 ranks in the top 8% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,369 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1972's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[3].
• 1972's instance of is recorded as leap year^[4].
• 1972's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Saturday and ending on Sunday^[5].
• 1972 followed 1971^[6].
• 1972 was followed by 1973^[7].
• 1972 is part of 1970s^[8].
• 1972 is part of Gregorian calendar^[9].
• 1972's Commons category is recorded as 1972^[10].
• 1972's said to be the same as is recorded as 11972 HE^[11].
• 1972's said to be the same as is recorded as 1972^[12].
• 1972 comprises January 1972^[13].
• 1972 comprises February 1972^[14].
• 1972 comprises March 1972^[15].
• 1972 comprises April 1972^[16].
• 1972 comprises May 1972^[17].
• 1972 comprises June 1972^[18].
• 1972 comprises July 1972^[19].
• 1972 comprises August 1972^[20].
• 1972 comprises September 1972^[21].
• 1972 comprises October 1972^[22].
• 1972 comprises November 1972^[23].
• 1972 comprises December 1972^[24].
• 1972 occurred on January 1, 1972^[25].
• 1972's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1972^[26].
• 1972's Commons gallery is recorded as 1972^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include calendar year^[3], leap year^[4], and leap year starting on Saturday and ending on Sunday^[5].

Use and Application

Components include January 1972^[13], a January^[28]; February 1972^[14], a February^[29]; March 1972^[15], a March^[30]; April 1972^[16], an April^[31]; May 1972^[17], a May^[32]; and June 1972^[18], a June^[33]. Part of include 1970s^[8], a decade^[34] and Gregorian calendar^[9], an arithmetic calendar^[35], founded in 1582^[36].

Influence

Things named for 1972 include T-72^[37], a combat vehicle family^[38].

Why It Matters

1972 ranks in the top 8% of calendar_year entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,369 views/month).^[2] 1972 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] 1972 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for 1972 include T-72^[37], a combat vehicle family^[38].