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- 1972
- January
- January 1, 1972
- After ringing in the new year at a bar, Forrest and Lieutenant Dan take a couple girls back to Lieutenant Dan's place.
- January 9, 1972
- Future 4400 returnee Tyler Downing disappears. He later develops the ability to control electricity with his mind. (Season 3 episode The New World, Part 1)
- January 10, 1972
- Heidi Bergman's birthdate. (Episode Optics)
- January 14, 1972
- Astronauts Dodge, Landon, Stewart, and Taylor leave Cape Kennedy aboard Liberty 1 and go through a Hasslein Curve.
- Detective Carter's murder victim Mr. Babic born. (Season 2 episode Critical)
- February
- February 13, 1972
- Earl Malcolm Spellman, a.k.a. "The Gunsmith", born.
- April
- April 3, 1972
- A C-5A Galaxy transport plane with 243 infants, children, volunteers and crew took off from Saigon as part of Operation Babylift. One minute, 23 seconds later, the plane crashed into a field. Forty-seven children were rescued. Kelly Baldwin was one of them. (Season 2 episode The Grey)
- April 25, 1972
- Nadia's date of birth, as listed on the documents that Sayid is holding on the plane. (Season 6 episode LA X)
- April 30, 1972
- Date of Birth of young woman Susan Cahill, as listed on missing persons flier "HAVE YOU SEEN US?" On the vampire world, seen at Stoker concerts before she disappeared. (Season 3 episode Stoker)
- May
- May 5, 1972
- Date of Birth on victim's passport at a motel, which Quinn correctly deduces is the combination to the room safe, finding cash, which he takes, in view of Dexter. (Season 4 episode Remains to be Seen)
- May 19, 1972
- Richard Collier's play Too Much Spring opens at Millfield College, attended by famous American theater actress Elise McKenna, who approaches Richard backstage after the show, gives him a gold pocket watch, tells him to come back to her, and then dies later that night.
- June
- June 15, 1972
- Sam Beckett leaps into Dr. Gerald Bryant, an english teacher who is having a fling with a student named Jamie. (Season 1 episode Star-Crossed)
- June 17, 1972
- Forrest Gump witnesses the Watergate break-in.
- J. Christian dies, aged 55 years, per headstone visible during the scene when Dot and Overkill are in the graveyard. (Season 1 episode Tale from the Crypt)
- June 20, 1972
- Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus follow Garcia Flynn to Washington, D.C. where Flynn steals the missing Nixon tape, and then kidnaps Lucy, Wyatt and Rufus. He lets Lucy and Rufus go to locate a doc, keeping Wyatt hostage. (Season 1 episode The Watergate Tape)
- June 29, 1972
- The previous time that Jerry vomited before the last time that he vomited. (Season 5 episode The Masseuse)
- July
- July 3, 1972
- New record added 1/25/2023
- Date of Jarod's simulation video in which he investigates a group of terrorists holding hostages. (Season 1 episode The Paper Clock)
- July 7, 1972
- While exploring the underground city on the engineers world, Quinn finds a plaque that reads: "Seismic Shock Column Number 6860 North Quadrant Operational July 7, 1972”. (Season 3 episode The Last of Eden)
- July 14, 1972
- After six months in deep space, George Taylor records a log entry before climbing into a sleep pod with his fellow astronauts. His console includes two dates, 3-23-2673 for Earth Time, and 7-14-1972 for Ship Time. George Taylor: According to Dr. Haslein's Theory of Time, in a vehicle traveling nearly the speed of light, the Earth has aged nearly 700 years since we left it, while we've aged hardly at all.
- July 23, 1972
- Date of Death on Evan's grandfather Edward Treborn's death certificate.
- July 25, 1972
- Date of Evan's grandfather Edward Treborn's death certificate.
- July 26, 1972
- Date of Birth on Missing! Poster for William G. Bailey.
- August
- August 8, 1972
- Date of Birth on crooked detective Frank Masters' passport.
- August 10, 1972
- Date of Birth on Captain Liberty's Superhero License.
- August 23, 1972
- Adrian Franklin Troussant born, according to the Marriage License Application for Adrian Franklin Troussant and Elise D. Sellas.
- September
- September 2, 1972
- Date of Birth listed for Jason Bourne on Wanted file.
- September 3, 1972
- Actor Jeff Portnoy born.
- September 18, 1972
- Date of Birth on Russ Langmore's FBI profile. (Season 1 episode Tonight We Improvise)
- October
- October 4, 1972
- Frank Lowell born, the nephew of the owner of the car that's been following machine number Tommy Clay's Grayling Armored Services truck. (Season 1 episode Matsya Nyaya)
- October 21, 1972
- Top level HR member Ethan Kaufmann born. (Season 3 episode Endgame)
- October 28, 1972
- Date of Birth for Silencer victim Julie Myers' son Greg. (Season 8 episode The Silencer)
- November
- November 1, 1972
- Isabel Aretas, also known as La Bruja, born Isabel Rodriguez to parents Hector and Maria Rodriguez. (AMMO case file)
- November 6, 1972
- Sam Beckett leaps into Vietnam veteran Henry Adams who lives in the mountains away from civilization. (Season 5 episode The Beast Within)
- November 11, 1972
- Homicide detective Tracy Atwood born.
- December
- December 5, 1972
- Debbie born. Debbie lied about her age, most consistently claiming she was born in 1974. Oliver clears that up at Pete's birthday party, explaining that he knows she's 40, because he was there the day she was born.
- December 9, 1972
- Pete born in Los Angeles, California.
- December 22, 1972
- According to Mother, the deputy director of planning was down in Managua on December 22nd, the day before the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. He appears to suggest that the CIA caused the earthquake that occurred on December 23rd.
- December 23, 1972
- According to Mother, the deputy director of planning was down in Managua on December 22nd, the day before the 1972 Nicaragua earthquake. He appears to suggest that the CIA caused the earthquake that occurred on December 23rd.
- December 24, 1972
- Christmas 1972 flashback: Red accidentally wrecks Eric's Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle. (Season 7 episode Winter)
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