1972

(further past) ← 1971 | 1972 | 1973 → (still past)
The year 1972 started on Saturday, January 1, and ended on Sunday, December 31. It was a leap year. Also, it was the year that leap seconds were introduced, and the only one to have had two such seconds inserted (on Friday, June 30, and Sunday, December 31).

Calendar with holidays

Landscape calendar for the year 1972, a leap year with dominical letter BA in the Gregorian calendar

January							February							March							April
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1			1	2	3	4	5				1	2	3	4							1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29	27	28	29					26	27	28	29	30	31		23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31																				30
May							June							July							August
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2	3	4	5	6					1	2	3							1			1	2	3	4	5
7	8	9	10	11	12	13	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
14	15	16	17	18	19	20	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
21	22	23	24	25	26	27	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	20	21	22	23	24	25	26
28	29	30	31				25	26	27	28	29	30		23	24	25	26	27	28	29	27	28	29	30	31
														30	31
September							October							November							December
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
					1	2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7				1	2	3	4						1	2
3	4	5	6	7	8	9	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
10	11	12	13	14	15	16	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
17	18	19	20	21	22	23	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
24	25	26	27	28	29	30	29	30	31					26	27	28	29	30			24	25	26	27	28	29	30
																					31

Portrait calendar for the year 1972, a leap year with dominical letter BA in the Gregorian calendar

January							February							March
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1			1	2	3	4	5				1	2	3	4
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
16	17	18	19	20	21	22	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
23	24	25	26	27	28	29	27	28	29					26	27	28	29	30	31
30	31
April							May							June
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1		1	2	3	4	5	6					1	2	3
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
16	17	18	19	20	21	22	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
23	24	25	26	27	28	29	28	29	30	31				25	26	27	28	29	30
30
July							August							September
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1			1	2	3	4	5						1	2
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
9	10	11	12	13	14	15	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
16	17	18	19	20	21	22	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
23	24	25	26	27	28	29	27	28	29	30	31			24	25	26	27	28	29	30
30	31
October							November							December
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
1	2	3	4	5	6	7				1	2	3	4						1	2
8	9	10	11	12	13	14	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
15	16	17	18	19	20	21	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
22	23	24	25	26	27	28	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
29	30	31					26	27	28	29	30			24	25	26	27	28	29	30
														31

Holidays in 1972

• New Year's Day: Saturday, January 1
• Epiphany: Thursday, January 6
• Super Bowl Sunday: Sunday, January 16
• Groundhog Day: Wednesday, February 2
• Lincoln's Birthday: Saturday, February 12
• Valentine's Day: Monday, February 14
• Mardi Gras: Tuesday, February 15
• Ash Wednesday: Wednesday, February 16
• Washington's Birthday: Monday, February 21
• Leap Day: Tuesday, February 29
• Saint Patrick's Day: Friday, March 17
• Palm Sunday: Sunday, March 26
• Good Friday: Friday, March 31
• April Fools' Day: Saturday, April 1
• Easter: Sunday, April 2
• Tax Day: Monday, April 17
• Earth Day: Saturday, April 22
• National Secretaries Day: Wednesday, April 26
• Daylight Saving Time Starts (clocks spring forward): Sunday, April 30 at 2:00 AM, which becomes 3:00 AM
• Cinco de Mayo: Friday, May 5
• Victory in Europe Day: Monday, May 8
• Mother's Day: Sunday, May 14
• Armed Forces Day: Saturday, May 20
• Memorial Day: Monday, May 29
• Flag Day: Wednesday, June 14
• Father's Day: Sunday, June 18
• Juneteenth: Monday, June 19
• Independence Day: Tuesday, July 4
• Labor Day: Monday, September 4
• Citizenship Day: Sunday, September 17
• Columbus Day: Monday, October 9
• Boss's Day: Monday, October 16
• Sweetest Day: Saturday, October 21
• Veterans Day: Monday, October 23
• Daylight Saving Time Ends (clocks fall back): Sunday, October 29 at 2:00 AM, which becomes 1:00 AM
• Halloween: Tuesday, October 31
• Election Day: Tuesday, November 7
• Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 23
• Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: Thursday, December 7
• Christmas Eve: Sunday, December 24
• Christmas: Monday, December 25
• Kwanzaa: Tuesday, December 26, 1972, to Monday, January 1, 1973
• New Year's Eve: Sunday, December 31