NEWS: 1972
| Jan. 1, 1972 | As 1972 begins, it's cloudy and 36 degrees F at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport. The wind is from the northeast at 5 mph. For the first time, more than 50 percent of American TV households have at least one color TV. Also, in the United States, yearly sales of color televisions outnumber yearly sales of black-and-white televisions for the first time. It's the beginning of International Book Year, as proclaimed by the United Nations. The musical "Promises, Promises" closes after 1,281 performances at the Shubert Theatre in New York, NY. (It began on December 1, 1968.) Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then clear, then cloudy with snow flurries; High temp. 42 F; Low temp. 27 F; Precipitation: Trace (liquid). No snow on the gorund. |
| Jan. 2, 1972 | In the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game played in Miami, Florida, the Miami Dolphins defeat the Baltimore Colts, 21-0. This is even though the Colts get more first downs in the game than the Dolphina (16 to 13). The Colts miss all three of their field-goal attempts. Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then becoming clear; rain in the morning with a trace of snow; breezy late in the evening; High temp. 44 F; Low temp. 36 F; Precipitation: 0.56 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 3, 1972 | Nichole Nordeman is born in Dallas, Texas. She's a contemporary Christian singer and songwriter in the pop and rock genres. Baltimore weather: Clear; High temp. 52 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; rain from late morning through evening; High temp. 44 F; Low temp. 35 F; Precipitation: 0.42 inch. |
| Jan. 5, 1972 | U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that NASA will develop a space shuttle system with reliability, resusability, and relatively low cost. Baltimore weather: Cloudy, becoming clear; rain from morning to mid-afternoon with a trace of snow; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 44 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: 0.33 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 35 F; Low temp. 20 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy, then clear; breezy in the afternoon; High temp. 44 F; Low temp. 22 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then clear; High temp. 43 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy; rain from mid-afteroon through evening; High temp. 50 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: 0.50 inch. |
| Jan. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly to mostly cloudy with a light rain shower, then cloudy; breezy early in the morning; High temp. 51 F; Low temp. 41 F; Precipitation: 0.01 inch. |
| Jan. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; a light rain shower in late morning; High temp. 58 F; Low temp. 47 F; Precipitation: 0.04 inch. |
| Jan. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then clear, then cloudy; High temp. 55 F; Low temp. 40 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; a rain shower in the early afternoon; breezy at times in the afternoon and evening; High temp. 66 F; Low temp. 46 F; Precipitation: 0.12 inch. |
| Jan. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, becoming partly cloudy; a rain shower in the morning with a trace of snow; breezy in the morning; High temp. 56 F; Low temp. 29 F; Precipitation: 0.10 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy to cloudy, then clear to partly cloudy; breezy/windy from late morning onward (23 mph at 11:00 pm); High temp. 33 F; Low temp. 11 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear; breezy until evening; High temp. 20 F; Low temp. 5 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear; breezy in the aftenoon; High temp. 37 F; Low temp. 6 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 18, 1972 | Two youths are arrested for conspiring to commit murder by poisoning Chicago's water supply. Baltimore weather: Clear, then partly cloudy; High temp. 52 F; Low temp. 20 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy with light rain, becoming clear; breezy from mid-morning to mid-evening; High temp. 63 F; Low temp. 41 F; Precipitation: Trace. |
| Jan. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then cloudy; light rain in the afternoon; High temp. 47 F; Low temp. 34 F; Precipitation: 0.05 inch. |
| Jan. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; a light rain shower in the morning; breezy at midday; High temp. 48 F; Low temp. 41 F; Precipitation: 0.03 inch. |
| Jan. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; rain in the early afternoon; High temp. 44 F; Low temp. 40 F; Precipitation: 0.10 inch. |
| Jan. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; rain in the morning; High temp. 50 F; Low temp. 41 F; Precipitation: 0.12 inch. |
| Jan. 24, 1972 | Gene Austin dies at age 71 in Palm Springs, California. He was a singer and songwriter, one of the first "crooners." His recording of "My Blue Heaven" sold over five million copies from December 1927 into the first half of 1928 and was the largest-selling record of all time, up to that point. His 1920s compositions "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and "The Lonesome Road" became pop and jazz standards. From 1919 into the early 1920s, he lived in Baltimore. He was born Lemeul Eugene Lucas on June 24, 1900 in Gainesville, Texas. Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then clear, then cloudy; light rain in the morning; High temp. 54 F; Low temp. 44 F; Precipitation: 0.03 inch. |
| Jan. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then clearing; rain in the morning; breezy/windy from mid-morning onward (29 mph at 8:00 AM); High temp. 60 F; Low temp. 30 F; Precipitation: 0.09 inch. |
| Jan. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear, then mostly cloudy, then clear; breezy at midday; High temp. 42 F; Low temp. 25 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 27, 1972 | Renowned Gospel singer Mahalia Jackson dies at age 60 in Evergreen Park, Illinois. She was born on October 26, 1911 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Baltimore weather: Clear, becoming cloudy with snow (0.3") in the evening; High temp. 33 F; Low temp. 24 F; Precipitation: 0.07 inch (liquid). A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy with snow (0.8") and rain in the early morning, then clearing; breezy from late afternoon onward; High temp. 39 F; Low temp. 27 F; Precipitation: 0.25 inch (liquid). One inch of snow on the ground. |
| Jan. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear, becoming cloudy; breezy in the early morning; High temp. 33 F; Low temp. 22 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 30, 1972 | In what became known as "Bloody Sunday," British soldiers shot 13 Roman Catholic civil rights supporters to death in Northern Ireland. Baltimore weather: Cloudy;breezy at times from mid-afternoon onward; High temp. 37 F; Low temp. 31 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Jan. 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, becoming clear; breezy at midday; High temp. 32 F; Low temp. 22 F; Precipitation: None. Total precipitation for Baltimore during January 1972 is 2.82 inches (liquid), including melted ice and snow, below the normal of 3.08 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during January 1972 is 45.4 degrees F, above the normal of 43.2 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during January 1972 is 29.8 degrees F, above the normal of 25.4 degrees. A total of 1.1 inches of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station during January 1972, well below the normal of 6.4 inches. |
| Feb. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 16° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather:Snow (1.6 inches); High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch (liquid). One inche of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: 1.08 inches. A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 39° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: None. No snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 31° F; Low temp. 17° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 16° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 18° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 28° F; Low temp. 11° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 33° F; Low temp. 14° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 36° F; Low temp. 19° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 24° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch. |
| Feb. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 1.65 inch. |
| Feb. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Feb. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 17, 1972 | U.S. President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat leave the White House to begin their trip to China. Baltimore weather: Snow (2.6 inches); High temp. 36° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch (liquid). 2 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow (0.1") and rain; ; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.48 inch (liquid).. 2 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow (3.1 inches) and rain; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: 1.25 inches (liquid).. No snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 28° F; Low temp. 19° F; Precip.: None. 3 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 21, 1972 | U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon arrive in Beijing to begin their historic visit to China. Baltimore weather: High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 14° F; Precip.: None.. 2 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 25° F; Precip.: Trace. One inch of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 23, 1972 | Friendship International Airport (renamed BWI Aiirport in 1973) gets 4.0 inches of snow, the greatest snowfall in one day at the airport in 1972. Baltimore weather: Snow (4 inches); High temp. 32° F; Low temp. 19° F; Precip.: None. 4 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch. 3 inches of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather:Light rain; High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. One inch of snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.48 inch. No snow on the ground. |
| Feb. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Feb. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: None. The total precipitation for Baltimore during February 1972 is 6.01 inches, including melted snow and ice, wlel above the normal amount of 2.90 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during February 1972 is 43.0 degrees F, below the normal of 46.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during February 1972 is 25.6 degrees F, below the normal of 26.9 degrees. A total of 11.4 inches of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during February 1972, above the normal amount of 7.5 inches. |
| Mar. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None. The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 80 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any March 1st (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Mar. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: Trace. The high temperature in Baltimore reaches 80 degrees F, the highest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any March 2nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. |
| Mar. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.61 inch. |
| Mar. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 37° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Mar. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow (0.2 inches); High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: 001 inch (liquid). A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Mar. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None. No snow on the ground. |
| Mar. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Mar. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. |
| Mar. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.26 inch. |
| Mar. 15, 1972 | The movie "The Godfather" makes its premiere in New York, NY, before appearing in theaters nationwide. Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Mar. 16, 1972 | U. S. President Richard Nixon calls for a moratorium on court-ordered school busing that is ordered to achieve racial integration of schools. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.51 inch. |
| Mar. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: 0.40 inch. |
| Mar. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 21, 1972 | In the Dunn vs. Blumstein case, the U.S. Supreme Court rules that states may not require at least a year's residency for voting eligibility. Baltimore weather: High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: 0.54 inch. |
| Mar. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Mar. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 27° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None. |
| Mar. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Mar. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Mar. 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: Trace. The total precipitation for Baltimore during March 1972 is 2.38 inches, including melted snow and ice, below the normal amount of 4.01 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during March 1972 is 52.7 degrees F, below the normal of 54.8 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during March 1971 is 34.4 degrees F, above the normal of 33.9 degrees. A total of 0.2 of an inch of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during March 1972, below the normal amount of 2.8 inches. |
| Apr. 1, 1972 | Major League Baseball players go on strike for the first time in history, demanding an increase in pension-fund payments and salary arbitration. (The strike ends on April 13, 1972.) Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch. |
| Apr. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Apr. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: 0.28 inch. |
| Apr. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 6, 1972 | Baseball's major leagues do not open as scheduled for the first time in history because of a first-ever player strike, which began April 1st. The traditional season opener at Cincinnati between the Reds and the Houston Astros is cancelled. (A total of 86 scheduled games are never played because MLB refuses to pay the players for the time they were on strike.) Baltimore weather: High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow (0.2") and rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.63 inch (liquid). A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Apr. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow (0.1") and rain; High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch (liquid). A trace of snow on the ground. |
| Apr. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None. No snow on the ground. |
| Apr. 10, 1972 | The U.S., the Soviet Union, and about 70 other countries sign an agreement banning biological warfare. Baltimore weather: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 13, 1972 | The first-ever Major League Baseball player strike ends. The team owners and the players agree on a $500,000 increase in pension fund payments. Owners agree to add salary arbitration to the Collective Bargaining Agreement. (The 86 games that are missed over the 13-day period are never played because the leagues refuse to pay the players for the time they were on strike. As a result, the Houston Astros and San Diego Padres each play only 153 games in the 1972 season, nine fewer than normal. Most other teams lose anywhere from six to eight games. The Orioles play 154 games in 1972, winning 80 and losing 74, finishing in third place in the American League Eastern Division.) Baltimore gets 1.46 inches of precipitation, the greatest amount for Baltimore on any April 13th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 1.46 inch. |
| Apr. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Apr. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch. |
| Apr. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: 0.87 inch. |
| Apr. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: 0.06 inch. |
| Apr. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 20, 1972 | Apollo 16's Lunar Module, carrying astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke Jr., lands on the Moon. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Apr. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Apr. 22, 1972 | 1.54 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any April 22nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 1.54 inches. |
| Apr. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: 0.13 inch. |
| Apr. 24, 1972 | U.S. President Richard Nixon signs Public Law 92-278, declaring Father's Day as an official national holiday to be observed on the third Sunday of each June. (Mother's Day has been officially celebrated on the second Sunday of each May since 1913.) Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Apr. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: None. |
| Apr. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None. The total precipitation for Baltimore during April 1972 is 5.30 inches, above the normal amount of 3.39 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during April 1972 is 62.7 degrees F, well below the normal of 66.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during April 1972 is 40.5 degrees F, below the normal of 43.6 degrees. A total of 0.3 of an inch of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during April 1972, above the normal amount of near zero. |
| May 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| May 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 0.78 inch. |
| May 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: 0.10 inch. |
| May 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather:Rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.21 inch. |
| May 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.63 inch. |
| May 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| May 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 14, 1972 | Willie Mays plays his first game for the New York Mets and hits a home run as the Mets defeat the San Francisco Giants 5-4. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.32 inch. |
| May 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.27 inch. |
| May 16, 1972 | Rick Monday of the Chicago Cubs hits three consecutive home runs, going 4-for-5 with five runs batted in, as the Cubs win 8-1 over the Phillies in Philadelphia, PA. Greg Luzinski of the Phillies hits a 500-foot home run that hits the Liberty Bell monument at Veterans Stadium. Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| May 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: 0.72 inch. |
| May 21, 1972 | Michelangelo's sculpture "Pieta" is damaged when a man with a hammer pounds on it; he shouts he is Jesus Christ. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| May 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.14 inch. |
| May 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| May 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 28, 1972 | A break-in occurs at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters offices in the Watergate Office Building in Washington. DC. James W. McCord Jr., a former CIA officer and an electronics expert, leads "burglaries" of the offices and also installs listening devices and telephone wiretaps. While successful with installing the listening devices, they soon determine that they need repairs. They plot a second "burglary" in order to take care of the situation. That "burglary" takes place on June 16, 1972. Two phones inside the DNC headquarters' offices are said to have been wiretapped. One was Robert Spencer Oliver's phone. At the time, Oliver was working as the executive director of the Association of State Democratic Chairmen. The other phone belonged to DNC chairman Larry O'Brien. The FBI found no evidence that O'Brien's phone was bugged; however, it was determined that an effective listening device was installed in Oliver's phone. Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 48° F; Precip.: None. |
| May 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. |
| May 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 0.31 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during May 1972 is 4.11 inches, above the normal amount of 3.85 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during May 1972 is 72.5 degrees F, below the normal of 75.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during May 1972 is 52.8 degrees F, below the normal of 53.3 degrees. |
| Jun. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 67° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: Trace |
| Jun. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jun. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 4, 1972 | The Orioles are shut out in both games of a doubleheader for the first time since June 15, 1958. The score is 2-0 in both games against Oakland. Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch. |
| Jun. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 9, 1972 | Heavy rains cause flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota and kill at least 238 people. Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jun. 11, 1972 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 40 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any June 11th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 12, 1972 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 46 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any June 12th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 46° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jun. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.11 inch. |
| Jun. 14, 1972 | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency orders a ban on all domestic use of the pesticide DDT. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jun. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 16, 1972 | A second Watergate break-in occurs and burglary of Democratic National Committee headquarters is attempted when it's discovered that some of the listening devices planted there earlier, on May 28, were not functioning properly. Baltimore weather:Light rain; High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Jun. 17, 1972 | Sometime after midnight, Watergate Complex (in Washington, D.C.) security guard Frank Wills notices tape covering the latches on some of the complex's doors leading from the underground parking garage to several offices, which allowed the doors to close but stay unlocked. He removes the tape, believing it is nothing. When he returns a short time later and discovers that someone had retaped the locks, he calls the police. Responding to the call is an unmarked car with three plainclothes officers (Sgt. Paul W. Leeper, Officer John B. Barrett, and Officer Carl M. Shoffler) working the overnight "bum squad"—dressed as hippies and on the lookout for drug deals and other street crimes. Alfred Baldwin, on "spotter" duty at the Howard Johnson's motel across the street, is distracted watching the film Attack of the Puppet People on TV and fails to observe the arrival of the police car in front of the hotel. Neither does he see the plainclothes officers investigating the DNC's sixth-floor suite of 29 offices. By the time Baldwin finally notices unusual activity on the sixth floor and radioes the burglars, it is already too late. The police apprehend five men, later identified as Virgilio Gonzalez, Bernard Barker, James McCord, Eugenio Martinez, and Frank Sturgis. They are charged with attempted burglary and attempted interception of telephone and other communications. The Washington Post reported that "police found lock-picks and door jimmies, almost $2,300 in cash, most of it in $100 bills with the serial numbers in sequence ... a short wave receiver that could pick up police calls, 40 rolls of unexposed film, two 35 millimeter cameras and three pen-sized tear gas guns." (The later revelation that U.S. President Richard M. Nixon knew about the break-ins and burglary attempts, and attempted to cover them up, leads to his resignation on August 9, 1974.) Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.20 inch. |
| Jun. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.19 inch. |
| Jun. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Jun. 20, 1972 | Three days after the arrest of the Watergate burglars, U.S. President Richard Nixon meets at the White House with his chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman. The secretly made tape recording of this meeting ends up with a notorious 18 1/2-minute gap. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.19 inch. |
| Jun. 21, 1972 | Rainfall from Tropical Storm Agnes begins in the Baltimore area. 2.19 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any June 21st (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 2.19 inches. |
| Jun. 22, 1972 | Tropical Storm Agnes strikes Baltimore and the rest of central and eastern Maryland, causing extensive flooding and 19 deaths in Maryland. Localities from Virginia to eastern Canada also are flooded. Localized rainfall of 3 to 6 inches in just a couple of hours produces extreme flooding of the Patapsco River, which swamps downtown Ellicott City and the Daniels textile mills. The Patapsco River rises to as much as 40 feet above normal. But "only" 1.82 inches of rain falls at Friendship (now BWI Marshall) Airport. Two casualties of the storm are the Daniels textile mills mentioned above, and Gwynn Oak Amusement Park near Baltimore, which is severely damaged when the Gwynns Falls overruns its banks. The amusement park reopens briefly with reduced attractions but then permanently closes. Within a year, the C.R. Daniels Company builds replacement mills on much higher ground nearby. 3.84 inches of precipitation falls in Baltimore, the most in Baltimore on any June 22nd (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 66° F; Low temp. 52° F; Precip.: 3.84 inches. |
| Jun. 23, 1972 | U.S. President Richard Nixon signs Title IX, which bars discrimination on the basis of sex for "any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance." U.S. President Richard Nixon and White House chief of staff H.R. Haldeman discuss using the CIA to obstruct the Watergate investigation. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.59 inch. |
| Jun. 24, 1972 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 50 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any June 24th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.13 inch. |
| Jun. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.09 inch. |
| Jun. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jun. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather:Rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.10 inch. |
| Jun. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: 2.06 inches. |
| Jun. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during June 1972 is 9.95 inches, about three times the normal amount for June. The total precipitation for Baltimore during June 1972 is 9.95 inches, well above the normal amount of 3.98 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during June 1972 is 77.2 degrees F, well below the normal of 84.4 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during June 1972 is 58.9 degrees F, below the normal of 62.6 degrees. |
| Jul. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Clear, then mostly cloudy then cloudy; rain in the evening; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.11 inch. |
| Jul. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then clearing, then mostly cloudy, then cloudy; a thunderstorm late in the afternoon; windy duirng the storm (23 mph sustained wind at 5:00 PM); High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.69 inch. |
| Jul. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy; rain showers from morning to mid-afternoon ;breezy from late moring to early afternoon (14 mph wind at 2:00 PM); High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: 0.15 inch. |
| Jul. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch. |
| Jul. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, becoming cloudy, then clearing; a light thundershower in early afternoon (14 mph sustained wind at 2:00 PM); High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. |
| Jul. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, becoming clear, then partly cloudy; rain showers before 6:00 AM; High temp. 88° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: 0.27 inch. |
| Jul. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 93° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then clearing, then partly clpoudy; rain showers and thuderstorms from late afternoon util early evening; High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: 1.32 inches. |
| Jul. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Partly cloudy, then cloudy to mostly cloudy; a thundershower; High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 73° F; Precip.: 0.17 inch. |
| Jul. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 74° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 77° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 95° F; Low temp. 76° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 80° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 95° F; Low temp. 78° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 93° F; Low temp. 77° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 25, 1972 | In the 1972 Major League Baseball All Star Game, the National League defeats the American League 4-3 in 10 innings. The game is played at Atlanta Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, and the attendance is 53,107. For the National League, Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hits a 2-run home run in his home stadium. For the American League, Cookie Rojas of the Kansas City Royals hits a 2-run homer. The game is decided in the bottom of the 10th inning when Joe Morgan of the Cincinnati Reds singles in the winning run off Orioles' pitcher Dave McNally. Joe Morgan is named Most Valuable Player of this All Star Game. The Associated Press reports that for the previous four decades, the U.S. Public Health Service and Alabama's Tuskegee Institute had been allowing poor, rural black male patients with syphilis to go without treatment, and even die, to study the disease. Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 74° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jul. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None. |
| Jul. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Jul. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Jul. 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during July 1972 is 2.81 inches, below the normal amount of 4.48 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during July 1972 is 85.3 degrees F, below the normal of 88.8 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during July 1972 is 68.5 degrees F, above the normal of 67.7 degrees. |
| Aug. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 91° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Aug. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Aug. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: 0.10 inch. |
| Aug. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 6, 1972 | Hank Aaron hits his 660th and 661st home runs to break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs with one team. Tne 661st home run came in the 10th inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 4-3 win over the Cincinnati Reds. Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Cloudy, then partly to mostly cloudy, then cloudy; a thunderstorm in early evening; breezy in late afternoon (14 mph sustained wind at 5:00 PM); High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: 0.50 inch. |
| Aug. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 11, 1972 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 54 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any August 11th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 54° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Aug. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Aug. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 91° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 60° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 0.53 inch. |
| Aug. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Aug. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 21, 1972 | Pitcher Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies has his 15-game winning streak snapped when Phil Niekro and the Atlanta Braves defeat the Phillies 2-1 in 11 innings. Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 90° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Aug. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 68° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 26, 1972 | The summer Olympics open in Munich, West Germany. Baltimore weather: Variable cloudiness, then cloudy; a Light thundershower in the evening; High temp. 94° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch. |
| Aug. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Mostly cloudy, then clear, then becoming cloudy; a thunderstorm with heavy rain late in the evening; High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 72° F; Precip.: 1.02 inches. |
| Aug. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 87° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 85° F; Low temp. 69° F; Precip.: None. |
| Aug. 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. The total precipitation for Baltimore during August 1972 is 2.22 inches, below the normal amount of 4.09 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during August 1972 is 85.5 degrees F, below the normal of 86.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during August 1972 is 65.3 degrees F, below the normal of 65.8 degrees. |
| Sep. 1, 1972 | American Bobby Fischer wins the international chess crown in Reykjavik, Iceland, as Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union resigns before the resumption of Game 21. Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: 0.22 inch. |
| Sep. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 4, 1972 | U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay at the Munich Olympics. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: 0.08 inch. |
| Sep. 5, 1972 | A hostage crisis occurs at the Olympic village in Munich, West Germany. Arab abductors take Israeli athletes hostage. Eleven Israelis and five Arab adbuctors are killed. Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 56° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 6, 1972 | The Munich Olympics resume after the hostage crisis of the previous day. Baltimore weather: High temp. 78° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 7, 1972 | The International Olympic Committee bans American athletes Vince Matthews and Wayne Collett from Olympic competition for life after they turn their backs to the American flag and casually talk to themselves and to friends with hands on hips during the playing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" while on the victory stand after winning gold and silver medals in the 400-meter run. It's the first day of school in Baltimore County Public Schools for the 1972-73 school year. Baltimore weather: High temp. 82° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 57° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 55° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 77° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 83° F; Low temp. 64° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Sep. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 91° F; Low temp. 67° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Thunderstorm; High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: 0.40 inch. |
| Sep. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 86° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 17, 1972 | The TV series "M*A*S*H" debuts on CBS. It would become highly popular, lasting 11 seasons and having 256 first-run episodes. It airs its final first-run episode on February 28, 1983. Baltimore weather: High temp. 92° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 70° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch. |
| Sep. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 81° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 61° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: 0.16 inch. |
| Sep. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 80° F; Low temp. 59° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Sep. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 24, 1972 | A privately owned Canadair Sabre jet fails to take off from Executive Airport in Sacramento, California. It leaves the runway and plows into a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour and Restaurant at 150 miles per hour, killing 22 people and injuring 26 others. An 8-year-old survivor loses nine family members -- both parents, two brothers, a sister, two grandparents and two cousins. A family of four also is killed. Two people are killed in a moving car on Freeport Boulevard that the plane crashed into just before hitting Farrell's. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 58° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Sep. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 84° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 26, 1972 | Melanie Paxson is born Melanie Deanne Moore in Champaign, Illinois. She's an actress, known for her roles as Jaclyn in Cupid, Sara Brennan in Happy Family and as Julie in Notes from the Underbelly. She has guest-starred in the series The Drew Carey Show, Quintuplets, Joey, Related, Kitchen Confidential, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Surviving Suburbia, Rules of Engagement, Medium and The Exes. Paxson also appeared in a number of Gladware television commercials in the early 2000s. Baltimore weather: High temp. 89° F; Low temp. 66° F; Precip.: None. |
| Sep. 27, 1972 | Gwyneth Paltrow is born Gwyneth Kate Patrow in Los Angeles, California. She becomes an actress, and has been the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 71° F; Precip.: 0.04 inch. |
| Sep. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Sep. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 79° F; Low temp. 63° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Sep. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: 0.20 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during September 1972 is 1.15 inches, well below the normal amount of 4.44 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during September 1972 is 78.9 degrees F, below the normal of 79.7 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during September 1972 is 60.6 degrees F, above the normal of 58.8 degrees. |
| Oct. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 73° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 71° F; Low temp. 62° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Oct. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 74° F; Low temp. 65° F; Precip.: 0.39 inch. |
| Oct. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: 0.47 inch. |
| Oct. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 76° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Oct. 13, 1972 | All 174 people on board Aeroflot Flight 217 are killed when the Ilyushin Il-62 airliner operating the flight crashes on approach to Shosseynaya Airport (now Pulkovo Airport) in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Russia. The cause of the crash could not be determined. Investigators did believe the most probable cause was the 'psycho-physiological incapacitation of the crew for reasons unknown'. Somewhere around 1,600 to 2,000 feet of altitude, 25 to 30 seconds before impact, the pilots either became incapacitated or lost control of the plane. Baltimore weather: High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 72° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 60° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 17, 1972 | An advertisement in Baltimore's Evening Sun newspaper for Stewart's department stores has a misspelling of the word "future" in big block letters: "THE NOW AND FURTURE FASHION PICTURE" Baltimore weather: High temp. 75° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 51° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch. |
| Oct. 19, 1972 | Snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport for the first time this snow season. Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: 0.65 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Oct. 20, 1972 | The low temperature in Baltimore reaches 28 degrees F, the lowest temperature ever recorded for Baltimore on any October 20th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather at Friendship (now BWI) Airport: Clear; breezy in the morning; High temp. 48 F, Low temp. 28 F; Precipitation: None. |
| Oct. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 53° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Oct. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 68° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Oct. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 41° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 28, 1972 | Baltimore receives 1.92 inches of precipitation, the most in Baltimore on any October 28th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 64° F; Low temp. 53° F; Precip.: 1.92 inches. |
| Oct. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: None. |
| Oct. 31, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: None. The total precipitation for Baltimore during October 1972 is 3.51 inches, below the normal amount of 3.94 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during October 1972 is 63.3 degrees F, below the normal of 68.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during October 1972 is 43.7 degrees F, below the normal of 46.5 degrees. A trace of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during October 1972, above the normal amount of nearly zero. |
| Nov. 1, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.25 inch. |
| Nov. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 69° F; Low temp. 49° F; Precip.: 0.03 inch. |
| Nov. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 70° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Nov. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 61° F; Low temp. 50° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 62° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Nov. 8, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 59° F; Low temp. 51° F; Precip.: 1.44 inch. |
| Nov. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Nov. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. |
| Nov. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Nov. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain (heavy at times); High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 44° F; Precip.: 1.86 inch. |
| Nov. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 19, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 1.44 inches. |
| Nov. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: 0.05 inch. |
| Nov. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 25° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Snow flurries; High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 23° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Nov. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 40° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 46° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 22° F; Precip.: 0.34 inch. |
| Nov. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: 0.78 inch. |
| Nov. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 54° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 33° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Nov. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 26° F; Precip.: None. |
| Nov. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain and a trace of snow; High temp. 35° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: 0.81 inch (liquid). No snow on the ground. The total precipitation for Baltimore during November 1972 is 7.05 inches, including melted snow and ice, well above the normal amount of 3.13 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during November 1972 is 34.5 degrees F, below the normal of 57.3 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during November 1972 is 51.8 degrees F, well below the normal of 36.5 degrees. A trace of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during November 1972, below the normal amount of 0.1 of an inch. |
| Dec. 1, 1972 | By this date, Baltimore weather radio station KEC83 is broadcasting on 162.400 MHz and receivable by special weather radios and by multipurpose radios with a weather band. Originally the station broadcasts from an antenna located in downtown Baltimore, but later the transmitter is moved to the site of the WBJC tower in Pikesville, Maryland (visible from the Baltimore Beltway), where it remains today. Originally the station's announcers were human and were located at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport, but then the National Weather Service consolidated its Baltimore operations along with others in a weather center in Sterling, Virginia, from which the broadcasts originate today. The station began using computer-generated voices on some parts of the broadcast in June 1998, with all parts of the broadcast using computer-generated voices by August 2002. At first, several computer-generated voices, including female ones, were used as "auditions" on the station, but then one male voice was selected to do all broadcasts. This man recorded his voice saying each individual word that is likely to be used in weather broadcasts. A computer reads the human-prepared text and sounds it out using the man's voice for broadcast over the station. Baltimore weather: High temp. 47° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 2, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 32° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 3, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 63° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 4, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 52° F; Low temp. 40° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Dec. 5, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 34° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 6, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 65° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.46 inch. |
| Dec. 7, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 39° F; Low temp. 28° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 8, 1972 | Baltimore receives 1.56 inches of precipitation, the most in Baltimore on any December 8th (up to this point) since recordkeeping began in 1871. Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 39° F; Low temp.29*° F; Precip.: 1.56 inches. |
| Dec. 9, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 50° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch. |
| Dec. 10, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 55° F; Low temp. 45° F; Precip.: 0.19 inch. |
| Dec. 11, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 12, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 31° F; Precip.: 0.02 inch. |
| Dec. 13, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 57° F; Low temp. 37° F; Precip.: 0.01 inxh. |
| Dec. 14, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 41° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 15, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.78 inch. |
| Dec. 16, 1972 | Baltimore weather: A trace of snow; High temp. 39° F; Low temp. 20° F; Precip.: Trace (liquid). No snow on the ground. |
| Dec. 17, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 30° F; Low temp. 16° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 18, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 14° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 19, 1972 | Alyssa Milano is born Alyssa Jayne Milano in Brooklyn, New York, NY. She becomes a TV and film actress, initially appearing as a child actress in several films but then in 1984 she begins starring in the popular TV sitcom "Who's the Boss?" She has also starred in the TV series "Charmed" and in some TV movies. She was instrumental in starting the MeToo movement, posting on Twitter on October 16, 2017:"If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem.", although stating she got the idea from a friend. Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 56° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: Trace. |
| Dec. 20, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 58° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch. |
| Dec. 21, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.68 inch. |
| Dec. 22, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 43° F; Precip.: 0.71 inch. |
| Dec. 23, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 45° F; Low temp. 42° F; Precip.: 0.12 inch. |
| Dec. 24, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 35° F; Precip.: 0.01 inch. |
| Dec. 25, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 39° F; Precip.: 0.01 inxh. |
| Dec. 26, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Light rain; High temp. 43° F; Low temp. 38° F; Precip.: 0.07 inch. |
| Dec. 27, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 42° F; Low temp. 30° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 28, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 48° F; Low temp. 29° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 29, 1972 | Baltimore weather: High temp. 38° F; Low temp. 25° F; Precip.: None. |
| Dec. 30, 1972 | Baltimore weather: Rain; High temp. 44° F; Low temp. 36° F; Precip.: 0.14 inch. |
| Dec. 31, 1972 | In the American Football Conference (AFC) Championship game played in Pittsburgh, PA, the Miami Dolphina defeat the Pittsburgh Steelers, 21-17. (The Dolphins go 14-0 in the regular season and win all 3 of their postseason games including the Super Bowl (played on January 14, 1973), to finish their 1972 season 17-0, the only NFL team, up to this point, to win the Super Bowl with a perfect season. Baltimore weather: Cloudy; light rain from mid-morning through afternoon; High temp. 62 F; Low temp. 44 F; Precipitation: 0.07 inch. The total precipitation for Baltimore during December 1972 is 5.02 inches, including melted snow and ice, above the normal amount of 3.71 inches. The average daily high temperature for Baltimore during December 1972 is 47.1 degrees F, below the normal of 47.5 degrees. The average daily low temperature for Baltimore during December 1972 is 33.6 degrees F, above the normal of 29.6 degrees. A trace of snow falls at Baltimore's official weather station at Friendship International (now BWI Marshall) Airport during December 1972, below the normal amount of 2.5 inches. Total precipitation for Baltimore in 1972 is 52.33 inches, which is 10.05 inches above the normal amount of 42.28 inches. |