Timeline June 1972

Events in June 1972 10

• 1972 Bruce Springsteen signs with Columbia Records John Hammond again The same talent scout who signed Bob Dylan signs him.
• 1972 French Open 1972 Men: Andrés Gimeno · Women: Billie Jean King
• 1972 Aretha Franklin releases Amazing Grace Best-selling gospel album Recorded live in a Los Angeles church, the best-selling gospel album of all time.
• 1972 Simon & Garfunkel reunite for George McGovern Madison Square Garden A one-off benefit concert.
• 1972 David Bowie releases Ziggy Stardust The Spiders from Mars His alien rock star persona.
• 1972 Watergate break-in Burglars caught wiretapping Democratic Party offices Five men were arrested breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. The break-in and subsequent cover-up unraveled over the following two years, eventually forcing President Nixon's resignation. The word "Watergate" became a global shorthand for political scandal.
• 1972 Birth in Marseille Zinedine Zidane is born in La Castellane, Marseille Zinedine Zidane was born on 23 June 1972 in the La Castellane housing estate of Marseille, the youngest of five children of Smaïl and Malika Zidane, Kabyle Berber immigrants from Algeria. His father worked as a warehouseman, and Zidane grew up playing street football in the estate's concrete squares, honing the close control that would later define his career. He idolized Enzo Francescoli, the Uruguayan playmaker, whose skill inspired his own style of play.
• 1972 Title IX enacted US law bars sex discrimination in federally funded education President Nixon signed the Education Amendments of 1972 into law, whose Title IX provision prohibited sex-based discrimination in any school or program receiving federal funding. It dramatically expanded girls' and women's participation in school and college athletics. Its effects reshaped American education over the following decades.
• 1972 – present Zinedine Zidane Football Legend Led France to victory in the 1998 World Cup; an icon of multicultural modern France.
• 1972 – present Zinedine Zidane World Cup winner, Ballon d'Or legend, and three-time Champions League-winning coach Zinedine Yazid Zidane, nicknamed "Zizou," is one of the greatest footballers in history, celebrated for his balance, vision, and effortless close control. Born to Algerian immigrant parents in Marseille, he rose from the working-class La Castellane housing estate to captain France to the 1998 World Cup title and lead Real Madrid to a record 14th European Cup as a player. After retiring in 2006, he reinvented himself as a coach, becoming the only manager to win three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles, with Real Madrid from 2016 to 2018.