1972 in Austria
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Events from the year 1972 in Austria.
Incumbents
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Burgenland: Theodor Kery
- Carinthia: Hans Sima
- Lower Austria: Andreas Maurer
- Salzburg: Hans Lechner
- Styria: Friedrich Niederl
- Tyrol: Eduard Wallnöfer
- Upper Austria: Erwin Wenzl
- Vienna: Felix Slavik
- Vorarlberg: Herbert Keßler
Events
[edit]- 1 January – Future President of Austria Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.[3]
Births
[edit]- 12 January – Toto Wolff, racing driver[4]
- 29 November – Andreas Goldberger, ski jumper[5]
- 7 December – Hermann Maier, Alpine ski racer[6]
Deaths
[edit]- 12 June: Ludwig von Bertalanffy, biologist (b. 1901)
- 13 June: Stephanie von Hohenlohe, spy for Germany in World War II spy (b. 1891)
- 31 July: Alfons Gorbach, 15th Chancellor of Austria (b. 1898)
- 30 November: Hans Erich Apostel, composer (b. 1901)
- 13 December: Gustav Schwarzenegger, police officer, father of Arnold Schwarzenegger (b. 1907)
References
[edit]- ^ "Biografie von Franz Jonas". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2020-03-25.
- ^ "Dr. Bruno Kreisky". www.parlament.gv.at (in German). Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ "FACTBOX: The life of ex-U.N. head Kurt Waldheim". Reuters. June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
- ^ Enzinger, Gerald (10 November 2010). "Der Toto-Gewinner". Wiener Post (in German). Styria Media Group. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
- ^ "Andreas Goldberger". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
- ^ "Hermann Maier". International Ski Federation. Retrieved 7 October 2020.
