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June 28, 1972
On June 28, 1972, ngô Bảo Châu is born. The year's #1 song was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Aaron Lewis, Conchita Martínez, Tracy K. Smith would arrive in the same year.
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Ngô Bảo Châu is born.
Ngô Bảo Châu is a Vietnamese-French mathematician at the University of Chicago, best known for proving the fundamental lemma for automorphic forms. He is the first Vietnamese national to have received the Fields Medal.
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Around 1972
The year in brief
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
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Other moments from 1972
The class of 1972
Others born in 1972
AL Aaron Lewis 1972– American singer-songwriter and guitarist
CM Conchita Martínez 1972– Spanish-American tennis player
TK Tracy K. Smith 1972– American poet and educator
RC Rosa Clemente 1972– American journalist and activist
ER Eli Roth 1972– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
RV Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira 1972– Brazilian footballer Keep going
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