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72(seventy-two) the natural number following 71 and preceding 73.
seventy-twobeing two more than seventy
watergatenounAn American political scandal (beginning with a burglary in the Watergate Hotel in Washington, DC, in 1972) that eventually led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon.
munichnounThe capital and largest city of Bavaria, Germany.
godfathernoun(Christianity) A man present at the christening of a baby who promises to help raise the child in a Christian manner; a male godparent who sponsors the baptism of a child.
pongnoun(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) A stench, a bad smell.
nixonnounRichard Nixon, 37th President of the United States of America.
vietnamizationnoun(historical) Especially, the U.S. government policy of reducing American involvement in the Vietnam War by replacing American troops with Vietnamese troops.
bangladeshnounA country in South Asia. Official name: People's Republic of Bangladesh. Capital: Dhaka.
seventiesnounThe decade of the 1870s, 1970s, etc.
cold-war
space-age
leap yearnounA year in the Julian or Gregorian calendar with an intercalary day added to February (in the Gregorian calendar, February 29), used to adjust for the extra hours of the solar year; a 366-day year.
galactic yearnoun(astronomy) The time taken for the Solar System to orbit around the center of the Milky Way Galaxy, estimated to be from 225 to 250 million years.
summer solsticenoun(astronomy) The moment when the Earth is in that point of its orbit where the northern or southern hemisphere is most inclined toward the sun.
babylonian calendara lunisolar calendar used in Mesopotamia from around the 2nd millennium BC until the Seleucid Era, and it was specifically used in Babylon from the Old Babylonian Period (1780s BC) until the Seleucid Era.
2nd millenniumThe second millennium of the Anno Domini or Common Era was a millennium spanning the years 1001 to 2000.
1971The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
new year's daynounA holiday celebrating the first day of the New Year, celebrated on January 1 in cultures following the Gregorian calendar.
solar eclipse of july 16, 2186A total solar eclipse will occur at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Sunday, July 16, 2186, with a magnitude of 1.0805.

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