Darius Kasparaitis (born October 16, 1972) is a Lithuanian–American former professional ice hockey player. He played as a defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Islanders, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, and New York Rangers. He is a four-time Olympian and three-time medalist, winning one gold medal, one silver medal, and one bronze medal. He received the title of Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1992 and was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016. His 28 career Olympic games is a record among Russian national team players.
Lees meer...16 oktober 1972 was een maandag onder het sterrenbeeld ♎. Het was de 289e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Richard M. Nixon.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 53 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op donderdag 16 oktober 2025, 224 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op vrijdag 16 oktober 2026, in 140 dagen. Je hebt 19.582 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 469.987 uur, of ongeveer 28.199.258 minuten, of ongeveer 1.691.955.480 seconden.
Date: 17 October 1972
By BERNARD GWERTZMANSpecial to The New York Times
US on wk of Oct 9 protests to Soviet Embassy press counselor A P Yevstafyev and Amb A F Dobrynin against continued travel restrictions on Amer correspondents; State Dept official repts that Russians were informed that Govt would retaliate against Soviet correspondents when travel barriers were placed on Amer newsmen in USSR
Date: 17 October 1972
By HENRY KAMMSpecial to The New York Times
Philippines Govt on Oct 16 authorizes pub of new daily newspaper, Times-Journal; Asst Sec of Public Information L J Cruz says staff of Times-Journal have all been found to be 'respectable' journalists not involved in corruption or subversion; says they have agreed to write positive news; Dept of Public Information head F S Tatad says censorship of dispatches by foreign correspondents will soon be ended
Date: 17 October 1972
Special to The New York Times
New Mexico Press Assn votes during its meeting on wk of Oct 9 to drop use of hyphenated Amer terms such as 'Mexican-American' in newspapers; says word Amer should precede natl or ethnic origins and that such terms as American of Mexican descent' should be used
Date: 16 October 1972
London Sunday Times celebrates its 150th anniv on Oct 16 by giving its readers facsimile of its 1st edition to demonstrate news has not changed so drastically
Date: 16 October 1972
By ALBIN KREBS
Albin KREBS
(News Media & Campaign--G Rivera Reprimanded by WABC-TV) ABC reprimands G Rivera, reporter on WABC TV program Eyewitness News, for making partisan pol speeches on behalf of Dem Pres candidate McGovern; co exec A Primo says co policy prohibiting newsmen from taking sides on behalf of candidate has been explained to Rivera, who says he will abide by policy; Primo and other co officials were unaware of Rivera's campaigning until recently; exec W Sheehan says he is appalled at Rivera's campaigning; Rivera's 1st reaction to ABC policy was one of defiance
Date: 16 October 1972
By PHILIP H. DOUGHERTY
Philip DOUGHERTY
FTC critic L Loevinger, at Conf Bd meeting on Oct 15, charges agency's staff with leaking confidential information to militant consumerists; says this proves 'credibility gap' attributed to advertisers is actually more of problem for Govt; agency's consumer protection bur dir R Pitofsky acknowledges that leaks exist but says he has no idea who is responsible and that other Govt agencies have same problem; says ad indus is making affirmative strides in self-regulation but self-regulation will never be so effective that Govt role could be eliminated
Date: 17 October 1972
By TAD SZULCSpecial to The New York Times
Nixon, in attack on 'so-called opinion leaders of this country,' cites 'leaders of media, great editors and publishers and TV commentators' for failing to stand behind him on his Vietnam policies, Oct 16 surprise appearance at Natl League of Families of Amer Prisoners and Missing in SE Asia conf, Washington; illus
Date: 17 October 1972
By HEDRICK SMITHSpecial to The New York Times
USSR officials, noting that statistics on USSR traffic accidents are published erratically, say privately they see no point in sensationalizing bad news as is done in Western media; some Western diplomats suspect that Soviet authorities are wary of reptg alarming death statistics that might reflect badly on roads or state of repair of cars, both of which are considered to be far below standards in W Eur and US; suggest that traffic fatality rates may be rising at alarming proportions; articles in Soviet publications last summer disclosed 8,797 fatalities in Ukraine and Kazakhstan in '71, twice as many as in Calif although that state is estimated to have 4 or 5 times as many vehicles
Date: 17 October 1972
Chilean police on Oct 16 clash several times with groups of businessmen and youths as shopkeepers, striking in sympathy with truckers, keep their stores closed in defiance of leftist Govt; nationwide truckers' strike, which led to declaration of state of emergency on Oct 12, began on Oct 10 as truck owners sought higher cargo rates and protested against reptd formation of state trucking agency in southern Chile