Births on September 12

Paul Green (rugby league)

Born on September 12, 1972

Paul Green, Australian rugby league player and coach

Paul Gregory Green (born 12 September 1972) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who is the head coach of Queensland in the State of Origin series, and a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s.

He played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, North Queensland Cowboys, Sydney Roosters, Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos, winning the Rothmans Medal in 1995. He was Queensland State of Origin and Australian international representative halfback. As a coach Green guided the Cowboys to their first premiership in 2015.

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Events on 1972

21 Feb

Sino-American relations
United States President Richard Nixon visits the People's Republic of China to normalize Sino-American relations.
8 May

Richard Nixon
Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his order to place mines in major North Vietnamese ports in order to stem the flow of weapons and other goods to that nation.
22 May

Sri Lanka
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a Republic, changes its name to Sri Lanka, and joins the Commonwealth of Nations.
23 Jun

Central Intelligence Agency
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins.
1 Sep

Bobby Fischer
In Reykjavík, Iceland, American Bobby Fischer beats Russian Boris Spassky to become the world chess champion.

Births on September 12

Paul Green (rugby league)

Born on September 12, 1972

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Events on 1972

Sino-American relations

Richard Nixon

Sri Lanka

Central Intelligence Agency

Bobby Fischer