Congress Sends Equal Rights Amendment to States for Ratification, March 22, 1972
Date: March 22, 1972
Date: March 22, 1972
Iberia Flight 602 crashes near Ibiza Airport, killing all 104 people on board. Date: January 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Cold War: U.S. and Soviet Union Sign ABM Treaty, May 26, 1972Shoichi…
The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. Date: January 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark ascends the throne, the first Queen of Denmark since 1412 and the first Danish monarch not named Frederik or Christian since 1513. Date: January 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. Date: April 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Belfast Pub Car Bombing Sparks Gun Battle, 7 Killed May 13, 1972Pakistan…
Direct rule is imposed on Northern Ireland by the Government of the United Kingdom under Edward Heath. Date: March 24, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Antonov An-24 Crashes into Kindergarten in Svetlogorsk, 35…
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy….