UK Imposes Direct Rule on Northern Ireland, March 24, 1972
Date: March 24, 1972
Date: March 24, 1972
Watergate scandal: An 18+1β2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex. Date: June 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 20 π Events on this day in…
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army. Date: January 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 18 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today)…
Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. Date: January 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 30 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Sterling Airways Flight 296 Crashes Near Kalba, 112 Dead, March 14,…
Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries. Date: September 24, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 24 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Ras Al…
The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. Date: February 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 3 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Soviet Luna…
JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna VuloviΔ survives with critical injuries. Date: January 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 26 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More…