Vietnam War: Communist Forces Overrun Loc Ninh, April 7, 1972

Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the Republic of China. Date: September 29, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 29 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Munich Massacre Perpetrators Released in Lufthansa…

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 1972Sterling Airways Flight 296 Crashes Near Kalba, 112 Killed March 14, 1972Rose…

Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. Date: December 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972…

Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome is damaged by a vandal, the mentally disturbed Hungarian geologist Laszlo Toth. Date: May 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Richard Nixon Announces Space Shuttle…

Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. 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 1972Vietnam War Easter Offensive: U.S. Air Strikes and Naval Bombardments, April…

Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong. Date: April 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Iberia…