Apollo 16 Launch from Cape Canaveral April 16, 1972
Date: April 16, 1972
Date: April 16, 1972
The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA, Ulster Volunteer Force and British Army. Seven people are killed and over 66 injured. Date: May 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 13 π Events on this day in…
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. Date: June 23, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 23 π Events…
The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. Date: February 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 22 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War: Battle of An Lα»c Begins,…
East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43. Date: April 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 18 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Belfast Pub Car…
Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard. Date: August 31, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 31 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Queen Margrethe II Ascends Danish…
Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T. Date: February 17, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 17 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Don’t Make A Wave Committee Renamed Greenpeace Foundation, May 4, 1972Vietnam War:…