Cold War: U.S. and Soviet Union Sign ABM Treaty, May 26, 1972
Date: May 26, 1972
Date: May 26, 1972
Watergate scandal: An 18+1โ2-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 โ ๐ Other events on June 20 ๐ Events on this day in…
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. Date: May 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 30 ๐ Events on this day in 1972 ๐ On This Day…
Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK. Date: January 4, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 4 ๐ Events on this day in 1972 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Derry Women Attack Sinn Fรฉin Offices After IRA Shooting,…
The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland. Date: March 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on March 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1972 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Japan Air Lines…
Josรฉ Marรญa Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time. Date: February 15, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 15 ๐ Events on this day in 1972 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Eisenstadt v. Baird:…
The Don't Make A Wave Committee, a fledgling environmental organization founded in Canada in 1971, officially changes its name to Greenpeace Foundation. Date: May 4, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 4 ๐ Events on this day in 1972 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War: Last…