Mossad Assassinate Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian Writer, July 8, 1972

The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. Date: June 29, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 29 📅 Events on this day in 1972…

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 → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events…

Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Date: January 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130. Date: July 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)…

JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries. Date: January 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people. Date: March 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19721972 Iran Blizzard Begins, Deadliest…