Date: December 2, 1972
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. Date: August 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Convair CV-580 and Twin Otter Collision Over Lake Winnebago June 29, 1972Official IRA Aldershot Barracks…
Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Date: February 1, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Aeroflot Flight 1491 Crashes Near Kharkiv, 112 Killed…
The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station. Date: June 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Richard Nixon Re-elected in Landslide U.S. Presidential Election, November 7,…
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23. Date: October 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Avianca DC-3…
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 → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 Crash…
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Date: December 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Munich Massacre Perpetrators Released in Lufthansa Flight 615 Hostage Exchange, October…