Date: April 13, 1972
Vietnam War: President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will engage North Vietnam in Operation Linebacker II, a series of Christmas bombings, after peace talks collapsed with North Vietnam on the 13th. Date: December 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 18 π Events on this day in 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 β π Other events on September 29 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War Easter Offensive Begins in…
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. Date: January 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 11 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972U.S. and Soviet Union Sign Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, May 26, 1972U.S. Sound Recordings Gain Federal Copyright Protection, February 15, 1972JAT…
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka. Date: May 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 22 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Nixon Orders Mining of North Vietnamese Ports, Vietnam War, May…
Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing. Date: April 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 21 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Kuala…
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy….