Date: April 13, 1972
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Date: August 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Shandong Tombs Reveal Sun Tzu Art of War Bamboo Slips, April 10, 1972Uruguayan Air Force Flight…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. Date: January 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Scandinavian Airlines Domestic Flight Hijacked…
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 1972Sunshine Mine Fire Kills 91…
Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order. Date: May 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Operation Linebacker II: 120…
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…
Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro. Date: November 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…