Vietnam War: Battle of An Lộc Begins, April 13, 1972

Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. Date: January 24, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Eisenstadt v. Baird:…

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…

Prime Minister Kofi Abrefa Busia and President Edward Akufo-Addo of Ghana are ousted in a bloodless military coup by Colonel Ignatius Kutu Acheampong. Date: January 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Sun Tzu…

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 1972Pakistan Launches Nuclear Weapons Program…

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…

The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. Date: August 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Pakistan Leaves Commonwealth in Protest of Bangladesh Recognition, January 30, 1972Bhutto Releases Sheikh Mujibur…