Richard Nixon Announces Space Shuttle Program, January 5, 1972

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…

United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time. Date: November 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Okinawa Prefecture Flag Officially Adopted – October…

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 1972Iberia Flight 602 Crashes Near…

Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nick Ut moments later while the young girl is seen running naked down a road, in what would become an iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning photo. Date: June 8, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on…

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 1972Rose Heilbron Becomes First…

An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35. Date: May 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Michelangelo’s Pietà Vandalized in Rome, May 21, 1972Aeroflot Flight 1491 Crashes Near Kharkiv,…