Iberia Flight 602 Crashes Near Ibiza Airport, 104 Killed, January 7, 1972

Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka. Date: May 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Queen Margrethe II Ascends Danish Throne, First Queen Since 1412,…

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…

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 1972José María Velasco Ibarra Overthrown by Military in Ecuador, February 15, 1972Aeroflot Flight 217…

Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth. Date: December 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Deniz…

Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex. Date: June 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 20 📅 Events on this day in…