Pakistan Leaves Commonwealth in Protest of Bangladesh Recognition, January 30, 1972

Cumulative sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model T. Date: February 17, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Osaka Sennichi Department Store Fire, 118 Dead – May 13, 1972Alitalia Flight…

Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London, UK. Date: January 4, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 4 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Provisional IRA First Belfast Car Bombing Kills Seven March…

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 1972Pakistan Leaves Commonwealth in Protest of Bangladesh Recognition, January 30,…

José María Velasco Ibarra, serving as President of Ecuador for the fifth time, is overthrown by the military for the fourth time. Date: February 15, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972San Francisco BART…

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…

Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Date: April 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Eisenstadt v. Baird: Unmarried Contraceptive Rights, March 22, 1972Furman v. Georgia Death Penalty Ruling…