Antonov An-24 Crashes Into Kindergarten in Svetlogorsk, 35 Killed, May 16, 1972
Date: May 16, 1972
Date: May 16, 1972
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom. Date: May 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 30 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972JAT Flight 367 Bombing Kills 27, Vesna VuloviΔ Survives…
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others. Date: May 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 30 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day…
The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. Date: January 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 30 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program. Date: January 5, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 5 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972United Airlines Flight 553 Boeing 737 Crash at Chicago Midway, December 8, 1972HBO Launches American Pay…
Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. Date: April 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 10 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War Napalm Attack on Phan Thα» Kim…
Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong. Date: April 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 10 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Nixon…