Apollo 16 Launch from Cape Canaveral April 16, 1972
Date: April 16, 1972
Date: April 16, 1972
The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. Date: February 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 22 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Queen Margrethe II Ascends Danish Throne, First…
Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum. Date: April 25, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 25 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from…
Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. 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 1972Apollo 16 Moon Landing by John Young and Charles Duke, April…
The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. Date: February 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 3 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Black Hills…
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 largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station. Date: June 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 16 π Events on this day in 1972 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1972JosΓ© MarΓa Velasco Ibarra Overthrown by Military in Ecuador, February…