Apollo 16 Lunar Module Orion Lands on Moon – April 20, 1972

Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam. Date: August 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Shandong Tombs Reveal Sun Tzu Art of War Bamboo Slips, April 10, 1972Bhutto…

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 → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Rose…

Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro. Date: November 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…

East African Airways Flight 720 crashes during a rejected takeoff from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing 43. Date: April 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Sheikh Mujibur Rahman…

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 → 📅 Other events on April 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Apollo 17 Final Moonwalk by Cernan and Schmitt…