Date: December 14, 1972
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 1972Soviet Luna 20…
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 1972Nixon Orders Mining of North Vietnamese Ports, May 8, 1972East…
The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan. Date: April 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station. Date: June 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Watergate Burglary and White House Arrests June 17, 1972Mohawk Airlines…
The Troubles: In Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the biggest British military operation since the Suez Crisis of 1956, and the biggest in Ireland since the Irish War of Independence. Later that day, nine civilians are killed by car bombs in the village of Claudy….
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 1972Antonov An-24 Crashes into Kindergarten in Svetlogorsk, 35 Dead – May 16,…