Date: December 13, 1972
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army. Date: January 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)…
In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. Date: March 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Derry Women Attack Sinn Féin Offices…
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 1972Furman v. Georgia Death Penalty Ruling June 29,…
Gough Whitlam is elected the 21st Prime Minister of Australia in the 1972 Australian federal election, defeating William McMahon and leading the Australian Labor Party back into office after 23 years in Opposition. Date: December 2, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 2 📅 Events on this day in 1972…
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people. Date: June 15, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 15 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War Operation Linebacker Ends After…
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…