Date: January 8, 1972
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…
In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he is traveling back to Rabat. Date: August 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board. Date: December 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Aeroflot Flight 217 Crashes Near Moscow,…
Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order. Date: May 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnam War Easter Offensive:…
American pay television network Home Box Office (HBO) launches. Date: November 8, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 8 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Richard Nixon Announces Space Shuttle Program, January 5, 1972Aeroflot Flight 558 Crashes in Bashkortostan, 102 Killed,…
JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries. Date: January 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More…