Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all 102 people aboard. Date: August 31, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany. Date: August 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 26 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies. Date: August 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people. Date: August 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian origin, beginning the expulsions of Ugandan Asians. Date: August 4, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 4 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Date: August 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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….
Two Avianca Douglas DC-3 airliners collide over Colombia, killing 38. Date: July 29, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 29 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)