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)
Sound recordings are granted U.S. federal copyright protection for the first time. Date: February 15, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 15 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ras Al Khaimah joins the United Arab Emirates, now making up seven emirates. Date: February 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. Date: February 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Kuala Lumpur becomes a city by a royal charter granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. Date: February 1, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. Date: January 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Troubles: Bloody Sunday: British paratroopers open fire on anti-internment marchers in Derry, Northern Ireland, killing 13 people; another person later dies of injuries sustained. Date: January 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi is found hiding in a Guam jungle, where he had been since the end of World War II. Date: January 24, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 24 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pakistan launches its nuclear weapons program, a few weeks after its defeat in the Bangladesh Liberation War, as well as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Date: January 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)