Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon. Date: December 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972…
Apollo 17 becomes the sixth and final Apollo mission to land on the Moon. Date: December 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
United Airlines Flight 553, a Boeing 737, crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 45. This is the first-ever loss of a Boeing 737. Date: December 8, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 8 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day…
Apollo 17, the last Apollo Moon mission, is launched. The crew takes the photograph known as The Blue Marble as they leave the Earth. Date: December 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)
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…
Vietnam War: White House Press Secretary Ron Ziegler tells the press that there will be no more public announcements concerning American troop withdrawals from Vietnam because troop levels are now down to 27,000. Date: November 30, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30 📅 Events on this day in 1972…
Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game. Date: November 29, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 29 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison. Date: November 28, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at launching the N1 rocket. Date: November 23, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)