Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan, Hüseyin İnan Executed in Ankara, May 6, 1972
Date: May 6, 1972
Date: May 6, 1972
The Troubles: The first car bombing by the Provisional IRA in Belfast kills seven people and injures 148 others in Northern Ireland. Date: March 20, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 20 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Bloody Sunday: British…
US President Richard Nixon announces the Space Shuttle program. Date: January 5, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 5 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Japan Air Lines Flight 471 Crash in New Delhi, June 14, 1972Japanese Sgt. Shoichi Yokoi Found…
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon and White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman are taped talking about illegally using the Central Intelligence Agency to obstruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation's investigation into the Watergate break-ins. Date: June 23, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events…
The last scheduled day for induction into the military by the Selective Service System. Due to the fact that President Richard Nixon declared this day a national day of mourning due to former President Harry S Truman's death, approximately 300 men were not able to report due to most Federal offices being closed. Since the…
Vietnam War: Easter Offensive: American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments. Date: April 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 6 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Vietnamization: U.S. Turns Over Long Binh Base to South Vietnam, November 11,…
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) More events from 1972Eisenstadt v. Baird: Unmarried Contraceptive…