Ferdinand Marcos Declares Martial Law, Begins Authoritarian Rule, September 21, 1972

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….

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) More events from 1972Munich Massacre: Nine Israeli Athletes Killed by Black September, September 6, 1972Soviet Luna 20…

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) More events from 1972Vietnam War Easter Offensive Begins in South Vietnam DMZ, March 30, 1972Dhofar…

The California Supreme Court in the case of People v. Anderson, (6 Cal.3d 628) invalidates the state's death penalty and commutes the sentences of all death row inmates to life imprisonment. Date: February 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On…

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) More events from…