Date: August 4, 1972
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) More events from…
The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. Date: March 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Munich Massacre: Nine Israeli Athletes Killed by Black September, September 6,…
An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35. Date: May 16, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 16 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Apollo 16 Lunar Landing by John Young and Charles Duke, April 21, 1972Iberia…
Sterling Airways Flight 296 crashes near Kalba, United Arab Emirates while on approach to Dubai International Airport, killing 112 people. Date: March 14, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 14 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Watergate Tape Gap Emerges in…
The Troubles: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom in the space of 80 minutes, killing nine and injuring 130. Date: July 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)…
United States presidential election: U.S. President Richard Nixon is re-elected in the largest landslide victory at the time. Date: November 7, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 7 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Scandinavian Airlines Domestic Flight Hijacked to Malmö…