Date: January 26, 1972
The Soviet uncrewed spaceship Luna 20 lands on the Moon. Date: February 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 Crash Due to Control Malfunction March 3, 1972Title IX Amended to…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman returns to the newly independent Bangladesh as president after spending over nine months in prison in Pakistan. Date: January 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 10 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Watergate Tape Gap Emerges in…
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….
During approach to Kharkiv International Airport, Aeroflot Flight 1491 crashes near Ruska Lozova, killing all 112 aboard. Date: May 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Provisional IRA First Belfast Car Bombing Kills Seven,…
Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174. Date: October 13, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 13 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Scandinavian Airlines Domestic Flight Hijacked to Malmö Bulltofta Airport, September 15, 1972Spantax Flight 275 Crashes During Takeoff,…
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) More events from 1972First…