Date: October 29, 1972
Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army. Date: January 18, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Pakistan leaves the Commonwealth of Nations in protest of its recognition of breakaway Bangladesh. 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 1972Shoichi Yokoi Found in Guam Jungle After WWII, January 24, 1972Vietnam…
East Pakistan renames itself Bangladesh. Date: January 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972U.S. Senate Ratifies Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty August 3, 1972Mossad Assassinate Ghassan Kanafani, Palestinian Writer, July 8, 1972The Price Is Right…
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 1972Queen Margrethe II Ascends Danish Throne, First Queen Since 1412 January 14, 1972Nixon Visits China…
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 1972Apollo 17 Returns to Earth,…
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb before rescue on December 23. 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 1972East African…