Date: May 13, 1972
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The flag of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, was officially adopted. 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 1972Belfast Pub Car Bombing Sparks Gun Battle, 7 Killed May 13, 1972Vietnam War: U.S. Stops Public…
The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which would kill at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. Date: February 3, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972California Supreme…
The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. Date: February 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Pakistan Leaves Commonwealth in Protest of Bangladesh…
Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro. Date: November 10, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other…
Alitalia Flight 112 crashes into Mount Longa near Palermo, Sicily, killing all 115 aboard, making it the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy. Date: May 5, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 5 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Lod Airport Massacre…
JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries. Date: January 26, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More…