Richard Nixon Announces Space Shuttle Program, January 5, 1972

Deniz Gezmiş, Yusuf Aslan and Hüseyin İnan are executed in Ankara after being convicted of attempting to overthrow the Constitutional order. Date: May 6, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 6 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Ceylon Becomes Sri Lanka,…

Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive: The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum. Date: April 25, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Astronauts John Young and Charles Duke fly Apollo 16's Apollo Lunar Module to the Moon's surface, the fifth NASA Apollo Program crewed lunar landing. Date: April 21, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 21 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972U.S….

Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people. Date: June 15, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 15 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972Aeroflot Flight 1491 Crashes Near Kharkiv,…

In the early morning hours a fire breaks out at the Sunshine Mine located between Kellogg and Wallace, Idaho, killing 91 workers. Date: May 2, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 2 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972United Airlines Flight…

The first Gay pride march in England takes place. Date: July 1, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 1 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1972East African Airways Flight 720 Crashes in Addis Ababa, 43 Dead, April 18, 1972Idi Amin Announces…