38 events found for 1972
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport mas
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nic
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and cau
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport)
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people
The largest single-site hydroelectric power project in Canada is inaugurated at Churchill Falls Generating Station
Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committe
Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H
Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U
Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational p
The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v
A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing
The first leap second is added to the UTC time system
The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
Israeli Mossad assassinate Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani.
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris…
Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels…