16 events found for 1972
Scottish trade unionist Jimmy Reid condemned the capitalist "rat race" in his inaugural address as Rector of the Univers
Four members of Black September hijacked Sabena Flight 571 to demand the release of 315 Palestinians convicted on terror
The Troubles: A car bomb planted by Ulster loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginn
The Ryukyu Islands were returned to Japan by the United States, and the U
The Dominion of Ceylon changed its name to Sri Lanka, adopted a new constitution, and officially became a republic withi
Members of the Japanese Red Army carried out the Lod Airport massacre in Tel Aviv, Israel, on behalf of PFLP External Op
Vietnam War: Associated Press photographer Nick Ut took a Pulitzer Prize–winning photograph of a naked nine-year-old Pha
English musician David Bowie released his breakthrough album, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from M
British European Airways Flight 548 crashed near Staines-upon-Thames less than three minutes after departing from Heathr
President Richard Nixon signed Title IX (co-author Patsy Mink pictured) into law as part of the Education Amendments, pr
The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated twenty-two bombs throughout Belfast, Northern Ireland.
The Troubles: Hours after the British Army's Operation Motorman brought an end to the self-declared autonomous area of…
President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.
In a match widely publicized as a Cold War confrontation, American chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer became the 11th…
The Palestinian militant group Black September took hostage eleven Israeli athletes and coaches at the Olympic Games…
Three armed members of the Croatian National Resistance hijacked Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130 in an attempt…