1972
Vietnam War: U
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The 1970s
Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
1972
Tony Boselli, American football player and sportscaster
Don Bosco Anthony Boselli Jr. is an American professional football executive and former tackle who is the executive vice president of football operations for the Jacksonville Jagua…
Tony Boselli, American football player and sportscaster
1972
Jennifer Garner, American actress
Jennifer Anne Garner is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an und…
Jennifer Garner, American actress
1972
The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA,
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: A car bombing outside a crowded pub in Belfast sparks a two-day gun battle involving the Provisional IRA,
1972
An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35
The Antonov An-24 is a 44-seat twin turboprop regional airliner designed in 1957 in the Soviet Union by the Antonov Design Bureau. Later variants saw other uses, such as military t…
An Antonov An-24 crashes into a kindergarten building in Svetlogorsk, killing 35
1972
Michelangelo's Pietà in St
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance. He was born in the Re…
Michelangelo's Pietà in St
1972
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan Constitution of 1972 was a constitution of Sri Lanka, replaced by the 1978 constitution currently in force. It was Sri Lanka's first republican constitution, and its…
Ceylon adopts a new constitution, becoming a republic and changing its name to Sri Lanka
1972
Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican
Derry, officially Londonderry, is the second-largest city in Northern Ireland. Located in County Londonderry, the city now covers both banks of the River Foyle. Cityside and the ol…
Over 400 women in Derry, Northern Ireland attack the offices of Sinn Féin following the shooting by the Irish Republican
1972
Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, businessman and former professional cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, he is widely regarded as on…
Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
1972
Yuichi Nishimura, Japanese footballer and referee
Yuichi Nishimura is a Japanese football referee. He has refereed in the Japanese J. League Division 1 since 1999 and has been a full international referee for FIFA since 2004.
Yuichi Nishimura, Japanese footballer and referee
1972
Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
Terran Sandwith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers during the 1997–98 season…
Terran Sandwith, Canadian ice hockey player
1972
Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
Rosa Alicia Clemente is an American community organizer, independent journalist, and hip-hop activist. She was the vice presidential running mate of Green Party presidential candid…
Rosa Clemente, American journalist and activist
1972
Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Eli Raphael Roth is an American filmmaker and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, namely splatter films, having directed the fil…
Eli Roth, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1972
Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
1972
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom
The Angry Brigade was a British terrorist group responsible for a series of armed actions against the establishment in England between 1970 and 1972. Using small bombs, they target…
The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom
1972
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport mas
Ben Gurion International Airport, commonly known by the Hebrew-language acronym Natbag, is the main international airport of Israel. Situated on outskirts north of the city of Lod …
In Ben Gurion Airport (at the time: Lod Airport), Israel, members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport mas
1972
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nic
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nic
1972
Carmen Electra, American model and actress
Carmen Electra is an American actress, model, media personality and singer. Often spotlighted for her looks, she has been considered a sex symbol and pop culture icon since the lat…
Carmen Electra, American model and actress
1972
Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician
Stephen Robert Nesta Marley is a Jamaican-American musician. The son of Bob Marley, Marley is an eight-time Grammy Award winner, three times as a solo artist, twice as a producer o…
Stephen Marley, Jamaican-American musician
1972
Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
Pierre Labrie is a Québécois poet, born at Mont-Joli, Quebec. He now lives in Trois-Rivières.
Pierre Labrie, Canadian poet and playwright
1972
Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
Peter Dench is a British photojournalist, photographer, writer, curator, educator and TV presenter. His work has been published in a number of books. In 2025, Dench served as Act…
Peter Dench, English photographer and journalist
1972
Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
Amira Medunjanin is a Bosnian singer and interpreter of sevdalinka. She holds both citizenship of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Amira Medunjanin, Bosnian singer
1972
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and cau
The Black Hills are an outlying subrange of the greater Rocky Mountain system rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming, United Stat…
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and cau
1972
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport)
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 was a Japan Air Lines international flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Palam International Airport in New Delhi, India…
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport)