236 notable events from 1972 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 1 of 3.
- John Wayne Gacy
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1978 · United States · Attack (other)
- Watergate scandal
Jun 17, 1972–Aug 9, 1974 · United States · Scandal & controversy
- Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571
Oct 13, 1972 · Chile · Aviation accident
- Munich massacre
Sep 5, 1972–Sep 6, 1972 · Germany · Terrorism
- Bloody Sunday (1972)
Jan 30, 1972 · United Kingdom · Massacre
- Steven Stayner
Dec 4, 1972 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Elmer Wayne Henley
Mar 24, 1972–Jul 25, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Asama-Sansō incident
Feb 19, 1972–Feb 28, 1972 · Japan · Kidnapping & hostage
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 401
Dec 29, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Murder of Jean McConville
Dec 1, 1972 · Ireland · Murder & homicide
- Lod Airport massacre
May 30, 1972 · Israel · Massacre
- Herbert Mullin
Oct 13, 1972–Feb 13, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Mossad assassinations following the Munich massacre
1972–1973 · Poland · Massacre
- Sennichi Department Store Building fire
May 13, 1972 · Japan · Fire
- Arthur Shawcross
May 7, 1972–Dec 28, 1989 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Expulsion of Asians from Uganda
Aug 1972–Nov 1972 · Uganda · War & armed conflict
- British European Airways Flight 548
Jun 18, 1972 · United Kingdom · Aviation accident
- Gerard John Schaefer
Sep 27, 1972–Jan 11, 1973 · United States · Attack (other)
- Alitalia Flight 112
May 5, 1972 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Operation Linebacker II
Dec 18, 1972–Dec 29, 1972 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- American Airlines Flight 96
Jun 12, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- JAT Flight 367
Jan 26, 1972 · Czechia · Terrorism
- Kiyotaka Katsuta
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1982 · Japan · Shooting
- Mechinaud family disappearance
Dec 25, 1972 · France · Disappearance
- Murder of Timothy McCoy
Jan 2, 1972 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Furman v. Georgia
Jun 29, 1972 · United States · Crime & justice
- 1972 Moroccan coup attempt
Aug 16, 1972 · Morocco · War & armed conflict
- Mark Essex
Dec 31, 1972 · Shooting
- Sabena Flight 571
May 8, 1972 · Israel · Aviation accident
- Bruay-en-Artois affair
Apr 5, 1972 · France · Murder & homicide
- Bloody Friday (1972)
Jul 21, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Buffalo Creek flood
Feb 26, 1972 · United States · Natural disaster
- Peteano massacre
May 31, 1972 · Italy · Terrorism
- Walter Moody
May 7, 1972 · Bombing & explosion
- Lufthansa Flight 615
Oct 29, 1972 · Libya · Aviation accident
- Henri Young
Jan 1, 1972 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Kidnapping of Steven Stayner and Timmy White
Dec 4, 1972–Mar 1, 1980 · Kidnapping & hostage
- Fountain Valley massacre
Sep 6, 1972 · Virgin Islands · Massacre
- Death and funeral of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor
May 28, 1972 · France · Death & funeral
- United Air Lines Flight 553
Dec 8, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1972 European Cup Winners' Cup final
May 24, 1972 · Spain · Scandal & controversy
- Interflug Flight 450
Aug 14, 1972 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Santa Rosa hitchhiker murders
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Robert Frederick Carr
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1976 · Murder & homicide
- Hurricane Agnes
Jun 14, 1972–Jun 23, 1972 · Canada · Natural disaster
- 1972 Svetlogorsk An-24 crash
May 16, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1972 Hokuriku Tunnel fire
Nov 6, 1972 · Japan · Rail accident
- Rescue of Bat 21 Bravo
Apr 13, 1972 · War & armed conflict
- John Floyd Thomas Jr.
Nov 1, 1972–Jun 1, 1986 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Battle of Mirbat
Jul 19, 1972 · Oman · War & armed conflict
- 1972 Nicaragua earthquake
Dec 23, 1972 · Nicaragua · Earthquake
- 1972 Puerto Rico DC-7 crash
Dec 31, 1972 · Puerto Rico · Aviation accident
- Ikiza
Apr 1972–Aug 1972 · Burundi · Genocide & ethnic violence
- Maoist insurgency in Turkey
Apr 24, 1972 · Türkiye · War & armed conflict
- Japan Air Lines Flight 471
Jun 14, 1972 · India · Aviation accident
- 1972 Chicago–O'Hare runway collision
Dec 20, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Daiichi Hotel murder case
1972 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Daisaburō Kawaguchi
Nov 8, 1972 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 217
Oct 13, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight 1491
May 18, 1972 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Scott Erskine
Jan 1, 1972–Mar 27, 1993 · Attack (other)
- Disappearance of Sheila Fox (1972)
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 2024 · Disappearance
- Japan Air Lines Flight 446
Nov 28, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash
Dec 3, 1972 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Murder of Luigi Calabresi
May 17, 1972 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z
Jun 15, 1972 · Vietnam · Aviation accident
- Charlie Chop-off
Mar 9, 1972–Aug 17, 1973 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Jerry Walter McFadden
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1986 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Lufthansa Flight 649
Feb 22, 1972–Feb 23, 1972 · Yemen · Aviation accident
- 1972 invasion of Uganda
Sep 1, 1972 · Uganda · Massacre
- 1972 Mount Fuji disaster
Mar 1972 · Japan · Accident
- 1972 Sacramento Canadair Sabre accident
Sep 24, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Springhill massacre
Jul 9, 1972 · United Kingdom · Shooting
- Faraday School kidnapping
Oct 6, 1972 · Australia · Kidnapping & hostage
- 1972 Black Hills flood
from Jun 9, 1972 · United States · Natural disaster
- Yojohan Fusuma no Shitabari obscenity case
1972 · Japan · Crime & justice
- Eltham Well Hall rail crash
Jun 11, 1972 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Kidnapping of Mexicana de Aviación flight 705
Nov 8, 1972 · Mexico · Kidnapping & hostage
- Joseph Henry Burgess
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 2009 · War & armed conflict
- Battle at Springmartin
May 13, 1972–May 14, 1972 · United Kingdom · War & armed conflict
- Terrorism in Bangladesh
Jan 1, 1972–Nov 24, 1975 · Bangladesh · War & armed conflict
- Trelew massacre
Aug 22, 1972 · Argentina · Massacre
- Delta Air Lines Flight 841
Aug 2, 1972 · Algeria · Aviation accident
- Wiriyamu Massacre
Dec 1972 · Mozambique · Massacre
- 1972 Chicago commuter rail crash
Oct 30, 1972 · United States · Rail accident
- Iberia Flight 602
Jan 7, 1972 · Spain · Aviation accident
- Blue Bird Café fire
Sep 1, 1972 · Canada · Attack (other)
- USS Kitty Hawk riot
Oct 13, 1972 · Vietnam · Riot & unrest
- Red Drum killings
1972 · Thailand · Murder & homicide
- Jack Trawick
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1992 · Murder & homicide
- Zahir Raihan
Jan 30, 1972 · Bangladesh · War & armed conflict
- Delta Air Lines Flight 9570
May 30, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Sterling Airways Flight 296
Mar 14, 1972 · United Arab Emirates · Aviation accident
- Japan Airlines Flight 351
Nov 6, 1972 · Japan · Aviation accident
- 1972 Yugoslav smallpox outbreak
1972 · Serbia · Epidemic & disease
- Preynat child abuse affair
Jan 1, 1972 · France · Crime & justice
- Disappearance of Adrien McNaughton
Jun 12, 1972 · Canada · Disappearance
- Trail of Broken Treaties
Nov 1, 1972 · United States · War & armed conflict
- Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972)
Sep 24, 1972 · India · Aviation accident
- Osaka Castle Park incident
Apr 28, 1972 · Japan · Genocide & ethnic violence