Events in 1972

236 notable events from 1972. Page 1 of 3.

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