236 notable events from 1972 — air crashes, murders and wars. Page 2 of 3.
- Adolph Laudenberg
Dec 25, 1972–Mar 21, 1975 · Murder & homicide
- Philip Joseph Hughes Jr.
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1975 · United States · Murder & homicide
- George Duncan (lecturer)
May 10, 1972 · Australia · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 1036
Oct 1, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Neal Long
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1975 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 710
Jul 5, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Claudy bombing
Jul 31, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Hotel Vendome fire
Jun 17, 1972 · United States · Fire
- Kidnapping of Virginia Piper
Jul 27, 1972 · United States · Kidnapping & hostage
- Wayne Henry Garrison
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1989 · Murder & homicide
- 1972–1975 Bangladesh insurgency
1972 · Bangladesh · War & armed conflict
- Braathens SAFE Flight 239
Dec 23, 1972 · Norway · Aviation accident
- An-2 plane crash into a building in Voroshilovgrad
Mar 27, 1972 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- 1972 Aldershot bombing
Feb 22, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Vierzy tunnel disaster
Jun 16, 1972 · France · Rail accident
- Triple police murder in Oberhausen
Jun 15, 1972 · Germany · Crime & justice
- 1972 Qatari coup d'état
Feb 22, 1972 · Qatar · War & armed conflict
- Southern Airways Flight 49
Nov 10, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1973 Chilean economic crisis
Oct 1, 1972 · Chile · Crisis
- East African Airways Flight 720
Apr 18, 1972 · Ethiopia · Aviation accident
- Pan Am Flight 841
Jul 2, 1972 · Vietnam · Aviation accident
- 1972 Montreal Museum of Fine Arts robbery
Sep 4, 1972 · Canada · Crime & justice
- Nikko Crown Prince couple attack incident
Jan 5, 1972 · Japan · Attack (other)
- 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision
Jun 29, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Puente Moreno railway disaster
Oct 5, 1972 · Mexico · Rail accident
- Air Inter Flight 696Y
Oct 27, 1972 · France · Aviation accident
- Bombing of the Fusetsu no Gunzo and Institute of Northern Cultures
Oct 23, 1972 · Japan · Terrorism
- Alva Campbell
Apr 21, 1972 · Attack (other)
- Mohawk Airlines Flight 405
Mar 3, 1972 · United States · Aviation accident
- Ethiopian Airlines Flight 708
Dec 8, 1972 · Ethiopia · Aviation accident
- Top of the Hill bar shooting
Dec 20, 1972 · United Kingdom · Massacre
- Schweinsburg-Culten train accident
Oct 30, 1972 · Germany · Rail accident
- Afrikaanderwijk riots
Aug 9, 1972–Aug 14, 1972 · Netherlands · Riot & unrest
- George Lamar Jones
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1997 · Murder & homicide
- EgyptAir Flight 763
Mar 19, 1972 · Yemen · Aviation accident
- 1972 and 1973 Dublin bombings
Dec 1, 1972 · Ireland · Bombing & explosion
- Kızıldere Incident
Mar 30, 1972 · Türkiye · Massacre
- Abercorn Restaurant bombing
Mar 4, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Rotaka
May 13, 1972 · Riot & unrest
- Shelling of Highway 1
May 2, 1972 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- El Cuervo railway accident
Jul 21, 1972 · Spain · Rail accident
- Aeroflot Flight 558
Aug 31, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon
Sep 8, 1972 · Syrian Arab Republic · War & armed conflict
- 1972 Dahomeyan coup d'état
Oct 26, 1972 · Benin · War & armed conflict
- 1972 unrest in Lithuania
May 18, 1972–May 19, 1972 · Lithuania · Riot & unrest
- Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 130
Sep 15, 1972–Sep 16, 1972 · Sweden · Aviation accident
- Jean-Michel Di Falco affair
Jan 1, 1972 · France · Crime & justice
- Burning of the British Embassy in Dublin
Jan 30, 1972 · Ireland · Fire
- 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse
Nov 7, 1972 · United States · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1972 Baton Rouge shooting
Jan 10, 1972 · United States · Shooting
- 1972 Adana Turkish Airlines DC-9 crash
Jan 21, 1972 · Türkiye · Aviation accident
- MV Karagatan incident
Jul 4, 1972 · Philippines · War & armed conflict
- Yamanaka incident
Jul 26, 1972 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Wankie coal mine disaster
Jun 6, 1972 · Zimbabwe · Industrial & structural disaster
- Donegall Street bombing
Mar 20, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- John W. Hopkins
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1978 · Murder & homicide
- Pitchfork murders
Oct 23, 1972 · United Kingdom · Murder & homicide
- Ralph Andrews (murderer)
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1991 · United States · Murder & homicide
- El Carnavalazo
Feb 15, 1972 · Ecuador · War & armed conflict
- 1972 Salvadoran coup attempt
Mar 25, 1972–Mar 26, 1972 · El Salvador · War & armed conflict
- Yokohama Koku Soyokaze-go crash
May 30, 1972 · Japan · Aviation accident
- 1972 Las Palomas mid-air collision
Jul 29, 1972 · Colombia · Aviation accident
- Minsk Radio Works explosion
Mar 10, 1972 · Belarus · Bombing & explosion
- Prinair Flight 191
Jun 24, 1972 · Puerto Rico · Aviation accident
- Operation Custom Tailor
May 10, 1972 · Vietnam · War & armed conflict
- 1972 Queenstown shooting
Sep 18, 1972 · Singapore · Shooting
- Bombing of the Soji-ji Ossuary
Apr 6, 1972 · Japan · Bombing & explosion
- Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 327
Oct 30, 1972 · Italy · Aviation accident
- Transalpine Pipeline bombing
Aug 4, 1972 · Italy · Terrorism
- Zadar school shooting
Oct 9, 1972 · Croatia · Shooting
- Aeroflot Flight B-608
May 4, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Bangkok Israeli embassy hostage crisis
Dec 28, 1972 · Thailand · Kidnapping & hostage
- Chester General rail crash
May 8, 1972 · United Kingdom · Rail accident
- Benny's Bar bombing
Oct 31, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 1972 Khulna massacres
Mar 1972 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- 1972 Reduc explosion
1972 · Brazil · Bombing & explosion
- 1972 Hachijōjima earthquake
Dec 4, 1972 · Japan · Earthquake
- Jeffrey Lynn Hand
Jan 1, 1972–Jan 1, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- Dextrin explosion in Luboń
Feb 22, 1972 · Poland · Bombing & explosion
- 1972 Republic of the Congo coup attempt
Feb 22, 1972 · Congo-Brazzaville · War & armed conflict
- Essen-Kray rampage
May 28, 1972 · Germany · Shooting
- Belturbet bombing
Dec 28, 1972 · Ireland · Bombing & explosion
- Hurricane Agnes tornado outbreak
Jan 1, 1972 · United States · Natural disaster
- 1972 Qir earthquake
Apr 10, 1972 · Iran · Earthquake
- 1972 Cherry Hill shooting
Jun 21, 1972 · United States · Shooting
- Boanerges de Souza Massa
Jun 21, 1972 · Brazil · Disappearance
- VFW 614 crash in Bremen
Feb 1, 1972 · Germany · Aviation accident
- 1972 Manila bombings
Mar 15, 1972–Sep 11, 1972 · Philippines · Bombing & explosion
- Newry customs bombing
Aug 22, 1972 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Quintino massacre
Mar 29, 1972 · Brazil · Crime & justice
- Loddon Viaduct collapse
Oct 24, 1972 · United Kingdom · Industrial & structural disaster
- 1972 Robinsons department store fire
Nov 21, 1972 · Singapore · Fire
- 1972 Language violence in Sindh
Jul 7, 1972 · Pakistan · Riot & unrest
- Thiruchelvam Nihal Jim Brown
Jan 1, 1972 · Murder & homicide
- Dungiven landmine and gun attack
Jun 24, 1972 · United Kingdom · Attack (other)
- 1972 Kettle Valley shooting
Aug 28, 1972 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 811
Aug 15, 1972 · Argentina · Aviation accident
- Murder of Arumugam Jayamani
Oct 16, 1972 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- 1972 Lviv tram disaster
Jan 10, 1972 · Ukraine · Rail accident
- Collision of two An-12s over Tula
Oct 23, 1972 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident