WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1972
Find out what all happened February to October 1972

The Angry Brigade goes on trial over a series of 25 bombings throughout the United Kingdom. (30. May 1972)

A parcel bomb sent to Israeli Embassy in London kills one diplomat. (19. September 1972)

Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. (30. March 1972)

Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels in the Battle of Mirbat. (19. July 1972)

Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attack and take hostage 11 Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games. 2 die in the attack and 9 die the following day. (5. September 1972)

Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco. (22. April 1972)

Red Army Faction co-founder Ulrike Meinhof is captured by police in Langenhagen. (15. June 1972)

The United States Senate ratifies the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. (3. August 1972)

Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins. (13. April 1972)

The Thai province of Yasothon is created after being split off from the Ubon Ratchathani province. (1. March 1972)

Sales of the Volkswagen Beetle exceed those of the Ford Model-T. (17. February 1972)

Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam. (10. April 1972)

Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are accidentally discovered by construction workers in Shandong. (10. April 1972)

Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (16. April 1972)

The fast food restaurant chain Popeyes is founded in Arabi, Louisiana. (12. June 1972)

The Official Irish Republican Army detonates a car bomb at Aldershot barracks, killing seven and injuring nineteen others. (22. February 1972)

The United States launches Landsat 1, the first Earth-resources satellite. (23. July 1972)

The three surviving perpetrators of the Munich massacre are released from prison in exchange for the hostages of hijacked Lufthansa Flight 615. (29. October 1972)

Mohawk Airlines Flight 405 crashes as a result of a control malfunction and insufficient training in emergency procedures. (3. March 1972)

Vietnam War: The Associated Press photographer Nick Ut takes his Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a naked 9-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc running down a road after being burned by napalm. (8. June 1972)