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June 14, 1972
On June 14, 1972, japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground. The year's #1 song was "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" by Roberta Flack. Aaron Lewis, Conchita Martínez, Tracy K. Smith would arrive in the same year.
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Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
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. On 14 June 1972 the Douglas DC-8-53 operating the flight, registered JA8012, crashed short of the New Delhi airport, killing 86 of the 89 occupants: 10 of 11 crew members, and 76 of 78 passengers. Four people on the ground were also killed.
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Around 1972
The year in brief
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1972nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 972nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 72nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1970s decade.
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What happened
On June 14, 1972
- 1972 — Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport) in New Delhi, India, killing 82 of the 87 people on board and four more people on the ground.
Arrivals
Born on June 14, 1972
Rick Brunson 1972– American basketball player and coach (born 1972)
Matthias Ettrich 1972– German programmer, founder of the KDE project Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1972
The class of 1972
Others born in 1972
AL Aaron Lewis 1972– American singer-songwriter and guitarist
CM Conchita Martínez 1972– Spanish-American tennis player
TK Tracy K. Smith 1972– American poet and educator
RC Rosa Clemente 1972– American journalist and activist
ER Eli Roth 1972– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
RV Rivaldo Vitor Borba Ferreira 1972– Brazilian footballer Keep going
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