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June 15, 1972
On June 15, 1972, cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people. 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.
Featured · June 15, 1972
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z was a flight from Singapore to Hong Kong operated by Cathay Pacific using a Convair CV-880 aircraft that crashed in Pleiku, then in South Vietnam on the afternoon of 15 June 1972, killing all 81 passengers and crew on board.
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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 15, 1972
- 1972 — Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z is destroyed by a bomb over Pleiku, Vietnam (then South Vietnam) and kills 81 people.
Arrivals
Born on June 15, 1972
Justin Leonard 1972– American professional golfer (born 1972)
Andy Pettitte 1972– American baseball player (born 1972) 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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