2nd » Actor Charlie Chaplin returns to the United States for the first time since being labeled a communism e.g communist during the Second Red Scare or Red Scare in the early 1950s.
6th » Vietnam War: Easter Offensive American forces begin sustained air strikes and naval bombardments.
10th » Twenty days after he is kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is murdered by communist guerrillas.
10th » Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 Stratofortress known as B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
10th » Seventy-four nations sign the Biological Weapons Convention, the first multilateral disarmament treaty banning the production of biological weapons.
16th » Apollo program: The launch of Apollo 16 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
20th » Apollo 16, commanded by John Young (astronaut) e.g John Young, lands on the moon.
22nd » Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War e.g anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
25th » Vietnam War: Nguyen Hue Offensive The North Vietnamese 320th Division forces 5,000 South Vietnamese troops to retreat and traps about 2,500 others northwest of Kontum.
Famous Birthdays on April in 1972
1st » Hughes brothers named Albert Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1st » Hughes brothers named Allen Hughes, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1st » Darren McCarty, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
1st » Jesse Tobias, American guitarist and songwriter (Red Hot Chili Peppers and Splendid (musical duo) or Splendid)