1972 in the United Arab Emirates

The following lists events that happened during 1972 in the United Arab Emirates.

1972
in
the United Arab Emirates

Decades:
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
See also:

Incumbents

Events

January

February

  • February 10 - The seventh sheikhdom, Ras al-Khaimah, joins the United Arab Emirates.[2]

March

  • March 14 - Sterling Airways Flight 267, which was bringing Danish vacationers home from a holiday in Sri Lanka, crashed on its approach to the Dubai airport. All 112 people on board were killed.[3]

References

  1. Kourosh Ahmadi, Islands and International Politics in the Persian Gulf (Routledge, 2008), p108
  2. "The Story of the U.A.E." Retrieved January 22, 2015.
  3. Air Disaster Database[Usurped!]; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1



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