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 Archived May 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine; "112 Die as Danish Jetliner Crashes on Arab Island", Pacific Stars and Stripes, March 17, 1972, p1



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