(1972) Officially opening talks between the two countries, which had been bitter opponents during the 60s.

Ruling 5-4, it determined the death penalty as it was administered, was cruel and unusual punishment. (from Wikipedia)  Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a criminal case in…

  (1972) In October, North Vietnam offered a compromise if Communist troops were allowed to stay in South Vietnam, it wouldn’t expel the South Vietnam government and try to reach a…

(Feature photo and cover courtesy of ADST.org) (from the JapanTimes) In 1969, Prime Minister Eisaku Sato and President Richard Nixon agreed to the reversion, and on May 15, 1972, Okinawa…