Reversion of Okinawa
1972 · Event
US returns Okinawa to Japan after 27 years of military rule; American bases remain.
On these timelines: Japan, Master, USA
More from Japan
- Edo period (1603)
- Perry Expedition to Japan (1853)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
- VJ Day / surrender of Japan (1945)
- Kamakura shogunate established (1192)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
- Toyotomi Hideyoshi unifies Japan (1590)
Around 1972
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- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- The Troubles (1968)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)