1971 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1971?
- January 1, 1971 – Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
- January 5, 1971 – The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- January 25, 1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president.
- January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
- March 26, 1971 – East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
- March 29, 1971 – My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
- April 7, 1971 – President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
- May 1, 1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
- May 19, 1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
- September 26, 1971 – The Freetown Christiania was founded.
- October 20, 1971 – The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses.
- November 6, 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
- November 8, 1971 – Led Zeppelin releases “Led Zeppelin IV,” which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US.
- November 15, 1971 – Intel releases world’s first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004.
- November 23, 1971 – Representatives of the People’s Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time.
- November 28, 1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
- December 2, 1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
- December 6, 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi’s recognition of Bangladesh.
- December 16, 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
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