1971 Calendar
What Happened In Year 1971?
- January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
- February 8, 1971 – South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
- February 9, 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing.
- February 13, 1971 – Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
- March 18, 1971 – In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
- March 25, 1971 – The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
- April 19, 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
- May 1, 1971 – Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
- July 30, 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
- August 9, 1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
- August 18, 1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
- August 27, 1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
- September 3, 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state
- September 4, 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- September 8, 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
- October 1, 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
- 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.
- December 4, 1971 – McGurk’s Bar bombing: An Ulster Volunteer Force bomb kills 15 civilians and wounds 17 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
- December 6, 1971 – Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi’s recognition of Bangladesh.
- December 8, 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.
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