Date: November 12, 1971
President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. Date: March 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Indian Troops Defeat Pakistan Army in…
Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. Date: April 19, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Charles Manson Sentenced for Tate-LaBianca Murders Conspiracy, April 19, 1971Hurricane Irene Becomes Olivia, First Atlantic-to-Pacific Hurricane September…
The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France. Date: December 22, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 22 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Aeroflot Flight N-63 Crashes Near…
Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon. Date: January 31, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 31 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day…
Seventy-eight people are killed when Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes on approach to Rijeka Airport in present-day Rijeka, Croatia (then the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Date: May 23, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 23 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. Date: August 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Peru Landslide…