Doctors Without Borders Founded in Paris, France, December 22, 1971
Date: December 22, 1971
Date: December 22, 1971
Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June. Date: June 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971…
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon. Date: July 5, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971ATF…
A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre near Glasgow, Scotland. Date: October 21, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971My Lai Massacre: William Calley Convicted of Murder, March 29, 1971Pakistan Coalition…
Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister. Date: December 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…
New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Date: February 3, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Salyut 1 First…
Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Date: November 28, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Sierra Leone Becomes Republic, Siaka Stevens President…