Soviet Union Launches Mars 2 Probe, May 19, 1971

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Date: April 23, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Nixon Ends Dollar…

Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate. Date: December 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Sylmar Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles,…

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 collides with a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II of the United States Marine Corps over the San Gabriel Mountains, killing 50. Date: June 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91. Date: December 24, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Satchel Paige…

The 2,500 year celebration of the Persian Empire begins. Date: October 12, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 12 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Pakistan Army Massacre in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh April 1, 1971Convention on Psychotropic Substances Signed in Vienna…