Chuknagar Massacre: Pakistani Forces Kill Thousands of Bengali Hindus, May 20, 1971

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 1971Convention on Psychotropic Substances Signed…

Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. Date: October 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Mid-Air Collision, June 6, 1971Operation Lam Son 719: General Do Cao Tri Killed in…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. Date: October 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 27 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 197126th Amendment Lowers Voting Age to 18, Certified by Nixon, July 5, 1971Apollo 15 Astronauts First…

Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted to life imprisonment) for conspiracy in the Tate–LaBianca murders. 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 1971Nixon Quicken Vietnamization Pace Announced, April 7, 1971ARVN…

The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed. Date: April 17, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 17 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Amtrak Takes Over U.S. Passenger Rail Service, May 1, 1971Australian Aboriginal Flag First Flown July 12, 1971D.B. Cooper…

Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989. Date: May 3, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 3 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Bangladesh Liberation War Ends, Pakistan Army Surrenders, December…