Date: February 24, 1971
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British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63. Date: October 2, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 2 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Operation Lam Son 719: General Do Cao Tri Killed in Helicopter Crash, February 23,…
In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. Date: April 5, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 5 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Sylmar Earthquake Strikes Los Angeles, Kills 64, Injures…
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. Date: January 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Emley Moor Transmitting Station Begins UHF Broadcasts, January 21, 1971Daeyeonggak Hotel Fire Kills…
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. Date: May 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971D.B. Cooper Hijacks Plane and Vanishes, November 24, 1971Operation Demetrius Launches…
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…
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…