Date: January 31, 1971
Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific. Date: September 20, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 20 📅 Events on this day…
The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland. Date: January 29, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 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…
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…
The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. Date: May 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Emley Moor Transmitting Station Begins UHF…
Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre. Date: May 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 27 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971First Pacific Islands Forum in Wellington, New Zealand – August 5, 1971Chile…
Aeroflot Flight 773 is destroyed by a bomb over Moscow Oblast, killing 25. Date: October 10, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 10 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Charles Manson Family Convicted in Tate-LaBianca Murders January 25, 1971First Greenpeace Ship…