Apollo 15 Launch, First Lunar Roving Vehicle Use July 26, 1971
Date: July 26, 1971
Date: July 26, 1971
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 3 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Provisional Government of Bangladesh Formed April 17, 1971Apollo…
J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. Date: August 22, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on August 22 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Emley Moor Transmitting Station Begins UHF Broadcasts, January 21, 1971Nixon…
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 โ ๐ Other events on May 23 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karaฤorฤevo estate. Date: December 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Persian Empire 2,500-Year Celebration Begins,…
Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. Date: May 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 1 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Attica Prison Uprising Ends in Deadly Assault, September 13, 1971John Gorton…
The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. Date: February 20, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 19711971 Turkish Military Memorandum Forces Demirel Government Resignation, March 12, 1971Idi…