ARVN Abandons Ho Chi Minh Trail Cutoff Attempt, March 25, 1971

Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing 22. Date: September 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Charles Manson Sentenced for Tate-LaBianca Murders Conspiracy, April…

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…

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 1971Yahya Khan Postpones Pakistan Assembly,…

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 1971Frank Serpico Shot During Brooklyn Drug Bust, Police Corruption Testimony – February 3,…

South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country. Date: February 8, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 8 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…

The Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest opens, becoming the second-tallest building in the city. 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 1971Oman Declares Independence from the United Kingdom November 18, 1971Daeyeonggak Hotel Fire…