The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon. Date: July 5, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 5 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. Date: June 30, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 30 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space. Date: June 29, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅…
U.S. president Richard Nixon in a televised press conference called drug abuse "America's public enemy number one", starting the war on drugs. Date: June 17, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. Date: June 13, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 13 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. Date: June 11, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 crashes on approach to Tweed New Haven Airport in New Haven, Connecticut, killing 28 of 31 aboard. Date: June 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. Date: June 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Date: June 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅…
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)