Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. Date: July 26, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 26 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Sohagpur massacre is perpetrated by the Pakistan Army. Date: July 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United Red Army is founded in Japan. Date: July 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 15 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time. Date: July 12, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 12 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The nationalization of all large copper mines in Chile is completed. Date: July 11, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
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)