My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. Date: March 29, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 29 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
East Pakistan, then a province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh War of Independence begins. Date: March 26, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. Date: March 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Peru: A landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar. Date: March 18, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 18 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The 1971 Turkish military memorandum is sent to the Süleyman Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns. Date: March 12, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 12 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
John Gorton resigns as Prime Minister of Australia and the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia after a secret ballot vote of confidence, being replaced in both positions by William McMahon. Date: March 10, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 10 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day-Bangladesh), delivers his historic 7th March speech in the Racecourse Field (Now Suhrawardy Udyan) in Dhaka. Date: March 7, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 7 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. Date: March 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start performing artificially-induced abortions. Date: February 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. Date: February 26, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 26 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)