Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate. Date: December 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. Date: December 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah. Date: November 30, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 30 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization. Date: November 28, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later. Date: November 28, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 28 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars. Date: November 27, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 27 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found. Date: November 24, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in…
Representatives of the People's Republic of China attend the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, for the first time. Date: November 23, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau Disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from exposure in the Scottish mountains. Date: November 22, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 22 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur. Date: November 21, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)