Oman declares its independence from the United Kingdom. Date: November 18, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. Date: November 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 15 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars. Date: November 14, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 14 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight N-63 crashes on approach to Vinnytsia Airport, killing 48. Date: November 12, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, U.S. President Richard Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. Date: November 12, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount crashes into the Indian Ocean near Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia, killing all 69 people on board. Date: November 10, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft. Date: November 10, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
American banker John List murdered his wife, mother, and three children with a pair of handguns. Date: November 9, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 9 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. Date: November 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Prospero becomes the only British satellite to be launched by a British rocket. Date: October 28, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)