Chad Coup Attempt Fails, Accuses Egypt, Cuts Ties – August 27, 1971
Date: August 27, 1971
Date: August 27, 1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. Date: December 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on December 6 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Croatian Spring Leaders Purged in Yugoslavia at Karaฤorฤevo Meeting, December 1, 1971Prospero: Only…
The decimalisation of the currencies of the United Kingdom and Ireland is completed on Decimal Day. Date: February 15, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on February 15 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971John Gorton Resigns as Australian Prime Minister, Replaced by…
The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjรคrvi, Finland. Date: January 29, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on January 29 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Democratic Republic of the Congo Renamed Zaire, October 27, 1971Hughes Airwest Flight 706…
The Provisional Government of Bangladesh is formed. Date: April 17, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on April 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Peru Landslide Kills 200 at Chungar Mining Camp, March 18, 1971Frank Serpico Shot During Brooklyn Drug Bust, February…
State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt, which claimed 43 lives. Date: September 13, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on September 13 ๐ Events on this day in 1971 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna Revolt Against Sri…
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 โ ๐ Other events on November 24 ๐ Events on this day in…