Date: November 24, 1971
Soyuz 11 is launched. The mission ends in disaster when all three cosmonauts, Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patsayev are suffocated by uncontrolled decompression of the capsule during re-entry on 29 June. Date: June 6, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 6 📅 Events on this day in 1971…
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) More events from 1971Merpati Nusantara Viscount Crashes in Indian Ocean, 69 Killed, November 10, 1971U.S. Tests Largest Underground…
The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. Date: June 11, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Emley Moor Transmitting Station Begins…
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) More events from 1971ARVN Abandons Ho Chi…
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) More…
The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. Date: February 20, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 20 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Pakistan Severs Diplomatic Ties with India, Starting Indo-Pakistani War, December 6,…