Date: December 7, 1971
The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland. Date: January 29, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Joetha Collier Killed in Drew, Mississippi Shooting, May 25, 1971U.S. Emergency Broadcast System…
Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station. Date: April 19, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 19 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971U.S. Tests Largest Underground Hydrogen Bomb on Amchitka Island, November 6, 1971U.S. Emergency Broadcast System Erroneously Activated…
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) More events from 19711971…
LANSA Flight 508 is struck by lightning and crashes in the Puerto Inca District in the Department of Huánuco in Peru, killing 91. Date: December 24, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Sierra Leone…
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) More events from 1971Singapore Declaration Issued for Commonwealth Constitution, January 22, 1971ARVN Abandons…
In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. Date: May 31, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 31…