Date: February 9, 1971
Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. Date: January 25, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 25 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Allegheny Airlines Flight 485 Crashes Near New Haven, 28 Killed June 7, 1971Iran…
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida. Date: October 1, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Emley Moor Transmitting Station Begins UHF Broadcasts, January 21, 19711971 Turkish Military Memorandum Forces Demirel Government Resignation, March…
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…
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) More events from 1971Erich Honecker Becomes East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party Leader,…
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 1971Glasgow Shopping Centre Gas Explosion Kills 22 People October 21, 1971Operation Demetrius Launches…
Qatar becomes an independent state. Date: September 3, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Society for American Baseball Research Founded in Cooperstown, August 10, 1971Winter Soldier Investigation Begins in Detroit, Vietnam War Atrocities Exposed…