U Thant Signs UN Proclamation of Vernal Equinox as Earth Day, February 26, 1971

New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Date: February 3, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 3 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Amtrak Takes Over…

Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders. 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 1971Amtrak Takes Over U.S. Passenger Rail Service,…

Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan's intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.) Date: December 14, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 14 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day…

Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. Date: May 30, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 30 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1971Dahlerau…

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…