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1971 Major News Events in History. The New York Times begins to publish sections of the Pentagon Papers ; The Voting Age in the United States is lowered to 18 yrs old when the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified; Border battles between India and Pakistan erupt into full-scale war; The Walt Disney World Theme Park is opened in Florida
- January 2, 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
- January 12, 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- January 21, 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
- January 25, 1971 – Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
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- 1st January » Cigarette advertising e.g advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1st January » Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
- 2nd January » The second 1971 Ibrox disaster Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers F.C. Rangers-Celtic F.C. Celtic association football (soccer) match.
- 8th January » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali people or Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
Oct 27, 2023 · February 11, 1971- Dick Cheney Shoots Man In Face. In a more recent incident of vice presidential accidents, Dick Cheney shot a 78-year-old lawyer in the face during a hunting trip. Fortunately, the injuries were not life-threatening, but the debate around the presence of alcohol during the incident remains unsettled.
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- Assassination of an Austrian Archduke. The European nation was not on good terms in the early 1900s with various nations wanting to show their superiority in various aspects.
- World War I. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife led to the first-ever War which involved several countries that formed different alliances.
- The Spanish Flu. Towards the end of World War I, a major pandemic, the Spanish Flu or the Great Influenza epidemic erupted. The Spanish Flu pandemic which swept across the world from 1918 to 1920 also made a great impact on the world.
- Russian Revolution. Sporadic Communist revolutions broke out since the publication of Marx’s Communist Manifesto which never succeeded. In October 1917, the Bolshevik revolution led by Lenin brought up radically new forms of government which spread across the world.
Jun 28, 2018 · Struck on the head by a rock thrown by a group of hecklers in Chicago, Dr. Martin Luther King falls to one knee. Aug. 5, 1966. Bettmann/Getty Images. After more than a decade leading the South’s ...
585. Thales of Greece makes the first known prediction of a solar eclipse. May 24. Today in History is everything that happened on this day in history—in the areas of politics, war, science, music, sport, art, entertainment, and more.
