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1971 Calendar

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•  January 25, 1971 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda’s president.
•  January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
•  February 21, 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
•  March 29, 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
•  April 19, 1971 – Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
•  September 8, 1971 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein’s Mass.
•  November 8, 1971 – Led Zeppelin releases “Led Zeppelin IV,” which becomes the third-best-selling album ever in the US.
•  November 28, 1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation is severely beaten by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
•  December 4, 1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
•  December 16, 1971 – “National Day” of the Kingdom of Bahrain is celebrated. Not to be confused with Bahrain Independence Day which took place on August 15, 1971.

•  January 1, 1971 – Phoebus, Greek songwriter
•  February 24, 1971 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
•  March 7, 1971 – Matthew Vaughn, British film producer and director
•  June 5, 1971 – Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver
•  July 24, 1971 – John Partridge, English singer
•  August 28, 1971 – Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer
•  September 24, 1971 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
•  October 5, 1971 – Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer
•  October 21, 1971 – Nick Oliveri, American musician
•  October 31, 1971 – Toby Anstis, British radio presenter