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1971 Calendar

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•  January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
•  April 5, 1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
•  May 19, 1971 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
•  June 6, 1971 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
•  July 12, 1971 – The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
•  August 10, 1971 – The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
•  August 21, 1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
•  August 27, 1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
•  September 4, 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
•  October 21, 1971 – A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.

•  March 4, 1971 – Shavar Ross, American filmmaker
•  March 7, 1971 – Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
•  March 19, 1971 – Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
•  March 25, 1971 – Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
•  April 5, 1971 – Dong Abay, Filipino musician and singer-songwriter
•  May 1, 1971 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
•  September 8, 1971 – David Arquette, American actor
•  December 1, 1971 – Emily Mortimer, English actress
•  December 18, 1971 – Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer