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1971 Calendar

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•  January 8, 1971 – Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
•  January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
•  February 13, 1971 – Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
•  March 18, 1971 – In Peru a landslide crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 at the mining camp of Chungar.
•  June 7, 1971 – The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment.
•  July 11, 1971 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
•  October 28, 1971 – Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
•  November 6, 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
•  December 2, 1971 – Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
•  December 7, 1971 – Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister.

•  January 1, 1971 – Scott Riggs, American racing driver
•  April 1, 1971 – Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter
•  April 10, 1971 – Brad William Henke, American actor
•  May 5, 1971 – Mike Redmond, American baseball player
•  May 28, 1971 – Isabelle Carré, French actress
•  July 14, 1971 – Marie-Chantal Toupin, Canadian singer
•  July 21, 1971 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
•  July 30, 1971 – Sagi Kalev, Israeli-born American bodybuilder
•  August 7, 1971 – Sydney Penny, American actress
•  November 11, 1971 – Paul Chaloner, English TV e-sports commentator