Can you give me 3 important events that happened in the year 1971?

Question

They have to be worldwide events that effected the whole world not just the us. Please hurry!!!!! I need to know.

Answer 1

January 25 - Idi Amin stages a coup and deposes Milton Obote.

January 25 - Intelsat IV is launched to provide commercial communications across the Atlantic.

February 11 - the US, UK, and USSR sign the Seabed Treaty, banning underwater nuclear tests.

February 13 - South Vietnam invades Laos.

February 15 - The UK and Ireland convert to a decimal currency.

March 26 - East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) declares independence from Pakistan.

March 29 - Lt. William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai.

April 17 - The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms.

April 24 - 500,000 people march on Washington, DC, and 125,000 in San Francisco in opposition to the Vietnam War.

May 15 - The Israeli ambassador to Turkey is kidnapped. He is later found killed.

June 10 - The US ends a trade embargo with China.

June 17 - The US and Japan sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement. The US agrees to return control of Okinawa to Japan.

August 15 - President Nixon unhooks American currency from the gold standard. This is the origin of inflation.

August 18 - Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.

September 3 - Qatar become independent from Great Britain.

October 25 – The People's Republic of China is admitted to the UN General Assembly, and Taiwan is expelled.

December 2 - The United Arab Emirates is formed

December 3 - Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. In response, India invades Pakistan and Nixon directs the 7th Fleet to sail to the Indian ocean.

December 16 - Pakistan surrenders, and the Bangladesh Liberation War is over.

December 18 - In response to coming off the gold standard, the US dollar is devalued for only the second time in history.

Answer 2

January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.



January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago, Chile.



July 19–23 – Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan. Fighting continues until on July 22, when pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and 3 officers are executed.

Answer 3

4 students killed on University Campus May 4, 1970....National Guardsmen opened fire on a group of students, wounding many, 4 fatally, on the campus of Kent State University. Today, memorials to the four students stand near the place of the shootings. Chilie elects Marxist, Allende, as head of state Allende became the first western nation to freely elect a Marxist head of state. This resulted in a stock market crash, a run on banks and a strike by mine workers. Black September Jordan's King Hussein started to drive Palestinian commandos from his country, and on the 28th, Egyptian president Nasser died of a heart attack. First Earth Day, April 22 EPA created Prime time football ABC begins it's long running Monday Night Football World Trade Center is completed Childproof safety caps First female jockey in Kentucky Derby Mexico City subway is completed California is the first no-fault divorce state Amtrack is formed First New York City marathon Lithium is approved by the FDA Used to treat manic-depressives. Arcosanti, a desert utopia is begun The New English Bible is printed Directly translated from ancient texts into English, it created a big stir of controversy due to it's deviations from the King James version of the Bible (which had been originally translated from other languages) Spain's Franco regime convicts Basque leaders The Beatles release Let It Be, their last album First successful oil well in the North Sea found Artist Rothko commits suicide After an investigation of his dealer, it is discovered that he had purchased 800 paintings after Rothko's death at much less their true cost. Canadian October Crisis Two Canadian leaders were kidnapped by Front de liberation du Quebec, a Quebec seperatist movement. This resulted in martial law being declared in the Quebec province. One of the leaders, Pierre Laporte was killed by his captors, the other freed. Doonesbury comic strip goes national Apollo 13 mission suffers a huge setback A ruptured air tank on their way to the moon almost sealed the fate of the three astronauts on board the spacecraft. Floppy disc was invented. Charles Manson Convicted of Murdering Sharon Tate Charles Manson, the leader of a bizzare cult, and 4 of his followers were convicted of the murders of several people including actress Sharon Tate and her unborn baby. Earthquake in Peru May 31, 1970 72,000 people were killed and 700,000 were left homless China Launches Its First Satellite APRIL 24. The People's Republic of China becomes the fifth nation to put a satellite into orbit. China 1's first broadcast is the song "Tang Fang Hung" (The East is Red). Federal Elections 18 year olds are given the right to vote in federal elections. 1971.... The microprocessor is introduced The foundation of all computers, or just about anything electric. End of the Gold Standard for American Currency Gold payments ended in 1971 in an attempt to halt the increasing inflation America was seeing. NASA and the Soviets send probes to Mars The NASA Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit another planet on November 14th. The Soviets Mars 2 and Mars 3 arrived a month later, and sent a probe down to the planet (which unfortunately didn't work for long). Three cosmonauts die after record breaking trip After a record breaking 24 days in space, the cosmonauts died on their return to Earth when their cabin depressurized. The Pentagon Papers are released to newspapers Despite an attempt to conceal the evidence researched by the government, the 47 volume study was given to the New York Times and The Washington Post who printed excerpts from the study. It revealed the Eisenhower had been warned against involvment by his generals, Kennedy had approved the overthrow of the Sout Vietnam president, and Johnson's covert operations had sparked the Tonkin Gulf incident. Bangladesh is created East Pakistan and West Pakistan split, and after a civil war which involved India and the US as well, the country was formed. Cigarette ads are banned on TV The first floppy disc is created for computers Direct dial between New York and London China joins the UN Native Americans forced out of Alcatraz Citing an 1868 treaty which allowed them to live on unoccupied land, they were protesting the US goverment's poor record of handling treaties. Alcatraz became a national park in 1972. Attica State Prision riot in Buffalo, New York The 1200 inmates took the 30 guards and other employees prision in an attempt for reforms. It ended in bloodbath four days later with 28 inmates and 9 gaurds killed, all by police gunfire when they took the prision back. Supreme Court rules desegregation constitutional Congress authorizes federal bailout of Lockheed PBS begins Masterpiece Theater This started a trend with us today, of importing British shows directly to PBS. South Vietnam & The US invades Laos In an attempt to shut down the Ho Chi Minh trail, the North Vietnam supply route. It wasn't successful. Benefit Concert for Bangladesh organized George Harrison organized the first benefit concert, which would be the model for many more benefit concerts (especially in the 80s) CAT scanning was introduced Computerizes Axial Tomograpghy (CAT), was the most important medical breakthrough since the X-ray Black Admiral Captain Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes the first black American Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Cellular Phone Battery Invented African-American Henry Thomas Sampson invents the gamma electric cell (US Patent # 3,591,860).

Answer 4

http://www.mountaintimes.com/history/1970s/world.php3

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971

find some on here

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Answer 6

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1971.html



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