1971 in History

Scores Arsenal's extra-time equaliser before Charlie George strikes the winning goal against Liverpool.

Releases the 200 Motels film and soundtrack, combining orchestral writing, rock performance, satire and surreal filmmaking.

Reports on directives for economic development under the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

Participates in the 24th CPSU Congress as a senior Soviet leader.

Supports Brezhnev's party line during the 24th CPSU Congress.

The 26th Amendment lowers the voting age to 18

Releases A Nod Is As Good As a Wink with Faces, including the hit Stay With Me.

Becomes acting President when Sierra Leone becomes a republic

Hunt transmitted additional material connected with the White House request for analysis concerning Daniel Ellsberg after CIA technical support to Hunt had ended.

Pakistan launches air strikes against Indian airfields, widening the 1971 war.

Commands airborne forces during Operation Lam Son 719

The African National Council is formed to reject the Anglo-Rhodesia settlement

Announces a future trip to China

Announces sales of $136 million in feed grain to the Soviets

Helps prepare Antares for descent after procedures are developed to bypass a faulty abort-switch signal.

Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Fra Mauro excursion.

Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first surface EVA.

Leaves the lunar surface with Shepard aboard Antares after completing the Fra Mauro exploration.

Commands Antares as its ascent stage leaves Fra Mauro to rendezvous with Kitty Hawk.

Pilots Kitty Hawk during rendezvous and docking with Antares after the lunar surface mission.

Attempts high-resolution photography of the Descartes region, later selected for Apollo 16.

Pilots Kitty Hawk during repeated attempts to dock with lunar module Antares after launch.

Explores Fra Mauro with Shepard during the mission’s first lunar surface excursion.

Hits two golf balls on the lunar surface near the end of Apollo 14 surface operations.

Pilots Kitty Hawk during the sixth docking attempt, achieving a successful hard dock with lunar module Antares.

Walks on the Moon with Shepard during Apollo 14.

Pilots Antares to the most precise Apollo lunar landing achieved to that point.

Commands Apollo 14 on a return to lunar landing operations.

Pilots Kitty Hawk while Apollo 14 explores Fra Mauro.

Serves as lunar module pilot as Apollo 14 enters lunar orbit.

Commands Apollo 14 during insertion into lunar orbit before the Fra Mauro landing.

Conducts photography and other orbital science while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.

Explores toward Cone Crater with Shepard while collecting and documenting lunar samples.

Explores toward Cone Crater with Mitchell during Apollo 14's second lunar excursion.

Returns with Mitchell and Roosa after completing the Fra Mauro lunar landing mission.

Pilots Kitty Hawk during the return phase as Apollo 14 departs lunar orbit for Earth.

Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 15 surface EVA.

Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Apollo 15 surface excursion.

Pilots Endeavour during transposition and docking with lunar module Falcon.

Helps obtain a deep drill-core sample from beneath the lunar surface during Apollo 15.

Performs the first deep-space EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the service module.

Leaves the lunar surface with Scott aboard Falcon after three days of exploration.

Commands Falcon's ascent stage as it leaves the Moon to rendezvous with Endeavour.

Explores the Hadley-Apennine region with Scott during the mission's first rover-supported lunar excursion.

Pilots Falcon to a landing near Hadley Rille and the Apennine Mountains.

Explores Hadley Rille with David Scott.

Commands Apollo 15 as the first extended J-type lunar exploration mission begins.

Conducts orbital science while Scott and Irwin explore the Moon.

Drives the first lunar rover during Apollo 15.

Navigates with Scott during the first operational use of the Lunar Roving Vehicle.

Operates scientific instruments and cameras in Endeavour's service module while the surface crew explores Hadley.

Returns to Earth with Scott and Worden after the first Apollo J-type mission.

Returns with Scott and Irwin after the longest Apollo mission flown to that date.

Views and photographs the landing area from Falcon’s upper hatch before the first surface traverse.

Deploys the Particles and Fields subsatellite from Endeavour before Apollo 15 leaves lunar orbit.

Leads the third lunar surface excursion, completing geological sampling and experiment work.

Pilots Endeavour during the service propulsion burn that sends Apollo 15 toward Earth.

Adopts the official name Arab Republic of Egypt under the new constitution.

Dieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin TupamarosDieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin Tupamaros

Hans-Jurgen Becker, who left the group the previous year, is arrested

Ilse "Tinny" Stachowiak is arrested at the train station in Frankfurt, she is recognized from her photograph on one of the millions of ubiquitous wanted posters seen throughout the Federal Republic

Arrested in Dhaka, Pakistani forces start Operation Searchlight, a systematic plan to eliminate any resistance, thousands of people are killed in student dormitories and police barracks in Dhaka

Mujibur Rahman is released from prison & becomes President of Bangladesh

Captains Arsenal through the league and FA Cup Double-winning campaign.

RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead

RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead

RAF members Klaus Janschke, Ingeborg Barz, Wolfgang Grundmann raid a branch of the Bavarian Mortgage and Exchange Bank, a police officer, Herbert Schoner, walks in on the raid and is shot dead

Assassination of Jordans Prime Minister, Wasfi Tel, in retaliation for the expulsion of the PLO from Jordan in 1970-71. Assassinated by the Black September in Cairo

Commands US support elements connected with Operation Lam Son 719

The Awami League's leadership backs Bangladesh's declaration of independence.

Release Who's Next with Baba O'Riley.

Releases the single, "Bangla Desh" in America

Banzer overthrows Torres with military and conservative political support.

Release Behind Blue Eyes as a single.

Black September, which Israel claims is a Fatah front under Ali Hasan Salameh & Salah Khalaf

An explosion in a public house in Belfast kills 15

Pakistan launches air strikes against Indian airfields, beginning full-scale war between India and Pakistan.

The PLO blow up fuel storage tanks in Rotterdam

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Sadat offers a full peace agreement including security guarantees if Israel returns to 1967 borders

Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, receives a gold record for her version of "Bridge over Troubled Water"

Britain restores a telephone link with China, cut off in 1949

Libya nationalises British Petroleum interests following a dispute with the British government.

The top rate of tax is reduced to 75%. Selective employment tax is halved. Child allowances & old age pensions are increased

Horst Herold is selected to be Chief Commissioner of the Bundeskriminalamt he goes about centralizing efforts to track down the Baader-Meinhof Gang & builds a computer system which contains every singe fact or bit of evidence relating the gang

Is buried at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Is buried at Novodevichy Cemetery rather than receiving burial in the Kremlin Wall necropolis.

CIA technical officers developed film Hunt had brought back from California after reconnaissance connected with the Ellsberg investigation.

Calls for the seating of People's Republic of China in the UN

Britain annexes Rockall

Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches

India accepts the Pakistani surrender in the eastern theatre and announces a ceasefire on the western front.

A ceasefire takes effect on the western front after Pakistan accepts the conflict's outcome.

Faces expiration of the Suez ceasefire while diplomatic negotiations remain stalled.

Continues as KGB chairman after the 24th Congress renews central party organs.

Elected a member of the CPSU Central Committee after the 24th Party Congress.

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Bhutto becomes civilian Chief Martial Law Administrator after Yahya Khan resigns.

Links the opening to China with wider strategy over Vietnam

Hunt asked Deputy CIA Director Robert Cushman for alias identification and physical disguise materials for what he described as a sensitive White House mission.

Hunt contacted CIA technical officers seeking a credit card for operational use after other support had been terminated, and the request was refused.

CIA gave Hunt a wig, glasses, and a device for altering his speech as part of the technical assistance requested by the White House.

Hunt requested temporary use of a CIA secretary he had known during his Agency career, but the request was refused.

Deputy Director Robert Cushman told the White House that CIA would provide no further technical assistance because Hunt's requests had expanded beyond acceptable limits.

Nixon suspends official conversion of foreign-held dollars into gold.

Gul Hassan Khan becomes Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Army after Yahya Khan leaves office.

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore

CIA technical officers provided Hunt with a commercial tape recorder concealed in a typewriter case during the period of White House support.

Performs at the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden.

Invites Dylan to perform at the Concert for Bangladesh.

Collects rocks and soil near Cone Crater during Apollo 14’s second EVA.

Travels with Mitchell toward Cone Crater while conducting geological observations and sample collection.

Renames the Congo River as the Zaire River as part of the authenticity campaign.

Promulgates a new constitution and changes the country's official name to the Arab Republic of Egypt.

Douglas-Home opend talks with Ian Smith

Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution

Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution

Promulgates the permanent constitution after referendum approval.

Signs the constitutional reform unanimously approved by Congress to nationalize the major copper mines.

Removes leading rivals from government and consolidates his control of the presidency.

Commands North Vietnamese resistance to Operation Lam Son 719

Mobutu changes the country's name from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Zaire.

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore.

Amin's government expelled 49,000 Ugandan Asians.

Idi Amin Dada overthrows President Obote.

Idi Amin is initially welcomed both within Uganda and by the international community, In an internal memo, the British Foreign Office described him as "A splendid type and a good football player."

Over 300,000 opponents of the new regime are killed.

Comes to power following a bloodless coup

After trying to overthrow Maos Government, Lin Biao dies in an airplane crash in Mongolia on his way to exile

After hearing that Obote was planning to arrest him for misappropriating army funds, Amin seized power in a military coup when Obote is attending a Commonwealth summit meeting in Singapore

Leaves Uganda following a military coup

Keegan makes his Liverpool debut against Nottingham Forest at Anfield and scores after just 12 minutes

Britain replaces pounds, shillings and pence with a decimal currency of one hundred new pence.

Oversees decimalisation as Britain changes its currency system.

Bengali leaders declare Bangladesh independent as military operations begin in East Pakistan.

War begins after Pakistan launches pre-emptive air strikes against Indian airfields.

Performs a trans-Earth coast EVA to retrieve film cassettes.

Ends his 2nd term as Minister of National Defence

Niazi commands Pakistani forces in East Pakistan as Indian and Mukti Bahini forces advance toward Dhaka.

Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon engages Pakistani aircraft over Srinagar and is killed while defending the airfield.

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

1,800 more troops are sent to Northern Ireland

Vietnam veterans return medals & military decorations in anti war protests on Capitol

200,000 people attend an anti war demonstrations in Washington DC

Anti war protest in Washington DC

Yahya Khan appoints Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Deputy Prime Minister during the final war crisis.

The US devalues the dollar by 7.9% & lifts the import surcharge

Douglas-Home opens talks with Ian Smith

Pakistan protests India's support for the Bengali independence movement.

The government condemns Indian assistance to the emerging Bangladeshi state.

The political crisis in East Pakistan escalates into armed conflict and a declaration of independence.

Pakistan accuses Indian forces of direct intervention in East Pakistan.

Hari Chand Dewan commands the Eastern Air Command as the Indian Air Force supports the rapid campaign in East Pakistan.

Yahya Khan places Tikka Khan in authority in East Pakistan as the political crisis develops into armed conflict.

A. A. K. Niazi assumes command of Pakistan's Eastern Command during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Tikka Khan is replaced in the Eastern Command as the conflict in East Pakistan intensifies.

I participates in economic reform connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Under the Smithsonian Agreement there are 308 Yen to the Dollar

Announces a 90 day freeze on prices, wages & rents

The US devalues the dollar by 7.9% & lifts the import surcharge

CIA technical officers supplied Hunt with identification documents in the alias Edward Joseph Warren for use in his White House assignment.

Wins the presidential election as the Colorado Party candidate amid rising political violence

Indira Gandhi leads Congress to a decisive victory in the 1971 general election.

Labour turn a Tory majority of 10,874 to a Labour majority of 1,868

Releases Electric Warrior, a landmark album in the development of glam rock.

Hunt supplied material during White House contacts that contributed to CIA work on a psychological assessment of Daniel Ellsberg.

The eastern war ends with the surrender of Pakistan's Eastern Command.

The Baunsgaard Government ends in Copenhagen, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Denmark.

The First Strougal Government ends in Prague, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

The Johann Hafstein Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The Per Borten Government ends in Oslo, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Norway.

Votes for European Community entry and helps rally pro-European Labour Members of Parliament.

Helps Ajax defeat Panathinaikos at Wembley to win the club's first European Cup.

Manages Ajax to victory over Panathinaikos in the European Cup final at Wembley.

Speaks in the Commons debate on the European Economic Community as his opposition to British membership becomes increasingly prominent.

Continues his parliamentary attack on entry into the European Economic Community during a second day of Commons debate.

Presses Willy Brandt for progress toward a Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Releases Every Picture Tells a Story, his major solo breakthrough.

Transfers from Prime Minister to President under the republican constitution

Crosses the Chines border on his way to Russia to set up an opposition to Mao

Forced to seek exile in Zambia

Commands Falcon’s ascent from the lunar surface for rendezvous with Endeavour.

Appointed Deputy Associate Director of the FBI, assisting Associate Director Clyde Tolson

A federal district court permanently barred Garrison's office from continuing the pending perjury prosecution against Shaw on May 27, 1971.

Referenda in Egypt, Libya & Syria approve Federation of Arab Republics

Wins referendum approval for Egypt to join the Federation of Arab Republics with Libya and Syria.

Participates in the burglary of psychiatrist Lewis Fielding's office as White House operatives search for information that could discredit Pentagon Papers source Daniel Ellsberg.

Releases the live album Fillmore East - June 1971 from performances by the Mothers at the New York venue.

Begins the First Olafur Johannesson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Begins the First Trygve Bratteli Government in Oslo and serves as Prime Minister of Norway.

Bhutto also assumes the foreign affairs portfolio in Yahya Khan's government.

Pilots Antares to a precise landing in the Fra Mauro highlands.

Makes his Yes studio debut on Fragile during the band's international breakthrough.

Signs principles of Soviet-French cooperation with Georges Pompidou at the end of his French visit.

CIA arranged to provide Hunt unclassified material concerning a 1954 French government-document leak for research connected with his White House work.

Appointed General Secretary of the SED, Socialist Unity Party

A general strike follows the postponement of the elected National Assembly.

Helps identify and collect the ancient anorthosite sample later nicknamed the Genesis Rock.

Works with Scott at Spur Crater when the crew collects the anorthosite sample known as the Genesis Rock.

Collects the ancient anorthosite sample later nicknamed the Genesis Rock during exploration near Spur Crater.

Records and releases the protest single George Jackson.

Appears on Top of the Pops wearing glitter and satin, a performance often cited as glam rock's breakthrough moment.

Helps supervise a "national-security" based burglary of Ellsbergs office

His government ends in Helsinki, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Finland.

Willoughby Harry Thompson becomes first Governor of Montserrat

Montserrat gains a separate governor under the British monarch

John Lennon cuts Imagine at his home studio, the anthemic title track is inspired by a message in Yoko Onos book "Grapefruit"

Drops a hammer and feather together to demonstrate Galileo’s principle in the lunar vacuum.

Sadat cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the official dedication of the High Dam.

Electric Warrior uses cover artwork by Hipgnosis, based on a photograph by Kieron Spud Murphy.

Defends and manages the trail network during Lam Son 719

Releases Hunky Dory, including Changes, Life on Mars?, Queen Bitch and Oh! You Pretty Things.

Attempts high-resolution lunar photography from Kitty Hawk while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.

Speaks during debate on the Immigration Bill, continuing his campaign for stricter controls on immigration.

Sadat formally inaugurates the High Dam with Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny.

Pakistan strikes Indian airfields, and Indira Gandhi's government responds by entering the war that ends with Bangladesh's independence.

India formally recognises Bangladesh as an independent state.

Pakistan's Eastern Command surrenders in Dhaka, confirming Bangladesh's independence after India's military victory.

The surrender at Dhaka ends the eastern campaign and secures the emergence of independent Bangladesh.

Arrested in Dhaka, Pakistani forces start Operation Searchlight, a systematic plan to eliminate any resistance, thousands of people are killed in student dormitories and police barracks in Dhaka

East Pakistan proclaims its independence, taking the name Bangladesh, considered the official Independence day of Bangladesh

The Indiai civil war ends with independence for East Pakistan, now Bangladesh

India recognizes the Democratic Republic of Bangladesh and Pakistan breaks off diplomatic relations. Bangladesh beomes independent from Pakistan following a 9-month war in a struggle led by Sheik Mujibar Rahman

Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrender to the allied forces of India and Bangladesh, jointly known as the Mitro Bahini

Sheik Rahman is nominated as president

Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution

Agreement is reached on the new Rhodesian constitution

India formally recognizes Bangladesh during the Indo-Pakistani War.

India and the Soviet Union sign the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Cooperation.

Commands ARVN infantry forces in Operation Lam Son 719

US troops support South Vietnam in their invasion of Laos. The South Vietnamese are driven out with heavy casualties

Nixon announces the withdrawal of a further 100,000 troops

Sets Feb 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops. Nixon proclaims the end of any offensive role in Vietnam

Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

Government record concerning the IRA: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

Government record concerning the IRA: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Demonstrators demand the arrest of IRA leaders

Sam Manekshaw oversees Indian Army strategy during the December campaign that rapidly defeats Pakistani forces in East Pakistan.

Kennedy made his first speech about The Troubles in Northern Ireland: he said that "Ulster is becoming Britains Vietnam", demanded that British troops leave the northern counties, called for a united Ireland

Kidnapped by Uruguyan terrorists

Becomes father to Duncan Jones, inspiring the song Kooks on Hunky Dory.

Releases L.A. Woman.

Defies Labour's official position during the decisive Commons vote on European entry.

Commands 17,000 ARVN troops to cut off Viet Cong supply lines

Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches

Launched to block the Viet Cong supply lines & prevent an invasion

Gives US air support for a south Vietnamese raid on the Ho Chi Minh trail

Orders South Vietnamese forces into Laos during Operation Lam Son 719

Orders South Vietnamese forces into Laos to attack the Ho Chi Minh Trail

South Vietnamese forces enter Laos in Operation Lam Son 719

Commands South Vietnamese forces in Operation Lam Son 719

Commands the South Vietnamese operation into Laos

Commands North Vietnamese resistance during Lam Son 719

Backs the South Vietnamese incursion into Laos as part of Vietnamization

North Vietnamese forces resist South Vietnamese operations in Laos

Supports South Vietnamese operations in Laos without US ground troops crossing the border

Supports South Vietnamese operations against the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos

Third Division Villa reaches Wembley before losing the League Cup final to Tottenham Hotspur.

Heads the winning goal at Tottenham Hotspur as Arsenal secure the league championship.

Releases the untitled fourth Led Zeppelin album.

Hunt brought G. Gordon Liddy to CIA technical officers, who provided Liddy with disguise material and alias documents under another name.

Hunt's White House duties included assassinations-related disinformation. In September 1971, Hunt forged and offered to a Life magazine reporter two top-secret U.S. State Department cables designed to prove that President Kennedy had personally and specifically ordered the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu

Lin Biao flees after alleged coup plotting against Mao

The Government decides to build the 3rd London airport at Foulness

Releases Long Player with Faces as the band's reputation grows on both sides of the Atlantic.

UN General Assembly Resolution 2758 transfers China’s United Nations representation to the People’s Republic of China, ending ROC membership.

Releases Love Her Madly as a single.

Begins work with Deep Purple in Montreux on sessions that become Machine Head after the casino fire disrupts recording plans.

Commands South Vietnamese marine forces during Operation Lam Son 719

Mick Jagger marries Bianca Perez Morena de Macias, cannot remember her whole name so she becomes known as Bianca Jagger

Mars 2 is launched toward Mars as part of the Soviet planetary programme.

Mars 2 reaches Mars and its lander becomes the first human-made object to impact the planet.

Mars 3 is launched toward Mars as part of the Soviet planetary programme.

Mars 3 achieves the first soft landing on Mars before contact is quickly lost.

Khmer Parliament confers the rank of Marshal on Lon Nol

Convicted by a military tribunal of killing civilians at My Lai

William Calley is sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 20 yrs

Frees Lt William Calley after his conviction of killing civilians at My Lai

Bangladesh accusses Pakistan of war atrocities that led to the death of some 3 million people during the 9-month war

Plays bass and shapes the darker lyrical direction on Master of Reality.

Uses lower tunings on Master of Reality, deepening the heavy sound that influences later metal bands.

Pink Floyd release Meddle, featuring Echoes as a major long-form composition

Pakistani forces in East Pakistan surrender to the allied forces of India and Bangladesh, jointly known as the Mitro Bahini

Escapes with the audience when a flare ignites the casino during a Mothers concert and destroys the band's equipment.

Moves to Paris with Pamela Courson.

Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF

Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF

Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF

Former members of Kommune I, and former members of the now-disbanded West Berlin Tupamaros, form "Movement 2 June", Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin encourage the group, which includes Bommi Baumann and Fritz Teufel, to join the RAF

Announces multiculturalism as official federal policy.

The Kinks release Muswell Hillbillies.

Discusses possible mutual force reductions in Europe with Willy Brandt.

Yahya Khan postpones the National Assembly session, triggering mass protests in East Pakistan.

National Day celebrations are cancelled after the Lin Biao incident shocks the leadership

Chairs a National Security meeting and issues a public statement urging calm, dignity and self-reliance amid mounting diplomatic pressure.

Congress unanimously approves nationalization of the large copper mines

Algeria nationalizes majority control of French oil and gas interests

Promulgates the unanimous constitutional amendment nationalizing the large copper mines.

Hunt asked CIA for a New York mail address and telephone-answering service, but senior officers refused the expanded request.

Presents the Ninth Five-Year Plan, emphasizing growth in consumer goods.

Nixon massively increases US aid for Israel, $634m in 1971, $93m in 1970 in line with the Nixon doctrine proclaimed in July 1969, providing military & economic assistance to local powers to maintain the "regional order"

States that the United States henceforth expected its allies to take care of their own military defense, but that the US would aid in defense as requested.

The US will furnish military and economic assistance when requested in accordance with its Treaty commitments, they will look to the nation directly threatened to assume the primary responsibility of providing the manpower for its defense.

The US will provide a shield if nuclear power threatens the freedom of a nation allied with us or of a nation whose survival we consider vital to our security.

The United States will keep all of its Treaty commitments.

The doctrine is applied by the Nixon administration in the Persian Gulf region, with military aid to Iran and Saudi Arabia, so that these US allies could undertake the responsibility of ensuring peace and stability in the region.

Faces escalating conflict in Northern Ireland and pressure for stronger security policy.

Fourth round of SALT talks begin in Vienna

Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the US and USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force

Signs the nuclear risk reduction agreement with the United States.

Makes his Genesis studio debut on Nursery Cryme as drummer and backing vocalist.

Makes his Genesis studio debut on Nursery Cryme, adding distinctive lead guitar textures.

Begins an official visit to France, strengthening Soviet engagement with Western Europe.

The monthly sortie rate is reduced to 1,000

Yahya Khan's government orders air strikes against Indian airfields as full-scale war begins on the western front.

Commands South Vietnamese forces entering Laos during Operation Lam Son 719

Participates in White House planning and review of the Laos operation

Backs the South Vietnamese operation into Laos as a test of Vietnamization

The military launches a major operation against Bengali political opposition in East Pakistan.

Yahya Khan's military government begins Operation Searchlight against Bengali nationalist forces in East Pakistan.

Tikka Khan commands Pakistan's Eastern Command when Operation Searchlight begins in Dhaka.

Arrested in Dhaka, Pakistani forces start Operation Searchlight, a systematic plan to eliminate any resistance, thousands of people are killed in student dormitories and police barracks in Dhaka

Admiral S. M. Nanda oversees naval operations as Indian missile boats strike Karachi during Operation Trident.

Awarded the Order of Lenin for the sixth time.

Meets West German Chancellor Willy Brandt for extensive talks on European security and East-West relations.

Releases Other Voices without Morrison.

Lam captures Tchepone & destroys PAVN supply caches

A cease fire begins between India and Pakistan in East Pakistan

On June 18, 1971, The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers; Ellsberg gave portions to editor Ben Bradlee

For 15 days, the Times was prevented from publishing its articles by court order requested by the Nixon administration, meanwhile, Ellsberg leaks the documents to The Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection

In February 1971, Ellsberg discussed the study with The New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan, and gave 43 of the volumes to him in March

The New York Times begins publishing material from the Pentagon Papers leaked by Ellsberg, intensifying Nixon administration concern about unauthorized disclosures.

The New York Times began publishing excerpts on June 13, 1971; the first article in the series was titled "Vietnam Archive: Pentagon Study Traces Three Decades of Growing US Involvement". The study was dubbed The Pentagon Papers during the resulting media publicity. Street protests, political controversy, and lawsuits followed

On June 18, 1971, The Washington Post began publishing its own series of articles based upon the Pentagon Papers; Ellsberg gave portions to editor Ben Bradlee

Admits to delivering the Pentagon Papers to New York Times

The Supreme Court ordered publication of the Times to resume freely (New York Times Co. v. United States). Although the Times did not reveal Ellsberg as their source, he went into hiding for 13 days afterwards, suspecting that the evidence would point to him as the source of the theft

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War

Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection

For 15 days, the Times was prevented from publishing its articles by court order requested by the Nixon administration, meanwhile, Ellsberg leaks the documents to The Washington Post and 17 other newspapers.

The Washington Post begins publishing the Pentagon Papers - the Defense Department's secret history of the Vietnam War. The Washington Post will begin publishing the papers later in the week

After failing to persuade the Times to voluntarily cease publication on June 14, Attorney General John N. Mitchell and Nixon obtained a federal court injunction forcing the Times to cease publication after three articles

However, Kissinger convinced the president that not opposing the publication set a negative precedent for future secrets.

President Nixon's first reaction to the publication was that, since the study embarrassed the Johnson and Kennedy administrations rather than his, he should do nothing.

The administration argued Ellsberg and Russo were guilty of a felony under the Espionage Act of 1917, because they had no authority to disclose classified documents.

Backs legal action to stop further New York Times publication of the Pentagon Papers after Attorney General John Mitchell demands that the newspaper halt.

John Mitchell, Nixon's Attorney General, almost immediately issued a telegram to the Times ordering that it halt publication, The Times refuses, and the Government takes out a suit against it

The Supreme Court ordered publication of the Times to resume freely (New York Times Co. v. United States)

The Supreme Court rejects the administration's effort to prevent continued newspaper publication of the Pentagon Papers in New York Times Co. v. United States.

The White House plumber's unit named for their orders to plug leaks in the administration burglarizes a psychiatrist's office to find files on Daniel Ellsberg, the former defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers

The White House plumbers unit named for their orders to plug leaks in the administration burglarizes a psychiatrist's office to find files on Daniel Ellsberg, the former defense analyst who leaked the Pentagon Papers

Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection

In February 1971, Ellsberg discussed the study with The New York Times reporter Neil Sheehan, and gave 43 of the volumes to him in March

Joins the Supreme Court decision allowing publication of the Pentagon Papers

Leaked Pentagon Papers begin appearing in the New York Times

The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers

Seeks legal action to stop publication of the Pentagon Papers

Seeks to halt publication of the Pentagon Papers

Torres permits the People's Assembly of unions and leftist organisations to convene.

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

The PMOIs first military activities, a bombing of the Tehran electrical works and unsuccessful airplane hijacking, were conducted in August 1971 in protest against the Pahlavis extravagant 2,500 year celebration of Irans monarchy

On the scheduled date of his perjury trial, Shaw sought a federal restraining order to stop Garrison from proceeding with the prosecution.

"Meddle" is released

"Meddle" is released

Assassination of Jordans Prime Minister, Wasfi Tel, in retaliation for the expulsion of the PLO from Jordan in 1970-71

Continues as defence minister during Brezhnev's consolidated leadership.

Remains a senior foreign-policy figure as the new Central Committee begins work.

Provides political command support for North Vietnamese resistance to Lam Son 719

Holds talks with French President Georges Pompidou on European security, economic relations and international crises.

Leaves the prime ministership as Sirik Matak takes over government leadership

Becomes first executive President of the Republic of Sierra Leone

Appointed de facto President of Argentina

Appointed President of the National Council

Sheik Rahman is nominated as president

Appointed President of Bangladesh

Appointed President of Italy

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto succeeds Yahya Khan as President.

Appointed President of the United Nations

Appointed President of the United Nations

Takes office as Prime Minister of Finland and forms a government in Helsinki.

Appointed Prime Minister under President Siaka Stevens

Abdul Zahir becomes prime minister during the final years of the monarchy.

Appointed Prime Minister of Australia

Appointed Prime Ministrer of Northern Ireland

Appointed Prime Ministrer of Northern Ireland

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Appointed Prime Minister of Norway, 1st term

Suffers severe injuries after an audience member pushes him from the stage into the orchestra pit at the Rainbow Theatre.

India recognizes the Democratic Republic of Bangladesh and Pakistan breaks off diplomatic relations. Bangladesh accusses Pakistan of war atrocities that led to the death of some 3 million people during the 9-month war

Through the coming months the SPK begins to align itself with the Red Army Faction; soon they stop signing their documents "SPK," and began signing them "RAF"

Decimal coins replace shillings & pence, known as "D-Day"

Says LEAs may use the 1944 education act to retain grammar schools

Strike ballots & cooling off periods before strike action become statutory. Only registered unions are entitled to legal protection

Helps direct North Vietnamese forces resisting Lam Son 719

I participates in regional diplomacy connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Bhutto releases Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Pakistani custody.

The Compton Report rejects allegations of brutality in internment camps

Serves during the brief transition from monarchy to republic

Forms the first prime ministerial office under the republic

Yahya Khan relinquishes power after Pakistan's defeat and the separation of East Pakistan as Bangladesh.

Sahibzada Yaqub Khan resigns his Eastern Command rather than carry out a military solution to the political crisis.

Plays his final game for Blackpool in front of a crowd of over 30,000 against Manchester United at Bloomfield Road

Releases Riders on the Storm.

The Rolling Stones launch their own label with the release of Brown Sugar.

Authorises state action after Rolls Royce enters financial crisis.

The US returns Okinawa to Japan

Britain annexes Rockall

4th round of the nuclear SALT talks begin in Vienna

Salyut 1 is launched as the first space station.

An account of the war commissioned by McNamara iitains leaked to the New York Times

The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg

15-29 June, protests about withdrawal of milk to state schools

Represents Soviet foreign policy in the arms-control diplomacy around the Seabed Treaty.

The Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil is signed in Washington, Moscow and London

Begins the Second Krag Premiership in Copenhagen and serves as Prime Minister of Denmark.

Begins the Second Strougal Government in Prague and serves as Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia.

The New York Times publishes security documents leaked to the press by Daniel Ellsberg

Creates the famous guitar riff for Smoke on the Water, one of the most recognisable riffs in rock music.

Writes lyrics inspired by the Montreux casino fire, later becoming Smoke on the Water.

John Lennon & Yoko Ono jam with Frank Zappa at the Fillmore East in New York City, recorded for subsequent release on the Plastic Ono Band album "Sometime in New York City"

Wins re-election after opposition candidates withdraw or are excluded

Podgorny joins Sadat at the ceremony celebrating Soviet-Egyptian construction cooperation.

Signs the Egyptian-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation.

Commands Soyuz 10, the first crewed mission sent to Salyut 1.

Commands Soyuz 11, which docks with Salyut 1.

Serves as research engineer on Soyuz 11 during the Salyut 1 mission.

Serves as flight engineer on Soyuz 11 during the Salyut 1 mission.

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Siegfried Hausner and Carmen Roll of the Socialists Patients Collective (SPK) attempt to bomb the train of the Federal Republics president, they arrive too late at the train station and their plan is thwarted

Through the coming months the SPK begins to align itself with the Red Army Faction; soon they stop signing their documents "SPK," and began signing them "RAF". Siegfried Hausner and Carmen Roll of the Socialists Patients Collective (SPK) attempt to bomb the train of the Federal Republics president, they arrive too late at the train station and their plan is thwarted

The Rolling Stones release Sticky Fingers.

Militant shop stewards occupy the four UCS shipyards

Jagjit Singh Aurora accepts the surrender of Pakistani forces at Dhaka, ending organized resistance in East Pakistan.

J. F. R. Jacob helps negotiate the surrender terms that Pakistani forces sign in Dhaka on 16 December 1971.

Niazi signs the instrument of surrender for Pakistani forces in East Pakistan at Dhaka.

Leaves Fly Records after a dispute over Jeepster and joins EMI, gaining the T. Rex Wax Co label.

Performs Hot Love on Top of the Pops, helping turn T. Rex into a major pop phenomenon.

The cover artwork for Electric Warrior was designed by British art design group Hipgnosis, based on a photo taken by Kieron "Spud" Murphy at a T. Rex concert at the Albert Hall, Nottingham on 14 May 1971

CIA supplied Hunt with a small Tessina camera concealed in a tobacco pouch for photographic work connected with his White House assignment.

Releases The Man Who Sold the World in Britain, marking an important step toward his glam and hard rock period.

Directs The Merchant of Four Seasons.

Releases the film adaptation The Twelve Chairs.

Sings on The Yes Album as the group reaches a wider progressive rock audience.

Makes his Yes studio debut on The Yes Album, helping define the classic sound.

The US relaxes trade & travel with China

The US relaxes trade & travel with China

Defends the Ho Chi Minh Trail logistics network during Lam Son 719

Signs a fifteen-year Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation with the Soviet Union.

Agreement on Measures to Reduce the Risk of Outbreak of Nuclear War Between the US and USSR is signed in Washington and enters into force

William Calley is sentenced to life in prison, reduced to 20 yrs. Convicted by a military tribunal of killing civilians at My Lai

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

Horst Mahler, Irene Goergens, and Ingrid Schubert go on trial, for their involvement in the release of Baader, in the court of Moabit prison, Mahler is acquitted (though he still has two other charges pending), and Goergens and Schubert are convicted

Dieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin TupamarosDieter Kunzelmann is arrested for his bombing activities in the West Berlin Tupamaros

Presents the principal report to the Twenty-Fourth Communist Party Congress.

The Twenty-sixth Amendment ends official recognition and privy-purse payments for former princely rulers.

Wilson proposes unification of Ireland within 15 years

The United States does not use its veto power to block mainland Chinas United Nations admission, the change in the US position comes about as the result of a gradual thaw in US- Chinese relations. Communist China Joins the UN, replacing Taiwan, the United Nations approves the membership of Communist China, thereby replacing Taiwan

The United States does not use its veto power to block mainland China's United Nations admission, the change in the US position comes about as the result of a gradual thaw in US- Chinese relations

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders is declared insolvent & its liquidation announced

Joins Uriah Heep as the drummer, 1971-1979

Commands US support forces outside Laos for Operation Lam Son 719

Labour members vote Livingstone Vice Chairman of the Housing Committee on the Lambeth London Borough Council, his first job in local Government

Announces on TV that "Vietnamization has succeeded"

Castro visits Chile

Richard Nixon announces his intention to visit China. Chous policy of reconcilliation with the USA is rewarded

A US table tennis team arrives in China

A US table tennis team arrives in China

Richard Nixon announces his intention to visit China

Announces a visit to Moscow

Indira Gandhi directs India's response after Pakistan launches pre-emptive air strikes, bringing India formally into the war.

Full-scale war begins between Pakistan and India after Pakistani air strikes.

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War

Everette Howard Hunt maintains that the reason for the break-in was the belief they would find records proving the Democrats had received illegal campaign contributions from the Castro regime.

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

Everette Howard Hunt maintains that the reason for the break-in was the belief they would find records proving the Democrats had received illegal campaign contributions from the Castro regime.

Everette Howard Hunt organizes the bugging of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate office building and was also found to be responsible for a break-in at the office of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.

Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.

Releases the single, "What Is Life?" in America

Colson authorized Hunt to travel to New England to seek potentially scandalous information on Senator Edward Kennedy, specifically pertaining to the Chappaquiddick incident and to Kennedy's possible extramarital affairs. Hunt sought and used CIA disguises and other equipment for the project. This mission eventually proved unsuccessful, with little if any useful information uncovered by Hunt

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

Hunt's first assignment for the White House (Special Investigations Unit) was a covert operation to break into the Los Angeles office of Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist, Dr. Lewis J. Fielding. In July 1971, Fielding had refused an FBI request for psychiatric data on Ellsberg. Hunt and Liddy cased the building in late August. The burglary, on September 3, 1971, was not detected, but no Ellsberg files were found

CIA's morning meeting recorded that John Ehrlichman had informed Deputy Director Robert Cushman that Hunt had become a White House security consultant.

Release the album Who's Next.

Offers an interim peace arrangement if Israel withdraws from the eastern bank of the Suez Canal.

Release Won't Get Fooled Again.

Birth of Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jaggers daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger

Birth of Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger, Jerry Hall, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger

Birth of Jade Jagger, Bianca Jagger, gives birth to Mick Jaggers daughter Jade Jagger

Birth of Jade Jagger, Bianca Jagger, gives birth to Mick Jagger's daughter Jade Jagger

Born as Lance Edward Gunderson to Linda Walling and Eddie Charles Gunderson, named after Lance Rentzel, a Dallas Cowboys wide receiver

Death of poet and editor Alexander Tvardovsky.

Death of Georgy Babakin, chief designer associated with Soviet lunar and planetary probes.

Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.

Death of Harold Lloyd

Death of Jacobo Arbenz Guzman

Death of James Douglas "Jim" Morrison

Dies in Paris at age twenty-seven.

Dies on board a plane in Outer Mongolia as it skids on uneven ground. After trying to overthrow Maos Government, Lin Biao dies in an airplane crash in Mongolia on his way to exile

Lin Biao dies in a plane crash in Mongolia during his attempted flight from China

Maos rival & Vice Chairman of the Party dies & many of his supporters are arrested

Dies in Moscow at age seventy-seven after several years outside public political life.

Liston was at the end of his fighting career when he is found dead by his wife in their Las Vegas home, the time of death was placed as six to eight days prior to that

Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.

Dies with the Soyuz 11 crew during re-entry after cabin depressurisation.

Death of Wasfi Tai, assassinated

Dies when a helicopter is shot down during coverage of Lam Son 719

Arun Khetrapal fights Pakistani armour at Basantar and is killed after refusing to abandon his damaged tank.

Hoshiar Singh leads his company during the Battle of Basantar and holds its position despite repeated Pakistani counterattacks.

Albert Ekka attacks fortified Pakistani positions at Gangasagar and is mortally wounded while helping secure the objective.