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1971 in United States of America — Page 8
Explore 452 historical events and records for United States of America in 1971.
Historical records for United States of America in 1971
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August
Wage and Price Freeze Planning
Participates in discussion of a possible wage and price freeze as the administration considers responses to inflation and economic instability.
Apollo 15 Subsatellite Deployment
Deploys the Particles and Fields subsatellite from Endeavour before Apollo 15 leaves lunar orbit.
Apollo 15 Trans-Earth Injection
Pilots Endeavour during the service propulsion burn that sends Apollo 15 toward Earth.
Apollo 15 Deep-Space EVA
Performs the first deep-space EVA to retrieve film cassettes from the service module.
Deep-Space EVA
Performs a trans-Earth coast EVA to retrieve film cassettes.
Apollo 15 Splashdown
Returns to Earth with Scott and Worden after the first Apollo J-type mission.
Apollo 15 Splashdown
Returns with Scott and Irwin after the longest Apollo mission flown to that date.
Ellsberg Profile Material Submission
Hunt supplied material during White House contacts that contributed to CIA work on a psychological assessment of Daniel Ellsberg.
Closing of Gold Window
Nixon suspends official conversion of foreign-held dollars into gold.
Dollar Gold Convertibility Suspended
Nixon suspends the dollar's convertibility into gold as part of a new economic program, fundamentally changing the international monetary system in which the Federal Reserve conducts policy.
Economy of USA
Announces a 90 day freeze on prices, wages & rents
Gold Window Closed
Nixon suspends the convertibility of official dollar balances into gold, removing the central gold-convertibility commitment of the Bretton Woods system.
CIA Secretary Request Refused
Hunt requested temporary use of a CIA secretary he had known during his Agency career, but the request was refused.
California Reconnaissance Film Developed
CIA technical officers developed film Hunt had brought back from California after reconnaissance connected with the Ellsberg investigation.
CIA Technical Support Ends
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.
New York Cover Request Refused
Hunt asked CIA for a New York mail address and telephone-answering service, but senior officers refused the expanded request.
CIA Credit Card Request Refused
Hunt contacted CIA technical officers seeking a credit card for operational use after other support had been terminated, and the request was refused.
Apollo 15 SIM Bay Science
Operates scientific instruments and cameras in Endeavour's service module while the surface crew explores Hadley.
Fielding Operation Approval
Ehrlichman approves a proposed operation aimed at obtaining information about Ellsberg from psychiatrist Lewis Fielding's office.
Liddy Alias Support Requested
Hunt brought G. Gordon Liddy to CIA technical officers, who provided Liddy with disguise material and alias documents under another name.
September
Fielding Break-In
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.
Fielding Break-In Authorization
Krogh authorizes the operation that leads White House operatives to burglarize psychiatrist Lewis Fielding's office.
Fielding Office Burglary
Hunt participates in the burglary of Lewis Fielding's office while seeking information that could be used against Ellsberg.
Pentagon Papers
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.
Special Investigations Unit
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
Special Investigations Unit
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
Watergate
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
Watergate
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
Watergate
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.
Watergate
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
Watergate
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.
Watergate
Howard Hunt burglarizes the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War.
White House Plumbers
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
White House Plumbers
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
Government
Helps supervise a "national-security" based burglary of Ellsbergs office
Pentagon Papers
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
Watergate
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
Watergate
Howard Hunt burgals the office of the psychiatrist of Daniel Ellsberg, the leaker of the secret "Pentagon Papers" about the Vietnam War
Watergate
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.
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