Events in 1971

256 notable events from 1971. Page 1 of 3.

• D. B. Cooper
  Nov 24, 1971 · United States
• Stanford prison experiment
  Aug 14, 1971–Aug 20, 1971 · United States
• Sada Abe
  Jan 1, 1971 · Japan
• Roe v. Wade
  Dec 13, 1971 · United States
• Rose West
  Jun 1, 1971 · United Kingdom
• John List (murderer)
  Nov 9, 1971 · United States
• Bangladesh Liberation War
  Mar 26, 1971–Dec 16, 1971 · Bangladesh
• War on drugs
  Jun 18, 1971 · —
• Texas Killing Fields
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 2006 · United States
• Attica Prison riot
  Sep 9, 1971–Sep 13, 1971 · United States
• Bangladesh genocide
  Mar 26, 1971–Dec 16, 1971 · Bangladesh
• Randy Kraft
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1983 · United States
• Gennady Mikhasevich
  May 1, 1971–Dec 1, 1985 · Russian Federation
• LANSA Flight 508
  Dec 24, 1971 · Peru
• All Nippon Airways Flight 58
  Jul 30, 1971 · Japan
• Killing of Joetha Collier
  May 25, 1971 · United States
• Judy Buenoano
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1983 · United States
• Lin Biao incident
  Sep 13, 1971 · Mongolia
• Robledo Puch
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1972 · Argentina
• Alphabet murders
  Nov 16, 1971–Nov 26, 1973 · United States
• Donald Neilson
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1975 · —
• Shinjuku Christmas tree bombing
  Dec 24, 1971 · Japan
• Operation Searchlight
  May 25, 1971 · Bangladesh
• Hughes Airwest Flight 706
  Jun 6, 1971 · United States
• Baker Street robbery
  Sep 11, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Ballymurphy massacre
  Aug 9, 1971–Aug 11, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Charlie Brandt
  Jan 3, 1971–Sep 13, 2004 · United States
• Manfred Seel
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 2004 · —
• 1971 Moroccan coup attempt
  Jul 10, 1971 · Morocco
• Patrick Tissier
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1993 · France
• Freeway Phantom
  Apr 25, 1971–Sep 5, 1972 · —
• El Halconazo
  Jun 10, 1971 · Mexico
• 1971 Ibrox disaster
  Jan 2, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Tōhō Crossroads Incident
  Sep 16, 1971 · Japan
• Murder of Milena Sutter
  May 6, 1971 · Italy
• 1971 Kintetsu Osaka Line collision
  Oct 25, 1971 · Japan
• Operation Demetrius
  Aug 9, 1971–Aug 10, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Monster of Udine
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1989 · Italy
• Silmido Incident
  Aug 23, 1971 · South Korea
• 1971 Bundesliga scandal
  1971 · Germany
• Shibuya riot case
  Nov 14, 1971 · Japan
• Chuknagar massacre
  May 20, 1971 · Bangladesh
• Werner Ferrari
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1989 · Switzerland
• 1971 Ugandan coup d'état
  Jan 25, 1971 · Uganda
• Project 571
  1971 · China
• 1971 San Fernando earthquake
  Feb 9, 1971 · United States
• 1971 Colorado Aviation Aero Commander 680 crash
  May 28, 1971 · United States
• Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63
  Jul 3, 1971 · Japan
• Bennie Demps
  Feb 15, 1971–Sep 7, 1976 · —
• Pan Am Flight 845
  Jul 30, 1971 · Guadeloupe
• Hope Forest shooting
  Sep 6, 1971 · Australia
• 1971 Turkish military memorandum
  Mar 12, 1971 · Türkiye
• 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
  Jan 30, 1971 · Pakistan
• Paninternational Flight 112
  Sep 6, 1971 · Germany
• McGurk's Bar bombing
  Dec 4, 1971 · United Kingdom
• 1971 Korean Air Lines Fokker F27 hijacking
  Jan 23, 1971 · South Korea
• Alaska Airlines Flight 1866
  Sep 4, 1971 · United States
• Cairngorm Plateau disaster
  Nov 21, 1971 · United Kingdom
• Willem van Eijk
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 2001 · Netherlands
• Dahlerau train disaster
  May 27, 1971 · Germany
• 1971 Dhaka University massacre
  Mar 25, 1971 · Bangladesh
• Corrective revolution (Egypt)
  May 15, 1971 · Egypt
• 1971 Scottish soldiers' killings
  Mar 10, 1971 · United Kingdom
• British European Airways Flight 706
  Oct 2, 1971 · Belgium
• Asaka Self-Defense Forces officer murder case
  Aug 21, 1971 · Japan
• Murders of Rhonda Johnson and Sharon Shaw
  Aug 4, 1971 · United States
• 1971 JVP insurrection
  Apr 5, 1971–Jun 1971 · Sri Lanka
• James Edward Pough
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1990 · United States
• Baker v. Nelson
  Oct 15, 1971 · United States
• Assassination of Wasfi Tal
  Nov 28, 1971 · Egypt
• Plaza Miranda bombing
  Aug 21, 1971 · Philippines
• James Koedatich
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1982 · United States
• Staf Van Eyken
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1972 · Belgium
• Santa Line Slaying
  Dec 21, 1971 · United States
• Murder of Simonetta Ferrero
  Jul 24, 1971 · Italy
• Hazelwood massacre
  Jun 14, 1971 · United States
• Münsterland murders
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1974 · Germany
• 1971 Sudanese coup d'état
  Jul 19, 1971–Jul 22, 1971 · Sudan
• 1971 Aral smallpox incident
  Jul 30, 1971 · —
• Ricardo Caputo
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1977 · Mexico
• 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals
  Mar 25, 1971–Dec 16, 1971 · Bangladesh
• Eddie Mosley
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1987 · United States
• Operation Python
  Dec 8, 1971–Dec 9, 1971 · Pakistan
• Aviogenex Flight 130
  May 23, 1971 · Croatia
• 1971 Bolivian coup d'état
  Aug 18, 1971 · Bolivia
• Kawasaki loam slope collapse experiment accident
  Nov 11, 1971 · Japan
• Kazimierz Polus
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1982 · Poland
• Marvin Gray
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1992 · United States
• 1971 Iraq poison grain disaster
  1971–Mar 1972 · —
• 1971 RAF Hercules crash
  Nov 9, 1971 · Italy
• China Airlines Flight 825
  Nov 20, 1971 · Taiwan
• 1971 Krasnodar bus bombing
  Jun 14, 1971 · Russian Federation
• Daeyeonggak Hotel fire
  Dec 25, 1971 · South Korea
• Monster of Marsala
  Oct 21, 1971 · Italy
• Murder of Pascasio Báez
  Dec 21, 1971 · Uruguay
• Murder of Rita Curran
  Jul 20, 1971 · United States
• Czechowice-Dziedzice Refinery fire
  Jun 26, 1971 · Poland
• Bruce Alan Davis
  Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1982 · United States
• Expropriation of land for Narita airport
  Feb 22, 1971 · Japan
• Disappearance of Jean Virginia Sampare
  Oct 14, 1971 · Canada