256 notable events from 1971 — massacres, murders and air crashes. Page 2 of 3.
- Aitrang rail accident
Feb 9, 1971 · Germany · Rail accident
- Mighty Joe
Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1973 · Murder & homicide
- 1971 Kure forest fire
Apr 27, 1971–Apr 28, 1971 · Japan · Fire
- Okinawa general strike police officer murder incident
Nov 10, 1971 · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 773
Oct 10, 1971 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Chachro Raid
Dec 10, 1971 · Pakistan · War & armed conflict
- Grey years
Mar 20, 1971–Dec 1976 · Cuba · War & armed conflict
- 1971 Aconcagua earthquake
Jul 8, 1971 · Chile · Earthquake
- Tabata department store fire
May 12, 1971 · Japan · Fire
- Siahkal incident
Feb 8, 1971 · Iran · War & armed conflict
- Second Koza incident
Aug 17, 1971 · Riot & unrest
- Thiokol-Woodbine explosion
Feb 3, 1971 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- 1971 Balmoral Furniture Company bombing
Dec 11, 1971 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- 1971 May Day protests against the Vietnam War
May 3, 1971–May 5, 1971 · United States · Riot & unrest
- Manili massacre
Jun 19, 1971 · Philippines · Massacre
- Anatol Firsowicz
Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1977 · Murder & homicide
- Padilla case
Mar 20, 1971–Apr 27, 1971 · Cuba · Crime & justice
- Murders of Patricia Mann and Jesse McBane
Feb 12, 1971 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 1912
Jul 25, 1971 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Santahar massacre
Apr 17, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- 1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment
Jun 10, 1971 · United States · Rail accident
- Gold Bars triple murders
Dec 29, 1971 · Singapore · Murder & homicide
- Aeroflot Flight 1969
Mar 31, 1971 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Rheinweiler train accident
Jul 21, 1971 · France · Rail accident
- Dakra massacre
May 21, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Assassination of Efraim Elrom
May 1971 · Türkiye · Murder & homicide
- 1971 Qantas bomb hoax
Jun 21, 1971 · Australia · Bombing & explosion
- Malév Flight 110
Sep 16, 1971 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- Demra massacre
May 13, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Kaga offshore suspicious vessel incident
Jul 31, 1971 · Japan · Incident
- Clarkston explosion
Oct 21, 1971 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Malév Flight 731
Aug 28, 1971 · Sweden · Aviation accident
- John Michael Hooker
Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1988 · Murder & homicide
- Allegheny Airlines Flight 485
Jun 7, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- Jesús Héctor Gallego Herrera
Jun 9, 1971 · Panama · Murder & homicide
- 1971 Sydney Airport ground collision
Jan 29, 1971 · Australia · Aviation accident
- 1971 shooting of Dallas police officers
Feb 15, 1971 · United States · Shooting
- Murder of Alessandro Floris
Mar 26, 1971 · Italy · Murder & homicide
- First Sakashitamon intrusion incident
Sep 25, 1971 · Japan · Terrorism
- 1971 Tuscania earthquake
Feb 6, 1971 · Italy · Earthquake
- Bagbati massacre
May 27, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Hayama Imperial Villa arson case
Jan 27, 1971 · Japan · Attack (other)
- Red Lion Pub bombing
Nov 2, 1971 · United Kingdom · Bombing & explosion
- Kibon air disaster
Nov 14, 1971 · Accident
- Carmello DeJesus
Jan 1, 1971–Jan 1, 1973 · Attack (other)
- Murder of the Aroyo children
Jan 2, 1971 · Palestine · Murder & homicide
- Misaki incident
Dec 1971 · Japan · Murder & homicide
- Jathibhanga massacre
Apr 23, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Balkan Bulgarian Airlines Flight 130
Jan 18, 1971 · Switzerland · Aviation accident
- Zalew affair
1971 · Poland · Scandal & controversy
- 1971 Yugoslav Embassy shooting
Apr 7, 1971 · Sweden · Massacre
- TWA Flight 106
Nov 27, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- Hotel 't Silveren Seepaerd fire
Sep 28, 1971 · Netherlands · Fire
- Gastown riots
Aug 7, 1971 · Canada · Riot & unrest
- Golahat massacre
Jun 13, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- 1971 B-52C Lake Michigan crash
Jan 7, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 712
Dec 3, 1971 · France · Aviation accident
- Burunga massacre
May 26, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Aeroflot Flight 2174
Dec 1, 1971 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- 1971 Pegnitz CH-47 helicopter crash
Aug 18, 1971 · Germany · Aviation accident
- Saint-Jean-Vianney landslide
May 4, 1971 · Canada · Natural disaster
- Leyla Express and Johnny Express incidents
Dec 1, 1971 · War & armed conflict
- Assassination of Edmundo Pérez Zujovic
Jun 8, 1971 · Chile · Murder & homicide
- Heleanna
Aug 28, 1971 · Italy · Maritime disaster
- Tacub massacre
Oct 24, 1971 · Philippines · Massacre
- Jinjira massacre
Apr 2, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Sushiyuro fire
Jan 2, 1971 · Japan · Fire
- Cali massacre of 26 February 1971
Feb 26, 1971 · Colombia · Massacre
- Rokitnica mining accident
Mar 23, 1971 · Poland · Industrial & structural disaster
- Akhira massacre
Apr 17, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- 31 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash
Jan 31, 1971 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Murder trial of Jessie Costello
Mar 28, 1971 · United States · Murder & homicide
- Mid-air collision over Edison
Jan 9, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- 22 January 1971 Surgut Aeroflot Antonov An-12 crash
Jan 22, 1971 · Russian Federation · Aviation accident
- Aeroflot Flight N-63
Nov 12, 1971 · Ukraine · Aviation accident
- 1971 Certej dam failure
Oct 30, 1971 · Romania · Industrial & structural disaster
- Đức Dục massacre
Mar 29, 1971 · Vietnam · Massacre
- TWA Flight 358
Jun 11, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- 1971 Altkönig aviation accident
Jan 22, 1971 · Germany · Aviation accident
- 1971 Dutch farmers' revolt
Dec 21, 1971 · Netherlands · War & armed conflict
- 1971 Canberra flood
Jan 26, 1971 · Australia · Natural disaster
- 1971 Gosser Ridge tornado
Apr 27, 1971 · United States · Natural disaster
- Disappearance of Ria Daanen
Dec 11, 1971 · Netherlands · Disappearance
- 1971 Newry killings
Oct 23, 1971 · United Kingdom · Massacre
- Ramna massacre
Mar 27, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods
Jan 1971 · Malaysia · Natural disaster
- 1971 Kimpo killings
Jan 18, 1971 · South Korea · Murder & homicide
- Murder of Silvia Filler
Dec 6, 1971 · Argentina · Murder & homicide
- Muzaffarabad massacre
May 3, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Krishnapur massacre
Sep 18, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 898
Dec 4, 1971 · United States · Aviation accident
- Adityapur massacre
Jun 14, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Naria massacre
May 5, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- A. K. M. Miraj Uddin
Dec 8, 1971 · Bangladesh · Disappearance
- 1971 Söderhamn courthouse murders
Mar 1, 1971 · Sweden · Murder & homicide
- 1971 L.A. federal building bombing
Jan 28, 1971 · United States · Bombing & explosion
- Makalkandi massacre
Aug 18, 1971 · Massacre
- Aircraft collision at Vienna Schwechat Airport 1971
Dec 26, 1971 · Austria · Aviation accident
- Barguna massacre
May 30, 1971 · Bangladesh · Massacre
- Naminoue Disturbance
Aug 11, 1971 · Riot & unrest