WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1971
Find out what all happened January to September 1971

President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. (15. August 1971)

Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. (2. February 1971)

After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll". (27. June 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 14 – Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon. (31. January 1971)

The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns. (12. March 1971)

The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. (9. February 1971)

Qatar becomes an independent state. (3. September 1971)

The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time. (12. July 1971)

The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed. (9. August 1971)

People's Republic of China: Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the country via plane after the failure of alleged coup against Mao. The plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard. (13. September 1971)

My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. (29. March 1971)

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. (21. September 1971)

Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers. (19. September 1971)

Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission. (5. February 1971)

U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. (26. February 1971)

Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. (13. June 1971)

Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded. (1. January 1971)

The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match. (2. January 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover. (31. July 1971)

Carole King's Tapestry album is released to become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide. (30. January 1971)