WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JUNE 1971
Find out what all happened February to June 1971

The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. (11. June 1971)

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

The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online. (25. February 1971)

In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. (31. May 1971)

The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raided the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades. (7. June 1971)

Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders. (19. April 1971)

Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit. (10. April 1971)

Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, D.C.. (19. April 1971)

President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. (17. June 1971)

Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. (30. June 1971)

The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. (15. February 1971)

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

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. (5. April 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)

Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati. (27. February 1971)

A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. (1. March 1971)

The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. (20. February 1971)

South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration. (8. February 1971)

Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. (9. February 1971)

Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. (19. April 1971)