WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO JULY 1971
Find out what all happened February to July 1971

The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. (7. June 1971)

New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him. (3. February 1971)

Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. (19. May 1971)

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

Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. (26. July 1971)

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

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

Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins. (6. June 1971)

Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). (23. April 1971)

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

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

Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. (30. May 1971)

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

A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. (29. March 1971)

Copper mines in Chile are nationalized. (11. July 1971)

A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives. (6. June 1971)

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

The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran. (2. February 1971)

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