WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO JUNE 1971
Find out what all happened May to June 1971

The Pakistan Army massacres at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh. (26. May 1971)

Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched. (6. June 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)

The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. (27. May 1971)

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

The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. (30. 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)

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

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

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. (1. May 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)

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

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