WHAT ALL HAPPENED MAY TO AUGUST 1971
Find out what all happened May to August 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)

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

Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon. (5. 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)

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

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

Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. (15. August 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 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover. (31. July 1971)

The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. (10. August 1971)

Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain. (14. August 1971)

A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. (21. August 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)

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service. (1. May 1971)

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

The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. (30. June 1971)

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162. (30. July 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)