WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO NOVEMBER 1971
Find out what all happened June to November 1971

Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates. (30. November 1971)

Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. (12. November 1971)

Intel releases the world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. (15. November 1971)

State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. (13. September 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)

The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. (11. September 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)

Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom. (15. August 1971)

An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations. (27. August 1971)

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. (21. September 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 first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London. (1. October 1971)

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. (4. September 1971)

Typhoon Nancy, with possibly the strongest winds ever measured in a tropical cyclone, makes landfall in Osaka, Japan, killing 173 people. (16. September 1971)

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

Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched. (6. June 1971)

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

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

In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident. (29. October 1971)

Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific. (20. September 1971)

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