WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO OCTOBER 1971
Find out what all happened July to October 1971

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis. (28. September 1971)

Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations. (21. September 1971)

The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time. (12. July 1971)

Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyen Khanh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers. (19. September 1971)

The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia. (15. October 1971)

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

The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations) (25. October 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)

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)

Oman joins the United Nations. (7. October 1971)

The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses. (20. October 1971)

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

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

Qatar becomes an independent state. (3. September 1971)

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

President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. (15. August 1971)

A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping center in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland. (21. October 1971)

The Freetown Christiania was founded. (26. 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)