WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1971
Find out what all happened January to November 1971

In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike. (5. April 1971)

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. (1. January 1971)

Oman joins the Arab League. (29. September 1971)

Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh. (8. January 1971)

Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. (18. August 1971)

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

U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. (26. February 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing. (9. February 1971)

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

Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, D.C.. (19. April 1971)

In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. (8. September 1971)

The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online. (25. February 1971)

The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. (25. March 1971)

Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. (19. April 1971)

J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. (22. August 1971)

The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit, Michigan. (31. January 1971)

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

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

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