WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO AUGUST 1971
Find out what all happened January to August 1971

Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters. (11. February 1971)

Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati. (27. February 1971)

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

The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued. (22. January 1971)

Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. (2. February 1971)

My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. (29. March 1971)

The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert. (20. February 1971)

New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him. (3. February 1971)

Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'état, which lasts until June 11. (10. July 1971)

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

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

Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders. (19. April 1971)

East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins. (26. March 1971)

Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos. (13. February 1971)

Carole King's Tapestry album is released to become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide. (30. January 1971)

In Peru a landslide crashed into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar. (18. March 1971)

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

The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match. (2. January 1971)

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