WHAT ALL HAPPENED JUNE TO JULY 1971
Find out what all happened June to July 1971

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

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

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

President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs. (17. June 1971)

The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. (11. June 1971)

Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. (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)

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

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

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

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)

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

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

Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins. (6. June 1971)