WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO DECEMBER 1971
Find out what all happened July to December 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)

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

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

In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft. (10. November 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)

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

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

Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah. (18. December 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)

Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates. (2. December 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)

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

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)

The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations. (9. December 1971)

The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean. (5. August 1971)

The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. (11. September 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)

An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162. (30. July 1971)