The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time. The Australian Aboriginal flag was designed in 1971 by Aboriginal artist and activist **Harold Thomas**,…
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13 June 1971
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were a top-secret Department of Defense study that revealed the…
29 September 1971
Oman joins the Arab League. The Arab League, officially known as the League of Arab States, is a regional organization formed in 1945 to foster…
5 February 1971
Astronauts land on the Moon in the Apollo 14 mission. Apollo 14, the eighth crewed mission of NASA’s Apollo program, launched on January 31, 1971,…
22 December 1971
The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France. Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans…
15 September 1971
The first Greenpeace ship departs from Vancouver to protest against the upcoming Cannikin nuclear weapon test in Alaska. Greenpeace is an international environmental organization known…
14 August 1971
Bahrain declares independence from Britain Bahrain declared its independence from Britain on August 15, 1971. The path to independence was influenced by the broader process…
1 August 1971
The Concert for Bangladesh, organized by former Beatle George Harrison, is held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Concert for Bangladesh was…
13 June 1971
Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. The Pentagon Papers were a classified study of the United States’ political and…
6 December 1971
Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, also known as the Bangladesh Liberation War, was…