August 1971
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The following events occurred in August 1971.
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Contents
- 1 August 1, 1971 (Sunday)
- 2 August 2, 1971 (Monday)
- 3 August 3, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 4 August 4, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 5 August 5, 1971 (Thursday)
- 6 August 6, 1971 (Friday)
- 7 August 7, 1971 (Saturday)
- 8 August 8, 1971 (Sunday)
- 9 August 9, 1971 (Monday)
- 10 August 10, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 11 August 11, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 12 August 12, 1971 (Thursday)
- 13 August 13, 1971 (Friday)
- 14 August 14, 1971 (Saturday)
- 15 August 15, 1971 (Sunday)
- 16 August 16, 1971 (Monday)
- 17 August 17, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 18 August 18, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 19 August 19, 1971 (Thursday)
- 20 August 20, 1971 (Friday)
- 21 August 21, 1971 (Saturday)
- 22 August 22, 1971 (Sunday)
- 23 August 23, 1971 (Monday)
- 24 August 24, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 25 August 25, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 26 August 26, 1971 (Thursday)
- 27 August 27, 1971 (Friday)
- 28 August 28, 1971 (Saturday)
- 29 August 29, 1971 (Sunday)
- 30 August 30, 1971 (Monday)
- 31 August 31, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 32 References
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August 1, 1971 (Sunday)
August 2, 1971 (Monday)
August 3, 1971 (Tuesday)
August 4, 1971 (Wednesday)
August 5, 1971 (Thursday)
August 6, 1971 (Friday)
- A total lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed over Africa and Asia, rising over South America, and setting over Australia.
- Died: Samuel Frickleton, 80, New Zealand VC recipient
August 7, 1971 (Saturday)
August 8, 1971 (Sunday)
August 9, 1971 (Monday)
- India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
- Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow.
- Born: James Kim (d. 2006), American television personality and technology analyst, in Josephine County, Oregon
- Died: Otto Wagener, 83, German general and former economic advisor to Adolf Hitler
August 10, 1971 (Tuesday)
August 11, 1971 (Wednesday)
August 12, 1971 (Thursday)
August 13, 1971 (Friday)
August 14, 1971 (Saturday)
- British troops are stationed on the border with Ireland to stop arms smuggling.
- Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002).
August 15, 1971 (Sunday)
- The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
- President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
- Died: Paul Lukas, 76, Hungarian actor
August 16, 1971 (Monday)
August 17, 1971 (Tuesday)
August 18, 1971 (Wednesday)
August 19, 1971 (Thursday)
- A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan José Torres.
- Died: Errol John Emanuel, 52, Australian District Commissioner in the East New Britain district of Papua New Guinea; Reinhold Maier, 81, German politician
August 20, 1971 (Friday)
August 21, 1971 (Saturday)
August 22, 1971 (Sunday)
August 23, 1971 (Monday)
- Superintendent Gerald Irving Richardson of the UK's Lancashire Constabulary tackles a gang of armed robbers and is shot while attempting to persuade one of them to give up his weapon. Richardson dies later in hospital and is posthumously awarded the George Cross for heroism the following year.
- Died: "Shamu", about 10 years old, the first orca of that name to perform at SeaWorld San Diego.[1]
August 24, 1971 (Tuesday)
- Born: Alexandra Zapp (d. 2002), American murder victim, in Portland, Oregon
August 25, 1971 (Wednesday)
August 26, 1971 (Thursday)
- A civilian government takes power in Greece.
- Born: Thalía, Mexican actress and singer, in Mexico City
August 27, 1971 (Friday)
August 28, 1971 (Saturday)
- George Hislop organizes the first Canadian gay rights demonstration, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
- Born: Janet Evans, American swimmer, in Fullerton, California; Zhang Haijie, Singaporean journalist and TV presenter, in Xi'an, China
- Died: Dezső Szentgyörgyi, 56, Hungarian fighter ace of World War II (air crash)
August 29, 1971 (Sunday)
- Hassan al-Amri, in his fifth term as Prime Minister of the Yemen Arab Republic, shoots dead a photographer during an altercation. He is subsequently removed from office.
- Died: Leonard John Brass, 71, Australian-American botanist and explorer
August 30, 1971 (Monday)
August 31, 1971 (Tuesday)
- Australian long-distance runner Adrienne Beames becomes the first woman to break the three-hour barrier in the marathon, finishing in 2:46:30 at Werribee.[2]
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