December 1971
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The following events occurred in December 1971:
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Contents
- 1 December 1, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 2 December 2, 1971 (Thursday)
- 3 December 3, 1971 (Friday)
- 4 December 4, 1971 (Saturday)
- 5 December 5, 1971 (Sunday)
- 6 December 6, 1971 (Monday)
- 7 December 7, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 8 December 8, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 9 December 9, 1971 (Thursday)
- 10 December 10, 1971 (Friday)
- 11 December 11, 1971 (Saturday)
- 12 December 12, 1971 (Sunday)
- 13 December 13, 1971 (Monday)
- 14 December 14, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 15 December 15, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 16 December 16, 1971 (Thursday)
- 17 December 17, 1971 (Friday)
- 18 December 18, 1971 (Saturday)
- 19 December 19, 1971 (Sunday)
- 20 December 20, 1971 (Monday)
- 21 December 21, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 22 December 22, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 23 December 23, 1971 (Thursday)
- 24 December 24, 1971 (Friday)
- 25 December 25, 1971 (Saturday)
- 26 December 26, 1971 (Sunday)
- 27 December 27, 1971 (Monday)
- 28 December 28, 1971 (Tuesday)
- 29 December 29, 1971 (Wednesday)
- 30 December 30, 1971 (Thursday)
- 31 December 31, 1971 (Friday)
- 32 References
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- U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
- In Northern Ireland, Sean Russell, an off-duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, is shot dead by members of the Irish Republican Army at his home in Belfast, thus becoming the first Catholic member of the UDR to be killed in the conflict.
- The Indian Air Force mounts its Meghna Heli Bridge operation to airlift troops of IV Corps of the Indian Army from Brahmanbaria to Raipura and Narsingdi over the River Meghna.
- In a television interview, Bruce Lee says that both Paramount and Warner Brothers want him "to be in a modernized type of a thing, and they think the Western idea is out, whereas I want to do the Western".[1]
- Died: Ralph Bunche, 68, American political scientist and Nobel laureate; Sergey Konenkov, 97, Russian sculptor; Iftikhar Janjua, Pakistani general (killed when his OH-13S (Sioux) helicopter was attacked by Indian forces).
- The 2nd Parachute Battalion Group of the Indian Army carries out the Tangail Airdrop, aiming to take Poongli Bridge on the Jamuna and cut off the retreat of the 93 Brigade of the Pakistani Army.
- Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had previously served twice as prime minister).
- The Libertarian Party (United States) is established.
- The Clube Atletico Mineiro wins the first Brazil Football Championship.
- Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972.
- The Ordonnance réglant l'utilisation du nom «Suisse» pour les montres defines a Swiss watch and the circumstances under which a watch movement may be considered Swiss made.[5]
- Born: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, English socialite, in Hampshire
- LANSA Flight 508 crashes in a thunderstorm en route from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, killing 90 of the 91 people aboard. A 17-year-old girl, Juliane Koepcke, survives, falling into the Amazon rainforest strapped to her seat and walking through the jungle for 10 days until rescued by local lumbermen.[6][7] Those killed in the crash include Juliane's mother, noted ornithologist Maria Koepcke.
- Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic.
- Cyclone Althea hits Townsville, Queensland, Australia, and surrounding islands, killing three people.
- Born: Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer, in San Juan
- The 60th Australian Open tennis tournament opens in Melbourne.
- The first reported sighting of the so-called Nullarbor Nymph; the story travels around the world, but turns out to be a hoax.
- Born: Jared Leto, American actor and musician, in Bossier City, Louisiana
- The Getxo boat club in the Basque region of Spain is attacked by an ETA bomb, the second of three such attacks on the same club over the years.
- Born: Paras, Crown Prince of Nepal, in Kathmandu
- Died: Vikram Sarabhai, 52, Indian physicist and space scientist
- Opening of the Turgenevskaya station on the Moscow Metro.
- U Thant completes his 11-year tenure as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
- Died: Pete Duel, 31, American actor, shoots himself at his home in Glen Green, Hollywood.;[8] Marin Sais, 81, American silent film actress
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