2nd JANUARY
Ibrox disaster in Scotland kills 66 people in stairway crush at a Celtic vs. Rangers match
2nd JANUARY
Cigarette Advertising on TV in the United States of America
7th FEBRUARY
Women given the vote in Switzerland
9th FEBRUARY
Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California
15th FEBRUARY
United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency
5th APRIL
Europe's largest volcano, Mount Etna in Sicily erupts
15th JUNE
Margaret Thatcher ends free school milk for children over 7 in the United Kingdom
1st JULY
The voting age in the United States of America is lowered to 18 years old
15th SEPTEMBER
Greenpeace formally comes into existance
1st OCTOBER
Walt Disney World in Florida officially opens
9th OCTOBER - 13th OCTOBER
Prison riot - prisoners take hostages at Attica Prison in New York, resulting in the death of 10 hostages and 29 inmates
24th OCTOBER
China is accepted into the UN (United Nations)
3rd DECEMBER - 16th DECEMBER
Border battles between India and Pakistan erupt into full-scale war
[source: http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1971.html]
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