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1971 Calendar Trivia

The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2027. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.

April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.

1971 Calendar

Historical Events Of 1971

• January 27, 1971 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
• February 2, 1971 – The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
• February 8, 1971 – The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
• February 21, 1971 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
• June 6, 1971 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
• July 11, 1971 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
• September 15, 1971 – The first Greenpeace ship set sail to protest against nuclear testing.
• October 7, 1971 – Oman joins the United Nations.
• December 16, 1971 – Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
• December 20, 1971 – The international aid organization Doctors Without Borders is founded by Bernard Kouchner and a group of journalists in Paris, France.

Who Were Born On 1971?

• January 18, 1971 – Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver
• February 25, 1971 – Sean O'Haire, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and kick-boxer (d. 2014)
• March 1, 1971 – Thomas Adès, English pianist, composer, and conductor
• March 31, 1971 – Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer
• May 16, 1971 – Phil Clarke, English rugby player and sportscaster
• July 12, 1971 – Andriy Kovalenco, Ukrainian-Spanish rugby player
• July 21, 1971 – Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• July 26, 1971 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
• July 28, 1971 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
• October 12, 1971 – Bronzell Miller, American football player and actor (d. 2013)