Contents

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.
• January 31, 1971 – The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
• March 12, 1971 – The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
• June 11, 1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• August 18, 1971 – Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
• August 21, 1971 – A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
• September 3, 1971 – Qatar becomes an independent state.
• September 19, 1971 – Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
• December 4, 1971 – The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water”.
• December 8, 1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan’s port city of Karachi.

Who Were Born On 1971?

• January 8, 1971 – Jesper Jansson, Swedish footballer
• May 5, 1971 – Harold Miner, American basketball player
• June 20, 1971 – Josh Lucas, American actor and producer
• June 23, 1971 – Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor and producer
• July 11, 1971 – Leisha Hailey, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress (Uh Huh Her and The Murmurs)
• August 10, 1971 – Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter (Apoptygma Berzerk and Bruderschaft)
• September 1, 1971 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer and politician
• September 15, 1971 – Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
• October 13, 1971 – Kira Reed, American actress and producer, and screenwriter
• November 3, 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer