December 1971 calendar

December 1971
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1971.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Edward Heath (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1971: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1971?

Events

01 Dec 1971 2 Gentlemen of Verona opens at St. James Theater NYC for 613 performances
02 Dec 1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
03 Dec 1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
04 Dec 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''.
05 Dec 1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
06 Dec 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
07 Dec 1971 Wild andWonderful opens / closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
08 Dec 1971 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
09 Dec 1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at age 67 in New York City, New York.
10 Dec 1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel Prize of Peace.
11 Dec 1971 Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as a prime minister)
13 Dec 1971 John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
14 Dec 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
16 Dec 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
17 Dec 1971 Diamonds are Forever premieres in US
18 Dec 1971 1st Candlelight Processional
19 Dec 1971 Inner City opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances
20 Dec 1971 Roy Oliver Disney, co-founder of Walt Disney Company, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage, at age 78.
22 Dec 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks / College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
24 Dec 1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke (found ten days later).
25 Dec 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
28 Dec 1971 Hasj falls from now on under (neath) the Opiumwet
29 Dec 1971 The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
30 Dec 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders).
31 Dec 1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
01 Dec 1971 Purge of Croatian Spring leaders starts in Yugoslavia at the meeting of the League of Communists at the Karađorđevo estate.