World Events of 1971
Idi Amin seized power in Uganda.
The US ended a trade embargo on China and acccepted an invitation for its ping-pong team to visit China.
The Democratic Republic of Congo was renamed Zaire.
In the US, buses were ordered to be used to achieve racial desegragation in schools.
The United States lowered the voting age to 18.
Australian Evonne Goolagong and John Newcombe were Wimbledon singles finals winners.
Lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison, died in Paris aged 27.
The main movies were A Clockwork Otrange, The French Connection, The Last Picture Show
and Fiddler on the Roof.
The main books were E.M. Forster's Maurice and John Hawkes' Blood Oranges.
Intel developed the microprocessor.
Mariner IX orbitted Mars sending the first pictures back to Earth.
Department store founder, J.C.Penny, died.
The US ended a trade embargo on China and acccepted an invitation for its ping-pong team to visit China.
The Democratic Republic of Congo was renamed Zaire.
In the US, buses were ordered to be used to achieve racial desegragation in schools.
The United States lowered the voting age to 18.
Australian Evonne Goolagong and John Newcombe were Wimbledon singles finals winners.
Lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison, died in Paris aged 27.
The main movies were A Clockwork Otrange, The French Connection, The Last Picture Show
and Fiddler on the Roof.
The main books were E.M. Forster's Maurice and John Hawkes' Blood Oranges.
Intel developed the microprocessor.
Mariner IX orbitted Mars sending the first pictures back to Earth.
Department store founder, J.C.Penny, died.
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