The temperature on November 2, 1971 was between 9.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 10.7 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 5 » Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
February 20 » The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
March 29 » My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
May 27 » Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.
October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
November 24 » During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (aka D. B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money. He has never been found.
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