The temperature on January 2, 1971 was between -3.9 °C and 1.9 °C and averaged -1 °C. There was 0.9 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 2.9 hours of sunshine (37%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
February 24 » The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
June 13 » Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
July 15 » The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
September 28 » The Parliament of the UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971, banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
Day of burial January 5, 1971
The temperature on January 5, 1971 was between -14 °C and -6.3 °C and averaged -9 °C. There was 5.1 hours of sunshine (65%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southeast. Source: KNMI
January 22 » The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
May 3 » Erich Honecker becomes First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party of Germany, remaining in power until 1989.
August 10 » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
October 1 » Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
December 3 » Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins.
December 8 » Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
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