March 14 » The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard.
May 26 » Thousand Days' War: The Colombian Conservative Party turns the tide of war in their favor with victory against the Colombian Liberal Party in the Battle of Palonegro.
June 21 » Boxer Rebellion. China formally declares war on the United States, Britain, Germany, France and Japan, as an edict issued from the Empress Dowager Cixi.
July 9 » The Governor of Shanxi province in North China orders the execution of 45 foreign Christian missionaries and local church members, including children.
August 14 » The Eight-Nation Alliance occupies Beijing, China, in a campaign to end the bloody Boxer Rebellion in China.
November 7 » The People's Party is founded in Cuba.
Day of death October 9, 1971
The temperature on October 9, 1971 was between 9.6 °C and 17.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.6 hours of sunshine (14%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
February 2 » The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
June 7 » The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
June 30 » The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
July 31 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
October 29 » In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
December 4 » The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
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