January 17 » El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico becomes part of the United States National Forest System as the Luquillo Forest Reserve.
March 2 » In New York City the Martha Washington Hotel opens, becoming the first hotel exclusively for women.
April 26 » Atlético Madrid Association football club is founded
August 18 » German engineer Karl Jatho allegedly flies his self-made, motored gliding airplane four months before the first flight of the Wright brothers.
October 1 » Baseball: The Boston Americans play the Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series.
December 16 » Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel in Bombay first opens its doors to guests.
Day of death July 6, 1971
The temperature on July 6, 1971 was between 13.1 °C and 25.1 °C and averaged 19.4 °C. There was 14.7 hours of sunshine (89%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
February 26 » U.N. Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
September 9 » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
September 11 » The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
November 6 » The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
November 30 » Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the Emirates of Sharjah and Ras Al Khaimah.
December 16 » The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence, which is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
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