February 20 » The legislature of Hawaii Territory convenes for the first time.
March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the Platt Amendment limiting the autonomy of Cuba, as a condition of the withdrawal of American troops.
May 3 » The Great Fire of 1901 begins in Jacksonville, Florida.
August 6 » Kiowa land in Oklahoma is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous reservation.
September 2 » Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
Day of death May 8, 1971
The temperature on May 8, 1971 was between 11.6 °C and 21.0 °C and averaged 15.8 °C. There was 0.2 mm of rain during 0.1 hours. There was 6.2 hours of sunshine (41%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
March 1 » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
April 5 » In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
July 30 » Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
August 9 » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
December 7 » The Battle of Sylhet is fought between the Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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