February 14 » Voting machines are approved by the U.S. Congress for use in federal elections.
March 27 » Emilio Aguinaldo leads Filipino forces for the only time during the Philippine–American War at the Battle of Marilao River.
March 31 » Malolos, capital of the First Philippine Republic, is captured by American forces.
September 13 » Henry Bliss is the first person in the United States to be killed in an automobile accident.
September 23 » The American Asiatic Squadron destroys a Filipino battery at the Battle of Olongapo.
November 29 » FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish football's most iconic and strongest teams.
Day of death January 1, 1971
The temperature on January 1, 1971 was between -10.5 °C and -1.7 °C and averaged -6.0 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 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 18 » Peru: a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
May 13 » Over 900 unarmed Bengali Hindus are murdered in the Demra massacre.
July 12 » The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
September 29 » Oman joins the Arab League.
December 6 » Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India, initiating the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
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