1971

U.N. seats Communist China and expels Nationalist China
Idi Amin Dada seizes power in Uganda
Bangladesh established
Hot pants
United Kingdom changes the pound to the decimal system
United Kingdom votes to join the European Common Market
Congo renamed Zaire
Rolls-Royce, Ltd. Declares bankruptcy
Supreme Court rules that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation
Pentagon Papers published

Space station
26th Amendment to U.S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18
Lt. William Calley convicted for his role in the My Lai massacre
US table tennis team travels to China
London Bridge moved to Arizona
Rock concert at Madison Square Garden to benefit Bangladesh refugees
Look magazine ceases publication
Us ends 21-year trade embargo with Communist China
Duke Ellington and band tour USSR
Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida
Herman Wouk's The Winds of War
Erich Segal's Love Story
Dot-matrix printers
Food processors
Liquid crystal displays
Space station
Leonard Bernstein's "Mass"
Dance Theater of Harlem established
Songs - "Me and Bobby McGee", "Joy to the World", "Maggie May"
Broadway - "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Films - "A Clockwork Orange", "The French Connection"
TV - "All in the Family", "Colombo"
Jeff Gordon, Jacques Villeneuve, Kristi Yamaguchi, Pete Sampras, Janet Evans, Arantxa Sanchez Vicario, Picabo Street, Ricky Martin, Tony Stewart, and Winona Ryder born
Nikita Krushchev, Ogden Nash, J.C. Penny, Louis Armstrong, Igor Stravinsky and Jim Morrison die