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1971 in politics
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This is a list of events relating to politics in 1971.in politics 19th century 20th century 21st century 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960–19691960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Events
January
January 1 - British law makes "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" sole grounds for divorceDaniel Clifton http://archive.org/details/isbn_9780789403322 Chronicle of the 20th century Kirshon John W. 1995 London; New York : Dorling Kindersley Internet Archive 978-0-7894-0332-2
January 4 - US President Nixon warns Soviet submarines to keep away from Cuba
January 7 - Long hair is ruled legal in the USSR
January 15 - The Aswan Dam, constructed with Soviet support, is opened in Egypt
January 18 - American Presidential candidate George McGovern pledges to withdraw all US troops from Vietnam if elected
January 22 - The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends with disagreement over UK arms sales to South Africa
January 25 - President Milton Obete of Uganda overthrown in a coup led by his army commander, Idi Amin
January 27 - The Angry Brigade claim responsible for a string of bomb attacks in London
January 28 - Idi Amin bans all political activity but releases 55 political prisoners
February
February 22 - Hafez al-Assad becomes president of SyriaSYRIAN VOTERS BACK ASSAD AS PRESIDENT The New York Times 14 March 1971 https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/14/archives/syrian-voters-back-assad-as-president.html
March
March 30 - Establishment of the Congressional Black Caucus in the US2016-01-29 History https://cbc-butterfield.house.gov/history https://web.archive.org/web/20160427131523/https://cbc-butterfield.house.gov/history 2016-04-27 2025-09-23 Congressional Black Caucus en
Births
Halil Mutlu, Turkish American physician and political lobbyist
January 9 - Joost Eerdmans, Dutch politician and co-founder of the party JA21
June 10 - Bobby Jindal, American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016
June 28 - Elon Musk, South African businessman active in promoting far-right politics
July 21 - Mark Preston, American journalist for CNN
December 3 - Anita Vandenbeld, Canadian politician currently serving as Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development
December 22 - Bård Vegar Solhjell, former Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
December 28 - Ana Navarro, Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator
References
Category:Politics by year
Category:20th century in politics
Category:1970s in politics