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Idi Amin overthrew Milton Obote in Uganda and established one of the worst dictatorships the world had seen!.
The Pakistani army began a campaign of genocide on 25 March, against East Pakistan
Indo- Pakistani war
Cambodian Civil War - rise of Khmer Rouge
Ongoing trouble in Ireland,
Ongoing Cold War
Ongoing segregation, repression in South AfricaWww@QuestionHome@Com

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Check the sources for what you're interested in: movies, politics, Pulitzer Prizes, Nobel Prizes, etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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- Idi Amin became President of Uganda!.
- Attica Prison Riot in New York!.
- The New York Times begins to publish " The Pentagon Papers!."
- The world population reached 4 billion, it is now up to 7 billion!.
- Jim Morrison died!.
- D!.B!. Cooper hijacked an airplane, received $200,000 and was never seen again!.
- Cambodian Civil War starts!.
- Indo-Pakistan War begins!.
- Coup attempt in Morocco!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There was a slump in the UK, which is why I left!.
Apparently it was International Racist Year - but I'm not too sure how one would interpret that! Was it for or against!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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* April 1 - The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership!.
* April 3 - Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 for Monaco!.
* April 5
o In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the People’s Liberation Front begin a rebellion against the Bandaranaike government!.
o Chile and East Germany establish diplomatic relations!.
o Mount Etna erupts!.
* April 7 - Greece releases 261 political prisoners, 50 of which are sent to internal exile!.
* April 8 - A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos!.
* April 9 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment!.
* April 12 - Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan!.
* April 17
o People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor!.
o Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a confederation!.
* April 19
o The government of Bangladesh flees to India!.
o Sierra Leone becomes a republic!.
o The Soviet Union launches Salyut 1!.
o Followers of Charles Manson, the Manson Family, are sentenced to the gas chamber!.
* April 20
o Swann v!. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation!.
o Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol resigns, but remains effectively in power until the next elections!.
* April 21
o Siaka Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra Leone!.
o Fran?ois Duvalier, president of Haiti, dies; his son Jean-Claude Duvalier follows him as president-for-life!.
* April 24
o Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1!.
+ Five hundred thousand people in Washington, DC and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War!.
o A tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan!. It throws a 750-ton block of coral 2!.5 km inland!.

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* August 1 - In New York City, 40,000 attend the Concert for Bangladesh!.
* August 6 - A lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed!.
* August 7 - Apollo 15 returns to Earth!.
* August 9
o India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union!.
o British security forces in Northern Ireland detain hundreds of suspects in Long Kesh - the beginning of an internment without trial policy!. Twenty people die in riots that follow!.
* August 11 - Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans!.
* August 12
o Three thousand people from Belfast and Derry flee to Ireland because of the violence!.
o Syria severs diplomatic relations with Jordan because of border clashes!.
* August 14
o British troops are stationed on the Ireland border to stop arms smuggling!.
o Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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