1971 in politics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This is a list of events relating to politics in 1971. Years in politics 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Centuries 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s Years 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 January January 1 - British law makes "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" sole grounds for divorce[1] January 4 - US President Nixon warns Soviet submarines to keep away from Cuba[1] January 7 - Long hair is ruled legal in the USSR[1] January 15 - The Aswan Dam, constructed with Soviet support, is opened in Egypt[1] January 18 - American Presidential candidate George McGovern pledges to withdraw all US troops from Vietnam if elected[1] January 22 - The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends with disagreement over UK arms sales to South Africa[1] January 25 - President Milton Obete of Uganda overthrown in a coup led by his army commander, Idi Amin[1] January 27 - The Angry Brigade claim responsible for a string of bomb attacks in London[1] January 28 - Idi Amin bans all political activity but releases 55 political prisoners[1] February February 22 - Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria[2] March March 30 - Establishment of the Congressional Black Caucus in the US[3] 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 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel, Clifton; Kirshon, John W. (1995). Chronicle of the 20th century. Internet Archive. London; New York : Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-0332-2. ↑ "SYRIAN VOTERS BACK ASSAD AS PRESIDENT". The New York Times. 14 March 1971. ↑ "History". Congressional Black Caucus. 2016-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2025-09-23. Related Articles