Editing 1971 (section)

===January===
{{Main|January 1971}}
* [[January 2]] – [[1971 Ibrox disaster]]: During a crush, 66 people are killed and over 200 injured in Glasgow, Scotland.
* [[January 5]] – The first ever [[One Day International]] [[cricket]] match is played between Australia and England at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]].
* [[January 8]] – [[Tupamaros]] kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to [[Uruguay]], in [[Montevideo]], keeping him captive until September.
* [[January 9]] – [[Uruguay]]an president [[Jorge Pacheco Areco]] demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day.
* [[January 12]] – The landmark United States television sitcom ''[[All in the Family]]'', starring [[Carroll O'Connor]] as [[Archie Bunker]], debuts on [[CBS]].
* [[January 14]] – Seventy [[Brazil]]ian political prisoners are released in [[Santiago]], Chile; Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released [[January 16]].
* [[January 15]] – The [[Aswan High Dam]] officially opens in Egypt.
* [[January 18]]
** Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister [[Kazimierz Świtała]]. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
** [[Ivan Koloff]] defeats [[Bruno Sammartino]] for the [[WWE Championship|WWWF World Heavyweight Championship]] in wrestling ending a seven and two thirds years reign, the longest in the Championships history.
** A South Korean marine kills 6 people in [[1971 Kimpo killings|a mass shooting]] in [[Gimpo|Kimpo, South Korea]].
* [[January 19]] – Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with [[OPEC]] in [[Tehran]] to stabilize [[Petroleum|oil]] prices; [[February 14]] they sign a treaty with 6 [[Khalij el-Arab]] countries.
* [[January 24]] – The [[Guinea]]n government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the [[Operation Green Sea|failed landing attempts in November 1970]]; 72 are sentenced to [[hard labor]] for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.
* [[January 25]]
** In [[Uganda]], [[Idi Amin]] deposes [[Milton Obote]] in a coup, and becomes president.
** In Los Angeles, [[Charles Manson]] and 3 female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 [[Tate–LaBianca murders]].
** [[Himachal Pradesh]] becomes the 18th Indian state.
** ''Intelsat IV'' (F2) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean [[March 26]].
* [[January 31]] – [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 14]] (carrying astronauts [[Alan Shepard]], [[Stuart Roosa]], and [[Edgar Mitchell]]) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission.
[[File:AswanHighDam Egypt.jpg|thumb| [[January 15]]: [[Aswan Dam]] opens in [[Egypt]].]]