Editing 1971 (section)

=== February ===
{{Main|February 1971}}
* [[February 4]]
** In Britain, [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
** The [[Nasdaq]] stock exchange is founded in New York City.
* [[February 5]] – [[Apollo 14]] lands on the Moon.
* [[February 6]] – The 4.6 [[Body wave magnitude|Mb]] [[List of earthquakes in Italy|Tuscania earthquake]] shakes the Italian province of Viterbo with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of VIII (''Severe''), causing 24 deaths, 150 injuries and extreme damage.
* [[February 7]]
** Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]]-specific ones.
** [[Władysław Gomułka]] is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party.
* [[February 8]] – A new [[stock market index]] called the [[Nasdaq Composite]] debuts in the United States.
* [[February 9]]
** The 6.5–6.7 {{M|w}} [[1971 San Fernando earthquake|Sylmar earthquake]] hits the [[Greater Los Angeles Area]] with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
** [[Satchel Paige]] becomes the first [[Negro league baseball|Negro league]] player to become voted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].
** [[Apollo program]]: [[Apollo 14]] returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
* [[February 10]] – A [[February 1971 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] is visible from Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa, and is the 50th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 123]].
* [[February 11]] – The US, UK, USSR and others sign the [[Seabed Treaty]], outlawing [[nuclear weapon]]s on the ocean floor.
* [[February 11]]–[[February 12|12]] – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in [[Amman]].
* [[February 13]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Backed by American air and artillery support, [[South Vietnam]]ese troops invade [[Kingdom of Laos|Laos]].
* [[February 15]] – [[Decimal Day]]: The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to [[decimal currency]] (see also [[decimalisation]]).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wamsley |first1=Laurel |title=U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since 'Decimal Day' |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/15/968146708/u-k-and-ireland-celebrate-50-years-since-decimal-day?t=1634728736856 |website=NPR |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en |date=15 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[February 16]] – In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of [[Catanzaro]] as the capital of [[Calabria]]; residents of [[Reggio di Calabria]] riot for 5 days because of the decision.
* [[February 20]] – The U.S. [[Emergency Broadcast System]] sends an erroneous warning across the nation's radio and television stations, meant to be a standard weekly test conducted by [[NORAD]] in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. Some stations cease broadcasting until the message is rescinded, as required by federal rules, while most ignore it.<ref>"One Man's Mistake Triggers U.S. Alert; Many Stations Go Off Air", ''Los Angeles Times'', February 21, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[February 21]]
** The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
** Between February 21 and 22, [[February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak|an outbreak]] of nineteen [[tornado]]es rages across the [[Mississippi Delta]] in [[Mississippi]] and [[Louisiana]], killing 123 people.
* [[February 23]] – [[Operation Lam Son 719]]: South Vietnamese General [[Do Cao Tri]] is killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Fulghum|first1=David|last2=Maitland|first2=Terrence|title=The Vietnam Experience South Vietnam on Trial: Mid-1970–1972|publisher=Boston Publishing Company|year=1984|isbn=0939526107|page=61}}</ref>
* [[February 25]] – A [[Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971|partial solar eclipse]] is visible from Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 18th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 149]].
* [[February 26]] – Secretary General [[U Thant]] signs the [[United Nations]] proclamation of the [[March equinox]] (March 21) as [[Earth Day]].
* [[February 27]] – Doctors in the first Dutch [[abortion clinic]] (Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start to perform [[abortion]]s.
* [[February 28]] – [[Evel Knievel]] sets a world record and jumps 19 cars on a motorbike in [[Ontario, California]].
[[File:Apollo 14 Shepard.jpg|thumb| [[February 5]]: [[Apollo 14]] on Moon]]
[[File:Tuscania.jpg|thumb| [[February 6]]: Earthquake in [[Tuscania]], Italy.]]
[[Image:A tornado near Anadarko, Oklahoma, on May 3, 1999.jpg|thumb| [[February 21]]: [[Tornado]]es kill over 100 in the U.S. state of [[Mississippi]].]]