Editing 1971 (section)

=== March ===
{{Main|March 1971}}
* [[March 1]]
** A bomb explodes in the men's room at the [[United States Capitol]]; the [[Weather Underground]] claims responsibility.
** Pakistani president [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]] indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in [[East Pakistan]].
** Canadian [[John Robarts]] ends his term of office as the 17th [[Premier of Ontario]].
* [[March 2]] – [[Awami League]] leader [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] launched the [[Non-cooperation movement (1971)|non-cooperation movement]] in [[East Pakistan]].
* [[March 4]] – The southern part of [[Quebec]], and especially [[Montreal]], receives 16½" (42&nbsp;cm) of snow in what becomes known as the [[Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971|Century's Snowstorm]] (''la tempête du siècle'').
* [[March 5]]
** The [[Pakistan]]i army occupies [[East Pakistan]].
** In [[Belfast]], a [[Led Zeppelin]] show includes the first public performance of "[[Stairway to Heaven]]," a song from the band's [[Led Zeppelin IV|fourth album]].
* [[March 6]] – A fire in a mental hospital in [[Burghölzli]], Switzerland kills 28 people.
* [[March 7]]
** ''[[Die Sendung mit der Maus]]'' airs its first episode on [[Das Erste]].
** The British postal workers' strike, led by [[Union of Post Office Workers|UPW]] General Secretary [[Thomas Jackson (trade unionist)|Tom Jackson]], ends after 47 days.
** [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], political leader of [[East Pakistan]] (modern day-[[Bangladesh]]), delivers a [[7 March Speech of Bangabandhu|public speech]] at the Racecourse Field in [[Dhaka]] calling for masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.
* [[March 8]]
** The [[Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI]] breaks into the [[Media, Pennsylvania]] offices of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] and removes all of its files.
** "[[Fight of the Century]]": Boxer [[Joe Frazier]] defeats [[Muhammad Ali]] in a 15-round [[unanimous decision]] at [[Madison Square Garden]].
* [[March 10]] – [[William McMahon]] replaces [[John Gorton]] as the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] [[Prime Minister of Australia]] after Gorton resigns following a [[Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1971|vote of confidence]] that was tied 33-all.
* [[March 11]] – ''[[THX 1138]]'', [[George Lucas]]' first full-length film, premieres in theaters.
* [[March 12]] – [[Hafez al-Assad]] becomes president of [[Syria]].
* [[March 12]]–[[March 13|13]] – [[The Allman Brothers Band]] plays their legendary concert at the [[Fillmore East]].
* [[March 16]] – [[Trygve Bratteli]] forms a government in Norway.
* [[March 18]] – A landslide in Chungar, [[Peru]] crashes into [[Yanawayin Lake]], killing 200.
* [[March 23]] – General [[Alejandro Lanusse]] of [[Argentina]] takes power in a military coup.
* [[March 25]] –
** The [[Pakistan]]i army starts [[Operation Searchlight]] in [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) at midnight after President [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]], a military ruler, voids election results that gave the [[Awami League]] an overwhelming majority in the parliament; start of the [[1971 Bangladesh genocide]]. That ended the [[Non-cooperation movement (1971)|non-cooperation movement]].
** The [[North East Mall]] opens in [[Hurst, Texas]]
* [[March 26]]
** East Pakistan's independence is declared by [[Ziaur Rahman]] on behalf of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] and transmitted using [[East Pakistan Rifles]] radio.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Declaration_of_Independence|title=Declaration of Independence |website=Banglapedia |access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>
** [[Nihat Erim]] (a former [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] member) forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (33rd government, composed mostly of technocrats).
* [[March 27]] – East Pakistan's independence is repeatedly declared by army major (later president of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, [[Chittagong]].
* [[March 29]]
** U.S. Army lieutenant [[William Calley]] is found guilty of 22 murders during the [[My Lai Massacre]] and is sentenced to life in prison (he is later pardoned).
** A [[Los Angeles]] jury recommends the [[death penalty]] for [[Charles Manson]] and female followers [[Susan Atkins]], [[Patricia Krenwinkel]] and [[Leslie Van Houten]].
* [[March 30]] – [[Starbucks]] coffee shop is founded in the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The first Starbucks coffee shop, Seattle - a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 36 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/may/14/the-first-starbucks-coffee-shop-seattle-a-history-of-cities-in-50-buildings-day-36 |website=The Guardian |access-date=19 February 2021 |language=en |date=14 May 2015}}</ref>