Editing 1971 (section)

=== April ===
{{Main|April 1971}}
* [[April 1]] – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
* [[April 5]]
** In [[Ceylon]], a group calling themselves the [[Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna|People's Liberation Front]] begins a rebellion against the [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike|Bandaranaike]] government.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Journal of Asian studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJxRAQAAIAAJ|year=1977|page=515}}</ref>
** [[Mount Etna]] erupts in Sicily.<ref name="GuestSkelhorn1973">{{cite book|author1=John Guest|author2=Raymond Richard Skelhorn|title=Mount Etna and the 1971 Eruption|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QQhOAQAAIAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Royal Society|page=177}}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in [[Laos]].
* [[April 12]] – Palestinians retreat from [[Amman]] to the north of [[Jordan]].
* [[April 17]]
** The People's Republic of [[Bangladesh]] forms under [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] at Mujibnagor.<ref>{{cite book|title=International Relations of Bangladesh and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman: 1971-1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uOxtAAAAMAAJ|year=1999|publisher=Parama|isbn = 9789848245316}}</ref>
** [[Libya]], [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]] sign an agreement to form a [[confederation]].<ref>"Accord on Union Reached By Egypt, Libya and Syria", by Raymond H. Anderson, ''The New York Times'', April 18, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[April 19]]
** The government of [[Bangladesh]] flees to India.
** [[Sierra Leone]] becomes a [[republic]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Background Notes, Sierra Leone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rwZJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP5|year=1992|publisher=U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of Public Communication|pages=5}}</ref>
** The Soviet Union launches ''[[Salyut 1]]''.<ref>"Soviet Sends Another Space Vehicle Into Orbit", ''The New York Times'', April 19, 1971, p4</ref>
** [[Charles Manson]] is sentenced to death in the United States; in 1972, the sentence for all California death-row inmates will be commuted to life imprisonment.<ref>{{cite book|author=R. Barri Flowers|title=Murders in the United States: Crimes, Killers, and Victims of the Twentieth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IXZsDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT134|year=2001|publisher=R. Barri Flowers|pages=134}}</ref>
* [[April 20]]
** ''[[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 [[school integration in the United States|desegregation]].
** [[Cambodia]]n prime minister [[Lon Nol]] resigns but remains effectively in power until the next elections.<ref>"Lon Nol Resigns, Blaming Health", ''The New York Times'', April 20, 1971, p1</ref>
** [[NPR|National Public Radio]] (NPR) airs its first broadcast.<ref>{{Cite news|title=History:NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/about-npr/192827079/overview-and-history|access-date=2021-07-22|newspaper=NPR|date=June 20, 2013|language=en}}</ref>
* [[April 21]] – [[Siaka Stevens]] is sworn in as the first president of [[Sierra Leone]].<ref>{{cite book|author=Alusine Jalloh|title=African Entrepreneurship|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nIVIi54f51sC&pg=PA252|year=1999|publisher=Ohio University Press|isbn=978-0-89680-207-0|pages=252}}</ref>
* [[April 24]]
** ''[[Soyuz 10]]'' fails to dock with ''[[Salyut 1]]''.
** An estimated 200,000 people in Washington, D.C., and a further 125,000 in [[San Francisco]] march in protest against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>"200,000 Rally in Capital to End War", by James M. Naughton, ''The New York Times'', April 25, 1971, p1</ref>
* [[April 25]]
** [[Todor Zhivkov]] is reelected as the leader of the [[Bulgarian Communist Party]].<ref>"Zhivkov Renamed as Head of Communists in Bulgaria", ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1971, p2</ref>
** [[Franz Jonas]] is reelected as president of [[Austria]].<ref>"President Jonas of Austria Is Re-Elected", ''The New York Times'', April 26, 1971, p3</ref>
* [[April 26]] – The government of [[Turkey]] declares a [[state of siege]] in 11 provinces, including [[Ankara]], in response to violent [[Demonstration (protest)|demonstration]]s.<ref>"Turkey Imposes Martial Law in 11 Areas", ''The New York Times'', April 27, 1971, p</ref>
* [[April 30]] – The [[Milwaukee Bucks]] sweep the [[Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973)|Baltimore Bullets]] in four games to win their first [[NBA]] championship.