Editing 1971 (section)

=== June ===
{{Main|June 1971}}
* June – [[Massachusetts]] passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting [[special education]].
* [[June 1]] – [[Vietnam War]]: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in [[Southeast Asia]], speak against war protests.
* [[June 6]]
** [[Soyuz program]]: ''[[Soyuz 11]]'' ([[Vladislav Volkov]], [[Georgi Dobrovolski]], [[Viktor Patsayev]]) is launched.
** A midair collision between [[Hughes Airwest Flight 706]] [[Douglas DC-9]] jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps [[McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom]] jet fighter near [[Duarte, California]] claims 50 lives.
* [[June 10]]
** The U.S. ends its [[trade embargo]] of China.
** Corpus Thursday: A student rally on the streets of Mexico City is roughly [[El Halconazo|dispersed]].
** [[Amtrak]] had its first fatal accident when [[1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment|11 people were killed and 163 injured]] in the derailment of the ''[[City of New Orleans (train)|City of New Orleans]]'' train near [[Tonti, Illinois]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=1971-06-11|title=Illinois Train Accident Kills 10|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/11/archives/illinois-train-accident-kills-10-locked-diesel-wheels-indicated.html|access-date=2021-10-23|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[June 11]] – [[Neville Bonner]] becomes the first [[Indigenous Australian]] to sit in the [[Parliament of Australia|Australian Parliament]].
* [[June 13]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: ''[[The New York Times]]'' begins to publish the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url = https://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm |title = Introduction to the Court Opinion on the New York Times Co. v. United States Case. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051204121721/https://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm |archive-date=4 December 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Racing drivers [[Gijs van Lennep]] of the Netherlands and [[Helmut Marko]] of Austria win the [[1971 24 Hours of Le Mans|24 Hours of Le Mans]] in the [[Martini Racing]] [[Porsche 917]]K.
* [[June 14]] – Norway begins oil production in the [[North Sea]].
* [[June 17]]
** Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the [[1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement|Okinawa Reversion Agreement]], whereby the U.S. will return control of [[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html|title=Okinawa Reversion Agreement 1971|date=June 17, 1971|website=the ryukyu-okinawa history and culture website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004181232/http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html|archive-date=October 4, 2010|url-status=dead|access-date=October 4, 2010}}</ref>
** President [[Richard Nixon]] declares the U.S. [[War on Drugs]].
* [[June 18]] – [[Southwest Airlines]], a [[low-cost carrier]], begins its first flights between [[Dallas]], [[Houston]] and [[San Antonio]].
* [[June 20]] – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist [[Anatoly Fedoseyev]] has been granted asylum.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/06/21/archives/soviet-aide-gets-asylum-in-britain-expert-is-described-as-key.html | title=Soviet Aide Gets Asylum in Britain | work=The New York Times | date=June 21, 1971 }}</ref>
* [[June 21]] – Britain begins new negotiations for [[European Economic Community|EEC]] membership in Luxembourg.
* [[June 25]] – [[Madagascar]] accuses the U.S. of conspiring to oust the government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
* [[June 27]] – Concert promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] closes the legendary [[Fillmore East]], which first opened on 2nd Avenue in New York City on March 8, 1968.
* [[June 28]] – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots [[Joseph Colombo|Joe Colombo]], boss of his eponymous crime family, in the head during an [[Italian-American]] rally, putting him in a coma.
* [[June 30]]
** ''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'' may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional [[prior restraint]].
** After a successful mission aboard ''[[Salyut 1]]'', the world's first human-occupied space station, the crew of the ''[[Soyuz 11]]'' spacecraft die after their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.