Editing 1971 (section)

=== August ===
{{Main|August 1971}}
* August – [[Camden, New Jersey]] erupts in [[race riot]]s, with looting and arson, following the beating death of a [[Puerto Rican people|Puerto Rican]] motorist by city police. Also in 1971, [[Philadelphia International Records]] is established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder.
* [[August 1]] – In New York City, 40,000 attend [[The Concert for Bangladesh]].
* [[August 2]] – U.S. department store chain [[J. C. Penney]] debuts its trademark [[Helvetica]] wordmark which has been used ever since.
* [[August 5]] 
** The [[South Pacific Forum]] (SPF) is established.
** The [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] enters service with [[American Airlines]].
* [[August 6]] – A [[August 1971 lunar eclipse|total lunar eclipse]] lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed, visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and is the 38th lunar eclipse of [[Lunar Saros 128]].
* [[August 7]] – [[Apollo 15]] returns to [[Earth]].
* [[August 9]]
** India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the [[Soviet Union]].
** [[Internment]] in [[Northern Ireland]]: British security forces arrest hundreds of [[Irish nationalism|nationalists]] and detain them without trial in [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow.
* [[August 10]] – ''[[Mr. Tickle]]'', the first book in the ''[[Mr. Men]]'' series is first published, in the U.K.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Men and Little Miss books celebrate 40th birthday |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/14476561 |website=CBBC Newsround |access-date=19 February 2021}}</ref>
* [[August 11]] – Construction begins on the [[Louisiana Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]].
* [[August 12]] – [[Syria]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Jordan]] because of border clashes.
* [[August 14]]
** The controversial [[Stanford prison experiment]], led by [[Stanford University]] psychology professor [[Philip Zimbardo]], began in [[Palo Alto, California]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/970108prisonexp.html|title=The Stanford Prison Experiment: Still powerful after all these years|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105151451/https://news.stanford.edu/pr/97/970108prisonexp.html |archive-date=2021-11-05}}</ref>
** British troops are stationed on the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland to stop arms smuggling.
** [[Bahrain]] declares independence as the State of Bahrain ({{as of|2018}} officially the Kingdom of Bahrain).
* [[August 15]]
** [[Jackie Stewart]] becomes [[Formula One]] World Drivers' Champion in the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] [[Tyrrell 003|003]]-[[Cosworth]].
** The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
** President [[Richard Nixon]] announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the [[Bretton Woods system]]. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
* [[August 15]]–[[September 5]] – The [[1971 Women's World Cup]] in Association football (an event not recognized by FIFA) is staged in Mexico: [[Denmark women's national football team|Denmark]] will be the winners.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/sports/football/coupe-du-monde-feminine-2019-a-l-heure-du-premier-mondial-des-bleues-en-1971-1559656752|title=Coupe du monde féminine 2019: à l'heure du premier Mondial des Bleues en 1971|date=2019-06-04|website=ici, par France Bleu et France 3}}</ref>
* [[August 16]] – [[Hastings Banda]], President of [[Malawi]], becomes the first black president to visit South Africa.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/08/21/archives/black-traveler-in-south-africa-hastings-kamuzu-banda.html | title=Black Traveler in South Africa Hastings Kamuzu Banda | newspaper=The New York Times | date=August 21, 1971 }}</ref>
* [[August 18]]
** [[Vietnam War]]: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from [[Vietnam]].
** British troops are engaged in a firefight with the [[Irish Republican Army|IRA]] in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]].
* [[August 19]]–[[August 22|22]] – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in [[Bolivia]]. Miners and students join troops to support president [[Juan José Torres]], but eventually [[Hugo Banzer]] takes over.
* [[August 20]]
** [[International Telecommunications Satellite Organization]] (Intelsat) (effective February 12, 1973).
** The [[USS Manatee (AO-58)|USS ''Manatee'']] spills {{convert|1,000|USgal|L}} of fuel oil on [[Richard Nixon|President Nixon]]'s Western White House beach in [[San Clemente, California]].
** A [[Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971|partial solar eclipse]] is visible from Southern Ocean, and is the 4th solar eclipse of [[Solar Saros 154]].
* [[August 21]] – A bomb made of two hand grenades by alleged communist rebels{{efn|Though initially to be accused as communists by President [[Ferdinand Marcos]], some theorized that the bombings were staged by pro-Marcos affiliates, but to this day the perpetrators remain unknown.}} [[Plaza Miranda bombing|explodes]] in the [[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]] campaign party in [[Plaza Miranda]] in [[Quiapo, Manila]] the [[Philippines]], injuring several anti-[[Ferdinand Marcos|Marcos]] political candidates.
* [[August 25]]
** Border clashes occur between [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].
** [[Bangladesh]] and eastern [[Bengal]] are flooded; thousands flee the area.
* [[August 26]] – A civilian government takes power in Greece.
* [[August 30]] – The [[Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta|Progressive Conservatives]] under [[Peter Lougheed]] defeat the [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]] government under [[Harry Strom|Harry E. Strom]] in a [[general election]], ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in [[Alberta]].