1971 in politics

Last updated December 18, 2025

This is a list of events relating to politics in 197 1.

Events

January

January 1 - British law makes "irretrievable breakdown of marriage" sole grounds for divorce^[1]
January 4 - US President Nixon warns Soviet submarines to keep away from Cuba ^[1]
January 7 - Long hair is ruled legal in the USSR ^[1]
January 15 - The Aswan Dam, constructed with Soviet support, is opened in Egypt ^[1]
January 18 - American Presidential candidate George McGovern pledges to withdraw all US troops from Vietnam if elected^[1]
January 22 - The Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends with disagreement over UK arms sales to South Africa ^[1]
January 25 - President Milton Obete of Uganda overthrown in a coup led by his army commander, Idi Amin ^[1]
January 27 - The Angry Brigade claim responsible for a string of bomb attacks in London ^[1]
January 28 - Idi Amin bans all political activity but releases 55 political prisoners^[1]

February

February 22 - Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria ^[2]

March

March 30 - Establishment of the Congressional Black Caucus in the US^[3]

Births

Halil Mutlu, Turkish American physician and political lobbyist
January 9 - Joost Eerdmans, Dutch politician and co-founder of the party JA21
June 10 - Bobby Jindal, American politician who served as the 55th governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016
June 28 - Elon Musk, South African businessman active in promoting far-right politics
July 21 - Mark Preston, American journalist for CNN
December 3 - Anita Vandenbeld, Canadian politician currently serving as Parliamentary secretary to the Minister of International Development
December 22 - Bård Vegar Solhjell, former Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party
December 28 - Ana Navarro, Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel, Clifton; Kirshon, John W. (1995). Chronicle of the 20th century. Internet Archive. London; New York : Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-0332-2.
↑ "SYRIAN VOTERS BACK ASSAD AS PRESIDENT". The New York Times . 14 March 1971.
↑ "History". Congressional Black Caucus. 2016-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2025-09-23.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Daniel, Clifton; Kirshon, John W. (1995). Chronicle of the 20th century. Internet Archive. London; New York : Dorling Kindersley. ISBN 978-0-7894-0332-2.

[2] "SYRIAN VOTERS BACK ASSAD AS PRESIDENT". The New York Times . 14 March 1971.

[3] "History". Congressional Black Caucus. 2016-01-29. Archived from the original on 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2025-09-23.

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