1971

{{categoried}}{{clear}}
{{yearbox
| cp = 19th century
| c = 20th century
| cf = 21st century
| yp1 = 1968
| yp2 = 1969
| yp3 = 1970
| year = 1971
| ya1 = 1972
| ya2 = 1973
| ya3 = 1974
| stardates = from 1971.0, or [[reference stardate]] -1/71
| dp3 = 1940s
| dp2 = 1950s
| dp1 = 1960s
| d = 1970s
| dn1 = 1980s
| dn2 = 1990s
| dn3 = 2000s
}}
'''1971''' was, on [[Earth]]'s [[calendar]], the 72nd [[year]] of the [[20th century]], and the second year of the [[1970s]] [[decade]]. Although this was a [[time]] period before [[Human]] formulation of [[stardate]]s, this era begins with stardate 1971.0<ref name="STXIdates">{{m|TOS|{{dis1|Star Trek|2009}}}}.</ref> or [[reference stardate]] -1/71<ref name="FASA">''[[Star Trek: The Role Playing Game (FASA)]]''.</ref>.

==Events==
* [[Floppy disks]] are first introduced on [[Earth]]. <ref name="A Test of Character">''[[TOS]]'' [[short story]]: "[[A Test of Character]]".</ref>
* [[Dhoraxi]] [[ambassador]] [[Xahd]] travels back in [[time]] and seeks to prevent the rise of the [[Federation]] by causing a nuclear war between the [[United States of America|United States]] and the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics|Soviet Union]]. [[Captain]] [[James T. Kirk]] manages to pursue Xahd back in time and with help from [[Gary Seven]] prevents Xahd's plan. <ref name="1971/4860.2">{{c|TOS|1971/4860.2}}.</ref>
; [[January]]
* [[Jimmy Carter]] becomes the [[governor]] of [[Georgia]]. <ref name="historicalfact">Historical fact.</ref>
; [[September]]
* [[Charles Manson]] is found guilty of plotting the Tate/LaBianca murders. <ref name="historicalfact" />
; [[November]]
* In [[India]], a child named [[Khan Noonien Singh|Noonien]] is abducted by [[scientist]]s to use in an [[eugenics]] program. <ref name="Khan, Issue 1">{{c|TOS|Khan, Issue 1}}.</ref>
; [[December]]
* [[Doctors Without Borders]] is founded on [[Earth]]. <ref name="historicalfact" />

==People==
===Births and deaths===
{{categoried|1971 deaths}}
; [[6 July]]
* [[Louis Armstrong]] dies.<ref name="historicalfact" />
; [[11 September]]
*  [[Nikita Khrushchev]] dies.<ref name="historicalfact" />

==Appendices==
===References===
<references />

===Stories===
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===Releases===
* The [[omnibus]] ''[[Star Trek Annual 1972]]'' is released.
* The omnibus ''[[Star Trek Television Picture Story Book]]'' is released.

====January====
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====February====
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====March====
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====April====
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====May====
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====June====
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====July====
{{releases/071971}}

====August====
{{releases/081971}}

====September====
{{releases/091971}}

====October====
{{releases/101971}}

====November====
{{releases/111971}}

====December====
{{releases/121971}}

===External links===
* {{memoryalpha}}
* {{memoryalpha|1971 (production)|1971 (production)}}
* {{wikipedia}}

[[category:years]]
[[category:1970s]]