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'''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>.
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'''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==
 
==Events==
* [[Floppy disks]] are first introduced on [[Earth]].<ref name="A Test of Character">''[[TOS]]'' [[short story]]: "[[A Test of Character]]".</ref>
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* [[Floppy disks]] are first introduced on [[Earth]].<ref name="A Test of Character">{{ss|TOS|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>
* '''[[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>
 
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; [[January]]
* [[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>
 
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* [[Jimmy Carter]] becomes the [[governor]] of [[Georgia]].<ref name="historicalfact">Historical fact.</ref>
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; [[September]]
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* [[Charles Manson]] is found guilty of plotting the Tate/LaBianca murders.<ref name="historicalfact" />
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; [[November]]
 
* According to {{kt|Khan Noonien Singh}}, he is abducted in [[India]] by [[scientist]]s to use in an [[eugenics]] program.<ref name="Khan, Issue 1">{{c|TOS|Khan, Issue 1}}.</ref>
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; [[December]]
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* [[Doctors Without Borders]] is founded on [[Earth]].<ref name="historicalfact" />
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==People==
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===Births and deaths===
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{{categoried|1971 deaths}}
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; [[6 July]]
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* [[Louis Armstrong]] dies.<ref name="historicalfact" />
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; [[11 September]]
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* [[Nikita Khrushchev]] dies.<ref name="historicalfact" />
   
 
==Appendices==
 
==Appendices==
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===Releases===
 
===Releases===
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* The [[omnibus]] ''[[Star Trek Annual 1972]]'' is released.
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* The omnibus ''[[Star Trek Television Picture Story Book]]'' is released.
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====January====
 
====January====
 
{{releases/011971}}
 
{{releases/011971}}
* '''2nd''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''9th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''16th''': The fifth installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''23rd''': The sixth installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''30th''': The seventh installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
====February====
 
====February====
 
{{releases/021971}}
 
{{releases/021971}}
* '''6th''': The eighth installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''13th''': The ninth installment of the [[UK comic strips, eighteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''20th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, nineteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''27th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, nineteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* ''[[TOS]]'' [[Gold Key Comics|comic]]: #9 '''''[[The Legacy of Lazarus]]''''', by [[Len Wein]]
 
   
 
====March====
 
====March====
 
{{releases/031971}}
 
{{releases/031971}}
* '''6th''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, nineteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''13th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, nineteenth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''20th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twentieth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''27th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twentieth story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
====April====
 
====April====
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====June====
 
====June====
 
{{releases/061971}}
 
{{releases/061971}}
* '''5th''': The eighth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-first story arc]] is released.
 
* '''12th''': The ninth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-first story arc]] is released.
 
* '''19th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-second story arc]] is released.
 
* '''26th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-second story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
====July====
 
====July====
 
{{releases/071971}}
 
{{releases/071971}}
* '''3rd''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-second story arc]] is released.
 
* '''10th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-second story arc]] is released.
 
* '''17th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* '''24th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* '''31st''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* ''TOS'' [[novelization]] [[anthology]]: '''''[[Star Trek 4]]''''', by [[James Blish]]
 
   
 
====August====
 
====August====
 
{{releases/081971}}
 
{{releases/081971}}
* '''7th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* '''14th''': The fifth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* '''21st''': The sixth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-third story arc]] is released.
 
* '''28th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fourth story arc]] is released.
 
* ''TOS'' comic: #11 '''''[[The Brain Shockers]]''''', by Len Wein
 
   
 
====September====
 
====September====
 
{{releases/091971}}
 
{{releases/091971}}
* '''4th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fourth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''11th''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fourth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''18th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fourth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''25th''': The fifth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fourth story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
====October====
 
====October====
 
{{releases/101971}}
 
{{releases/101971}}
* '''2nd''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fifth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''9th''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-fifth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''16th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''23rd''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''30th''': The third installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
====November====
 
====November====
 
{{releases/111971}}
 
{{releases/111971}}
* '''6th''': The fourth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''13th''': The fifth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''20th''': The sixth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''27th''': The seventh installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* ''TOS'' comic: #12 '''''[[The Flight of the Buccaneer]]''''', by Len Wein
 
   
 
====December====
 
====December====
 
{{releases/121971}}
 
{{releases/121971}}
* '''4th''': The eighth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''9th''': The ninth installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-sixth story arc]] is released.
 
* '''16th''': The first installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-seventh story arc]] is released.
 
* '''23rd''': The second installment of the [[UK comic strips, twenty-seventh story arc]] is released.
 
   
 
===External links===
 
===External links===

Latest revision as of 22:23, 12 July 2022

timeline
The timestream.
years: 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

(stardates from 1971.0, or reference stardate -1/71)

decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

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 stardates, this era begins with stardate 1971.0[1] or reference stardate -1/71.[2]

Events

January
September
November
December

People

Births and deaths

6 July
11 September

Appendices

References

Stories

Title Series Date Media Notes Image
Elusive Salvation

Chapters 12-14
The Original Series May 21-26, 1971 novel Elusive Salvation cover
Star Trek: Khan

Khan, Issue 1

1971 flashback
The Original Series November 1971 comic Depicts the childhood of Khan Noonien Singh in India, and his history with the Chrysalis Project. Events take place in an alternate reality. ST Khan 1
New Visions

1971/4860.2

1971 sections
The Original Series 24 November 1971 comic James T. Kirk time travels to Earth to prevent the emergence of an alternate reality. 19714860.2 (New Visions)
Assignment: Earth

We Have Met the Enemy...
The Original Series 1971 comic Takes place three-and-a-half years after "Assignment: Earth." We Have Met The Enemy
Assignment: Earth

Isis
The Original Series c. 1971 comic Short comic published in We Have Met the Enemy..., and presumed to take place at a similar time. We Have Met The Enemy

Releases

January

Verticalthrusters

USS Enterprise fires vertical thrusters.

2 January
9 January
16 January
23 January
30 January

February

Gold Key 09

"The Legacy of Lazarus".

6 February
13 February
20 February
  • The first installment of "I, Emperor" is released.
27 February
  • The second installment of "I, Emperor" is released.

March

Chariot race

Chariot race.

6 March
  • The third installment of "I, Emperor" is released.
13 March
  • The fourth installment of "I, Emperor" is released.
20 March
27 March

April

TV21-82cvr

Part 1 of "Key Witness".

3 April
10 April
17 April
24 April

May

Gold Key 10

"Sceptre of the Sun".

1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May
29 May

June

TV21-92-cvr

Part 2 of "Nova-Thirteen".

5 June
12 June
19 June
26 June


July

TV21-95-cvr

Part 1 of "Prison Break".

3 July
10 July
17 July
24 July
31 July


August

Gold Key 11

"The Brain Shockers".

7 August
14 August
21 August
28 August

September

TV21-102-cvr

Part 2 of "Vibrations in Time".

4 September
11 September
18 September
25 September


October

2 October
9 October
16 October
23 October
30 October


November

Gold Key 12

"The Flight of the Buccaneer".

6 November
13 November
20 November
27 November


December

4 December
9 December
16 December
23 December


External links