The following lists events that happened during
1971 *
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
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in
Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
.
Incumbents
*
President:
Clifford Dupont
*
Prime Minister:
Ian Smith
Events
June
*30 June -
Arnold Goodman
Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman, CH, (21 August 191312 May 1995) was a British lawyer and political advisor.
Life
Arnold Goodman was born at Hackney, London, son of Jewish parents Joseph Goodman (1879/80-1940), a master draper, and Be ...
, a
British special envoy arrives in
Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
for talks with the Rhodesian government
November
*15 November -
Alec Douglas-Home
Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel (; 2 July 1903 – 9 October 1995), styled as Lord Dunglass between 1918 and 1951 and being The 14th Earl of Home from 1951 till 1963, was a British Conservative politician who se ...
, the British Foreign Secretary, arrives in
Salisbury to discuss settlement proposals
*24 November -
Ian Smith, Rhodesian Prime Minister, and Alec Douglas-Home sign an agreement setting out proposals for settlement
December
*16 December - The
African National Council is set up as a temporary non-political body under Bishop
Abel Muzorewa to oppose the settlement terms.
Births
* May 24 —
Cephas Matafi, long-distance runner
References
Years of the 20th century in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe
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