Movies set in 1971
25th Idi Amin overthrows president Milton Obote
1st Sonny Liston dies of a heroin overdose
27th Lev Yashin's farewell match
6th Damien is born
13th the New York Times prints the first of their articles about the leaked Pentagon Papers
30th the High Court sides with the New York Times
15th Petra Schelm is killed in a shootout with police
14th the experiment begins
20th the experiment comes to a halt a week earlier than planned
11th the robbery
25th Marshall's first win after the loss of 37 players, against Xavier University
31st Art Sneperger is killed while planting a car bomb
26th Danny Greene kills "Big Mike" Frato
16th the Pakistani Instrument of Surrender is signed