The following events occurred in April 1971:
April 19, 1971: The Earth's first space station, Salyut 1, is launched into orbit by the Soviet Union
April 18, 1971: Sadat, Gaddafi and Assad pledge to merge Egypt, Libya and Syria into "Federation of Arab Republics"
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Protests against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C., on April 24, 1971
The following events occurred in January 1971:
January 31, 1971: First American astronaut Alan Shepard (center) returns to space on Apollo 14
January 12, 1971: Groundbreaking sitcom All in the Family premieres
January 25, 1971: Idi Amin comes to power in Uganda
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