Ireland

Rangers win the European Cup Winners Cup in Barcelona.

Bloody Sunday, Derry City, North Ireland

Bloody Sunday," actually occurred on January 30, 1972, It took place in Derry (also known as Londonderry) in Northern Ireland and is one of the most notorious incidents in the Northern Irish conflict known as “The Troubles.”

Explosion at Clarkston Toll shopping centre, killing, 12.

Mass demonstrations in Brittany to pressure French government to establish policy to maintain the Breton language.

Sole remaining gas street lamp in Glasgow was lit for the last time

Glasgow’s Last Gas Street Lamp Extinguished 1971 - Glasgow, Scotland

Indefinite Internment Without Trial or Charge instituted by England in six counties of Northern Ireland.

Indefinite internment without trial or charge was instituted by the British government in Northern Ireland on August 9, 1971, during a period of intense conflict known as “The Troubles.” This policy, known as Operation Demetrius, was primarily aimed at detaining members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and others suspected of involvement in paramilitary activities against the British state.

Lord Boyd Orr, biologist and Nobel Prize Winner, died.

Mass protest in West of Scotland against closure of John Browns shipyard.

Lord Reith, father of the BBC, died.

Invergordon aluminium works starts production.