1971

Timeline

1970 ← 1971 → 1972

Before 1900

Prehistoric eras: Precambrian • Carboniferous • Permian • Jurassic • Cretaceous

BCE: Last Ice Age • 30,000 • 8000 • 1100 • 218

CE: 79 • 1274 • 1348 • 1502 • 1588 • 1605 • 1749 • 1850 • 1853 • 1898

1900-1999

1900-1929: 1906 • 1908 • 1912 • 1915 • 1917 • 1918 • 1920 • 1922 • 1923 • 1925 • 1926 • 1927 • 1928 • 1929

'30s: 1930 • 1931 • 1932 • 1933 • 1934 • 1935 • 1936 • 1937 • 1938 • 1939

'40s: 1940 • 1941 • 1942 • 1943 • 1944 • 1945 • 1946 • 1947 • 1948 • 1949

'50s: 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959

'60s: 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969

'70s: 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979

'80s: 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989

'90s: 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999

2000-present

'00s: 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009

'10s: 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019

'20s: 2020 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025

Future

2026 • 2027 • 2028 • 2029 • 2030 • 2048 • 2097 • 2204 • 22,000

In the real world

• Monogram International is founded.

March

• 17 March: Invasion of Astro-Monster is re-released in Japan.

April

• 21 April: The first episode of Return of Ultraman, the first entry in the Ultra Series following Eiji Tsuburaya's death, airs in Japan.

July

• 17 July: Gamera vs. Zigra is released in Japan.
• 24 July: Godzilla vs. Hedorah is released in Japan. This is the first Godzilla film made after the death of Eiji Tsuburaya.

August

• 8 August: Yosuke Nakano is born in Hakata, Fukuoka, Japan.

November

• 29 November Daiei, the company that produces the Gamera films, goes bankrupt but isn't liquidated. This begins a long hiatus in the Gamera series which lasts until 1980.

December

• 5 December: The first episode of Mirrorman airs in Japan.
• 8 December: All Monsters Attack is released in the United States under the title Godzilla's Revenge.
• 12 December: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster is re-released in Japan.
• 28 December: Max Steiner, the composer of King Kong (1933) and Son of Kong, passes away at age 83.

In fiction

• Godzilla emerges to battle the smog monster Hedorah, a giant space creature that feeds on pollution. With the help of two giant electrodes, Godzilla triumphs, but not until he suffers greatly from Hedorah's vast array of abilities. (Godzilla vs. Hedorah)
• An alien from a distant planet named Zigra arrives on Earth, intent on enslaving the human race to be used as food for his kind. Gamera arrives to battle him, and after a long and vicious battle succeeds in killing Zigra. (Gamera vs. Zigra)
• Godzilla and Hedorah clash in New York City, ending in both monsters returning back to the ocean. (Godzilla Rivals: Vs. Hedorah)
• Godzilla battles Hedorah in Istanbul, Turkey and defeats the Smog Monster with atomic breath. ("The Half-Century Bore")

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