June 1971

Tuesday 01:

Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.

Sunday 06:

The Ed Sullivan Show goes off the air.

Sunday 13:

Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm

Thursday 17:

Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, setting out a plan where the U.S. would return control of Okinawa.

Wednesday 30:

The 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, is ratified as Ohio became the 38th state to approve it.