January 25, 1971

1971Luca Badoer, Italian racing driver^[†]

Luca Badoer is an Italian former racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1993 and 2009.

1971Philip Coppens, Belgian journalist and author (died 2012)^[†]

Philip Coppens was a Belgian author, radio host, and commentator whose writings, speeches and television appearances focused on areas of fringe science and alternative history.

1971Charles Manson and four "Family" members (three of them female) are found guilty of the 1969 Tate–LaBianca murders.^[†]

Charles Milles Manson was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a series of at least nine murders at four locations in July and August 1969. In 1971, Manson was convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people, including the film actress Sharon Tate. The prosecution contended that, while Manson never directly ordered the murders, his ideology constituted an overt act of conspiracy.

1971Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president.^[†]

Idi Amin Dada Oumee was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 until his overthrow in 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern world history.