The Japanese Red Army was a far-left militant group that grew out of the radical student movement in Japan in the late 1960s and aimed at a world communist revolution. Led by Fusako Shigenobu, it was based in Lebanon, in the Bekaa Valley, and worked with Palestinian groups, in particular the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. Its members carried out attacks, including the 1972 shooting at Lod airport in Israel, which killed some twenty people, and several hijackings and hostage-takings. Its leaders were arrested or killed over the years, Shigenobu was arrested in Japan in 2000, and the group announced its dissolution in 2001.
Before and after
- 1971Founding of Las Campanas Observatory
- January 1971Founding of World Economic Forum
- from 1971 to 1986Salyut programme
- 1971Establishment of Kevladev National Park
- from 1971 to 2001Rise of Japanese Red Army
- 1971Microprocessor
- 1971Email
- 31 January 1971Launch of Apollo 14
- 2 February 1971Ramsar Convention
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- 14 September 1960Founding of Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
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- 1 January 1995Founding of World Trade Organization
- 4 February 2004Founding of Facebook
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