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Al Loving, Lisa (1971)

1971



Hans Haacke's exhibition about New York real estate ownership is canceled byNew York's Guggenheim Museum.

Chris Burden has himself shot in the arm with a 22 caliber rifle five times in Shoot Piece.

During the Attica State Prison riots, 1200 inmates take 30 guards and other employees hostage in an attempt for reforms. the riots end in a bloodbath fwith 28 inmates and 9 guards killed, all by police gunfire.

Germaine Greer publishes The Female Eunich.

The
microprocessor, the foundation for all computers and many other electric devices, is introduced.