First British soldier killed in the Troubles
1971 · Event
Gunner Robert Curtis is shot by an IRA sniper in the New Lodge in north Belfast.
On these timelines: The Troubles, United Kingdom (combined), Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, Master
More from The Troubles
- The Troubles (1968)
- Omagh bombing (1998)
- Ian Paisley (1926)
- Northern Ireland riots of August 1969 (1969)
- The IRA declares a ceasefire (1994)
- Bobby Sands is elected from his death-bed (1981)
- Battle of the Bogside (1969)
- Dublin and Monaghan bombings (1974)
Around 1971
- Prague Spring (1968)
- Apollo 11 moon landing (1969)
- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)
- Vietnam War (American phase) (1965)
- Watergate scandal (1972)
- Six-Day War (1967)
- Yom Kippur War (1973)
- Birth of hip-hop (1973)
- Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)