Timeline Monday 26 July 1971

Events on Monday 26 July 1971 2

• 1923 – 1971 Diane Arbus (1923-1971) Died 26 July 1971, aged 48 Diane Arbus was an American photographer known for stark portraits of marginalized and unconventional subjects, including circus performers, transgender people, and psychiatric patients. Her work challenged conventions of beauty and normalcy in documentary photography. She died by suicide in New York City.
• 1971 Apollo 15 Mission First mission with a Lunar Roving Vehicle David Scott and James Irwin drove the first Lunar Roving Vehicle across the Hadley-Apennine region of the Moon while Alfred Worden orbited overhead. The mission collected the largest sample of lunar material returned to that point. It was the first of NASA's extended-duration J missions.