in a military coup. March 25 – The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) at midnight after President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament; start of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. That ended the non-cooperation movement. The North East Mall opens in Hurst, Texas March 26 East Pakistan's independence is declared by Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and transmitted using East Pakistan Rifles radio. Nihat Erim (a former CHP member) forms the new government of Turkey (33rd government, composed mostly of technocrats). March 27 – East Pakistan's independence is repeatedly declared by army major (later president of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong. March 29 U.S. Army lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders during the My Lai Massacre and is sentenced to life in prison (he is later pardoned). A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and female followers Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten. March 30 – Starbucks coffee shop is founded in the U.S. state of Washington. April April 1 – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership. April 5 In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the People's Liberation Front begins a rebellion against the Bandaranaike government. Mount Etna erupts in Sicily. April 8 – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos. April 12 – Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan. April 17 The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor. Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a confederation. April 19 The government of Bangladesh flees to India. Sierra Leone becomes a republic. The Soviet Union launches Salyut 1. Charles Manson is sentenced to death in the United States; in 1972, the sentence for all California death-row inmates will be commuted to life imprisonment. April 20 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation. Cambodian prime minister Lon Nol resigns but remains effectively in power until the next elections. National Public Radio (NPR) airs its first broadcast. April 21 – Siaka Stevens is sworn in as the first president of Sierra Leone. April 24 Soyuz 10 fails to dock