on the Moon. August August – Camden, New Jersey erupts in race riots, with looting and arson, following the beating death of a Puerto Rican motorist by city police. Also in 1971, Philadelphia International Records is established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder. August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 attend The Concert for Bangladesh. August 2 – J. C. Penney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since. August 5 – The South Pacific Forum (SPF) is established. August 6 – A total lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed, visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and is the 38th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 128. August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth. August 9 India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union. Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow. August 10 – Mr. Tickle, the first book in the Mr. Men series is first published. August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. August 12 – Syria severs diplomatic relations with Jordan because of border clashes. August 14 British troops are stationed on the Ireland border to stop arms smuggling. Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain ( officially the Kingdom of Bahrain). August 15 Jackie Stewart becomes Formula One World Drivers' Champion in the Tyrrell 003-Cosworth. The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500. President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. August 16 – Hastings Banda, President of Malawi, becomes the first black president to visit South Africa. August 18 Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. British troops are engaged in a firefight with the IRA in Derry, Northern Ireland. August 19–22 – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan José Torres, but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over. August 20 International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) (effective February 12, 1973). The USS Manatee spills of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House