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Tuesday December 28, 1971
US date format: 12/28/1971, UK date format: 28/12/1971
It was Tuesday, under the sign of Capricorn (see birth chart on December 28, 1971). The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Mariana Tosca and Juan Villegas.
In that special week of December people in US were listening to Brand New Key by Melanie.
In UK I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony) by The New Seekers was in the top 5 hits.
The Valachi Papers, directed by Terence Young, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1971
while The Winds Of War by Herman Wouk was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching The Hilarious House of Frightenstein.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing The Oregon Trail or Computer Space.
But much more happened that day: find out below..
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in those months?
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The Valachi Papers
Directed by: Terence Young
Starring: Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland, Walter Chiari
Gumshoe
Directed by: Stephen Frears
Starring: Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Frank Finlay, Janice Rule
Women in Revolt
Directed by: Paul Morrissey
Starring: Candy Darling, Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, Jonathan Kramer
Country: United States of America
A Clockwork Orange
Directed by: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Country: United States of America
Harold and Maude
Directed by: Hal Ashby
Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of December 28, 1971?
- The third day of Christmas in Western Christianity.
- Calendar of Saints - Feast of the Holy Innocents, a.k.a. Childermas, commemorating the Massacre of the Innocents on order of king Herod the Great. In Spain and Latin American countries the festival is celebrated in a manner similar to April Fool's Day.
Holidays
- Hasj falls from now on under (neath) the Opiumwet
Events
- Mariana Tosca
- Juan Villegas
- Steve Morrison: NFL linebacker (Indianapolis Colts).
- Michael Watkins: NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers).
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Famous Birthday
- Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner: Composer, dies at 83.
- Max Steiner: Austrian-born American film music...
Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of December 28, 1971?
- Melanie - Brand New Key
- Don McLean - American Pie (Parts 1 and 2)
- Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair
- Three Dog Night - An Old Fashioned Love Song
- Michael Jackson - Got To Be There
- The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her
- Dennis Coffey and the Detroit Guitar Band - Scorpio
- Jonathan Edwards - Sunshine
- David Cassidy - Cherish
- Donny Osmond - Hey Girl
Top #10 songs in the USA
- The New Seekers - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
- Clive Dunn - Grandad
- Neil Reid - Mother Of Mine
- Dave Edmunds - I Hear You Knocking
- Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) - Benny Hill
- McGuinness Flint - When I'm Dead And Gone
- Congregation - Softly Whispering I Love You
- T Rex - Ride A White Swan
- T Rex - Jeepster
- The Jackson Five - I'll Be There
Top #10 songs in the UK
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TV Series
Which were the most popular TV Series released in those months?
The Hilarious House of Frightenstein
Starring: Billy Van, Julius Sumner Miller, Vincent Price, Fishka Rais
Country: Canada
Cadet Rousselle
Directed by: Not specifed
The Intruder
Ways of Seeing
Starring: John Berger
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus
Magazine Covers
What news were making the headlines those days in December 1971?
- LIFE: Children
- Time: Stained glass depiction by Leandro Velasco of the parable of the Good Samaritan
- SportsIllustrated: Sports Illustrated: no.8260
Books
Which were the most popular books released in the last weeks?
The Winds Of War
By: Herman Wouk
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation.Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events, as well as all the drama, romance, heroism, and …
Jennie, Volume Two
By: Ralph G. Martin
Paperback - Nonfiction Volume II of the life of Lady Randolph Churchill 1895-1921
Message From Malaga
By: Helen MacInnes
"That delay in the delivery of the message from Málaga could have been absolutely disastrous. As it was, there had been irreparable loss: an agent dead."Under
Our Gang
By: Philip Roth
A ferocious political satire in the great tradition, Our Gang is Philip Roth’s brilliantly indignant response to the phenomenon of Richard M.
Videogames
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