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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in December 1971.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Edward Heath (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on December 1971: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of December 1971?


Events

  • 01 Dec 1971 2 Gentlemen of Verona opens at St. James Theater NYC for 613 performances
  • 02 Dec 1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
  • 03 Dec 1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
  • 04 Dec 1971 The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song ''Smoke on the Water''.
  • 05 Dec 1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
  • 06 Dec 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
  • 07 Dec 1971 Wild andWonderful opens / closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
  • 08 Dec 1971 U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
  • 09 Dec 1971 Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at age 67 in New York City, New York.
  • 10 Dec 1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel Prize of Peace.
  • 11 Dec 1971 Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as a prime minister)
  • 13 Dec 1971 John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
  • 14 Dec 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
  • 16 Dec 1971 Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
  • 17 Dec 1971 Diamonds are Forever premieres in US
  • 18 Dec 1971 1st Candlelight Processional
  • 19 Dec 1971 Inner City opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances
  • 20 Dec 1971 Roy Oliver Disney, co-founder of Walt Disney Company, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage, at age 78.
  • 22 Dec 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks / College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • 24 Dec 1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke (found ten days later).
  • 25 Dec 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
  • 28 Dec 1971 Hasj falls from now on under (neath) the Opiumwet
  • 29 Dec 1971 The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
  • 30 Dec 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders).
  • 31 Dec 1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in December 1971?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Family Affair
  2. - Brand New Key
  3. - Theme From Shaft
  4. - American Pie (Parts 1 and 2)
  5. - Baby I'm-A Want You

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
  2. - Grandad
  3. - I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
  4. - Jeepster
  5. - I Hear You Knocking

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

The Hilarious House of Frightenstein

Release year: 1971

Starring: Billy Van, Julius Sumner Miller, Vincent Price, Fishka Rais

Country: Canada

Gentlemen of Fortune

Gentlemen of Fortune

Release year: 1971

Directed by: Aleksandr Seryj

Starring: Evgeniy Leonov, Georgiy Vitsin, Radner Muratov, Saveliy Kramarov

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange

Release year: 1971

Directed by: Stanley Kubrick

Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke

Country: United States of America

Harold and Maude

Harold and Maude

Release year: 1971

Directed by: Hal Ashby

Starring: Ruth Gordon, Bud Cort, Vivian Pickles, Cyril Cusack

Country: United States of America

Dirty Harry

Dirty Harry

Release year: 1971

Directed by: Don Siegel

Starring: Clint Eastwood, Andrew Robinson, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni

Country: United States of America

Books

Which were the most popular books released in December 1971?
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Theirs Was The Kingdom by R.F. Delderfield

Theirs Was The Kingdom

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The long-awaited reissue is now available of the second novel in R. F. Delderfield’s classic God Is An Englishman series Theirs was the Kingdom

The Day Of The Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

The Day Of The Jackal

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THE CLASSIC THRILLER FROM #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR FREDERICK FOSTER"The Day of the Jackal makes comparable books like The Manchurian Candidate or The Spy Who Came in From the Cold look like Hardy Boy mysteries The

Wunnerful, Wunnerful! by Lawrence Welk with Bernice McGeehan

Wunnerful, Wunnerful!

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Tracy And Hepburn by Garson Kanin

Tracy And Hepburn

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The classic Hollywood memoir is back and this time with a new introduction by the author. Spence Tracy and Kate Hepburn were the celebrity couple that everyone knew, but few actually knew.

Eleanor And Franklin by Joseph P. Lash

Eleanor And Franklin

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#1 New York Times Bestseller--Winners of the Pulitzer Prize & National Book AwardIn Joseph P.'s extraordinary biography about the most important political couple of the 20th century, Joseph P.