February 1971 calendar

Events

• 02 Feb 1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
• 03 Feb 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
• 04 Feb 1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon
• 05 Feb 1971 Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours
• 06 Feb 1971 First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard).
• 07 Feb 1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
• 08 Feb 1971 South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try and cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
• 09 Feb 1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
• 10 Feb 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer
• 11 Feb 1971 Montreal Canadiens' John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal.
• 13 Feb 1971 Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
• 14 Feb 1971 Movie Ben Hur 1st shown on television
• 15 Feb 1971 The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
• 16 Feb 1971 In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria residents of Reggio di Calabria riot for 5 days because of the decision.
• 19 Feb 1971 Paul McCartney releases Another Day in the UK
• 20 Feb 1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio and TV stations to go off the air; the mistake isn't resolved for 30 minutes.
• 21 Feb 1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117.
• 22 Feb 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria.
• 23 Feb 1971 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
• 24 Feb 1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies.
• 25 Feb 1971 Oh! Calcutta! opens at Belasco Theater in New York City for 1,316 performances.
• 26 Feb 1971 U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• 28 Feb 1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National. Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam.

Famous Birthday

• Erykah Badu

  American singer.

• Denise Richards

  American actress.

• Hélène Segara
• Michael C Hall

  American actor.

• Sarah Kane

  English playwright (d. 1999).

• Adeline Blondieau

  French actress, theatre and TV.

• Renée O'Connor
• Sharon Case

  Soap Opera Actress.

• Derren Brown

  British psychological illusionist.

• Vincent Elbaz

  French actor.

• Rozonda Thomas

  Rapper.

• Sean Astin

  American actor and child of noted parents, actor Patty Duke.

• Julia Rais
• Damian Lewis

  British actor.

• Amanda Holden

  British actress.

• Lorena Rojas

  Soap Opera Actress.

• Romane Serda

  French singer of Spanish descent, she was married to Renaud (divorced in 2011).

• Sara Evans

  American singer.

• Gheorghe Muresan

  Romanian-American basketball player: center, Wizards.

• Agnès Letestu

  French leading ballet dancer, she retired on 10th October 2013 after performing "La Dame aux Camélias" and a long standing ovation.

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Famous Deaths

• Fernandel

  French actor and mime comedian with a long, sorrowful, equine face and a radiant and toothy smile.

• Marian Viktorovich Koval

  Composer, dies at 63.

• Adolph Weiss

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Barry Macollum

  Actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81.

• Rudolf Mauersberger

  Composer, dies at 82.

• King Lockwood

  Dies of a stroke at 73.

• Fernandel [Contandin]

  French actor (Death of Champion), dies at 67.

• Joseph Berg

  Composer, dies at 43.

• George Shelton

  Actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86.

• Tullio Carminati

  Actor (Roman Holiday, Moulin Rouge), dies at 76.

• Matt McHugh

  Actor (Taxi, Freaks, Barbary Coast), dies at 77.

• James C Penney

  American department store founder (Born 1875).

• Whitney Young Jr

  US National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria.

• James Cash Penney

  US founder (J C Penney), dies at age 95.

• Dimitrios Loundras

  Greek gymnast (Born 1885).

• Teddy Hart

  Actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73.

• Joseph Desire Fernandel

  Comedian, dies of cancer at 67.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Dawn - Knock Three Times
2. The Osmonds - One Bad Apple
3. Jackson 5 - Mama's Pearl
4. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
5. Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
2. Mungo Jerry - Baby Jump
3. The Mixtures - Pushbike Song
4. Paul McCartney - Another Day
5. The Supremes - Stoned Love