October 1971 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary General of NATO
• 02 Oct 1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race.
• 03 Oct 1971 Billie Jean King becomes first female athlete to win $100,000.
• 04 Oct 1971 KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
• 07 Oct 1971 Disney World opens in Orlando
• 08 Oct 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit Imagine
• 09 Oct 1971 Japans Emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
• 10 Oct 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
• 11 Oct 1971 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte
• 12 Oct 1971 Jesus Christ Superstar opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
• 13 Oct 1971 1st World Series night game
• 14 Oct 1971 John andYoko appear on Dick Cavett Show
• 15 Oct 1971 The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
• 16 Oct 1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco, California.
• 17 Oct 1971 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
• 18 Oct 1971 In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption.
• 19 Oct 1971 Last issue of Look magazine is published
• 20 Oct 1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
• 21 Oct 1971 To Live Another Summer opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances
• 23 Oct 1971 WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins
• 24 Oct 1971 Texas Stadium opens - Dallas Cowboys beat New England Patriots 44-21.
• 25 Oct 1971 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
• 26 Oct 1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
• 27 Oct 1971 Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
• 28 Oct 1971 John andYoko record Happy Xmas (War is Over) in New York City
• 29 Oct 1971 The NBC TV network airs the TV special Grand Opening of Walt Disney World. Approximately 52 million people in the US view the 90-minute show.
• 30 Oct 1971 Rev. Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party is founded in Northern Ireland.
• 31 Oct 1971 On the Town opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 65 performances

Famous Birthday

• Ingrid Chauvin

  French stage and TV films actress, known for her roles in the series "Mediterranée" and "Dolmen", and in the police procedural serie "Femmes...

• Winona Ryder

  American actress who entered movies at age 13 following a less-than-conventional upbringing by intellectual hippy parents who were both...

• Snoop Dogg

  American musician, the embodiment of ’90s gangster rap.

• Alexandra Lamy

  French actress, married in 2009 Jean Dujardin (separated in 2013).

• Sacha Baron Cohen

  English comedian.

• Dannii Minogue

  Dannii Minogue: Australian singer and actor, younger sister of Kylie Minogue and ex-partner of actor Julian McMahon, son of the late...

• Astrid Veillon
• Andy Whitfield
• James Root

  American guitarist (Slipknot).

• Elena Lenina
• Kevin Richardson

  American singer (Backstreet Boys).

• Jade Jagger

  Paris, France -- Daughter of Mick and Bianca Jagger.

• Evgeny Kissin

  Russian pianist.

• Nicolas Ouédec

  French soccer player.

• Fabrice Burgaud

  French magistrate known for having instructed the Outreau case, a 2004 criminal trial in northern France on various counts of sexual abuse...

• Reynald Pedros

  French footballer who played as a midfielder at senior level from 1987 to 2009.

• Emmanuelle Laborit

  French actress, deaf from birth, she became President of the International Visual Theater in 2007.

• Chris Kirkpatrick

  American singer ('N Sync).

• Tiffany (singer)
• Lola Dueñas

  Spanish actress.

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Famous Deaths

• Duane Allman

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Allman Brothers Band Hour Glass Derek and the Dominos and The Allman Joys) (d. 1971).

• Edit Angold

  Actor (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76.

• Christopher Dark

  Actor (Man Behind the Badge), dies at 51.

• Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman

  Composer, dies at 79.

• Dean G Acheson

  US Foreign Minister (1949-53), dies at 78.

• Fernand Quinet

  Belgian Composer / conductor (Guerre), dies at 73.

• Yves de La Casiniere

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Osvald Chlubna

  Composer, dies at 78.

• Gerhard von Rad

  German Old Testament expert, dies at 70.

• Leah Baird

  Writer (Jungle Bride), dies of anemia at 88.

• Albertus W "Albert" van Dalsum

  Actor / director (King Lear), dies at 82.

• Alberto Pirelli

  Italian industrial, dies at 89.

• Betty Bronson

  Actress (Naked Kiss), dies after brief illness at 64.

• John Cawte Beaglehole

  New Zealand historian (Born 1901).

• Chuck Hughes

  Detroit Lions' player, collapses during game and later dies.

• Chesty Puller

  United States Marine Corps lieutenant general who fought guerrillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, and fought in World War II and the Korean War.

• Tamanoumi Masahiro

  Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (Born 1944).

• Carl Ruggles

  American pianist and composer (d. 1971).

• Stafford Smythe

  Canadian hockey executive (d. 1971).

• Bola de Nieve

  Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (Born 1911).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Rod Stewart - Maggie May
2. Donny Osmond - Go Away Little Girl
3. Carpenters - Superstar
4. Cher - Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves
5. Joan Baez - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Rod Stewart - Maggie May / Reason To Believe
2. Slade - Coz I Luv You
3. Middle Of The Road - Tweedle Dee Tweedle Dum
4. The Tams - Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
5. Redbone - The Witch Queen Of New Orleans