1971: On This Year

1971

1971 (MCMLXXI in Roman Numerals) was the year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations.

Is 1971 a year special to you? If so you may like to discover what 1971 was famous for, who won the Oscars and the Nobel Prizes in 1971, who was Time's Person of the Year in 1971, which books, music and movies were top of the charts in 1971, what Chinese zodiac sign is associated to 1971, what babynames were most popular that year, what was the World population on that year and what happend in 1971.

On this page we will address all your questions and curiosities about 1971 to help you enjoy your trip down memory lane.

history

What was 1971 known for ?

  • All that goes around comes back around. The 70s were a time of change with fashion experiencing tumultuous change, TV stars with the likes of Farrah Fawcett’s posters on many a young man’s walls.
  • The 70s also brought about the age of the disco, as the race to space started heating up between the Americans and the Soviets.
  • It was a rude shock for President Milton Obote of Uganda while on an overseas trip, woke up to the news that Uganda was under a new regime on the morning of February 2, 1971. His head of the army and air force Major General Idi Amin had successfully overthrown the government and had declared himself president and chief of the military. During his reign, Idi Amin ordered that all Asians leave Uganda in the process plunging the country’s economy to new lows. He was also responsible for the massacre of over 300,000 Ugandans from the Lango and Acholi ethnic groups.
  • Under the guise of fighting for civil rights, Weather Underground a radical group with ties to the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), advocated for the transformation of the American Society through violent means. The Weather Underground angered by the involvement of the USA in the Laos invasion carried out an attack on the Capitol building in Washington D.C. on March 1. There were no records of deaths from the explosion though the damaged stood at an estimated at $300,000.
  • The weathermen also targeted the New York Police Department headquarters, the Pentagon, State Department, and the Long Island Court House.
  • With the civil movements happening across the USA, the Soviets gained mileage and won the race to space. The Soviet launched three of their cosmonauts; Vladislav Volkov, Viktor Patsayev, and Georgi Dobrovolsky into space aboard the Soyuz 11 on June 30. Their mission was to dock and enter Salyut 1 a Soviet space station. The three perished on their reentry journey when they fired the explosive bolts in a procedure to separate the Soyuz 11 re-entry capsule from the rest of the craft and accidentally opening critical valves of the capsule. Exposed to the pressure-less environment of space the cosmonauts died within minutes, a hundred miles above the earth.
  • The world was still facing its darkest moments with the raging cold war and the highly competitive arms race; times were exciting as much as they were dangerous. There were lessons learned in that era and in particular, 1971 that will remain ebbed in history.

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Oscar

1971: Oscar Winners of the Year

In 1971, during the 44th Academy Awards Cerimony, held on 10/04/1972 the following movies, actors, actresses and directors were awarded with the Oscar in 6 categories honoring the films released in 1971:

What movie won the Best Picture Oscar in 1971?

The French Connection
The Oscar for Best Movie went to The French Connection, directed by William Friedkin, starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Director Oscar in 1971?

The French Connection
The Oscar for Best Director went to William Friedkin, for the movie The French Connection, starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1971?

The French Connection
The Oscar for Best Actor went to Gene Hackman, for the movie The French Connection, starring Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, Tony Lo Bianco produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Actress Oscar in 1971?

Klute
The Oscar for Best Actress went to Jane Fonda, for the movie Klute, starring Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland, Charles Cioffi, Roy Scheider produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1971?

The Last Picture Show
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor went to Ben Johnson, for the movie The Last Picture Show, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson produced in the United States of America.

Who won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar in 1971?

The Last Picture Show
The Oscar for Best Supporting Actress went to Cloris Leachman, for the movie The Last Picture Show, starring Timothy Bottoms, Jeff Bridges, Cybill Shepherd, Ben Johnson produced in the United States of America.
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1971: Who was Time's Person of the Year?


Richard Nixon
In 1971, Richard Nixon was named by TIME magazine as Person of the Year. Nixon was President of the United States from 1969 to 1974.

1971: What were the most popular books published that year?

The most popular and best selling books in 1971 were:

Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw

Rich Man, Poor Man

By:

Paperback with TV tie-ins

The Drifters by James A. Michener

The Drifters

By:

James A. Michener, the acclaimed novelist, presents a poignant and powerful story about a disenchanted youth in Vietnam during this era.

The New Centurions by Joseph Wambaugh

The New Centurions

By:

Joseph Wambaugh, an ex-cop and #1 New York Times bestseller writer, created a new type of literature through his outstanding early police procedurals.

The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

The Exorcist

By:

The Exorcist was originally published in 1971. It is now a major TV series on FOX. It is still one of the most controversial novels and became a literary sensation. It spent 47 weeks on the New York Times Bestseller …

The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer

The Female Eunuch

By:

The 1970 publication of Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch was a major event that raised eyebrows and ire, while also creating a shock wave in recognition among women all over the globe.

Pig chinese zodiac sign

1971: What was the Chinese Zodiac sign associated with the year 1971?


According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1971 was the Year of the Pig.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Pig sign.

Nobel Prize

1971: Nobel Prize Winners of the Year


1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Willy Brandt

1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Pablo Neruda

1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Dennis Gabor

1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Gerhard Herzberg

1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Simon Kuznets

1971: Who won the Nobel Prize in None ?

In 1971 the Nobel Prize in None was awarded to:
  • Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.
world population

1971: What were the most popular baby names in the USA that year ?

The 3 most popular baby names in 1971 were Michael, James and David for boys and Jennifer, Michelle and Lisa for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1971: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1971 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Michael
  • James
  • David
  • John
  • Robert
  • Christopher
  • William
  • Jason
  • Brian
  • Scott

1971: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1971 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

  • Jennifer
  • Michelle
  • Lisa
  • Kimberly
  • Amy
  • Angela
  • Melissa
  • Tammy
  • Mary
  • Julie

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1971: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1971, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Joy To The World by Three Dog Night

1971: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1971 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Joy To The World by Three Dog Night
  2. Maggie May by Rod Stewart
  3. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart by Bee Gees
  4. It's Too Late by Carole King
  5. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) by The Temptations
  6. Go Away Little Girl by Donny Osmond
  7. One Bad Apple by The Osmonds
  8. Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves by Cher
  9. Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian) by The Raiders
  10. Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes

1971: What was the number 1 song in the UK that year?

The number 1 song in the UK in 1971, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Maggie May / Reason To Believe by Rod Stewart

1971: What was the music chart in the UK that year?

The Music Chart in the UK in 1971 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

  1. Maggie May / Reason To Believe by Rod Stewart
  2. Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson
  3. Double Barrel by Dave & Ansil Collins
  4. I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross
  5. Knock Three Times by Dawn
  6. Indiana Wants Me by R Dean Taylor
  7. Get It On by T Rex
  8. My Sweet Lord by George Harrison
  9. The Witch Queen Of New Orleans by Redbone
  10. Never Ending Song Of Love by The New Seekers

1971: What were the most popular movies that year ?

The most popular movies and box office hits in 1971 were:

Quentin Durward

Quentin Durward

Release year: 1971

Starring: Marie-France Boyer

Country: France

Anand

Anand

Release year: 1971

Directed by: Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Starring: Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Sumita Sanyal, Ramesh Deo

Country: United States of America

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

world population

1971: What was the world population that year?

The world population in 1971 was 3,775,759,617 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 37.0% of the total population, which is roughly 1.4 billion individuals.The annual population change in 1971 was an increase of +75.5 million people, representing a percentage increase of +2.04% over the previous year.The average population density in 1971 was 16 persons per square mile (or 25 persons per square kilometer).

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What happened in 1971?

Here's what happened in 1971:

  • Jan 1, 1971: Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
  • Jan 2, 1971: The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
  • Jan 3, 1971: Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game.
  • Jan 4, 1971: Ohio agrees to pay US$675,000 to relatives of Kent State prison victims.
  • Jan 5, 1971: 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
  • Jan 6, 1971: Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate.
  • Jan 7, 1971: -40 degrees F (-40 degrees C), Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record).
  • Jan 8, 1971: Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established.
  • Jan 9, 1971: Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen closes at Majestic NYC after 19 performances
  • Jan 10, 1971: Light, Lively & Yiddish closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 87 performances
  • Jan 11, 1971: 1st Quickie Divorce granted in the UK
  • Jan 12, 1971: All in the Family premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
  • Jan 13, 1971: Soon closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 3 performances
  • Jan 14, 1971: John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs.
  • Jan 15, 1971: Ari opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 19 performances
  • Jan 16, 1971: Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1:58.7).
  • Jan 17, 1971: Super Bowl V: Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami, Florida; Most Valuable Player: Chuck Howley, Dallas, Linebacker.
  • Jan 18, 1971: Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in New York, to become WWF champ.
  • Jan 19, 1971: No, No Nanette opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 861 performances
  • Jan 20, 1971: Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8).
  • Jan 21, 1971: Alias Smith & Jones premieres on ABC TV
  • Jan 22, 1971: John andYoko record Power to the People
  • Jan 23, 1971: UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
  • Jan 24, 1971: NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6 (first Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger).
  • Jan 25, 1971: WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
  • Jan 26, 1971: Charles Manson convicted of murder
  • Jan 29, 1971: Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, versus England at Adelaide.
  • Jan 30, 1971: Ari closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
  • Jan 31, 1971: & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
  • Feb 2, 1971: Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
  • Feb 3, 1971: KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
  • Feb 4, 1971: Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon
  • Feb 5, 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
  • Feb 6, 1971: First time a golf ball is hit on the Moon (by Alan Shepard).
  • Feb 7, 1971: Swiss men accept female suffrage
  • Feb 8, 1971: South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration into the country.[62]
  • Feb 9, 1971: Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
  • Feb 10, 1971: Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer
  • Feb 11, 1971: Montreal Canadiens' John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal.
  • Feb 13, 1971: Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
  • Feb 14, 1971: Movie Ben Hur 1st shown on television
  • Feb 15, 1971: The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
  • Feb 16, 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.
  • Feb 19, 1971: Paul McCartney releases Another Day in the UK
  • Feb 20, 1971: National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio and TV stations to go off the air; the mistake isn't resolved for 30 minutes.
  • Feb 21, 1971: Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117.
  • Feb 22, 1971: Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria.
  • Feb 23, 1971: Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
  • Feb 24, 1971: Algeria nationalizes French oil companies.
  • Feb 25, 1971: Oh! Calcutta! opens at Belasco Theater in New York City for 1,316 performances.
  • Feb 26, 1971: U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
  • Feb 28, 1971: 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National. Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam.
  • Mar 1, 1971: Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
  • Mar 3, 1971: South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles.
  • Mar 4, 1971: "City Command" kidnaps four US military men at Ankara, Turkey.
  • Mar 5, 1971: The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan.
  • Mar 6, 1971: A fire in a mental hospital at Burghölzli, Switzerland, kills 28 people.
  • Mar 7, 1971: Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire.
  • Mar 8, 1971: Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record).
  • Mar 9, 1971: J M Noreiga takes 9-95 West Indies versus India at Port-of-Spain.
  • Mar 10, 1971: US Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18.
  • Mar 12, 1971: Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected President.
  • Mar 13, 1971: Live at Fillmore East recorded
  • Mar 14, 1971: Barbra Streisand appears on The Burt Bacharach Special on CBS TV
  • Mar 15, 1971: CBS TV announces it is dropping Ed Sullivan Show
  • Mar 16, 1971: KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland, TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
  • Mar 17, 1971: Edward Henry of Morristown, New Jersey, is first person to win US$1 million in a State lottery.
  • Mar 18, 1971: Peru: A landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
  • Mar 19, 1971: Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in one half.
  • Mar 20, 1971: Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game.
  • Mar 21, 1971: Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2 10892
  • Mar 23, 1971: General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup.
  • Mar 25, 1971: Boston Patriots become New England Patriots.
  • Mar 26, 1971: Benny Hill Show tops TV ratings
  • Mar 27, 1971: East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong.
  • Mar 28, 1971: 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth and Company win.
  • Mar 29, 1971: Royal Albert Hall opens
  • Mar 31, 1971: William Calley sentenced to life for Mi Lai Massacre
  • Apr 1, 1971: US / Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
  • Apr 2, 1971: Sci-fi soap opera Dark Shadows concludes an almost 5 year run
  • Apr 3, 1971: Joseph Valachi, American gangster (Born 1904)
  • Apr 4, 1971: Follies opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
  • Apr 5, 1971: Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
  • Apr 7, 1971: President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
  • Apr 8, 1971: First legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York).
  • Apr 9, 1971: Charles Manson is sentenced to death in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment.
  • Apr 10, 1971: US table tennis team arrives in China PR
  • Apr 11, 1971: Johnny Johnson opens / closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
  • Apr 12, 1971: Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan.
  • Apr 14, 1971: Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site.
  • Apr 15, 1971: 70, Girls, 70 opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
  • Apr 17, 1971: Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (Federation of Arab Republics).
  • Apr 18, 1971: Gavaskar makes 220 in second inning versus West Indies after 124 in first.
  • Apr 19, 1971: Charles Manson is sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders.
  • Apr 20, 1971: US Supreme Court upholds use of bussing to achieve racial desegregation.
  • Apr 21, 1971: Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland.
  • Apr 22, 1971: Soyuz 10 launched
  • Apr 23, 1971: Soyuz 10 launched; Cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
  • Apr 24, 1971: Frank Merriwell opens / closes at Longacre Theater NYC for 1 performance
  • Apr 25, 1971: US canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire.
  • Apr 26, 1971: Turkey state of siege proclaimed.
  • Apr 27, 1971: Curt Flood resigns from Washington Senators after 13 games and departs for Denmark.
  • Apr 28, 1971: Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black Admiral in US Navy
  • Apr 29, 1971: Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East
  • Apr 30, 1971: 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee Bucks beat Baltimore Bullets in four games.
  • May 1, 1971: Amtrak Railroad begins operation
  • May 2, 1971: Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open.
  • May 3, 1971: All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
  • May 5, 1971: Earl of Ruston opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
  • May 6, 1971: The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front.
  • May 8, 1971: Earl of Ruston closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
  • May 9, 1971: 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton
  • May 10, 1971: US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
  • May 12, 1971: Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St. Tropez Town Hall
  • May 13, 1971: Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
  • May 15, 1971: 70, Girls, 70 closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
  • May 16, 1971: 1st class postage now costs 8 cents
  • May 17, 1971: Washington State bans sex discrimination.
  • May 18, 1971: Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
  • May 19, 1971: USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
  • May 20, 1971: Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
  • May 21, 1971: Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens, Greece.
  • May 22, 1971: An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey ampndash more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.
  • May 23, 1971: Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale.
  • May 24, 1971: A commuter bus plunges into Panam� Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard.
  • May 27, 1971: UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship.
  • May 28, 1971: Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album Ram
  • May 29, 1971: Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61
  • May 30, 1971: US Mariner 9 launched (first satellite to orbit Mars).
  • May 31, 1971: WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah, KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Jun 1, 1971: Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia, speak against war protests.
  • Jun 2, 1971: Ajax wins 16th Europe Cup 1
  • Jun 3, 1971: Chicago Cubs' Ken Holtzman second no-hitter beats Cincinnati Reds, 1-0.
  • Jun 4, 1971: J Luns appointed Secretary General of NATO
  • Jun 5, 1971: 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
  • Jun 6, 1971: Ed Sullivan Show last broadcasts on CBS-TV
  • Jun 7, 1971: Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes first transfer to orbiting Salyut.
  • Jun 8, 1971: North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
  • Jun 9, 1971: Abdul Zahir appointed Premier of Afghanistan
  • Jun 10, 1971: 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon
  • Jun 11, 1971: US ends ban on China trade
  • Jun 12, 1971: Tricia Nixon and Edward F Cox marry at White House.
  • Jun 13, 1971: 17th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
  • Jun 14, 1971: Norway begins oil production in the North Sea.
  • Jun 15, 1971: Vernon E Jordan Jr appointed executive director of National Urban League.
  • Jun 16, 1971: Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
  • Jun 17, 1971: At 11:13 AM, Disneyland welcomes its 100-millionth guest, Valerie Suldo of New Jersey.
  • Jun 18, 1971: Southwest Airlines, a low cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston, And San Antonio.
  • Jun 19, 1971: Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus, Georgia, USA, for racial disturbance.
  • Jun 20, 1971: Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open
  • Jun 21, 1971: 50,000 attend Celebration of Life rock concert in McCrea, Louisiana
  • Jun 23, 1971: Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
  • Jun 25, 1971: Madagascar accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
  • Jun 26, 1971: Angels suspend Alex Johnson
  • Jun 27, 1971: Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
  • Jun 28, 1971: Fillmore East closes
  • Jun 29, 1971: Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
  • Jun 30, 1971: Biesheuvel government forms
  • Jul 1, 1971: British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
  • Jul 2, 1971: 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith
  • Jul 3, 1971: 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith
  • Jul 4, 1971: Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg..
  • Jul 5, 1971: US 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18).
  • Jul 6, 1971: Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
  • Jul 9, 1971: Henry Kissinger visits China PR
  • Jul 10, 1971: 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale
  • Jul 11, 1971: Chilean parliament nationalizes US copper mines
  • Jul 12, 1971: Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
  • Jul 13, 1971: 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
  • Jul 14, 1971: Libya severs its diplomatic ties with Morocco.
  • Jul 15, 1971: US President Richard Nixon announces he would visit People's Republic of China.
  • Jul 16, 1971: Franco points Prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
  • Jul 17, 1971: Kathy Whitworth / Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
  • Jul 18, 1971: Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
  • Jul 19, 1971: Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
  • Jul 20, 1971: The Soviet Union says it will support the People's Republic of China's admission to the United Nations
  • Jul 22, 1971: Sudan military counter coup under Premier Numeiry
  • Jul 24, 1971: WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • Jul 25, 1971: July 30 ampndash Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli records in Munich two Debussy works for Deutsche Grammophon it's his fifth recording.
  • Jul 26, 1971: Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
  • Jul 28, 1971: Dutch ends censorship of Blue Movie
  • Jul 29, 1971: The United Kingdom opts out of the Space Race, with the cancellation of its Black Arrow launch vehicle.
  • Jul 30, 1971: 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17
  • Jul 31, 1971: Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
  • Aug 1, 1971: Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
  • Aug 2, 1971: JCPenney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.
  • Aug 3, 1971: Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group Wings.
  • Aug 4, 1971: US launches first satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft.
  • Aug 5, 1971: WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Aug 6, 1971: A lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed.
  • Aug 7, 1971: Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
  • Aug 8, 1971: Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
  • Aug 9, 1971: The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that follows.
  • Aug 10, 1971: 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
  • Aug 11, 1971: Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome
  • Aug 12, 1971: Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
  • Aug 13, 1971: Paul and Linda McCartney release Back Seat of My Car
  • Aug 14, 1971: Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0
  • Aug 15, 1971: Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
  • Aug 18, 1971: Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  • Aug 19, 1971: August 22 ampndash A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan Jose Torres, but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over.
  • Aug 20, 1971: FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr.
  • Aug 21, 1971: A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured.
  • Aug 22, 1971: Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
  • Aug 23, 1971: WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • Aug 24, 1971: India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
  • Aug 26, 1971: Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
  • Aug 27, 1971: An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations.
  • Aug 30, 1971: WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Aug 31, 1971: Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon
  • Sep 1, 1971: John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of US Open
  • Sep 2, 1971: Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
  • Sep 3, 1971: John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
  • Sep 4, 1971: Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska).
  • Sep 5, 1971: Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
  • Sep 8, 1971: In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
  • Sep 9, 1971: 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison
  • Sep 10, 1971: KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • Sep 11, 1971: 2 by 2 closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances
  • Sep 12, 1971: 85th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals
  • Sep 13, 1971: WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Sep 14, 1971: Cleveland Indians and Washingston Senators, play 20 innings
  • Sep 15, 1971: 1st broadcast of Columbo on NBC-TV
  • Sep 16, 1971: West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
  • Sep 19, 1971: 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
  • Sep 21, 1971: Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
  • Sep 23, 1971: John Vermeers painting The liefdesbrief stolen
  • Sep 24, 1971: 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
  • Sep 26, 1971: Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
  • Sep 27, 1971: October 11 ampndash Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad.
  • Sep 28, 1971: Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome
  • Sep 29, 1971: McMillan & Wife, debuts on NBC-TV
  • Sep 30, 1971: Last Washington Senators' home game, New York Yankees win career 5th forfeit; New York Yankees trailing 4-2 in the 9th with two outs, fans rush the field.
  • Oct 1, 1971: Joseph Luns becomes Secretary General of NATO
  • Oct 2, 1971: Homing pigeon averages 133 KPH (record) in 1100-km Australian race.
  • Oct 3, 1971: Billie Jean King becomes first female athlete to win $100,000.
  • Oct 4, 1971: KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
  • Oct 7, 1971: Disney World opens in Orlando
  • Oct 8, 1971: John Lennon releases his megahit Imagine
  • Oct 9, 1971: Japans Emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
  • Oct 10, 1971: 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
  • Oct 11, 1971: 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte
  • Oct 12, 1971: Jesus Christ Superstar opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
  • Oct 13, 1971: 1st World Series night game
  • Oct 14, 1971: John andYoko appear on Dick Cavett Show
  • Oct 15, 1971: The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
  • Oct 16, 1971: Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco, California.
  • Oct 17, 1971: Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
  • Oct 18, 1971: In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption.
  • Oct 19, 1971: Last issue of Look magazine is published
  • Oct 20, 1971: West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
  • Oct 21, 1971: To Live Another Summer opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances
  • Oct 23, 1971: WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins
  • Oct 24, 1971: Texas Stadium opens - Dallas Cowboys beat New England Patriots 44-21.
  • Oct 25, 1971: Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
  • Oct 26, 1971: UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
  • Oct 27, 1971: Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
  • Oct 28, 1971: John andYoko record Happy Xmas (War is Over) in New York City
  • Oct 29, 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.
  • Oct 30, 1971: Rev. Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party is founded in Northern Ireland.
  • Oct 31, 1971: On the Town opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 65 performances
  • Nov 1, 1971: Eisenhower dollar put into circulation
  • Nov 2, 1971: Great Harp opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 7 performances
  • Nov 3, 1971: Play Misty For Me premieres
  • Nov 5, 1971: Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
  • Nov 6, 1971: Great Harp closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 7 performances
  • Nov 9, 1971: John List kills family and moves to Colorado
  • Nov 10, 1971: Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
  • Nov 11, 1971: Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
  • Nov 12, 1971: Vietnam War: as part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
  • Nov 13, 1971: Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet
  • Nov 14, 1971: Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria
  • Nov 15, 1971: Intel advertises 4004-processor
  • Nov 19, 1971: Ft Wilderness opens
  • Nov 20, 1971: A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is currently a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
  • Nov 21, 1971: Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
  • Nov 22, 1971: Only Fools Are Sad opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
  • Nov 23, 1971: Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
  • Nov 24, 1971: Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
  • Nov 25, 1971: Dan Cooper jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
  • Nov 27, 1971: Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
  • Nov 28, 1971: Me Nobody Knows closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
  • Nov 30, 1971: Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
  • Dec 1, 1971: 2 Gentlemen of Verona opens at St. James Theater NYC for 613 performances
  • Dec 2, 1971: United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
  • Dec 3, 1971: Miss Teenage America Pageant
  • Dec 4, 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''.
  • Dec 5, 1971: KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
  • Dec 6, 1971: Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
  • Dec 7, 1971: Wild andWonderful opens / closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
  • Dec 8, 1971: U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
  • Dec 9, 1971: Ralph J Bunche, United Nations delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at age 67 in New York City, New York.
  • Dec 10, 1971: West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel Prize of Peace.
  • Dec 11, 1971: Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as a prime minister)
  • Dec 13, 1971: John Sinclair (sentence: 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed
  • Dec 14, 1971: Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
  • Dec 16, 1971: Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts.
  • Dec 17, 1971: Diamonds are Forever premieres in US
  • Dec 18, 1971: 1st Candlelight Processional
  • Dec 19, 1971: Inner City opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances
  • Dec 20, 1971: Roy Oliver Disney, co-founder of Walt Disney Company, dies of a massive brain hemorrhage, at age 78.
  • Dec 22, 1971: KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks / College, AK (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Dec 24, 1971: Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke (found ten days later).
  • Dec 25, 1971: Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
  • Dec 28, 1971: Hasj falls from now on under (neath) the Opiumwet
  • Dec 29, 1971: The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
  • Dec 30, 1971: Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders).
  • Dec 31, 1971: KAID TV channel 4 in Boise, ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
  • Feb 3, 1971: New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.

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What does the year 1971 refer to in the Gregorian calendar?

The year 1971 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 72nd year of the 20th century and the 1st year of the 1970s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1970 and precedes 1972.

calendars for year 1971

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