Historical Events In 1971
May 09 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman &Jean Stapleton
May 20 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
May 23 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
May 18 President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
May 17 Washington State bans sex discrimination
May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
May 30 Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die
May 03 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
May 27 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11
May 10 US special delivery rates go from 45¢ to 60¢
May 13 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
Jan 12 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring the first " toilet flush" on TV
Jan 30 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his first Test bowl, vs England
Jan 05 Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
Jan 07 -40ºF (-40ºC), Hawley Lake AZ (state record)
Jan 31 Apollo 14 launched, first landing in lunar highlands
Jan 04 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as first elected Governor of Virgin Islands
Jan 08 Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established
Jan 31 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart
Jan 05 Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
Jan 06 Berkeley chemists announces the first synthetic growth hormones
Jan 02 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
Jan 26 Charles Manson convicted of murder
Jan 25 Philadelphia mint's first trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar
Jan 31 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
Jan 01 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
Jan 11 The first "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
Jan 24 Panarctic Oils caps a natural gas well on King Christian Island,NWT that had burned out of control for 3 months
Jan 31 US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich
Jan 25 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada
Jan 31 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart
Jan 12 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
Jan 06 Berkeley chemists announces the first synthetic growth hormones
Jan 23 -80ºF (-62ºC), Prospect Creek Camp AK (US record)
Jan 06 In Vancouver BC, Neil Young returns to Canada for his first concerts since pre-stardom days; named best male singer and best composer this year
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