Historical Events In 1971

Jan 20 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan

Jan 04 Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims

Jan 04 The Canadian goverment in Ottawa withdraws troops from Montreal and other areas in Quebec in wake of FLQ crisis.

Jan 10 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur

Jan 04 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as first elected Governor of Virgin Islands

Jan 31 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn

Jan 14 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs

Jan 21 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV

Jan 25 Charles Manson &3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders

Jan 04 The Canadian goverment in Ottawa withdraws troops from Montreal and other areas in Quebec in wake of FLQ crisis.

Jan 19 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater New York City NY for 861 performances

Jan 05 Australia's first one-day international cricket matched played, against England.

Jan 26 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes

Jan 04 Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims

Jan 05 Australia's first one-day international cricket matched played, against England.

Jan 04 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated

Jan 04 Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated

Jan 07 -40ºF (-40ºC), Hawley Lake AZ (state record)

Jan 31 American astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blast off to the moon aboard apollo 14.

Jan 25 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state

Jan 15 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt

Jan 01 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV

Jan 31 Apollo 14 launched, first landing in lunar highlands

Jan 08 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island CA

Jan 12 Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan &5 others, including a nun &2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger

Jan 15 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"

Jan 29 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide

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

Jan 31 US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich

Jan 23 The temperature at Prospect Creek, Alaska, dropped to 80 degrees below zero, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the United States.

Jan 02 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66

Jan 05 US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found

Jan 05 US heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found

Jan 19 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial

Jan 31 American astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa blast off to the moon aboard apollo 14.

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