Historical Events In 1971

Jan 01   Cigarette advertisements banned on TV.   

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

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

Jan 04   Ohio agrees to pay $675000 to relatives of Kent State victims.   

Jan 04   Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium dedicated   

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

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

Jan 05   Harlem Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2495-game win streak.   

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

Jan 06   Berkeley chemists announces the inaugural synthetic growth hormones   

Jan 06   In Vancouver BC, Neil Young returns to Canada for his inaugural concerts since pre-stardom days; named best male singer and best composer this year.   

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

Jan 07   Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60   

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

Jan 08   Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 08   Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota established.   

Jan 10   Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur   

Jan 10   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87.   

Jan 11   1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK   

Jan 11   The inaugural "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK.   

Jan 12   "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring the inaugural " toilet flush" on TV   

Jan 12   Congressional Black Caucus organizes.   

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

Jan 13   Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, Germ SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65.   

Jan 14   Ethel Glenn Hier, composer, dies at 82.   

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

Jan 15   Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt.   

Jan 15   In this year, George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord".   

Jan 15   John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of heart attack at 50   

Jan 16   Kermit Maynard, cowboy actor (Saturday Roundup), dies at 68   

Jan 18   Catherine Calvert, actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80   

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

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

Jan 20   Gilbert M Anderson, actor (1st Movie Cowboy), dies at 88.   

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Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )   

Jan 02   Aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics) was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire)   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)   

Jan 02   Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   Taye Diggs, American actor was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lisa Harrison, American basketball player   

Jan 04   In the year 1971 birth of carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of saint Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Saint (b. 1894)   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 death of willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)   

Jan 05   On this day in history death of douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)   

Jan 07   Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60 in the year 1971.   

Jan 08   On this day in history adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 09   In the year 1971 death of giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)   

Jan 10   On this day in history gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87