Page 11: Historical Events In 1971

Jul 27   Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83   

Jul 28   16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning.   

Jul 28   Diane Arbus, [Nemerov], photographer (Vogue), commits suicide at 48.   

Jul 30   In this year, George Harrison releases "Bangladesh".   

Jul 30   Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162.   

Jul 30   US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon.   

Aug 02   Ludwig Marcuse, German philosopher, dies at 77.   

Aug 03   Paul McCartney announces the formation of his group Wings.   

Aug 04   The US launches inaugural satellite into lunar orbit from a manned spacecraft   

Aug 04   US launches inaugural satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft.   

Aug 05   Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74   

Aug 07   Apollo 15 returns to Earth   

Aug 09   Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame   

Aug 13   King Curtis, [Curtis Ousley], US musician, murdered at 37.   

Aug 13   Paul and Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car".   

Aug 14   Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule   

Aug 14   British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland   

Aug 14   Georg von Opel, German auto manufacturer, dies at 59.   

Aug 15   Bahrain gains independence from Britain   

Aug 15   Hurricane Beth drops 296 mm of rain on Halifax and washes out highways and bridges in Nova Scotia.   

Aug 15   Paul Lukas, actor (Kim, Berlin Express), dies of heart failure at 76   

Aug 15   Pres Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.   

Aug 16   Elsie Baker, actress (Ghosts of Hanley House), dies at 78.   

Aug 17   Horace McMahon, actor (Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 64   

Aug 19   Walther Victor, writer, dies   

Aug 21   George Jackson, US prisoner, shot to death at 29   

Aug 23   Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58.   

Aug 25   Ted Lewis, [Theodore L Friedman], bandleader, dies at 80   

Aug 26   Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia.   

Aug 26   Francesco Santoliquido, composer, dies at 88   

Aug 27   Bennett Cerf, (Random House)/panelist (What's My Line), dies at 73.   

Aug 27   Humorist and author Bennet Cerf dies   

Aug 28   25 people die and 1150 are rescued when the Greek liner Haleanna catches fire   

Aug 28   Nathan Leopold, US kidnapper/murderer of Bobby Franks (1924), dies.   

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Jan 02   Aamer nazir: Cricketer (pakistani pace bowler 1993- )   

Jan 02   Aaron williams: Nba center (seattle supersonics)   

Jan 02   Brad parpan: Wlaf quarterback (rhein fire)   

Jan 02   Horace copeland: Nfl wide receiver (tampa bay bucs)   

Jan 02   Robert o' neal: Wlaf db (amsterdam admirals)   

Jan 02   Taye diggs: American actor   

Jan 02   Lisa harrison: American basketball player   

Jan 04   Carlos perez: Dominican/us baseball pitcher (montreal expos)   

Jan 01   Saint amphilochius of pochayiv: Ukrainian orthodox christian saint (b. 1894)   

Jan 02   Willard maas: American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)   

Jan 04   Arthur ford: American clairaudient (b. 1896)   

Jan 05   Douglas shearer: Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)   

Jan 07   Dick kollmar: Actor (broadway spotlight, guess what),   

Jan 08   Adriano lualdi: Composer,   

Jan 09   Giannis christou: Greek composer (b. 1926)   

Jan 10   Gabrielle "coco" chanel: French fashion designer,