Page 12: Historical Events In 1971

Aug 29   Hank Aaron is recorded as becoming the inaugural player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons.   

Aug 31   Dave Scott is recorded as becoming inaugural person to drive a car on the Moon   

Sep 01   Qatar declares independence from Britain.   

Sep 03   John Lennon leaves the UK for NYC, never to return   

Sep 03   Percy Holmes, cricketer (Yorks opener, 7 Tests for Eng 1921-32), dies.   

Sep 03   Qatar regains complete independence from Britain.   

Sep 03   Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office   

Sep 04   ABC-TV pulls the plug on The Lawrence Welk Show after 13 seasons   

Sep 04   Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, results in the deaths of 109 (Alaska)   

Sep 07   CBS-TV broadcasts the final episode of The Beverly Hillbillies   

Sep 07   Spring Byington, actress (Lily Ruskin-December Bride), dies at 84   

Sep 08   John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington DC.   

Sep 09   1000 convicts seize Attica, NY prison.   

Sep 09   Billy Gilbert, US actor (Great Dictator, His Gal Friday), dies at 76   

Sep 09   Detroit Red Wings hockey star Gordie Howe retires   

Sep 09   Forty-three people are killed when prisoners seize control of New York's Attica prison   

Sep 09   In this year, John Lennon releases the "Imagine" album   

Sep 09   John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on the Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV).   

Sep 10   Bella Darvi, actress (Racers), commits suicide at 42   

Sep 10   Pacific Great Eastern Railway extension from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, B.C. is opened for traffic.   

Sep 10   Shoe-slapping statesman Nikita Krushchev, former Premier of Russia, dies   

Sep 11   Nikita Khrushchev, dies of a heart attack at 77   

Sep 12   Lin Piau, Chinese minister of Defense, dies at 63   

Sep 13   9 hostages and 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison.   

Sep 13   Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR.   

Sep 13   Lin Piao, Chinese party leader, dies in air crash at 63 [or Sept 13]   

Sep 13   Police storm the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York, ending a four-day siege that killed 43 people.   

Sep 13   The World Hockey Association is founded   

Sep 14   Bill Copson, cricketer (England pace bowler before and after WW2), dies   

Sep 16   Ferdinand LR Sassen, priest/philosopher (Descartes), dies at 77   

Sep 16   Six Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses.   

Sep 20   James Westerfield, actor (Travels of Jaime McPheeters), dies at 59.   

Sep 21   John Lennon and Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest.   

Sep 22   Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67   

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Jan 02   Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- ) was born on this day in history.   

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   Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs) was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 02   Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) was born in the year 1971.   

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

Jan 02   Lisa Harrison, American basketball player was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos)   

Jan 01   In the year 1971 death of saint Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Saint (b. 1894)   

Jan 02   Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906) died on this day in history.   

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   In the year 1971 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 09   Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926) died on this day in history.   

Jan 10   In the year 1971 gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87