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- )   

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,