Page 15: Historical Events In 1971

Dec 13   John Sinclair (sentence 10 yrs, sold 2 marijuana joints) is freed.   

Dec 13   Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88   

Dec 14   Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure.   

Dec 16   Pakistan army surrenders to Indian army in Bangladesh.   

Dec 17   Cease-fire between India and Pakistan in Kashmir   

Dec 17   Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting   

Dec 18   Aleksandr T Tvardovski, Russ editor in chief (Novyj Mir), dies at 61.   

Dec 18   People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chic   

Dec 19   "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances   

Dec 20   Roy O Disney, Brother of Walt, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 78.   

Dec 21   UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th secretary general.   

Dec 22   Godfried Jan Arnold Bomans, Dutch writer (Eric), dies at 58   

Dec 22   UN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as secretary-general   

Dec 23   Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84.   

Dec 24   Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke are discovered 10 days later.   

Dec 25   Byron Arnold, composer, dies at 70   

Dec 25   Worst hotel fire in history results in the deaths of 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul.   

Dec 26   Air Canada jet on flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto hijacked to Cuba.   

Dec 26   Robert Lowery, actor (Circus Boy, Pistols 'n' Petticoats), dies at 57.   

Dec 28   Maximilian Raoul Walter Steiner, composer, dies at 83   

Dec 29   Stuart Holmes, dies of stomach ailment at 87   

Dec 30   Dorothy Comingore, actress (Citizen Kane), dies after illness at 58.   

Dec 31   Peter Deuel, actor (Gidget, Love on a Rooftop), commits suicide at 31.   

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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,