Page 15: Historical Events In 1971
Tuesday, 24 February 2026
Dec 02 Soviet Mars 3 is inaugural to soft land on Mars. 


Dec 04 Shunryu Suzuki, Zen teacher, founder of SF Zen Center, dies. 


Dec 05 Hugh Wakefield, actress (Blithe Spirit), dies 


Dec 06 Hugo Godron, composer, dies at 71. 


Dec 06 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court justice 


Dec 07 "Wild and Wonderful" opens/closes at Lyceum Theater NYC 


Dec 07 Milton Rosmer, director (Murder in the Red Barn), dies at 90 


Dec 07 Wings release their inaugural album "Wild Life". 


Dec 09 Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to the Supreme Court 


Dec 09 Ralph J Bunche, UN delegate/Nobel Prize winner, dies at 67 in NYC. 


Dec 10 Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57. 


Dec 10 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice 


Dec 12 David Sarnoff, US TV pioneer (RCA), dies at 80. 


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


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 


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