Page 3: Historical Events In 1971

Feb 07   Women win the right to vote in Switzerland.   

Feb 08   South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.   

Feb 09   Apollo 14, and its crew of three astronauts, returns to Earth after America's third lunar landing mission.   

Feb 09   inaugural British soldier killed in Northern Ireland   

Feb 09   Probably inaugural gay theme TV episode - All in the Family   

Feb 09   Quake in San Fernando Valley results in the deaths of 65 and leads to over $½ billion damage   

Feb 09   San Fernando, California an earthquake measuring 6.5 lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured more than 2000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million.   

Feb 09   Satchel Paige is recorded as becoming inaugural negro-league player elected to baseball HOF   

Feb 10   Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa.   

Feb 11   US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.   

Feb 11   Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria   

Feb 12   George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

Feb 13   12000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos   

Feb 13   Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2.   

Feb 14   Movie "Ben Hur" inaugural shown on television.   

Feb 14   Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House   

Feb 15   After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal.   

Feb 15   Britain changes its currency to the decimal system.   

Feb 15   Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 16   Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as "fuddle-duddle" we all know what it really was   

Feb 17   Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73.   

Feb 19   In this year, Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK   

Feb 20   Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda.   

Feb 20   National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio and TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes   

Feb 21   Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79.   

Feb 21   In this year, Ruth Jessen claims LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic   

Feb 21   Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi and Louisiana killing 117   

Feb 22   Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81.   

Feb 22   Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad is recorded as becoming President of Syria.   

Feb 23   Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak   

Feb 23   George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets.   

Feb 23   King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73.   

Feb 23   Lieutenant Calley confesses and implicates Captain Medina.   

Feb 24   Algeria nationalizes French oil companies   

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Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )   

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   In the year 1971 birth of horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals)   

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

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of lisa Harrison, American basketball player   

Jan 04   In the year 1971 birth of carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos)   

Jan 01   Saint Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Saint (b. 1894) died on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 death of willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)   

Jan 05   In the year 1971 death of douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)   

Jan 07   On this day in history dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60   

Jan 08   Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85 in the year 1971.   

Jan 09   On this day in history death of giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)   

Jan 10   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 in the year 1971.