Historical Events In 1971

Feb 07   Women win the right to vote in Switzerland in the year 1971.  

Feb 08   On this day in history south Vietnamese troops invade Laos  

Feb 09   On this day in history apollo 14, and its crew of three astronauts, returns to Earth after America's third lunar landing mission.  

Feb 09   First British soldier killed in Northern Ireland in the year 1971.  

Feb 09   In the year 1971 probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family  

Feb 09   In the year 1971 quake in San Fernando Valley kills 65 &causes over $½ billion damage  

Feb 09   San Fernando, California an earthquake measuring 6.5 lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured more than 2,000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million in the year 1971.  

Feb 09   On this day in history satchel Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to baseball HOF  

Feb 10   Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa in the year 1971.  

Feb 11   Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal on this day in history.  

Feb 11   On this day in history uS, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons  

Feb 11   In the year 1971 whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria  

Feb 12   George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86 in the year 1971.  

Feb 13   12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos in the year 1971.  

Feb 13   Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television in the year 1971.  

Feb 14   In the year 1971 richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House  

Feb 15   In the year 1971 after 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal  

Feb 15   On this day in history britain changes its currency to the decimal system  

Feb 15   Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63 in the year 1971.  

Feb 16   On this day in history 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   In the year 1971 teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73  

Feb 19   In the year 1971 paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK  

Feb 20   Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda in the year 1971.  

Feb 20   National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio &TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

Feb 21   Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic in the year 1971.  

Feb 21   In the year 1971 series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117  

Feb 22   Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81 in the year 1971.  

Feb 22   Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria on this day in history.  

Feb 23   Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak in the year 1971.  

Feb 23   In the year 1971 george Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets  

Feb 23   King Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73 in the year 1971.  

Feb 23   Lieutenant Calley confesses & implicates Captain Medina in the year 1971.  

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )  

Jan 02   Aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs) was born in the year 1971.  

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

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of taye Diggs, American actor  

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

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 in the year 1971.  

Jan 02   On this day in history death of willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)  

Jan 04   Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896) died on this day in history.  

Jan 05   Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899) died in the year 1971.  

Jan 07   In the year 1971 dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60  

Jan 08   In the year 1971 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85  

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

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