Historical Events In 1971
Tuesday, 09 August 2022
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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