Historical Events In 1971

Feb 07   On this day in history women win the right to vote in Switzerland  

Feb 08   South Vietnamese troops invade Laos on this day in history.  

Feb 09   Apollo 14, and its crew of three astronauts, returns to Earth after America's third lunar landing mission in the year 1971.  

Feb 09   In the year 1971 first British soldier killed in Northern Ireland  

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

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

Feb 09   On this day in history 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  

Feb 09   Satchel Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to baseball HOF in the year 1971.  

Feb 10   In the year 1971 royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa  

Feb 11   Montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal in the year 1971.  

Feb 11   In the year 1971 uS, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons  

Feb 11   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

Feb 14   Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House on this day in history.  

Feb 15   After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal in the year 1971.  

Feb 15   Britain changes its currency to the decimal system on this day in history.  

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

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 in the year 1971.  

Feb 17   In the year 1971 teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73  

Feb 19   Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK on this day in history.  

Feb 20   In the year 1971 major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda  

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

Feb 21   In the year 1971 adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79  

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

Feb 21   Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

Feb 22   Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria in the year 1971.  

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

Feb 23   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02   Aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- ) was born in the year 1971.  

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 02   Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) was born in the year 1971.  

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

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 in the year 1971.  

Jan 02   Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906) died in the year 1971.  

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

Jan 05   Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899) died on this day in history.  

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   In the year 1971 death of giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)  

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