Page 4: Historical Events In 1971

Feb 24   In this year, Captain JJ Smith, Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, claims a Bar to his Military Cross The AATTV was the most decorated unit in Australian military history   

Feb 25   "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1316 performances.   

Feb 26   Edward van der Merwe, cricket keeper (S Afr in 2 Tests in 30's), dies.   

Feb 26   In this year, Ottawa starts program to raise Francophone numbers in the Canadian Armed Forces to at least 28%.   

Feb 28   53rd PGA Championship Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National to win his 2nd golf grand slam.   

Feb 28   Tristan Louis, Internet entrepreneur (me) is born.   

Feb 28   Women refused the right to vote in Lichtenstein elections   

Mar 01   Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC.   

Mar 02   Charles W Engelhard, US silver multi-millionaire, dies at 54   

Mar 03   South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles.   

Mar 03   Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa.   

Mar 04   "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey   

Mar 04   Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919- marries Margaret Sinclair in St. Stephen's Roman Catholic Church; inaugural Prime Minister to marry while in office; couple divorce in 1984   

Mar 05   Winnie Lightner, actress (Gold Dust Gertie, Sit Tight), dies at 71   

Mar 06   Raymond Herreman, Flemish writer (Don't Forget to Live), dies at 74   

Mar 06   Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, vs West Indies at Port-of-Spain.   

Mar 07   Egypt refuses to renew the Suez ceasefire.   

Mar 08   Harold Lloyd, US comic/actor (Why Worry), dies of cancer at 77   

Mar 08   Radio Hanoi broadcasts Jimi Hendrix's "Star Spangled Banner"   

Mar 08   ‘Smokin’ Joe Frazier, of Philadelphia, won a decision over Muhammad Ali, who had been previously undefeated.   

Mar 09   Jean-Pierre Guezek, composer, dies at 36   

Mar 10   Mabel Wheeler Daniels, composer, dies at 92.   

Mar 10   Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18.   

Mar 11   Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

Mar 11   Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies   

Mar 12   Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected President.   

Mar 12   Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army   

Mar 13   Piero Coppola, composer, dies at 82.   

Mar 14   Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV.   

Mar 14   South Vietnamese troops flee Laos   

Mar 14   The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes   

Mar 15   CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show"   

Mar 15   Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet.   

Mar 16   13th Grammy Awards Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win.   

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Jan 02   Aamer nazir: Cricketer (pakistani pace bowler 1993- )   

Jan 02   Aaron williams: Nba center (seattle supersonics)   

Jan 02   Brad parpan: Wlaf quarterback (rhein fire)   

Jan 02   Horace copeland: Nfl wide receiver (tampa bay bucs)   

Jan 02   Robert o' neal: Wlaf db (amsterdam admirals)   

Jan 02   Taye diggs: American actor   

Jan 02   Lisa harrison: American basketball player   

Jan 04   Carlos perez: Dominican/us baseball pitcher (montreal expos)   

Jan 01   Saint amphilochius of pochayiv: Ukrainian orthodox christian saint (b. 1894)   

Jan 02   Willard maas: American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906)   

Jan 04   Arthur ford: American clairaudient (b. 1896)   

Jan 05   Douglas shearer: Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)   

Jan 07   Dick kollmar: Actor (broadway spotlight, guess what),    

Jan 08   Adriano lualdi: Composer,   

Jan 09   Giannis christou: Greek composer (b. 1926)   

Jan 10   Gabrielle "coco" chanel: French fashion designer,