Page 6: Historical Events In 1971

Apr 04   Marine clay under houses liquifies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Qu‚bec).   

Apr 05   Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole   

Apr 05   Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy.   

Apr 05   US Lieutenant Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life.   

Apr 05   WNJT TV Channel 52 in Trenton NJ (PBS) begins broadcasting   

Apr 06   Igor F Strawinsky, Russ composer (Le Sacre du Printemps), dies at 88   

Apr 07   Charles F Pahud de Mortanges, (Olympic-gold-1928, 32), dies at 74   

Apr 08   1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York).   

Apr 09   In this year, Ringo releases "It Don't Come Easy" in UK.   

Apr 10   US table tennis team arrives in China PR.   

Apr 14   Armand Spitz, developer of small educational planetarium, dies.   

Apr 14   Fort Point, SF dedicated as a national historic site   

Apr 15   43rd Academy Awards presented.   

Apr 17   Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR)   

Apr 17   Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62.   

Apr 18   Howard Hughes billionaire, dies.   

Apr 18   Kingston penitentiary inmates stage four-day riot, holding five guards hostage; two convicts murdered, 11 injured.   

Apr 18   Masao Oki, composer, dies at 69   

Apr 19   Sierra Leone is recorded as becoming a republic (Natl Day)   

Apr 19   The Soviet Union launch the inaugural manned spacelab, Salyut 1.   

Apr 19   USSR Salyut 1 launched; inaugural manned lab in orbit.   

Apr 20   Barbra Striesand records "We've Only Just Begun".   

Apr 20   Cecil Parker, actor (Court Jester, Operation Snafu), dies at 73   

Apr 20   US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation   

Apr 21   Edmund Lowe actor (Front Page Detective), dies at 81   

Apr 22   Soyuz 10 launched.   

Apr 23   Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike   

Apr 23   Soyuz 10 launched; cosmonauts become inaugural in Salyut 1 space station   

Apr 23   William Tubman, president of Liberia (1944-71), dies at 76   

Apr 24   Soyuz 10 returns to Earth.   

Apr 25   Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80.   

Apr 25   US canal rights in Nicaragua and rights to Corn Islands expire.   

Apr 26   Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hrs.   

Apr 26   SF lightship replaced by automatic buoy   

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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,