Page 7: Historical Events In 1971
Monday, 02 February 2026
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 


Apr 28 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr is recorded as becoming inaugural black admiral in US Navy. 


Apr 28 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2093 Genichesk 


Apr 29 Bill Graham closes down the Fillmore and Fillmore East. 


Apr 29 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration. 


Apr 30 Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70. 


May 01 Amtrak railroad begins operation 


May 01 Amtrak, the U S passenger railroad system that combines the operations of 18 intercity railroads, goes into service. 


May 01 Edith Day, actress (Romance of Air), dies at 75. 


May 01 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar" 


May 03 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader 


May 03 Nixon administration arrests 13000 anti-war protesters in 3 days 


May 03 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun). 


May 04 Donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88. 


May 04 Mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage. 


May 05 Alice Tissot, actress (Italian Straw Hat), dies of cancer at 81 


May 05 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC). 


May 06 Helene Weigel, Austrian/German actress (Metropolis), dies at 70 


May 07 Willem Banning, Dutch theologist/sociologist (Karl Marx), dies at 83 


May 08 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden. 


May 09 23rd Emmy Awards All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton 


May 09 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton 


May 09 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3 01 42). 


May 09 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42) 


May 09 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes 


May 09 Largest walk in crowd (31626) in Baltimore Oriole history 


May 10 Mihail Jora, composer, dies at 79 


May 12 J M Taylor, cricketer (20 Tests 1920-26, 997 runs), dies 


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