Page 8: Historical Events In 1971
Tuesday, 20 January 2026
May 12 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall. 


May 13 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident. 


May 13 Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, composer, dies 67 


May 15 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed 


May 16 In this year, Bulgaria formally adopts it's constitution. 


May 17 Washington State bans sex discrimination. 


May 18 Bulgarian constitution comes into force 


May 18 In this year, President Nixon rejects the 60 formally claims of Congressional Black Caucus 


May 18 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim are discovered 


May 19 Bernard Wagenaar, Neth/US composer, dies at 76. 


May 19 USSR launches Mars 2, inaugural spacecraft to crash land on Mars 


May 20 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia. 


May 21 Dennis King, actor (Devil's Brother), dies of heart ailment at 73 


May 21 In this year, Chelsea claims 11th Europe Cup II in Athens 


May 21 National Guard mobilized to quell riot in Chattanooga TN 


May 22 Norwegian cruise vessel Meteor catches fire in Strait of Georgia; 70 passengers saved, 32 crew members killed. 


May 23 In this year, Kathy Whitworth claims LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale 


May 23 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands 


May 24 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard 


May 25 Jo Etha Collier, young black woman killed by 3 whites in Drew Miss 


May 25 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR 


May 26 John Longden, actor (Man From Interpol), dies at 70. 


May 26 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its inaugural appearance. 


May 27 23rd Walker Cup Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11. 


May 27 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11 


May 27 Chips Rafferty, actor (Kona Coast, Walk into Hell), dies at 62 


May 27 In this year, UCLA claims NCAA basketball championship 


May 28 Audie Murphy, actor (Whispering Smiths), dies at 46. 


May 28 In this year, Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram" 


May 28 USSR Mars 3 launched, inaugural spacecraft to soft land on Mars 


May 29 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61. 


May 29 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61. 


May 29 Max Trapp, composer, dies at 83 


May 30 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice. 


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