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Events on the year of 1971 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
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01 Jan 1971 Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
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01 Jan 1971 Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.
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02 Jan 1971 A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
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02 Jan 1971 The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
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03 Jan 1971 Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC championship game
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04 Jan 1971 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected Governor of Virgin Is
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04 Jan 1971 Ohio agrees to pay $675,000 to relatives of Kent State victims
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05 Jan 1971 1st one-day international, Australia vs. England at the MCG
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05 Jan 1971 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to New Jersey Reds, ending 2,495-game win streak
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06 Jan 1971 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
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06 Jan 1971 Cecil Partee elected President pro tem of Illinois State Senate
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08 Jan 1971 29 pilot whales beach themselves and die at San Clemente Island, California
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08 Jan 1971 Voyageurs National Park, Minn established
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08 Jan 1971 Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
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09 Jan 1971 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 performances
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10 Jan 1971 "Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 87 performances
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10 Jan 1971 A by-poll is held in the Lebanese Chouf District.
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10 Jan 1971 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur
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10 Jan 1971 "Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater New York City NY after 87 performances
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11 Jan 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in the UK
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11 Jan 1971 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK
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11 Jan 1971 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, suffers a heart attack, misses the 1971 season, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
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12 Jan 1971 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV
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12 Jan 1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
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12 Jan 1971 All in the Family The famous situation comedy premieres on CBS
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12 Jan 1971 The Harrisburg Seven: Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
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12 Jan 1971 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
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12 Jan 1971 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater New York City NY for 3 performances
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12 Jan 1971 Fed grand jury indicts Reverand Philip Berrigan & 5 others, including a nun & 2 priests, on charges of plotting to kidnap Henry Kissinger
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14 Jan 1971 John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
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15 Jan 1971 "Ari" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 19 performances
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15 Jan 1971 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
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15 Jan 1971 Aswan Dam official opens in Egypt
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15 Jan 1971 "Ari" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY for 19 performances
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15 Jan 1971 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
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16 Jan 1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1500m (1 58.7)
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17 Jan 1971 Super Bowl V Baltimore Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami; Super Bowl MVP Chuck Howley, Dallas, Linebacker
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18 Jan 1971 Ivan Koloff beats Bruno Sammartino in NY, to become WWF champ
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19 Jan 1971 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St. Theater NYC for 861 performances
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19 Jan 1971 24th NHL All-Star Game West beat East 2-1 at Boston
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19 Jan 1971 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater New York City NY for 861 performances
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19 Jan 1971 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
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19 Jan 1971 Beatles' Helter Skelter is played at the Charles Manson trial
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20 Jan 1971 John Lennon meets Yoko Ono's parents in Japan
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20 Jan 1971 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1 18.8)
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21 Jan 1971 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV
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21 Jan 1971 The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
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21 Jan 1971 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV
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22 Jan 1971 John andYoko record "Power to the People"
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22 Jan 1971 The Singapore Declaration, one of the two most important documents to the uncodified constitution of the Commonwealth of Nations, is issued.
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22 Jan 1971 John & Yoko record "Power to the People"
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23 Jan 1971 -80
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23 Jan 1971 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
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23 Jan 1971 4th ABA All-Star Game East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
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24 Jan 1971 NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6
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24 Jan 1971 NFL Pro Bowl NFC beats AFC 27-6 (1st Pro Bowl after NFL-AFL merger)
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25 Jan 1971 Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
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25 Jan 1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
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25 Jan 1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar
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25 Jan 1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada
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25 Jan 1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis IN (IND) begins broadcasting
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26 Jan 1971 Charles Manson convicted of murder
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26 Jan 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept law against limitation of war crimes
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27 Jan 1971 Montgomery St Station, last link in BART, `holed thru'
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29 Jan 1971 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, vs England at Adelaide
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30 Jan 1971 "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
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30 Jan 1971 Carole King's Tapestry album is released to become the longest charting album by a female solo artist and sell 24 million copies worldwide.
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30 Jan 1971 "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City NY after 19 performances
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30 Jan 1971 Dennis Lillee takes 5-84 in his 1st Test bowl, vs England
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30 Jan 1971 UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
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31 Jan 1971 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hit #1 on UK pop chart
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31 Jan 1971 & Dave Bancroft and George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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31 Jan 1971 Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey
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31 Jan 1971 The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
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31 Jan 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14: Astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell, aboard a Saturn V, lift off for a mission to the Fra Mauro Highlands on the Moon.
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31 Jan 1971 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands
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31 Jan 1971 Jake Beckley, Joe Kelley, Harry Hooper, Rube Marquard, Chick Hafey & Dave Bancroft & George Weiss elected to baseball Hall of Fame
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31 Jan 1971 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
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31 Jan 1971 US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich
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02 Feb 1971 Idi Amin ousts Milton Obote to become Dictator of Uganda
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02 Feb 1971 The international Ramsar Convention for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands is signed in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran.
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02 Feb 1971 Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda.
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03 Feb 1971 KTSC TV channel 8 in Pueblo-Colorado Spgs, CO (PBS) 1st broadcast
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03 Feb 1971 New York Police Officer Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption. Many believe the incident proves that NYPD officers tried to kill him.
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04 Feb 1971 Apollo 14 lander Antares lands on Moon (Shepard & Mitchell)
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04 Feb 1971 Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
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04 Feb 1971 British car maker Rolls Royce declared itself bankrupt
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04 Feb 1971 Government exhibit under construction collapses, kills 65 in Brazil
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04 Feb 1971 National Guard mobilized to quell rioting in Wilmington, North Carolina
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05 Feb 1971 Apollo 14, 3rd US manned Moon expedition, lands near Fra Mauro Alan Shepard and Edward Mitchell (Apollo 14) walk on Moon for 4 hours
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05 Feb 1971 Astronauts land on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
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06 Feb 1971 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
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07 Feb 1971 Swiss men accept female suffrage
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08 Feb 1971 Pedro Morales beats Ivan Koloff in NY, to become WWF wrestling champ
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08 Feb 1971 South Vietnamese troops invade Laos
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08 Feb 1971 South Vietnamese ground troops launch an incursion into Laos to try to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail and stop communist infiltration.
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08 Feb 1971 The NASDAQ stock market index opens for the first time.
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09 Feb 1971 Apollo 14 returns to Earth
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09 Feb 1971 Probably 1st gay theme TV episode - All in the Family
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09 Feb 1971 Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
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09 Feb 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
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09 Feb 1971 Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the USA's Baseball Hall of Fame.
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09 Feb 1971 The Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
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10 Feb 1971 Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (New York Yankees)
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10 Feb 1971 John Guares "House of Blue Leaves, " premieres in New York City
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10 Feb 1971 American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in New York
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10 Feb 1971 Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa
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11 Feb 1971 Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
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11 Feb 1971 Eighty-seven countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Soviet Union, sign the Seabed Arms Control Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor in international waters.
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11 Feb 1971 Montr
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11 Feb 1971 US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons
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12 Feb 1971 Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Australia vs England
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13 Feb 1971 Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
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13 Feb 1971 Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2
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13 Feb 1971 12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos
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14 Feb 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
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14 Feb 1971 Movie "Ben Hur" 1st shown on television
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14 Feb 1971 Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House
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15 Feb 1971 The decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day.
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15 Feb 1971 After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal
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17 Feb 1971 England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
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19 Feb 1971 Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in the UK
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19 Feb 1971 Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK
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19 Feb 1971 Walt Wesley becomes the 1st Cleveland Cavalier to score 50 points in a game
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20 Feb 1971 The United States Emergency Broadcast System is accidentally activated in an erroneous national alert.
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20 Feb 1971 National Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio & TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes
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20 Feb 1971 Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
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20 Feb 1971 Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda
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21 Feb 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
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21 Feb 1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117
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21 Feb 1971 Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
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22 Feb 1971 Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria
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23 Feb 1971 George Harrison is fined and his driving license is suspended for 1 year
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23 Feb 1971 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets and a dispute with the police
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23 Feb 1971 Lieutenant Calley confesses & implicates Captain Medina
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23 Feb 1971 Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
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24 Feb 1971 The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, is killed three days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar is appointed as the new chairman.
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24 Feb 1971 Algeria nationalizes French oil companies
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25 Feb 1971 "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 1,316 performances
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25 Feb 1971 The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, the first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online.
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25 Feb 1971 P Zindel's "And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little" premieres in New York NY
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26 Feb 1971 U.N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
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27 Feb 1971 Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati.
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28 Feb 1971 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA National. Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam.
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28 Feb 1971 WDRB TV channel 41 in Louisville KY (IND) begins broadcasting
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01 Mar 1971 Bomb attack on the Capitol in Washington DC
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01 Mar 1971 Clandestine Radio Deutsche Reich (Germany) begins transmitting on FM
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01 Mar 1971 President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
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01 Mar 1971 A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
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03 Mar 1971 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles
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03 Mar 1971 Winnie Mandela sentenced to 1 year in jail in South Africa
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04 Mar 1971 "City Command" kidnaps 4 US military men at Ankara, Turkey
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07 Mar 1971 Egypt refuses to renew the Suez cease fire
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07 Mar 1971 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivers his historic speech at Suhrawardy Udyan.
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08 Mar 1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains heavyweight boxing title
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08 Mar 1971 Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
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08 Mar 1971 The Fight of the Century between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali commences. Frazier wins in 15 rounds via unanimous decision.
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09 Mar 1971 J M Noreiga takes 9-95 WI vs. India at Port-of-Spain
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10 Mar 1971 Senate approves amendment lowering voting age to 18
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12 Mar 1971 The March 12 Memorandum is sent to the Demirel government of Turkey and the government resigns.
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12 Mar 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger marries Bianca P
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12 Mar 1971 Syrian premier Hafez Assad elected President
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12 Mar 1971 Turkish Government of Demirel forced to resign by Army
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13 Mar 1971 Live at Fillmore East recorded
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14 Mar 1971 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Burt Bacharach Special" on CBS TV
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14 Mar 1971 South Vietnamese troops flee Laos
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14 Mar 1971 The Rolling Stones leave England for France to escape taxes
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15 Mar 1971 CBS TV announces it is dropping "Ed Sullivan Show"
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15 Mar 1971 Chatrooms make their debut on the Internet
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16 Mar 1971 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win
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16 Mar 1971 KDCD TV channel 18 in Midland TX (IND) suspends broadcasting
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18 Mar 1971 In Peru a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
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18 Mar 1971 200 die in landslide into Lake Yanahuani, Chungar Peru
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19 Mar 1971 Philadelphia 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
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20 Mar 1971 Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
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21 Mar 1971 Vermont seasonal snowfall totals 132.2"
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21 Mar 1971 Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
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21 Mar 1971 Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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21 Mar 1971 WCPB TV channel 28 in Salisbury MD (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Mar 1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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23 Mar 1971 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept simplified divorce
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23 Mar 1971 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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25 Mar 1971 The Army of the Republic of Vietnam abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
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25 Mar 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistan Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
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25 Mar 1971 Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
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25 Mar 1971 European council accepts Mansholt plan laying off 5 million farmers
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25 Mar 1971 Tom Jones' "She's a Lady" goes gold
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26 Mar 1971 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings
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26 Mar 1971 "Cannon" with William Conrad premieres on CBS-TV
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26 Mar 1971 East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Bangladesh Liberation War begins.
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26 Mar 1971 "Benny Hill Show" tops TV ratings
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26 Mar 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares its independence
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27 Mar 1971 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62; this is UCLA's 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
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28 Mar 1971 25th Tony Awards: Sleuth & Company win
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29 Mar 1971 Royal Albert Hall opens
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29 Mar 1971 A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
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29 Mar 1971 My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
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29 Mar 1971 1st Lieutenant William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
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29 Mar 1971 Chile President Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
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29 Mar 1971 Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
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29 Mar 1971 Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
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29 Mar 1971 WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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31 Mar 1971 South Africa national debt hits 5.45 billion
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31 Mar 1971 William L Calley Jr sentenced to life for My Lai Massacre
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01 Apr 1971 United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
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01 Apr 1971 US / Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere
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01 Apr 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army massacre over 1,000 people in Keraniganj Upazila, Bangladesh.
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02 Apr 1971 Sci-fi soap opera "Dark Shadows" concludes an almost 5 year run
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04 Apr 1971 "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances
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04 Apr 1971 Marine clay under houses liquefies, 31 die (St-Jean-Vianney Quebec)
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05 Apr 1971 Fran Phipps is 1st woman to reach North Pole
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05 Apr 1971 Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy
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05 Apr 1971 US Lt Wiliam Calley (My Lai Massacre) sentenced to life
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05 Apr 1971 WNJT TV channel 52 in Trenton, New Jersey (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Apr 1971 In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches a revolt against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
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07 Apr 1971 President Nixon orders lt Calley (Mi Lai) free
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07 Apr 1971 WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge US Circuit Court of Appeals
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07 Apr 1971 President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam.
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08 Apr 1971 1st legal off-track betting system begins (OTB-New York)
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10 Apr 1971 US table tennis team arrives in China PR
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10 Apr 1971 Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.
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10 Apr 1971 1st baseball game at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium, Phillies beat Montr
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10 Apr 1971 US table tennis team arrives in People's Rebublic of China
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11 Apr 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens / closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
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11 Apr 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, Maryland (IND) begins broadcasting
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11 Apr 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
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14 Apr 1971 Fort Point, San Francisco dedicated as a national historic site
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14 Apr 1971 President Richard Nixon ends blockade against People's Republic of China
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14 Apr 1971 Stephen Sondheim's musical "Follies", premieres in NYC
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14 Apr 1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation
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15 Apr 1971 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
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15 Apr 1971 43rd Academy Awards - "Patton, " George C Scott and Glenda Jackson win
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17 Apr 1971 The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
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17 Apr 1971 Egypt, Libya & Syria form federation (FAR)
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17 Apr 1971 People's Republic Bangladesh forms, under sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
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18 Apr 1971 Gavaskar makes 220 in 2nd inning vs West Indies after 124 in 1st
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18 Apr 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
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19 Apr 1971 Charles Manson is sentenced to death (later commuted life imprisonment) for conspiracy to commit the Tate–LaBianca murders.
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19 Apr 1971 Launch of Salyut 1, the first space station.
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19 Apr 1971 Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin "Operation Dewey Canyon III", a five-day demonstration in Washington, D.C.
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19 Apr 1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president.
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19 Apr 1971 Sierra Leone becomes a republic (National Day)
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19 Apr 1971 USSR Salyut 1 launched; 1st manned lab in orbit
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19 Apr 1971 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
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19 Apr 1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder)
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20 Apr 1971 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
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20 Apr 1971 US Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation
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21 Apr 1971 Original Codex Reguis (with Edda-liederen) returns to Iceland
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22 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 launched
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23 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; Cosmonauts become 1st in Salyut 1 space station
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23 Apr 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army and Razakars massacre approximately 3,000 Hindu emigrants in the Jathibhanga area of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
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23 Apr 1971 Columbia University operations virtually end, by student strike
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23 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 launched; soft docked with Salyut 1
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24 Apr 1971 "Frank Merriwell" opens / closes at Longacre Theater NYC for 1 performance
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24 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
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24 Apr 1971 Soyuz 10 returns to Earth
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25 Apr 1971 US canal rights in Nicaragua & rights to Corn Islands expire
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25 Apr 1971 About 200,000 anti-Vietnam War protesters march on Washington DC
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25 Apr 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
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26 Apr 1971 Heaviest rains ever in Bahia district of Brazil, 15" in 24 hours
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26 Apr 1971 San Francisco lightship replaced by automatic buoy
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26 Apr 1971 Turkey state of siege proclaimed
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27 Apr 1971 Curt Flood resigns Senators after 13 games & departs for Denmark
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28 Apr 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely Jr becomes 1st black Admiral in US Navy
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28 Apr 1971 Dutch social Democratic party/D'66/DS'70 win parliamentary election
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29 Apr 1971 Bill Graham closes down the Fillmore & Fillmore East
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29 Apr 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
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29 Apr 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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30 Apr 1971 25th NBA Championship Milwaukee Bucks beat Baltimore Bullets in 4 games
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01 May 1971 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2
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01 May 1971 Amtrak Railroad begins operation
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01 May 1971 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
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01 May 1971 Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.
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02 May 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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03 May 1971 All Things Considered premieres on 112 National Public Radio stations
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03 May 1971 Erich Honecker succeeds Walter Ulbricht as East German party leader
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03 May 1971 National Public Radio begins programming
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03 May 1971 Nixon administration arrests 13,000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
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03 May 1971 Pulitzer prize awarded to John Toland (Rising Sun)
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05 May 1971 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
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05 May 1971 Race riot in Brownsville section of Brooklyn (NYC)
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08 May 1971 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
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08 May 1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden
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09 May 1971 23rd Emmy Awards: All in the Family, Jack Klugman and Jean Stapleton
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09 May 1971 Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
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09 May 1971 Friends of Earth return 1500 non-returnable bottles to Schweppes
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09 May 1971 Largest walk in crowd (31,626) in Baltimore Oriole history
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09 May 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
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10 May 1971 US special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60 cents
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10 May 1971 US special delivery rates go from 45
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11 May 1971 Cleveland's Steve Dunning becomes last American League pitcher to hit grand slam
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12 May 1971 Rolling Stone Mick Jagger weds Bianca Macias at St Tropez Town Hall
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13 May 1971 Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane seriously injured in a car accident
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15 May 1971 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
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15 May 1971 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
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15 May 1971 Radio Nordsee International's ship bombed
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16 May 1971 1st class postage now costs 8 cents (was 6 cents)
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16 May 1971 1st class postage now costs 8
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16 May 1971 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave" premieres in Aldwych
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16 May 1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution
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17 May 1971 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell" premieres off-Broadway
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17 May 1971 Washington State bans sex discrimination
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18 May 1971 4th ABA Championship: Utah Stars beat Kentucky Colonels, 4 games to 3
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18 May 1971 Bulgarian constitution goes into effect
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18 May 1971 President Nixon rejects the 60 demands of Congressional Black Caucus
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18 May 1971 Stanley Cup: Montr
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18 May 1971 Vampire rapist Wayne Bodens last victim found
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19 May 1971 Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
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19 May 1971 USSR launches Mars 2, 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
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20 May 1971 Pentagon reports blacks constitute 11% of US soldiers in SE Asia
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21 May 1971 National Guard mobilizes to quell riot in Chattanooga, Tennessee
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21 May 1971 Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens
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23 May 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
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23 May 1971 Rock group Iron Butterfly disbands
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24 May 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panama Canal, killing 38 of 43 aboard
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24 May 1971 A commuter bus plunges into Panam
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25 May 1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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26 May 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: The Pakistan Army slaughters at least 71 Hindus in Burunga, Sylhet, Bangladesh.
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26 May 1971 Soviet Union's Concorde, TU-144, makes its 1st appearance
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27 May 1971 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
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27 May 1971 The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.
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27 May 1971 23rd Walker Cup: Great Britain/Ireland 13-United States 11
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27 May 1971 UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
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28 May 1971 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
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28 May 1971 USSR Mars 3 launched, 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
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29 May 1971 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61
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30 May 1971 Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars.
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30 May 1971 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; after drinking LSD apple juice
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30 May 1971 Train crash at Duivendrecht Netherlands, 5 die
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30 May 1971 US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
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30 May 1971 Willie Mays hits his 638th homerun, sets National League record of 1,950 runs scored
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31 May 1971 In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30.
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31 May 1971 WDXR (now WKPD) TV channel 29 in Paducah KY (PBS) begins broadcasting
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02 Jun 1971 Ajax wins 16th Europe Cup 1
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03 Jun 1971 Chicago Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
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04 Jun 1971 J Luns appointed Secretary General of NATO
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04 Jun 1971 Oakland Athletics beat Washingston Senators, 5-3, in 21 innings
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05 Jun 1971 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
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06 Jun 1971 "Ed Sullivan Show" last broadcasts on CBS-TV
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06 Jun 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die
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06 Jun 1971 John Lennon andYoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in New York City
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06 Jun 1971 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
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06 Jun 1971 WHAE (now WGNX) TV channel 46 in Atlanta, Georgia (CBN) begins broadcasting
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06 Jun 1971 Willie Mays hits record 22nd and last extra inning HR
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06 Jun 1971 Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 is launched.
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06 Jun 1971 A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
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06 Jun 1971 Vietnam War: the Battle of Long Khanh between Australian and Vietnamese communist forces begins.
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07 Jun 1971 Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut
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07 Jun 1971 The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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07 Jun 1971 The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
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08 Jun 1971 North Vietnam demands US end aid to South Vietnam
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08 Jun 1971 White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign
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09 Jun 1971 Abdul Zahir appointed Premier of Afghanistan
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10 Jun 1971 11 die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois
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10 Jun 1971 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon
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11 Jun 1971 US ends ban on China trade
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11 Jun 1971 US and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan
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11 Jun 1971 The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
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12 Jun 1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2216 Kerch
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12 Jun 1971 Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
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13 Jun 1971 17th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
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13 Jun 1971 New York Times began publishing "Pentagon Papers"
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13 Jun 1971 Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
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13 Jun 1971 NY Times began publishing "The Pentagon Papers"
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13 Jun 1971 Perth Observatory discovers asteroids #1806 Derice & #1978 Patrice
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15 Jun 1971 Vernon E Jordan Jr, appointed Executive Director of National Urban League
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16 Jun 1971 Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
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16 Jun 1971 Racial disturbance in Jacksonville Florida
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17 Jun 1971 President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
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17 Jun 1971 C U Cesco discovers asteroid #2399 Terradas
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19 Jun 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance
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20 Jun 1971 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open
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21 Jun 1971 50,000 attend Celebration of Life rock concert in McCrea, Louisiana
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21 Jun 1971 71st US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion Golf Club - Ardmore, Pennsylvania
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21 Jun 1971 Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
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21 Jun 1971 International Court of Justice asks South-Africa to pull out of Namibia
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23 Jun 1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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23 Jun 1971 Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinatti Reds, 4-0
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26 Jun 1971 Angels suspend Alex Johnson (after 5 benchings & 29 fines)
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27 Jun 1971 After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
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27 Jun 1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2121 Sevastopol
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28 Jun 1971 Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
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28 Jun 1971 Fillmore East closes
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28 Jun 1971 Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds
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28 Jun 1971 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #3093
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29 Jun 1971 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
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29 Jun 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
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30 Jun 1971 Biesheuvel government forms
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30 Jun 1971 Ohio becomes 38th state to approve of lower voting age to 18, thus ratifying 26th amendment
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30 Jun 1971 The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
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30 Jun 1971 Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
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30 Jun 1971 Ohio becomes the 38th state to approve of lower the voting age to
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01 Jul 1971 British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
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01 Jul 1971 State of Washington becomes 1st state to ban sex discrimination
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02 Jul 1971 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
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03 Jul 1971 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
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05 Jul 1971 26th amendment certified (reduces voting age to 18)
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05 Jul 1971 Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon.
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06 Jul 1971 Dr Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi
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06 Jul 1971 White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks
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09 Jul 1971 Henry Kissinger visits China PR
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10 Jul 1971 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale
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10 Jul 1971 Failed attempt on King Hassan II Shirat Morocco, 101 killed
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10 Jul 1971 Hassan II of Morocco survives an attempted coup d'état, which lasts until June 11.
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11 Jul 1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes US copper mines
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11 Jul 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
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11 Jul 1971 Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
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11 Jul 1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
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12 Jul 1971 The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
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12 Jul 1971 Juan Corona, indicted for 25 murders
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13 Jul 1971 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
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13 Jul 1971 All star MVP: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
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13 Jul 1971 AL beats NL 6-4 in 42nd All Star Game (Tiger Stadium, Detroit)
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15 Jul 1971 The United Red Army is founded in Japan.
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15 Jul 1971 Pres Nixon announces he would visit People's Rep of China
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16 Jul 1971 Franco points Prince Juan Carlos as deputy in Spain
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17 Jul 1971 Kathy Whitworth / Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
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18 Jul 1971 Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
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19 Jul 1971 Sudan military coup under maj Hashem al-Atta, Numeiry flees
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19 Jul 1971 B Burnasheva discovers asteroid #2259 Sofievka
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22 Jul 1971 Sudan military counter coup under Premier Numeiry
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24 Jul 1971 WUHQ TV channel 41 in Battle Creek, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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26 Jul 1971 Apollo 15 launched (Scott & Irwin) to 4th manned landing on Moon
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26 Jul 1971 Apollo program: launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
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26 Jul 1971 Nicolette Milnes-Walker completes sailing non-stop single-handedly across the Atlantic, becoming the first woman to successfully do so.
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26 Jul 1971 Apollo 15 launched to the Moon
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26 Jul 1971 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #1836 Komarov
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28 Jul 1971 Dutch ends censorship of "Blue Movie"
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28 Jul 1971 16 time gold glover Brook Robinson commits 3 errors in 6th inning
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30 Jul 1971 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
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30 Jul 1971 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
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30 Jul 1971 US Apollo 15 (Scott & Irwin) lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
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30 Jul 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.
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30 Jul 1971 An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan killing 162.
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30 Jul 1971 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
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30 Jul 1971 Japanese Boeing 727 collides with an F-86 fighter killing 162
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30 Jul 1971 US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium on the Moon
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31 Jul 1971 Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
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31 Jul 1971 Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover.
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01 Aug 1971 Bangladesh refugee concert with George Harrison
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01 Aug 1971 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
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03 Aug 1971 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings
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04 Aug 1971 US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
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05 Aug 1971 WNPE TV channel 16 in Watertown, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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05 Aug 1971 The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
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07 Aug 1971 Apollo 15 returns to Earth
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08 Aug 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
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09 Aug 1971 The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
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10 Aug 1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
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10 Aug 1971 The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
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11 Aug 1971 Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome
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11 Aug 1971 Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 & 501
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12 Aug 1971 Syriam President Assad drops diplomatic relations with Jordan
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13 Aug 1971 Paul and Linda McCartney release "Back Seat of My Car"
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13 Aug 1971 Paul & Linda McCartney release "The Back Seat of My Car"
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14 Aug 1971 Cards Bob Gibson, 35, no-hits Pirates, 11-0
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14 Aug 1971 Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
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14 Aug 1971 Bahrain proclaims independence after 110 years of British rule
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14 Aug 1971 British begin internment without trial in Northern Ireland
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14 Aug 1971 St Louis Cards Bob Gibson no-hits Pitts, 11-0
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15 Aug 1971 Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
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15 Aug 1971 KVRL (now KRIV) TV ch 26 in Shreveport-Texarkana, LA (NBC) begins
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15 Aug 1971 President Nixon announces 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents
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15 Aug 1971 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
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15 Aug 1971 President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
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15 Aug 1971 Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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15 Aug 1971 Bahrain gains independence from Britain
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20 Aug 1971 FBI begins covert investigation of journalist Daniel Schorr
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22 Aug 1971 Bolivian military coup under col Hugo Banzer, President Torres driven out
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22 Aug 1971 Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
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23 Aug 1971 WGTU TV channel 29 in Traverse City, MI (ABC) begins broadcasting
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24 Aug 1971 India beat England by 4 wickets, their win against the Poms
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26 Aug 1971 Dutch Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard visit Indonesia
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26 Aug 1971 NY Giant football team announces its leaving the Bronx for NJ in 1975
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26 Aug 1971 Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
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30 Aug 1971 WNPI TV channel 18 in Norwood, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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31 Aug 1971 Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
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31 Aug 1971 Dave Scott becomes 1st person to drive a car on the Moon
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01 Sep 1971 John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of US Open
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01 Sep 1971 Qatar declares independence from Britain
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01 Sep 1971 Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
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02 Sep 1971 Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
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02 Sep 1971 Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
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03 Sep 1971 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
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03 Sep 1971 Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary General of NATO
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03 Sep 1971 Qatar regains complete independence from Britain
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03 Sep 1971 Qatar becomes an independent state.
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04 Sep 1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
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04 Sep 1971 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
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05 Sep 1971 Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
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05 Sep 1971 New York Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
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08 Sep 1971 John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC
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08 Sep 1971 In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
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09 Sep 1971 1,000 convicts riot and seize Attica, New York prison
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09 Sep 1971 John Lennon andYoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
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09 Sep 1971 John Lennon releases "Imagine" album
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09 Sep 1971 NHL great Gordie Howe retires
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09 Sep 1971 The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison.
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10 Sep 1971 KVUE TV channel 24 in Austin, TX (ABC) begins broadcasting
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11 Sep 1971 "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances
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11 Sep 1971 Laurel Lea Schaefer (Ohio), 22, crowned 44th Miss America 1972
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11 Sep 1971 The Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
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12 Sep 1971 85th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76)
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12 Sep 1971 91st US Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76)
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13 Sep 1971 11 guards and 31 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
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13 Sep 1971 WIIQ TV channel 41 in Demopolis, AL (PBS) begins broadcasting
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13 Sep 1971 State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to quell a prison revolt.
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13 Sep 1971 Chairman Mao Zedong's second in command and successor Marshal Lin Biao flees the People's Republic of China after the failure of an alleged coup. His plane crashes in Mongolia, killing all aboard.
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13 Sep 1971 9 hostages & 28 prisoners die in take over at Attica State Prison
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13 Sep 1971 Frank Robinson hits his 500th HR
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13 Sep 1971 World Hockey Association formed
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14 Sep 1971 Cleveland Indians and Washingston Senators, play 20 innings
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15 Sep 1971 1st broadcast of "Columbo" on NBC-TV
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16 Sep 1971 West German chancellor Willy Brandt meets with soviet President Brezhnev
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16 Sep 1971 6 Klansmen arrested in connection with bombing of 10 school buses
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19 Sep 1971 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
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19 Sep 1971 Montagnard troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
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20 Sep 1971 Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific.
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21 Sep 1971 Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
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21 Sep 1971 AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
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21 Sep 1971 John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Dick Cavett's only guest
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23 Sep 1971 John Vermeers painting "The liefdesbrief" stolen
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24 Sep 1971 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
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24 Sep 1971 Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
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24 Sep 1971 Houston Astros beat SD Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
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26 Sep 1971 Jim Palmer is 4th Oriole to win at least 20 games this season
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26 Sep 1971 Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
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26 Sep 1971 WGBY TV channel 57 in Springfield, MA (PBS) begins broadcasting
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26 Sep 1971 The Freetown Christiania was founded.
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28 Sep 1971 Budapest in 1956 to escape treason charges, ends exile and flies to Rome
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28 Sep 1971 Cardinal Josef Mindszenty of Hungary took refuge in US Embassy
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28 Sep 1971 New York Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
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28 Sep 1971 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
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29 Sep 1971 "McMillan & Wife, " debuts on NBC-TV
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29 Sep 1971 Cyclone and tidal wave off Bay of Bengal kills as many as 10,000
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29 Sep 1971 Orbiting Solar Observatory VII launched
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29 Sep 1971 Ron Hunt is hit by a pitch for record 50th time in a season
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29 Sep 1971 Oman joins the Arab League.
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30 Sep 1971 Last Washingston Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
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01 Oct 1971 Joseph Luns becomes Secretary General of NATO
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01 Oct 1971 Simplified echtscheidingsrecht of force
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01 Oct 1971 Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida opens
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01 Oct 1971 Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States.
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01 Oct 1971 The first brain-scan using x-ray computed tomography (CT or CAT scan) is performed at Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London.
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02 Oct 1971 Homing pigeon averages 133 km/h (record) in 1100-km Australian race
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03 Oct 1971 Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
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04 Oct 1971 KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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07 Oct 1971 Disney World opens in Orlando
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08 Oct 1971 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
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09 Oct 1971 Japans Emperor Hirohito visits Netherlands
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10 Oct 1971 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
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10 Oct 1971 Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962
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10 Oct 1971 Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
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10 Oct 1971 1st game played at Philadelphia's Veteran Stadium, Phils win 4-1
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11 Oct 1971 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
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11 Oct 1971 Brooks Robinson ties Series record, reaches base 5 straight times
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11 Oct 1971 Switzerland recognizes North Vietnam
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11 Oct 1971 Frank McGee becomes news anchor of the Today Show
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12 Oct 1971 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
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13 Oct 1971 WTZH TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (CBS) suspends broadcasting
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13 Oct 1971 1st world series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3) (World Series #68)
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14 Oct 1971 John andYoko appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
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14 Oct 1971 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances
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15 Oct 1971 The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
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16 Oct 1971 Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in San Francisco
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17 Oct 1971 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
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19 Oct 1971 Last issue of "Look" magazine is published
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20 Oct 1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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20 Oct 1971 The Nepal Stock Exchange collapses.
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21 Oct 1971 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances
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21 Oct 1971 Nobel prize for literature awarded to Pablo Neruda
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21 Oct 1971 William H Rehnquist and Lewis F Powell nominated to US Supreme Court by Nixon, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black and John Harlan
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21 Oct 1971 A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping center in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.
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21 Oct 1971 Nixon nominates Lewis F Powell & William H Rehnquist to US Supreme Court, following resignations of Justices Hugo Black & John Harlan
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23 Oct 1971 WXLT (now WWSB) TV channel 40 in Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida (ABC) begins
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24 Oct 1971 Harry Drake sets longest arrow flight by a footbow (1 mile 268 yds)
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24 Oct 1971 Texas Stadium opens-Cowboys beat Patriots 44-21
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25 Oct 1971 Belgium and China PR establish diplomatic relations
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25 Oct 1971 General Meeting of the UN agrees to admit China PR
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25 Oct 1971 UN votes to expel Chinese Nationalist-ruled Taiwan and admit Red China
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25 Oct 1971 The United Nations seats the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations)
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25 Oct 1971 Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
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25 Oct 1971 UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan
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26 Oct 1971 UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
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27 Oct 1971 The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
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27 Oct 1971 Republic of the Congo becomes Republic of Za
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27 Oct 1971 Steve Garvey weds Cynthia Truhan
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28 Oct 1971 John andYoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in New York City
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28 Oct 1971 Britain launches the satellite Prospero into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket, the only British satellite to date launched by a British rocket.
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28 Oct 1971 England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit
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28 Oct 1971 John & Yoko record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
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29 Oct 1971 In Macon, Georgia, guitarist Duane Allman is killed in a motorcycle accident.
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31 Oct 1971 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 65 performances
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01 Nov 1971 Eisenhower dollar put into circulation
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02 Nov 1971 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 7 performances
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02 Nov 1971 Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
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03 Nov 1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres
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05 Nov 1971 Bolivia passes death penalty for political kidnapping
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06 Nov 1971 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 7 performances
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09 Nov 1971 John List kills family and moves to Colorado
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10 Nov 1971 Joe Torre wins NL MVP, Vida Blue wins AL MVP
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10 Nov 1971 US table tennis team arrived in China
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11 Nov 1971 Man-made earthslide at Kawasaki Japan, kills 15
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11 Nov 1971 Neil Simons "prisoner of Second Avenue, " premieres in New York City
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13 Nov 1971 Mariner 9, 1st to orbit another planet (Mars)
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15 Nov 1971 Intel advertises 4004-processor
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19 Nov 1971 Fort Wilderness opens
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21 Nov 1971 New York Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
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21 Nov 1971 Richard Baker becomes teacher of SF Zen Center
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22 Nov 1971 "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
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23 Nov 1971 Danny Murtaugh, manager of world champ Pirates, announces retirement
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23 Nov 1971 China People's Republic seated in UN Security Council
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24 Nov 1971 Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
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24 Nov 1971 Dan "DB" Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200,000
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24 Nov 1971 Prison rebellion at Rahway State Prison, New Jersey
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25 Nov 1971 "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington
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25 Nov 1971 37th Heisman Trophy Award: Pat Sullivan, Auburn (QB)
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27 Nov 1971 The Soviet space program's Mars 2 orbiter releases a descent module. It malfunctions and crashes, but it is the first man-made object to reach the surface of Mars.
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27 Nov 1971 Soviet Mars 2 becomes 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
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28 Nov 1971 "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
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28 Nov 1971 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11
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28 Nov 1971 Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
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28 Nov 1971 Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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29 Nov 1971 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
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30 Nov 1971 Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates.
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01 Dec 1971 "2 Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 613 performances
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01 Dec 1971 Cubs release Ernie Banks and sign him as a coach
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01 Dec 1971 John andYoko release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
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01 Dec 1971 Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray.
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02 Dec 1971 Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
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02 Dec 1971 United Arab Emirates, (Trucial States) declares independence from the UK
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02 Dec 1971 Zayid bin Sultan Al Nuhayyan of Abu Dhabi becomes President of UAE
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02 Dec 1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm al-Quwain form the United Arab Emirates.
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03 Dec 1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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03 Dec 1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full-scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
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04 Dec 1971 The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
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04 Dec 1971 The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
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04 Dec 1971 The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
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04 Dec 1971 "The Troubles": The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
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05 Dec 1971 KCBJ (now KMIZ) TV channel 17 in Columbia, MO (ABC) 1st broadcast
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06 Dec 1971 Lewis Franklin Powell confirmed as Supreme Court Justice
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06 Dec 1971 Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh.
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07 Dec 1971 "Wild andWonderful" opens / closes at Lyceum Theater, New York City
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07 Dec 1971 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
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07 Dec 1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces the formation of a coalition government with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto as Deputy Prime Minister.
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08 Dec 1971 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launches an attack on West Pakistan's port city of Karachi.
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09 Dec 1971 Lewis F Powell Jr appointed to Supreme Court
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09 Dec 1971 The United Arab Emirates join the United Nations.
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09 Dec 1971 Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Air Force executes an airdrop of Indian Army units, bypassing Pakistani defences.
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10 Dec 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
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10 Dec 1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace
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13 Dec 1971 John Sinclair (sentenced to 10 years for selling 2 marijuana joints) is freed
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14 Dec 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War: Over 200 of East Pakistan‍ '​s intellectuals are executed by the Pakistan Army and their local allies. (The date is commemorated in Bangladesh as Martyred Intellectuals Day.)
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14 Dec 1971 Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night due to power failure
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15 Dec 1971 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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16 Dec 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan Army brings an end to both conflicts. This is commemorated annually as Victory Day in Bangladesh, and as Vijay Diwas in India.
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16 Dec 1971 The United Kingdom recognizes Bahrain's independence. This is commemorated annually as Bahrain's National Day.
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16 Dec 1971 Bangladesh (East Pakistan) declares independence from Pakistan
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16 Dec 1971 Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released
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17 Dec 1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US
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17 Dec 1971 Cease-fire between India & Pakistan in Kashmir
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17 Dec 1971 Radio Bangladesh begins transmitting
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17 Dec 1971 "Diamonds are Forever" premieres in US
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18 Dec 1971 Capitol Reef National Park is established in Utah.
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18 Dec 1971 1st Candlelight Processional
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18 Dec 1971 People United To Save Humanity (PUSH) forms by Jesse Jackson in Chicago
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18 Dec 1971 CBS radio cancels Saturday morning band concerts
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18 Dec 1971 US dollar devalued 7.9% in Holland ($1=
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19 Dec 1971 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances
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19 Dec 1971 CBS airs "Homecoming A Christmas Story, " (introducing the Waltons)
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19 Dec 1971 NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
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19 Dec 1971 Stanley Kubrick's X-rated "A Clockwork Orange" premieres
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20 Dec 1971 Zulfikar Ali Bhutto takes over as the fourth President of Pakistan.
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20 Dec 1971 Pakistan President Yahya Khan resigns
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21 Dec 1971 UN Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim as 4th Secretary General
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22 Dec 1971 UN General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General
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22 Dec 1971 KUAC TV channel 9 in Fairbanks/College, Alaska (PBS) begins broadcasting
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22 Dec 1971 USSR performs underground nuclear test
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24 Dec 1971 Peruvian Airlines Electra crashes at headwaters of Amazon, killing all except Juliane Margaret Koepcke found 10 days later
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25 Dec 1971 Longest NFL game (82 minutes 40 seconds) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24
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25 Dec 1971 Worst hotel fire in history kills 163 at Taeyokale Hotel in Seoul
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25 Dec 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson
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28 Dec 1971 Hasj falls from now on under(neath) the Opiumwet
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30 Dec 1971 Long Island NHL franchise purchased (New York Islanders)
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31 Dec 1971 KAID TV channel 4 in Boise ID (PBS) begins broadcasting
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31 Dec 1971 Lieutenant General Robert E Cushman, Jr, USMC, ends term as deputy director of CIA
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