Page 3: Historical Events In 1971

Feb 07   On this day in history women win the right to vote in Switzerland   

Feb 08   South Vietnamese troops invade Laos on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Apollo 14, and its crew of three astronauts, returns to Earth after America's third lunar landing mission on this day in history.   

Feb 09   First British soldier killed in Northern Ireland in the year 1971.   

Feb 09   Probably first gay theme TV episode - All in the Family in the year 1971.   

Feb 09   Quake in San Fernando Valley kills 65 &causes over $½ billion damage in the year 1971.   

Feb 09   San Fernando, California an earthquake measuring 6.5 lasted about 60 seconds, took 65 lives, injured more than 2,000, and caused property damage estimated at $505 million on this day in history.   

Feb 09   Satchel Paige becomes first negro-league player elected to baseball HOF in the year 1971.   

Feb 10   Royal Albert Hall bans scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa in the year 1971.   

Feb 11   In the year 1971 montréal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal   

Feb 11   US, UK, USSR, others sign Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in the year 1971.   

Feb 11   In the year 1971 whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director, drowns in Nigeria   

Feb 12   In the year 1971 george Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86   

Feb 13   12,000 South Vietnamese troops cross into Laos on this day in history.   

Feb 13   Golfing Vice President Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into the crowd, injuring 2 on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Movie "Ben Hur" first shown on television on this day in history.   

Feb 14   Richard Nixon installs secret taping system in White House in the year 1971.   

Feb 15   After 1200 years Britain abandons 12-shilling system for decimal on this day in history.   

Feb 15   Britain changes its currency to the decimal system in the year 1971.   

Feb 15   In the year 1971 marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63   

Feb 16   In the year 1971 prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, under opposition attack in the Commons, utters an apparently unparliamentary expression that he later describes as "fuddle-duddle" we all know what it really was   

Feb 17   Teddy Hart, actor (3 Men on a Horse), dies at 73 in the year 1971.   

Feb 19   Paul McCartney releases "Another Day" in UK on this day in history.   

Feb 20   Major General Idi Amin Dada appoints himself President of Uganda in the year 1971.   

Feb 20   In the year 1971 national Emergency Center erroneously orders US radio &TV stations to go off the air; The mistake wasn't resolved for 30 minutes   

Feb 21   On this day in history adolph Weiss, composer, dies at 79   

Feb 21   On this day in history ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic   

Feb 21   In the year 1971 series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117   

Feb 22   Barry Macollum, actor (On the Waterfront), dies at 81 in the year 1971.   

Feb 22   Lieutenant General Hafiz al-Assad becomes President of Syria on this day in history.   

Feb 23   On this day in history boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak   

Feb 23   On this day in history george Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year as a result of several speeding tickets   

Feb 23   On this day in history king Lockwood, dies of stroke at 73   

Feb 23   Lieutenant Calley confesses & implicates Captain Medina on this day in history.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aamer Nazir, cricketer (Pakistani pace bowler 1993- )   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of aaron Williams, NBA center (Seattle Supersonics)   

Jan 02   Brad Parpan, WLAF quarterback (Rhein Fire) was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of horace Copeland, NFL wide receiver (Tampa Bay Bucs)   

Jan 02   Robert O' Neal, WLAF DB (Amsterdam Admirals) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 02   In the year 1971 birth of taye Diggs, American actor   

Jan 02   Lisa Harrison, American basketball player was born in the year 1971.   

Jan 04   In the year 1971 birth of carlos Perez, Dominican/US baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos)   

Jan 01   In the year 1971 death of saint Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian Orthodox Christian Saint (b. 1894)   

Jan 02   Willard Maas, American educator and experimental filmmaker (b. 1906) died in the year 1971.   

Jan 04   On this day in history death of arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)   

Jan 05   Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899) died in the year 1971.   

Jan 07   Dick Kollmar, actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies at 60 in the year 1971.   

Jan 08   In the year 1971 adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85   

Jan 09   In the year 1971 death of giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)   

Jan 10   Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer, dies at 87 in the year 1971.