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Year '''1971''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXI]]''') was a [[common year starting on Friday]] (link will display full calendar) of the 1971 [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1971 ==
===January===
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* [[January 1]] - The British Divorce Reform Act comes into force.
* [[January 2]]
**<!--January 2-->[[Ibrox disaster]]: A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic [[Football (soccer)|football]] match in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]] kills 66.
**<!--January 2-->A ban on [[radio]] and [[television]] [[cigarette]] advertisements goes into effect in the [[United States]].<ref>
"Cigarette Maker Phillip Morris Agrees to Remove Advertising
Signs from Sports Stadiums Where They Were Shown on TV" (1995),
[http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/Pre_96/June95/315.txt.html DOJ315].
</ref>
* [[January 3]] - [[BBC]] [[Open University]] begins in the [[United Kingdom]].
* [[January 5]] - The 1st ever ODI cricket match is played between Australia & England at the M.C.G.
* [[January 8]] - [[Tupamaros]] kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to [[Uruguay]], in [[Montevideo]]; they keep him captive until September.
* [[January 9]] - [[Uruguay]]an president [[Jorge Pacheco Areco]] demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day.
* [[January 12]] - The landmark television sitcom ''[[All In The Family]]'', starring [[Carroll O'Connor]] as [[Archie Bunker]], debuts on CBS.
* [[January 14]] - Seventy [[Brazil]]ian political prisoners are released in [[Santiago, Chile]]. Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released [[January 16]].
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[[Image:AswanHighDam Egypt.jpg|thumb| '''[[January 15]]''': [[Aswan Dam]] opens in [[Egypt]]]]
* [[January 15]] - The [[Aswan High Dam]] officially opens in Egypt.
* [[January 17]] - The [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] defeat the [[Dallas Cowboys]] 16-13 in [[Super Bowl V]]. The game is played at the [[Miami Orange Bowl|Orange Bowl]] in [[Miami]], [[Florida]].
* [[January 18]] - Strikes in [[Poland]] demand the resignation of Interior Minister [[Kazimierz Switala]]. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
* [[January 19]]
**<!--January 19-->Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with [[OPEC]] in [[Tehran]] to stabilize [[Petroleum|oil]] prices. [[February 14]] they sign a treaty with 6 [[Persian Gulf]] countries.
**<!--January 19-->''[[No, No Nanette]]'' premieres ([[46th Street Theatre]], [[New York City]]).
* [[January 24]] - The [[Guinea]]n government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November [[1970]]; 72 are sentenced to [[hard labor]] for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.
* [[January 25]]
**<!--January 25-->In [[Uganda]], [[Idi Amin]] deposes [[Milton Obote]], in a coup, and becomes president.
**<!--January 25-->In [[Los Angeles]], [[Charles Manson]] and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 [[Tate-LaBianca murders]].
**<!--January 25-->[[Himachal Pradesh]] becomes the 18th [[India]]n state.
**<!--January 25-->Intelsat IV (F2) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean [[March 26]].
* [[January 31]] - [[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 14]]'' ([[Alan Shepard]], [[Stuart Roosa]], [[Edgar Mitchell]]) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission.
===February===
{{Month3|2|0|0}}
[[Image:Apollo 14 Shepard.jpg|thumb|'''[[February 5|Feb. 5]]''': [[Apollo 14]] on [[Moon]]]]
[[Image:Tuscania.jpg|thumb|'''[[February 7]]''': Earthquake kills 31 in [[Tuscania]], [[Italy]].]]
* [[February 4]] - In Britain, [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
* [[February 5]] - ''[[Apollo 14]]'' lands on the [[Moon]].
* [[February 7]]
**<!--February 7-->The city of [[Tuscania]], [[Italy]], is wrecked in an earthquake. 31 die.
**<!--February 7-->[[Switzerland]] gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all [[Cantons of Switzerland|canton]]-specific ones.
**<!--February 7-->[[Władysław Gomułka]] is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party.
* [[February 8]] - A new [[stock market index]] called the [[Nasdaq]] debuts.
* [[February 9]]
**<!--February 9-->The [[Sylmar earthquake]] (6.4 on the [[Richter Scale]]) hits the [[San Fernando Valley]] area of [[California]].
**<!--February 9-->[[Satchel Paige]] becomes the first [[Negro League baseball|Negro League]] player to become voted into the [[Baseball Hall of Fame]].
**<!--February 9-->[[Apollo program]]: ''[[Apollo 14]]'' returns to [[Earth]] after the third manned [[Moon]] landing.
* [[February 11]] - The US, UK, USSR and others sign the [[Seabed Treaty]], outlawing [[nuclear weapon]]s on the ocean floor.
* [[February 11]]-[[February 12]] – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in [[Amman]].
* [[February 13]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Backed by American air and artillery support, [[South Vietnam]]ese troops invade [[Laos]].
* [[February 15]]
**<!--February 15-->[[Decimalisation Day]]: - The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to [[decimal currency]]. See also [[decimalisation]].
**<!--February 15-->Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the [[European Economic Community|EEC]] meeting in [[Brussels]].
* [[February 16]] - In [[Italy]], a local parliament elects the city of [[Catanzaro]] as the capital of [[Calabria]]; residents of [[Reggio di Calabria]] riot for 5 days because of the decision.
* [[February 20]]
**<!--February 20-->Fifty [[tornado]]es rage in [[Mississippi]], killing 74.
**<!--February 20-->The U.S. [[Emergency Broadcast System]] sends an erroneous warning; many [[radio station]]s just ignore it.
* [[February 21]] - The [[Convention on Psychotropic Substances]] is signed at [[Vienna]].
* [[February 26]] - Secretary General [[U Thant]] signs the [[United Nations]] proclamation of the vernal equinox as [[Earth Day]].
* [[February 27]] - Doctors in the first [[The Netherlands|Dutch]] [[abortion clinic]] (Mildredhuis in [[Arnhem]]) start to perform [[abortus provocatus]].
* [[February 28]] - Evel Knievel sets world record and jumps 19 cars.
[[Image:Dszpics1.jpg|thumb|'''[[February 20]]''': [[Tornado]]es kill 74 in [[Mississippi]].]]
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===March===
* [[March 1]]
**<!--March 1-->A bomb explodes in the men's room at the [[U.S. Capitol]]; the [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground Organization]] claims responsibility.
**<!--March 1-->[[Pakistan]]i President [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]] indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in [[East Pakistan]].
**<!--March 1-->Canadian [[John Robarts]] ends his term of office as the 17th [[Premier of Ontario]].
* [[March 4]] - The southern part of [[Québec]], and especially [[Montreal]], receive 42 cm of snow in what became known as the Century's Snowstorm (''la tempête du siècle'').
* [[March 5]] - The [[Pakistan]]i army occupies [[East Pakistan]].
* [[March 7]]
**<!--March 7-->The British postal workers' strike, led by [[Union of Post Office Workers|UPW]] [[General Secretary]] [[Tom Jackson (trade unionist)|Tom Jackson]], ends after 47 days.
**<!--March 7-->[[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], political leader of the then [[East Pakistan]] delivers his great speech in the Racecourse Field in [[Dhaka]]. He called the mass to be prepared and fight for national independence.
* [[March 8]] - Boxer [[Joe Frazier]] defeats [[Muhammad Ali]] at [[Madison Square Garden]].
* [[March 12]] - [[Hafez al-Assad]] becomes president of [[Syria]].
* [[March 12]]-[[March 13]] - [[The Allman Brothers Band]] plays their legendary concert at the [[Fillmore East]].
* [[March 16]] - [[Trygve Bratteli]] forms a government in [[Norway]].
* [[March 18]] - A landslide at [[Chungar]], [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yanahuani]], killing 200.
* [[March 23]] - General [[Alejandro Lanusse]] of [[Argentina]] takes power in a military coup.
* [[March 25]] - The [[Pakistan]]i army starts [[Operation Searchlight|genocide]] in [[East Pakistan]] from midnight, after President [[Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan]], a military ruler, voids election results that gave the [[Awami League]] an overwhelming majority in the parliament.
* [[March 26]] - [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) independence is declared by Local Awami League Leader Hannan Sarker on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, [[Chittagong]].
* [[March 27]] - [[East Pakistan]] (now [[Bangladesh]]) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) [[Ziaur Rahman]] on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, [[Chittagong]].
* [[March 28]] - ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' airs its final episode.
* [[March 29]]
**<!--March 29-->U.S. Army Lieutenant [[William Calley]] is found guilty of 22 murders in the [[My Lai massacre]] and sentenced to life in prison (later pardoned).
**<!--March 29-->A [[Los Angeles, California]] jury recommends the [[death penalty]] for [[Charles Manson]] and 3 female followers.
===April===
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* [[April 1]] - The [[United Kingdom]] lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
* [[April 3]] - ''Un banc, un arbre, une rue'' by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the [[Eurovision Song Contest 1971]] for [[Monaco]].
* [[April 5]]
**<!--April 5-->In [[Ceylon]], a group calling themselves the [[People’s Liberation Front]] begin a rebellion against the [[Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike|Bandaranaike]] government.
**<!--April 5-->[[Chile]] and [[East Germany]] establish [[diplomatic relations]].
**<!--April 5-->[[Mount Etna]] erupts.
* [[April 7]] - [[Greece]] releases 261 [[political prisoner]]s, 50 of which are sent to internal exile.
* [[April 8]] - A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in [[Laos]].
* [[April 9]] - [[Charles Manson]] is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment.
* [[April 12]] - Palestinians retreat from [[Amman]] to the north of [[Jordan]].
* [[April 17]]
**<!--April 17-->People's Republic of [[Bangladesh]] forms, under [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]] at Mujibnagor.
**<!--April 17-->[[Libya]], [[Syria]] and [[Egypt]] sign an agreement to form a [[confederation]].
* [[April 19]]
**<!--April 19-->The government of [[Bangladesh]] flees to [[India]].
**<!--April 19-->[[Sierra Leone]] becomes a [[republic]].
**<!--April 19-->The Soviet Union launches ''[[Salyut 1]]''.
**<!--April 19--> Followers of [[Charles Manson]], the [[Manson Family]], are sentenced to the gas chamber.
* [[April 20]]
**<!--April 20-->''[[Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education]]'': The [[Supreme Court of the United States]] rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial [[desegregation]].
**<!--April 20-->[[Cambodia]]n Prime Minister [[Lon Nol]] resigns, but remains effectively in power until the next elections.
* [[April 21]]
**<!--April 21-->[[Siaka Stevens]] is elected the first president of [[Sierra Leone]].
**<!--April 21-->[[François Duvalier]], president of [[Haiti]], dies; his son [[Jean-Claude Duvalier]] follows him as [[president-for-life]].
* [[April 24]]
**<!--April 24-->''[[Soyuz 10]]'' docks with ''[[Salyut 1]]''.
***<!--April 24-->Five hundred thousand people in [[Washington, DC]] and 125,000 in [[San Francisco]] march in protest against the [[Vietnam War]].
**<!--April 24-->A [[tsunami]] 85 m high rises over the [[Ryukyu Islands]] in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of [[coral]] 2.5 km inland.
* [[April 25]]
**<!--April 25-->[[Todor Zhivkov]] is re-elected as the leader of the [[Bulgaria]]n Communist Party.
**<!--April 25-->[[Franz Jonas]] is re-elected as chancellor of [[Austria]].
* [[April 26]] - The government of [[Turkey]] declares a [[state of siege]] in 11 provinces, [[Ankara]] included, due to violent [[Demonstration (people)|demonstration]]s.
* [[April 28]] - The first number of ''Il Manifesto'' is issued in [[Italy]].
* [[April 29]] - [[Bolivia]] nationalizes the American-owned zinc mine of Matilde.
===May===
{{Month3|5|5|0}}
* [[May 1]]
**<!--May 1-->[[Amtrak]] begins inter-city rail passenger service in the [[United States]].
**<!--May 1-->The [[Ceylon]]ese government promises [[amnesty]] for those guerillas who surrender before [[April 5]].
* [[May 2]] - In [[Ceylon]], left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings.
* [[May 3]]
**<!--May 3-->The Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the [[Vietnam War]].
**<!--May 3-->East German leader [[Walter Ulbricht]] resigns as Communist Party leader but retains the position of head of state.
**<!--May 3-->Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in [[Washington, D.C.]]; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released.
* [[May 5]] - The [[US dollar]] floods the European [[currency market]]s and threatens especially the [[Deutsche Mark]]; the central banks of [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Switzerland]] stop the currency trading.
* [[May 6]] - The [[Ceylon]] government begins a major offensive against the [[People's Liberation Front]].
* [[May 9]] - [[Mariner 8]] fails to launch.
* [[May 12]] - An [[earthquake]] in [[Turkey]] destroys most of the city of [[Burdur]].
* [[May 15]] - Efraim Elrom, [[Israel]]i ambassador to Turkey, is kidnapped; he is found killed in [[Istanbul]] [[May 25]].
* [[May 16]] - A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in [[Egypt]].
* [[May 19]] - [[Mars probe program]]: ''[[Mars 2]]'' is launched by the [[Soviet Union]].
* [[May 22]] - An [[earthquake]] lasting 20 seconds destroys most of [[Bingöl]], [[Turkey]] - more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.
* [[May 23]] - An air crash at [[Rijeka Airport]], [[Yugoslavia]] kills 78 people, mostly [[Uited Kingdom|British]] tourists.
**<!--May 26-->[[Austria]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] establish diplomatic relations.
**<!--May 26-->[[Qantas]] agrees to pay $500,000 to bomb hoaxer-extortionist Mr. Brown (Peter Macari) who is later arrested.
* [[May 27]]
**<!--May 27-->Six armed passengers hijack a [[Romania]]n passenger plane and force it to fly to [[Vienna]].
**<!--May 27-->[[Christie's]] auctions a diamond known as [[Deepdene]]; it is later found to be artificially colored.
* [[May 28]] - [[Portugal]] resigns from [[UNESCO]].
* [[May 30]] - [[Mariner program]]: ''[[Mariner 9]]'' is launched toward [[Mars (planet)|Mars]].
* [[May 31]] - The birth of [[Bangladesh]] is declared by the government in exile, in territory formerly part of [[Pakistan]].
===June===
{{Month3|6|1|0}}
* [[Massachusetts]] passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting [[Special Education]].
* [[June 1]] - [[Vietnam War]]: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in [[Southeast Asia]], speak against war protests.
* [[June 6]]
**<!--June 6-->[[Soyuz program]]: ''[[Soyuz 11]]'' ([[Vladislav Volkov]], [[Georgi Dobrovolski]], [[Viktor Patsayev]]) is launched.
**<!--June 6-->A midair collision between [[Hughes Airwest Flight 706]] [[Douglas DC-9]] jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps [[McDonnell Douglas F-4]] Phantom jet fighter near [[Duarte, California]], claims 50 lives.
* [[June 10]]
**<!--June 10-->The U.S. ends its [[trade embargo]] of [[China]].
**<!--June 10-->(Corpus Thursday): A student rally on the streets of [[Mexico City]] is roughly dispersed.
* [[June 13]]
**<!--June 13-->[[Vietnam War]]: The ''[[New York Times]]'' begins to publish the [[Pentagon Papers]]. [http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm].
**<!--June 13-->[[Gijs van Lennep]] wins the 24 hours of Le Mans together with [[Helmut Marko]].
* [[June 14]] - [[Norway]] begins oil production in the [[North Sea]].
* [[June 17]] - Representatives of [[Japan]] and the [[United States]] sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of [[Okinawa]].[http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html]
* [[June 18]] - [[Southwest Airlines]], the most successful [[low cost carrier]] in history begins its first flights between [[Dallas]], [[Houston]], And [[San Antonio]].
* [[June 20]] - Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum.
* [[June 21]] - Britain begins new negotiations for [[European Economic Community|EEC]] membership in Luxembourg.
* [[June 25]] - [[Madagascar]] accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government – the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
* [[June 27]] - Concert promoter [[Bill Graham (promoter)|Bill Graham]] closes the legendary [[Fillmore East]], which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
* [[June 28]] - Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots [[Joseph Colombo|Joe Colombo]] in the head in a middle of an [[Italian-American]] rally, putting him in a coma.
* [[June 30]]
**<!--June 30-->After a successful mission aboard ''[[Salyut 1]]'', the world's first manned space station, the crew of the ''[[Soyuz 11]]'' spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.
**<!--June 30-->''[[New York Times Co. v. United States]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the [[Pentagon Papers]] may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.
===July===
{{Month3|7|3|0}}
* [[July 3]] - [[Jim Morrison]] died in [[Paris]], [[France]] at the age of 27.
* [[July 5]] - [[Right to vote]]: The [[26th Amendment to the United States Constitution]], formally certified by President [[Richard Nixon]], lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.
* [[July 9]] - The [[United Kingdom]] increases its troops in [[Northern Ireland]] to 11,000.
* [[July 10]]-[[July 11]] - Coup attempt in [[Morocco]]: 1,400 cadets take over the king's palace for 3 hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels die when the king's troops storm the palace. Ten high-ranking officers are later executed for involvement.
* [[July 13]]
**<!--July 13-->[[Ólafur Jóhannesson]] forms a government in [[Iceland]].
**<!--July 13-->[[Jordan]]ian army troops launch an offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan.
* [[July 14]]
**<!--July 14-->[[Libya]] severs its diplomatic ties with [[Morocco]].
**<!--July 13-->The [[Yugoslavia]]n government begins allowing foreign companies to take their profits from the country.
* [[July 16]]
**<!--July 16-->Spanish dictator and head of state [[Francisco Franco]] makes Prince [[Juan Carlos of Spain|Juan Carlos]] his successor.
**<!--July 16-->The world's four billionth baby is born. (see [[World Population]]).
* [[July 17]] - [[Italy]] and [[Austria]] sign a treaty that ends the schism about [[Alto Adige/Südtirol]].
* [[July 18]] - The [[Trucial States]] are formed in the [[Persian Gulf]].
* [[July 19]] - The South Tower of the [[World Trade Center]] is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.
* [[July 19]]-[[July 23]] - Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in [[Sudan]]. Fighting continues until on
[[July 22]], when pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and 3 officers are executed
* [[July 23]] - Nimeiri launches an anti-communist campaign.
* [[July 25]]-[[July 30]] - [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]] records in [[Munich]] two [[Debussy]] works for [[Deutsche Grammophon]]; it's his fifth recording.
* [[July 26]] - ''[[Apollo 15]]'' ([[David Scott]], [[Alfred Worden]], [[James Irwin]]) is launched.
* [[July 28]] - Abdel Madgoub, [[Sudan]]ese communist leader, is hanged.
* [[July 29]] - The [[United Kingdom]] opts out of the [[Space Race]], with the cancellation of its [[Black Arrow]] launch vehicle.
* [[July 30]] - In [[Japan]], an [[All Nippon Airways]] [[Boeing 727]] collides with a Japanese fighter jet; 162 people are killed.
* [[July 31]] - ''[[Apollo 15]]'' astronauts [[David Scott]] and [[James Irwin]] become the first to ride in a [[lunar rover]], a day after landing on the [[Moon]].
===August===
{{Month3|8|6|0}}
* [[August 1]] - In [[New York City]], 40,000 attend the [[Concert for Bangladesh]].
* [[August 6]] - A [[lunar eclipse]] lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed.
* [[August 7]] - ''[[Apollo 15]]'' returns to [[Earth]].
* [[August 9]]
**<!--August 9-->[[India]] signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the [[Soviet Union]].
**<!--August 9-->British security forces in [[Northern Ireland]] detain hundreds of suspects in [[Maze (HM Prison)|Long Kesh]] - the beginning of an internment without trial policy. Twenty people die in riots that follow.
* [[August 11]] - Construction begins on the [[Louisiana Superdome]] in [[New Orleans]].
* [[August 12]]
**<!--August 12-->Three thousand people from [[Belfast]] and [[Derry]] flee to [[Ireland]] because of the violence.
**<!--August 12-->[[Syria]] severs diplomatic relations with [[Jordan]] because of border clashes.
* [[August 14]]
**<!--August 14-->British troops are stationed on the [[Ireland]] border to stop arms smuggling.
**<!--August 14-->[[Bahrain]] declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002).
* [[August 15]]
**<!--August 15-->The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
**<!--August 15-->President [[Richard Nixon]] announces that the [[United States]] will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the [[Bretton Woods system]]. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents.
* [[August 18]]
**<!--August 18-->[[Vietnam War]]: [[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]] decide to withdraw their troops from [[Vietnam]].
**<!--August 18-->British troops are engaged in a firefight in [[Derry]], [[Northern Ireland]].
* [[August 19]]-[[August 22]] – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in [[Bolivia]]. Miners and students join troops to support president [[Juan Jose Torres]], but eventually [[Hugo Banzer]] takes over.
* [[August 21]] - The first orca to be named "Shamu" dies.
* [[August 25]]
**<!--August 25-->Border clashes occur between [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]].
**<!--August 25-->[[Bangladesh]] and eastern [[Bengal]] are flooded; thousands flee the area.
* [[August 26]] - A civilian government takes power in [[Greece]].
* [[August 30]] - The [[Alberta Progressive Conservatives]] under [[Peter Lougheed]] defeat the [[Social Credit Party of Alberta|Social Credit]] government under [[Harry E. Strom]] in a [[general election]], ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in [[Alberta]].
===September===
{{Month3|9|2|0}}
* [[September 3]]
**<!--September 3-->[[Qatar]] gains [[independence]] from the [[United Kingdom]]. Unlike most nearby [[emirate]]s, Qatar declines to become part of either the [[United Arab Emirates]] or [[Saudi Arabia]].
**<!--September 3-->[[Manlio Brosio]] resigns as [[NATO]] Secretary General.
* [[September 4]] - A [[Boeing 727]] (Alaska Airlines Flight 1866) crashes into the side of a mountain near [[Juneau, Alaska]], killing all 111 people on board.
* [[September 8]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of [[Leonard Bernstein]]'s ''[[Mass]]''.
* [[September 9]] - [[September 13]] - [[Attica Prison riots]]: - A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in [[Attica]], New York. In the end, [[state police]] and the [[United States National Guard]] storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.
* [[September 21]] - [[Pakistan]] declares a [[state of emergency]].
* [[September 24]] - Britain expels 90 KGB and GRU officials; 15 are not allowed to return.
* [[September 27]]-[[October 11]] - [[Japan]]ese Emperor [[Hirohito]] travels abroad.
* [[September 28]] - [[József Cardinal Mindszenty]], who has taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in [[Budapest]] since 1956, is allowed to leave [[Hungary]].
* [[September 29]] - A [[cyclone]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]], in [[Orissa|Orissa State]] in [[India]], kills 10,000.
===October===
{{Month3|10|4|0}}
* [[October 1]] - [[Walt Disney World]] opens in [[Florida]].
* [[October 15]] - The 2,500 Year Celebration of [[Iran]] begins, celebrating the birth of [[Persia]].
* [[October 18]] - In [[New York City]], the [[Knapp Commission]] begins public hearings on police corruption.
* [[October 21]]
**<!--October 21-->U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] nominates [[Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.]] and [[William H. Rehnquist]] to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]].
**<!--October 21-->A gas explosion in [[Clarkston, Glasgow]] kills 20 people.
* [[October 25]] - The [[United Nations General Assembly]] admits the [[People's Republic of China]] and expels the [[Republic of China]] (on Taiwan).
* [[October 27]] - [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] is renamed [[Zaire]].
* [[October 28]]
**<!--October 28-->The [[British House of Commons]] votes 356-244 in favour of joining the [[European Economic Community]].
**<!--October 28-->The [[United Kingdom]] becomes the 6th nation to launch a satellite into orbit, the [[Prospero X-3]], using a [[Black Arrow]] carrier rocket.
* [[October 29]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[Vietnamization]] - The total number of American troops still in [[Vietnam]] drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966).
* [[October 30]] - Rev. [[Ian Paisley]]'s [[Democratic Unionist Party]] is founded in [[Northern Ireland]].
* [[October 31]] - A bomb explodes at the top of the [[Post Office Tower]] in [[London]].
===November===
{{Month3|11|0|0}}
* [[November 3]] - The ''[[Unix|UNIX]] Programmer's Manual'' is published.
* [[November 6]] - The U.S. tests a nuclear bomb on [[Amchitka Island]] in [[Alaska]].
* [[November 10]] - In [[Cambodia]], [[Khmer Rouge]] forces attack [[Phnom Penh]] and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]]s.
* [[November 12]] - Vietnam War: [[Vietnamization]] - U.S. President [[Richard M. Nixon]] sets [[February 1]], [[1972]] as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 [[United States|American]] troops from [[Vietnam]].
* [[November 13]] - [[Mariner program]]: [[Mariner 9]] becomes the first spacecraft to enter [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] orbit successfully.
* [[November 15]] - [[Intel]] releases the world's first [[microprocessor]], the [[Intel 4004]].
* [[November 20]] - A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, fell over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, at [[Rio de Janeiro]] city ([[Brazil]]). 48 people died and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is currently a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
* [[November 23]] - The [[People's Republic of China]] takes the [[Republic of China]]'s seat on the [[United Nations Security Council]] (see [[China and the United Nations]]).
* [[November 24]] - During a severe [[thunderstorm]] over [[Washington]], a man calling himself [[D. B. Cooper]] parachutes from the [[Northwest Orient Airlines]] plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and was never seen again. As of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history.
* [[November 24]] - A [[Brussels]] court sentences pretender [[Alexis Brimeyer]] to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to [[Greece]].
===December===
{{Month3|12|2|0}}
* [[December 1]] - [[Cambodian Civil War]]: [[Khmer Rouge]] rebels intensify assaults on [[Cambodia]]n government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of [[Phnom Penh]].
* [[December 2]] - Six [[Persian Gulf]] sheikdoms found the [[United Arab Emirates]].
* [[December 3]] - The [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
* [[December 3]]-[[December 4]] night: The [[India]]n navy destroyer ''INS Rajput'' sinks [[Pakistan]]i [[submarine]] [[PNS Ghazi|PNS ''Ghazi'']] (former USS ''Diablo'').
* [[December 4]] - The [[Montreux]] Casino burns down during a [[Frank Zappa]] concert. The event is memorialized in the [[Deep Purple]] song "[[Smoke on the Water]]". The casino will be rebuilt in [[1975]].
* [[December 8]] - U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
* [[December 11]] - The [[Libertarian Party (United States)]] is established.
* [[December 14]] - Facing defeat, the [[Pakistan Army]] kills 1500 Bangladeshi intellectuals.
* [[December 16]] - ''Victory Day of Bangladesh'': The [[Pakistan|Pakistan Army]] surrenders to the Joint Force i.e. [[Mukti Bahini]] (Freedom Force) and [[Indian Armed Forces]], ending the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].
* [[December 18]]
**<!--December 18-->The [[U.S. dollar]] is devalued for the second time in history.
**<!--December 18-->The world's largest [[hydroelectric plant]] in [[Krasnoyarsk]], Russia, begins operations.
* [[December 19]]
**<!--December 19-->The [[Clube Atletico Mineiro]] wins the first Brazil Football Championship.
**<!--December 19-->Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean [[February 18]] [[1972]].
* [[December 24]] - [[Giovanni Leone]] is elected [[President of the Italian Republic]].
* [[December 25]]
**<!--December 25-->In the longest game in [[NFL]] history, the [[Miami Dolphins]] beat the [[Kansas City Chiefs]].
**<!--December 25-->Fire at a 22-story hotel in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]] kills 158 people.
* [[December 29]] - The [[United Kingdom]] gives up its military bases in [[Malta]].
===Undated===
*[[Ray Tomlinson]] sends the first [[ARPAnet]] [[e-mail]] between host computers.
*[[Free State of Christiania]] is founded.
*[[Seychelles International Airport]] in [[Victoria, Seychelles]] ([[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahe]]) is completed.
*[[Crude oil]] production peaks in the [[continental United States]] at approximately 4.5 million barrels/day.
*[[Center for Science in the Public Interest]] established.
*[[National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism]] established.
===Ongoing===
* [[Cold War]]
* [[The Troubles]]
==Births==
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===January===
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*[[January 1]]
**[[Sammie Henson]], American World Champion wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
*[[January 2]]
**[[Lisa Harrison]], American basketball player
**[[Taye Diggs]], American actor
*[[January 3]] - [[Cory Cross]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[January 5]] - [[Mayuko Takata]], Japanese actress
*[[January 7]] - [[Chavo Guerrero, Jr.]], American pro wrestler
*[[January 8]] - [[Jason Giambi]], baseball player
*[[January 9]] - [[Scott Thornton (ice hockey player)|Scott Thornton]], Canadian hockey player
*[[January 11]] - [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer
*[[January 17]]
**<!--January 17-->[[Leonardo Ciampa]], Italian-American composer and author
**<!--January 17-->[[Kid Rock]], American singer
*[[January 18]] - [[Jonathan Davis]], American singer ([[Korn]])
*[[January 19]]
**<!--January 19-->[[Shawn Wayans]], American actor, writer, and producer
**<!--January 19-->[[John Wozniak]], American singer and songwriter ([[Marcy Playground]])
*[[January 20]] - [[?uestlove|Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson]], American musician, composer, producer, photographer, and author
*[[January 21]] - [[Alan McManus]], Scottish snooker player
*[[January 25]] - [[Luca Badoer]], Italian race car driver
*[[January 27]]
**<!--January 27-->[[Fann Wong]], Singaporean Chinese actress, model, and singer ([[Shanghai Knights]])
**<!--January 27-->[[Lil Jon]], American rapper and producer
*[[January 31]] - [[Patrick Kielty]], Northern Irish comedian and television presenter
===February===
*[[February 1]] - [[Jill Kelly]], American adult film actress
*[[February 2]] - [[Andrus Veerpalu]], Estonian cross-country skier
*[[February 3]] - [[Sarah Kane]], English playwright (d. [[1999]])
*[[February 5]] - [[Sara Evans]], American singer
*[[February 6]] - [[Brian Stepanek]], American actor
*[[February 10]] - [[Lisa Marie Varon]], American professional wrestler
*[[February 13]]
**<!--February 13-->[[Sonia Evans]], English pop singer
**<!--February 13-->[[Mats Sundin]], Swedish ice hockey player
*[[February 14]] - [[Tommy Dreamer]], American professional wrestler
*[[February 16]] - [[Amanda Holden]], British actress
*[[February 17]] - [[Denise Richards]], American actress
*[[February 19]] - [[Gil Shaham]], Israeli/American violinist
*[[February 20]] - [[Jari Litmanen]], Finnish footballer
*[[February 23]] - [[Melinda Messenger]], English television presenter
*[[February 24]] - [[Pedro de la Rosa]], Spanish [[Formula One]] driver
*[[February 25]] - [[Sean Astin]], American actor
*[[February 26]] - [[Erykah Badu]], American singer
*[[February 27]] - [[Rozonda Thomas|Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas]], singer
*[[February 28]] - [[Tristan Louis]], Internet entrepreneur
===March===
*[[March 2]] - [[Manami Toyota]], Japanese women's professional wrestler
*[[March 4]]
**<!--March 4-->[[Shavar Ross]], American actor and filmmaker
**<!--March 4-->[[Iain Baird]], former member of the Canadian national soccer team
*[[March 7]] - [[Rachel Weisz]], British actress
*[[March 9]] - [[Kinga Rusin]], Polish journalist
*[[March 10]] - [[Timbaland]], American rapper/Singer
*[[March 11]] - [[Johnny Knoxville]], American television personality
*[[March 12]] - [[Tony Eveready]] (Duane Moore), American adult film actor, performance artist
*[[March 16]] - [[Sean Morley|Val Venis]], American professional wrestler
*[[March 23]] - [[Karen McDougal]], American model
*[[March 23]] - [[Alexander Selivanov]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[March 26]] - [[Behzad Ghorbani]], Iranian scientist
*[[March 27]]
**<!--March 27-->[[David Coulthard]], Scottish race car driver
**<!--March 27-->[[Nathan Fillion]], Canadian actor
*[[March 29]] - [[Jose Luis Rodriguez Pitti]], Panamanian writer
*[[March 31]] - [[Pavel Bure]], Russian ice hockey player
*[[March 31]] - [[Ewan McGregor]], Scottish actor
===April===
*[[April 1]] - [[Method Man]], American rapper
*[[April 2]] - [[Todd Woodbridge]], Australian tennis player
*[[April 3]] - [[Picabo Street]], American skier
*[[April 9]] - [[Jacques Villeneuve]], race driver, Formula 1 world champion
*[[April 11]] - [[Oliver Riedel]], German musician ([[Rammstein]])
*[[April 12]] - [[Shannen Doherty]], American actress
*[[April 14]] - [[Peter Gibson]], American writer
*[[April 16]] - [[Moses Chan]], Hong Kong actor
*[[April 16]] - [[Selena|Selena Quintanilla Perez]], American singer (d. [[1995]])
*[[April 18]] - [[David Tennant]], Scottish actor
*[[April 20]] - [[Allan Houston]], former NBA player, best known for playing with the [[New York Knicks]]
*[[April 20]] - [[Carla Geurts]], Dutch swimmer
*[[April 22]] - [[Eric Mabius]], American Actor
*[[April 22]] - [[Daisuke Enomoto]], first [[Japan]]ese [[space tourism|space tourist]]
*[[April 24]] - [[Mauro Pawlowski]], Belgian guitar player and singer ([[Evil Superstars]], [[Deus (band)|dEUS]]) with [[Italian people|Italian]]/[[Polish people|Polish]] roots
*[[April 29]] - [[Siniša Vuco]], Croatian musician
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===May===
*[[May 6]] - [[Chris Shiflett]], member of the band, [[Foo Fighters]]
*[[May 8]] - [[Ross Anderson (skier)]], American Pro Speed skier
*[[May 12]] - [[Doug Basham]], American professional wrestler
*[[May 14]] - [[Sofia Coppolla]], American filmmaker
*[[May 15]] - [[Phil Pfister]], American strength athlete
*[[May 18]] - [[Desiree Horton]], Los Angeles helicopter pilot/TV reporter/USFS aerial firefighter
*[[May 20]] - [[Tony Stewart]], American race car driver
*[[May 25]] - [[Sonya Smith]], American actress
*[[May 26]] - [[Matt Stone]], American television producer
*[[May 27]]
**<!--May 27-->[[Paul Bettany]], British actor
**<!--May 27-->[[Glenn Ross]], British strongman/powerlifter
**<!--May 27-->[[Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes]], American rapper (d. [[2002]])
*[[May 30]] - [[Idina Menzel]], American actress and singer
===June===
*[[June 4]] - [[Joseph Kabila]], [[Heads of State of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
*[[June 5]] - [[Susan Lynch]], Irish actress
*[[June 5]] - [[Mark Wahlberg]], American actor and singer
*[[June 8]] - [[Troy Vincent]], American football player
*[[June 9]] - [[Rick Renstrom]], American guitarist
*[[June 10]] - [[Bobby Jindal]], American [[Governor]] of [[Louisiana]]
*[[June 10]] - [[Kyle Sandilands]], Australian DJ, [[Australian Idol]] judge and TV presenter
*[[June 12]] - [[Mark Henry]], American professional wrestler, former Olympian
*[[June 16]] - [[Tupac Shakur]], American rapper, poet, and actor (d. [[1996]])
*[[June 17]] - [[Paulina Rubio]], Mexican singer
*[[June 21]] - [[Anette Olzon]], Swedish singer ([[Nightwish]])
*[[June 22]]- [[Kurt Warner]], American football player
*[[June 22]] - [[Mary Lynn Rajskub]], American actor and comedian
*[[June 25]] - [[Scott Maslen]], English actor
*[[June 25]] - [[Neil Lennon]], Northern Irish footballer
*[[June 27]] - [[Dipendra of Nepal]], [[King of Nepal]] (d. [[2001]])
*[[June 28]] - [[Norika Fujiwara]], Japanese actress and television-personality
*[[June 28]] - [[Aileen Quinn]], American actress
*[[June 29]] - [[Matthew Good]], Canadian musician
===July===
*[[July 1]] - [[Missy Elliott|Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott]], American singer
*[[July 9]] - [[Marc Andreessen]], American software developer
*[[July 11]]
**<!--July 11-->[[Leisha Hailey]], American musician and actress
**<!--July 11-->[[Brett Hauer]], American ice hockey player
*[[July 12]] - [[Kristi Yamaguchi]], American figure skater
*[[July 14]]
**[[Mark LoMonaco]], American professional wrestler
**[[Joey Styles]], American professional wrestling announcer
**[[Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly]], American actress
*[[July 17]] - [[Cory Doctorow]], Canadian author and activist
*[[July 18]] - [[Penny Hardaway]], American basketball player
*[[July 21]] - [[Nuno Markl]], Portuguese comedian and radio host
*[[July 22]] - [[Kristine Lilly]], American soccer player
*[[July 23]] - [[Alison Krauss]], American country singer
*[[July 24]] - [[Oliver Jones (musician)|Oliver Jones]], Australian singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and audio engineer
*[[July 26]]
**<!--July 26-->[[Reggie Carthon]], American football player
*[[July 30]] - [[Tom Green]], Canadian entertainer
*[[July 31]] - [[John 5 (guitarist)|John Lowery]], American guitarist
===August===
*[[August 2]] - [[Michael Hughes (footballer)|Michael Hughes]], Northern Irish footballer
*[[August 4]] - [[Jeff Gordon]], American race car driver
*[[August 6]] - [[Merrin Dungey]], American actress
*[[August 8]] - [[Guy Walters]], British writer
*[[August 10]]
**<!--August 10-->[[Roy Keane]], Irish footballer
**<!--August 10-->[[Mario César Kindelán Mesa]], Cuban amateur boxer
*[[August 12]]
**<!--August 12-->[[Phil Western]], Canadian musician
**<!--August 12-->[[Pete Sampras]], American tennis player
*[[August 17]]
**<!--August 17-->[[August 17]] - [[Jorge Posada]], Puerto Rican [[Major League Baseball]] player
**<!--August 17-->[[August 17]] - [[Anthony Kearns]] Irish tenor
*[[August 18]] - [[Richard D James]], Irish musician
*[[August 20]] - [[David Walliams]], English comedy actor
*[[August 25]]
**<!--[[August 25]]-->[[Mike Lockwood]], Crash Holly [[World Wrestling Entertainment]] (WWE) [[professional wrestling|professional wrestler]] (d. [[2003]])
*[[August 26]]
**<!--[[August 26]]-->[[Thalía]], Mexican actress and singer
**<!--[[August 26]]-->[[Gaynor Faye]], British actress
*[[August 27]] - [[Julian Cheung]], Hong Kong actor and singer
*[[August 28]] - [[Janet Evans]], American swimmer
*[[August 29]] - [[Carla Gugino]], American actress
*[[August 31]] - [[Pádraig Harrington]], Irish golfer
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===September===
*[[September 1]] - [[Hakan Şükür]], Turkish footballer
*[[September 2]]
**<!--September 2-->[[Arnold Arre]], Filipino graphic novelist
**<!--September 2-->[[Tommy Maddox]], American football player
*[[September 4]] - [[Anita Yuen]], Hong Kong actress
*[[September 6]] - [[Dolores O'Riordan]], Irish singer
*[[September 8]] - [[Brooke Burke]], American model
*[[September 10]] - [[Pantea Rahmani]], Iranian visual artist
*[[September 11]] - [[Richard Ashcroft]], British singer
*[[September 11]] - [[Mack Strong]], National Football League player
*[[September 13]] - [[Stella McCartney]], British fashion designer, daughter of [[Paul McCartney]]
*[[September 14]] - [[Kimberly Williams]], American actress
*[[September 16]] - [[Amy Poehler]], American actress and comedienne
*[[September 18]] - [[Lance Armstrong]], American cyclist
*[[September 18]] - [[Jada Pinkett Smith]], American actress and singer
*[[September 19]] - [[Sanaa Lathan]], American actress
*[[September 20]] - [[Henrik Larsson]], Swedish footballer
*[[September 21]] - [[Luke Wilson]], American actor
*[[September 21]] - [[Alfonso Riberio]], American actor, singer and dancer
*[[September 24]] - [[Michael S. Engel]], American paleontologist & entomologist
*[[September 25]]
**<!--September 25-->[[John Lynch (NFL)|John Lynch]], American football player
**<!--September 25-->[[Brian Dunkleman]], American comedian and actor
*[[September 26]] - [[Joel Breton]], video game producer
*[[September 30]] - [[Jeff Whitty]], Broadway playwright
===October===
*[[October 2]]- [[James Root]], American guitarist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Stone Sour]])
*[[October 3]] - [[Kevin Richardson (musician)|Kevin Richardson]], American singer, member of [[Backstreet Boys]]
*[[October 4]] - [[Brian Transeau]], American disc jockey
*[[October 5]] - [[Samuel Vincent]], Canadian voice actor
*[[October 10]] - [[Evgeny Kissin]], Russian pianist
*[[October 13]]
**<!--October 13-->[[Sacha Baron Cohen]], British comedian
**<!--October 13-->[[Pyrros Dimas]], Greek weightlifter
*[[October 14]] - [[Jorge Costa]], Portuguese footballer
*[[October 14]] - [[Andrew Cole]], English Footballer
*[[October 16]] - [[Craig Phillips]], British reality show star, Winner of Big Brother UK in 2000
*[[October 20]]
**<!--October 20-->[[Snoop Dogg]], American rapper and actor
**<!--October 20-->[[Dannii Minogue]], Australian singer
*[[October 24]] - [[Caprice Bourret]], American model and actress
*[[October 25]] - [[Athena Chu]], Hong Kong actress and singer
*[[October 25]]
**<!--October 25-->[[Pedro Martínez]], Dominican [[Major League Baseball]] player
**<!--October 25-->[[Midori Goto|Midori]], Japanese violinist
*[[October 26]] - [[Anthony Rapp]], American singer and actor
*[[October 27]] - [[Jade Arcade]], American comics artist and writer
*[[October 29]]
**<!--October 29-->[[Winona Ryder]], American actress
**<!--October 29-->[[Matthew Hayden]], Australian cricketer
=== November===
* [[November 3]] - [[Dylan Moran]], Irish comedian, actor, and writer
* [[November 8]] - [[Carlos Atanes]], Spanish film director
* [[November 9]] - [[Big Pun]], real name Christopher Rios, American/Latin rapper (d. [[2000]])
* [[November 10]] - [[Niki Karimi]], Iranian actress and movie director
* [[November 12]]
**[[Tom Shear]], American musician and producer
**[[Yasuo Aiuchi]], Japanese Snowboarder
* [[November 13]] - [[Noah Hathaway]], American actor
* [[November 14]] - [[Adam Gilchrist]], Australian cricketer
* [[November 16]] - [[Alexander Popov (swimmer)|Alexander Popov]], Russian swimmer
* [[November 18]] - [[Özlem Tekin]], Turkish singer
* [[November 20]] - [[Dion Nash]], New Zealand cricket captain
* [[November 22]] - [[Kyran Bracken]], English rugby player
* [[November 24]] - [[Keith Primeau]], Canadian hockey player
* [[November 25]] - [[Christina Applegate]], American actress
* [[November 25]] - [[Magnus Arvedson]], Swedish hockey player
* [[November 30]] - [[Iván Rodríguez|Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez]], Puerto Rican [[Major League Baseball]] player and actor
===December===
* [[December 1]] - [[Jason Chan]], Australian actor
* [[December 1]] - [[John Schlimm]], American author
* [[December 6]]
**<!--December 6-->[[Richard Krajicek]], Dutch tennis player
**<!--December 6-->[[Ryan White]], AIDS Activist (d. [[1990]])
* [[December 7]]
**<!--December 7-->[[Chasey Lain]], American adult film star
**<!--December 7-->[[Larisa Alexandrovna]], Ukrainian feminist
* [[December 8]] - [[Abdullah Ercan]], Turkish football player
* [[December 16]] - People in [[Bangladesh]] rejoiced at their liberation....
* [[December 17]]
**<!--December 17-->[[Antoine Rigaudeau]], French basketball player
**<!--December 17-->[[Alan Khan]], South African radio DJ
* [[December 19]] - [[Tyson Beckford]], American model
* [[December 20]] - [[Simon O'Neill]], New Zealand opera singer
* [[December 23]]
**<!--December 23-->[[Corey Haim]], Canadian actor
**<!--December 23-->[[Tara Palmer-Tomkinson]], British socialite
* [[December 24]]
**<!--December 24-->[[Christopher Daniels]], American professional wrestler
**<!--December 24-->[[Ricky Martin]], Puerto Rican singer
* [[December 25]] - [[Dido (singer)|Dido]], English singer
* [[December 26]] - [[Jared Leto]], American actor and musician
* [[December 27]] - [[Jason Hawes]], American paranormal investigator, founder of TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society)
* [[December 28]] - [[Frank Sepe]], American bodybuilder and model
* [[December 31]] - [[Brent Barry]], American basketball player
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== Deaths ==
=== January-March ===
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* [[January 4]] - [[Arthur Ford]], American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient {b. [[1896]])
* [[January 5]] - [[Douglas Shearer]], Canadian film sound engineer (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 9]] - [[Elmer Flick]], baseball player (b. [[1876]])
* [[January 10]] - [[Coco Chanel]], French fashion designer (b. [[1883]])
* [[January 12]] - [[John Tovey]], British admiral of the fleet (b. [[1885]])
* [[January 14]] - [[Guillermo de Torre]], Spanish Dadaist author (b. [[1900]])
* [[January 19]] - [[Harry Shields]], American musician (b. [[1899]])
* [[January 20]] - [[Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson]], American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. [[1880]])
* [[January 23]] - [[Fritz Feigl]], Austria-born chemist (b. [[1871]])
* [[January 24]] - [[St. John Greer Ervine]], Northern Irish dramatist and author (b. [[1883]])
* [[January 27]] - [[Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán|Jacobo Arbenz]], [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1913]])
* [[January 28]] - [[Donald Winnicott]], British psychoanalyst (b. [[1896]])
* [[January 31]] - [[Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky]], Russian literary historian, linguist (b. [[1891]])
* [[February 1]] - [[Harry Roy]], British bandleader (b. [[1900]])
* [[February 18]] - [[Jaime de Barros Câmara]], Brazilian archbishop (b. [[1894]])
* [[February 25]] - [[Theodor Svedberg]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1884]])
* [[February 26]] - [[Fernandel]], French comedian (b. [[1903]])
* [[March 6]] - [[Thurston Dart]], English harpsichordist and conductor (b. [[1921]])
* [[March 8]] - [[Harold Lloyd]], American actor and filmmaker (b. [[1893]])
* [[March 9]] - [[Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria]], Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 11]] - [[Philo T. Farnsworth]], American television pioneer (b. [[1906]])
* [[March 16]] - [[Thomas Dewey]], Governor of New York and Presidential candidate (b. [[1902]])
* [[March 23]] - [[Basil Dearden]], English film director (b. 1911)
===April-June===
* [[April 3]] - [[Joseph Valachi]], gangster (b. [[1904]])
* [[April 6]] - [[Igor Stravinsky]], Russian composer (b. [[1882]])
* [[April 12]] - [[Igor Tamm]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 19]] - [[Earl Thomson]], Canadian athlete (b. [[1895]])
* [[April 21]] - [[François Duvalier|Papa Doc Duvalier]], [[President of Haiti]] (b. [[1907]])
*[[April 29]] - [[Nikolai P. Barabashov]], Russian astronomer (b.[[1894]])
* [[May 1]] - [[Violet Jessop]], [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] survivor (b. [[1887]])
* [[May 11]] - [[Seán Lemass]], [[Taoiseach]] of Ireland. (b. [[1899]])
* [[May 12]] - [[Heinie Manush]], baseball player (b. [[1901]])
* [[May 15]] - Sir [[Tyrone Guthrie]], English film director, producer, and writer (b. [[1900]])
* [[May 19]] - [[Ogden Nash]], American poet (b. [[1902]])
* [[May 27]] - [[Chips Rafferty]], Australian actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[May 28]] - [[Audie Murphy]], American World War II hero and actor (b. [[1924]])
* [[May 30]] - [[Marcel Dupré]], French composer (b. [[1886]])
* [[June 1]] - [[Reinhold Niebuhr]], American theologian (b. [[1892]])
* [[June 10]] - [[Michael Rennie]], English actor (b. [[1909]])
* [[June 11]] - [[Ambrose (bandleader)]] (b. [[1896]])
*[[June 15]] - [[Wendell Meredith Stanley]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1904]])
* [[June 18]] - [[Paul Karrer]], Swiss chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1889]])
*[[June 25]] - [[John Boyd Orr]], Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1880]])
*[[June 30]] - [[Herbert Biberman]], Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. [[1900]])
* [[June 30]] - Crew of Soyuz 11:
**[[Georgi Dobrovolski]] (b. [[1928]])
**[[Viktor Patsayev]] (b. [[1933]])
**[[Vladislav Volkov]] (b. [[1935]])
===July-September===
* [[July 1]] - [[William Lawrence Bragg]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1890]])
* [[July 3]] - [[Jim Morrison]], American singer, songwriter, and poet (b. [[1943]])
* [[July 4]]
**[[Maurice Bowra]], British critic (b. [[1898]])
**[[August Derleth]], American author and anthologist (b. [[1909]])
* [[July 6]] - [[Louis Armstrong]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1901]])
* [[July 7]]
**[[Claude Gauvreau]], Canadian writer (b. [[1925]])
**[[Ub Iwerks]], American animator (b. [[1901]])
* [[July 15]] - [[Bill Thompson]], American actor (b. [[1913]])
* [[July 17]] - [[Cliff Edwards]], American actor (b. [[1895]])
* [[July 19]]
**[[John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever]], British businessman (b. [[1886]])
**[[Arsène Roux]], French Arabist (b. [[1893]])
* [[July 25]] - [[Leroy Robertson]], American composer (b. [[1896]])
* [[July 27]] - [[Charlie Tully]], Northern Irish footballer (b. [[1924]])
* [[July 30]] - [[Kenneth Slessor]], Australian poet (b. [[1901]])
* [[August 13]] - [[King Curtis]], American saxophonist (b. [[1934]])
* [[August 20]] - [[Matiur Rahman (military pilot)|Matiur Rahman]], Bangladeshi war hero (b. [[1945]])
* [[August 25]] - [[Ted Lewis (musician)|Ted Lewis]], American musician and entertainer (b. [[1890]])
* [[August 27]]
**[[Margaret Bourke-White]], American photographer (b. [[1904]])
**[[Bennett Cerf]], American publisher and television personality (b. [[1898]])
* [[September 11]] - [[Nikita Khrushchev|Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev]], Soviet leader (b. [[1894]])
* [[September 12]] - [[Lin Biao]], Chinese defense minister (plane crash) (b. [[1907]])
*[[September 20]] - [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1900]])
*[[September 21]] - [[Bernardo Houssay]], Argentine physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]])
* [[September 23]] - [[Billy Gilbert]], American actor (b. [[1894]])
===October-December===
*[[October 10]] - [[Cyril Burt]], educational psychologist (b. [[1883]])
*[[October 29]] - [[Arne Tiselius]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1902]])
*[[October 29]] - [[Duane Allman]], American guitarist for [[The Allman Brothers Band]] and [[Derek and the Dominos]] (b. [[1946]])
*[[November 4]] - [[Guillermo León Valencia]], President of Colombia (b. [[1909]])
*[[November 9]] - [[Maude Fealy]], American stage and film actor (b. [[1881]])
*[[November 16]] - [[Edie Sedgwick]], American actress and model (b. [[1943]])
*[[November 22]] - [[József Zakariás]], Hungarian soccer player (b. [[1924]])
*[[December 9]] - [[Ralph Bunche]], American diplomat, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1904]])
*[[December 11]] - [[Mac Mcdonald]], American fast food restaurant owner(McDonald's)b. [[1902]]
*[[December 12]]
**<!--December 12-->[[Torrance Gillick|Torry Gillick]], [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] winger
**<!--December 12-->[[Alan Morton]], [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] outside left
*[[December 22]] - [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch writer (b. [[1913]])
*[[December 25]] - [[Maria Koepcke]], ornithologist, killed in the crash of [[LANSA Flight 508]] (b. [[1924]])
*[[December 31]] - [[Pete Duel]], American actor (''[[Alias Smith and Jones]]'') (b. [[1940]])
==Nobel prizes==
* [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Dennis Gabor]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Gerhard Herzberg]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Earl W. Sutherland, Jr]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Pablo Neruda]]
* [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Willy Brandt]]
* [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Simon Kuznets]]
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== External links ==
* [http://www.coinpage.com/1971-pictures.html 1971 Coin Pictures]
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