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1971
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1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar).
Events
January
February
March
- March 1 - Bomb explodes in men's room in the White House - Weather Underground claims responsibility.
- March 1 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postponed the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
- March 1 - Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as 17th premier of Ontario
- March 5 – Pakistani army occupies the East Pakistan
- March 7 – Strike of British postal workers ends after 47 days
- March 10 - Twenty-sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution lowers voting age to 18.
- March 12 - Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria.
- March 16 – Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway
- March 18 - A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200
- March 23 – Military coup in Argentina – general Alejandro Lanusse takes power
- March 25 – Pakistani army starts massive killing in East Pakistan, which is now Bangladesh, after an open, non-democratic denial by Pakistani president Yahiya Khan, a military ruler, of election results that gave Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament.
- March 26 - The Independence Day of Bangladesh.
- March 29 - Filming begins on The Godfather. Shooting starts on Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. The movie, released in 1972, won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor, and Best Screenplay.
- March 29 - William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in My Lai massacre and sentenced to life in prison. He is later pardoned.
- March 29 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
April
- April 1 - United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership
- April 5 – In Ceylon, group calling himself People’s Liberation Front begins a rebellion against Bandaranaike government
- April 5 – Chile and East Germany form diplomatic relations
- April 5 - Mount Etna erupts
- April 7 – Greece releases 261 political prisoners, 50 of which are sent to internal exile
- April 8 – Right-wing coup attempt exposed in Laos
- April 9 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death but the sentence is commuted to life imprisonment.
- April 12 – Palestinians retreat from Amman to north of Jordan
- April 17 – Bangladesh makes official declaration of independence but Pakistani troops continue the fighting
- April 17 - Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a confederation.
- April 19 – Government of Bangladesh flees to India
- April 19 – Sierra Leone becomes a republic
- April 19 – Unemployment in UK is 3.4%
- April 19 - Soviet Union launches Saljut I.
- April 19 - Followers of Charles Manson, the Manson Family, are sentenced to gas chamber.
- April 20 - Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.
- April 20 – Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol resigns
- April 21 – Siaka Stevensis 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 – Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1
- April 24 – 500,000 people in Washington DC and 125,000 in San Francisco march against the Vietnam War
- April 25 – Todor Zhivkov re-elected as a the leader of the Bulgarian communist party
- April 25 – Franz Jonas re-elected as the new chancellor of Austria
- April 26 – Government of Turkey declares the state of siege in 11 provinces, Ankara included, because of violent demonstrations
- April 29 – Bolivia nationalizes American-owned zinc mine of Matilde
- April 29 - The third anniversary of the Broadway musical Hair was celebrated with a concert at a Central Park bandshell.
May
- May 1 - Amtrak begins operation of intercity rail passenger service in the United States
- May 1 – Ceylonese 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 – Harris public opinion poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the war in Vietnam
- May 3 – East German leader Walter Ulbricht resigns as a party leader but retains the positions of the 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 3 - All Things Considered, National Public Radio's flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time.
- May 5 – US dollar floods the European currency markets and threatens especially the Deutsche Mark – Central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading
- May 6 – Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front
- May 9 – Launch of Mariner 8 fails
- May 12 – Earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur
- May 15 – Israeli ambassador to Turkey, Efraim Elrom, is kidnapped. He is found killed in Istanbul May 25
- May 16 – Coup attempt exposed and foiled in Egypt
- May 19 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union
- May 26 – Austria and People's Republic of China form diplomatic relations
- May 26 - Qantas agrees to pay $500,000 to Bomb hoxar-extortionist Mr Brown (Peter Marcini) (Later Arrested)
- May 27 – Six armed passengers hijack Romanian passenger plane and force it to fly to Vienna
- May 28 – Portugal resigns from UNESCO
- May 30 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars
- May 31 - The birth of a new country, Bangladesh, from territory formerly part of Pakistan.
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
unknown dates
Year in topic
Births
January-April
- January 8 - Jason Giambi, Major League Baseball All-Star
- January 9 - Scott Thornton, National Hockey League Left Winger
- January 11 - Mary J. Blige, pop singer
- January 17 - Kid Rock, singer
- January 18 - Jon Davis, singer of the rock group Korn
- January 19 - Shawn Wayans, actor, writer, producer
- January 21 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
- January 25 - Luca Badoer, Formula One driver from Italy
- January 27 - Fann Wong, Chinese actress, singer, model (Shanghai Knights)
- February 1 - Jill Kelly, erotic actress
- February 3 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
- February 17 - Denise Richards.
- February 25 - Sean Astin, actor
- February 26 - Erykah Badu, singer
- February 28 - Tristan Louis, writer
- March 5 - John Frusciante, musician, former member of Red Hot Chili Peppers
- March 10 - Ugonna Wachuku, creative writer, author
- March 11 - Johnny Knoxville, ("Jackass"), television personality
- March 27 - David Coulthard, Formula One racing driver
- March 31 - Pavel Bure, hockey player
- April 1 - Method Man, rapper
- April 2 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
- April 16 - Selena Quintanilla, Mexican-American tejano music singer and murder victim (d. 1995)
May-August
- May 17 - Máxima Zorreguieta, wife of Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
- May 20 - Tony Stewart, auto racing driver
- May 25 - Sonya Smith, actress
- May 26 - Matt Stone, co-creator of South Park
- May 27 - Paul Bettany, actor
- June 2 - Anthony Montgomery, actor (Star Trek: Enterprise)
- June 5 - Mark Wahlberg ("Marky Mark"), actor, singer
- June 8 - Troy Vincent, American football player
- Marco of Alexandria, Experimental Expressionist Painter
- June 10 - Joel Hailey, aka JoJo of Jodeci, R&B singer
- June 16 - Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet, actor (d. 1996)
- June 22 - Kurt Warner, two-time NFL MVP
- June 27 - Dipendra of Nepal, nominal King of Nepal (d. 2001)
- July 1 - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, hip hop artist
- July 9 - Marc Andreessen, software developer - co-author of Mosaic and cofounder of Netscape
- July 12 - Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater
- July 17 - Cory Doctorow, author, activist
- July 22 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer star; all-time leader in international matches played (men or women)
- July 23 - Dalvin DeGrate aka Mr. Dalvin of Jodeci, R&B singer and producer
- August 4 - Jeff Gordon, NASCAR racing driver
- August 6 - Merrin Dungey, actress
- August 10 - Roy Keane, Irish international footballer
- August 12 - Pete Sampras, tennis player
- August 17 - Jorge Posada, Major League Baseball All-Star
- August 26 - Thalía, Mexican actress
September-December
- September 1 - Hakan Sükür, Turkish football star
- September 2 - Tommy Maddox, American football quarterback
- September 8 - Brooke Burke, model
- September 13 - Stella McCartney, British fashion designer
- September 18 - Lance Armstrong, cyclist, six-time Tour de France winner
- September 11 - Richard Ashcroft, singer
- September 20 - Henrik Larsson, Swedish football star
- September 25 - John Lynch, American football player
- October 4 - Brian Transeau, (aka BT) DJ
- October 13 - Sacha Baron Cohen, comic
- October 14 - Jorge Costa, football player
- October 24 - Caprice Bourret, American supermodel and actress
- October 25 - Pedro Martínez, baseball pitcher, three-time Cy Young Award winner
- October 25 - Midori, Japanese violinist
- October 29 - Winona Ryder, actress
- November 12 - Tom Shear, American musician and music producer
- November 24 - Keith Primeau, Canadian NHL star
- November 25 - Christina Applegate, actress
- November 25 - Magnus Arvedson, hockey player
- December 17 - Antoine Rigaudeau, French Basketball player
- December 19 - Tyson Beckford, male supermodel, Tiffany Towers, pornographic actress
- November 30 - Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez, baseball player
- December 24 - Ricky Martin, singer
- December 25 - Dido, singer
- December 28 - Frank Sepe, bodybuilder and male model
- December 31 - Brent Barry, NBA basketball player
Unknown Dates
Deaths
January-April
- January 5 - Douglas Shearer, film sound engineer
- January 6 - Sonny Liston, American boxer
- January 9 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
- January 10 - Coco Chanel, fashion designer
- January 19 - Harry Shields, jazz musician (b. 1899)
- January 20 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, actor, director, writer, and producer
- January 27 - Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
- January 28 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst
- February 11 - Whitney Young Jr, National Urban League director
- February 25 - Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
- February 26 - Fernandel, French comedian
- March 6 - Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921)
- March 8 - Harold Lloyd, silent screen comedian
- March 11 - Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer
- March 16 - Thomas Dewey, American Presidential candidate
- April 3 - Joseph Valachi, gangster (b. 1904)
- April 6 - Igor Stravinsky, composer
- April 12 - Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
- April 19 - Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete
- April 21 - Papa Doc Duvalier, President of Haiti
May-September
- May 11 - Sean Lemass, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland
- May 12 - Heinie Manush, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1901)
- May 15 - Sir Tyrone Guthrie, director, producer, and writer
- May 19 - Ogden Nash, American poet
- May 28 - Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor
- May 30 - Marcel Dupré, French composer (b. 1886)
- June 1 - Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
- June 10 - Michael Rennie, actor (b. 1909)
- June 18 - Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
- June 30 - Viktor Patsayev, Georgi Dobrovolski, and Vladislav Volkov, Soyuz 11 cosmonauts
- July 1 - William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- July 3 - Jim Morrison, American singer and songwriter and poet
- July 4 - August Derleth, American author and anthologist
- July 6 - Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician
- July 7 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian playwright, poet, and polemicist
- July 7 - Ub Iwerks, American animator
- July 19 - John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman
- July 30 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet
- August 25 - Ted Lewis, jazz musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
- September 11 - Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet leader
- September 12 - Lin Biao, China's defense minister (air crash)
- September 19/ 20- William F. Albright, American archeologist and Biblical scholar
October-December
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