1971 Calendar
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1971 Historical Event(s)
January 25, 1971
– Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
January 27, 1971
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Pig in Chinese astrology.
March 25, 1971
– Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistani Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
April 10, 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 weeklong visit.
April 17, 1971
– The People’s Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
July 12, 1971
– The Australian Aboriginal flag is flown for the first time.
September 4, 1971
– Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
September 8, 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.
October 21, 1971
– A gas explosion kills 22 people at a shopping centre in Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, near Glasgow, Scotland.
November 13, 1971
– The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars.
Who Were Born On 1971?
January 1, 1971
– Scott Riggs, American racing driver
January 30, 1971
– Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player
February 20, 1971
– Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
April 12, 1971
– Nicholas Brendon, American actor
April 25, 1971
– Tomoko Kawakami, Japanese voice actress
May 17, 1971
– Princess Máxima of the Netherlands
July 10, 1971
– Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer
October 30, 1971
– Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player
December 1, 1971
– Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler
December 25, 1971
– Noel Hogan, Irish musician