History of 1971

During the year of 1971 the following events have happened in our world's history.

January 01, 1971 - Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
January 12, 1971 - All in the Family premiers
January 13, 1971 - Apollo 14 launched
January 27, 1971 - Montgomery St Station last link in BART 'holed thru'
January 31, 1971 - Apollo 14 launched 1st landing in lunar highlands
February 05, 1971 - US Apollo 14 - 3rd manned expedition to moon - lands near Fra Mauro
February 09, 1971 - Apollo 14 returns to Earth
March 26, 1971 - E Pakistan proclaimed independence taking name Bangladesh
March 29, 1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My-Lai massacre
April 14, 1971 - Fort Point dedicated as 1st National Park in Bay Area.
April 26, 1971 - San Francisco Lightship replaced by automatic buoy.
May 03, 1971 - Natl non-coml Network Radio Begins Programming
May 03, 1971 - Nixon administration arrests 13 -000 anti-war protesters in 3 days
May 08, 1971 - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
May 10, 1971 - US Special delivery rates go from 45 cents to 60
May 16, 1971 - 1st class postage now costs 8› (was 6›)
May 19, 1971 - USSR Mars 2 launched 1st spacecraft to crash land on Mars
May 28, 1971 - USSR Mars 3 launched 1st spacecraft to soft land on Mars
May 30, 1971 - US Mariner 9 1st satellite to orbit Mars launched
June 01, 1971 - Ed Sullivan's final show
June 06, 1971 - Soyuz 11 takes 3 cosmonauts to Salyut 1 space station
June 07, 1971 - Soviet Soyuz 11 crew completes 1st transfer to orbiting Salyut
June 12, 1971 - Tricia Nixon & Edward F Cox marry at White House
June 13, 1971 - NY Times began publishing Pentagon Papers
June 17, 1971 - US returns control of Okinawa to Japanese
June 28, 1971 - Phillies Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits the Reds
June 29, 1971 - Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
June 30, 1971 - 26th Amendment ratified gives vote to 18 year olds-Ohio ratifies
June 30, 1971 - 3 cosmonauts die as Soyuz XI depressurizes during reentry
July 01, 1971 - Golden Gate Bridge paid for (so why is there still a toll?)
July 05, 1971 - Voting age lowered to 18 by 26th amendment.
July 07, 1971 - Apollo 15 returned 12d /7 hr/11 min/53 sec.
July 26, 1971 - Apollo 15 launched to the moon.
July 26, 1971 - US launches Apollo 15 to the Moon
July 30, 1971 - US Apollo 15 lands on Mare Imbrium.
August 01, 1971 - CBS presents 6 Wives of Henry VIII
August 04, 1971 - US launches 1st satellite into lunar orbit from manned spacecraft
August 07, 1971 - Apollo 15 returns to Earth
August 15, 1971 - Pres Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages prices & rents
August 15, 1971 - Bahrain gains independence from Britain
September 09, 1971 - John Lennon releases the "Imagine" album
September 11, 1971 - Nikita Khrushchev dies of a heart attack at age 77
September 13, 1971 - 9 hostages and 28 prisoners die in take over a Attica State Prison
September 21, 1971 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono were Dick Cavett's only guest
September 30, 1971 - Last Wash Senator home game Yanks win carreer 5th forfeit Yanks trailing 4-2 in the 9th with 2 outs fans rush the field
October 01, 1971 - Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida opens
October 02, 1971 - homing pigeon averages 133 kph (record) in 1100-km Australian race
October 13, 1971 - 1st World Series night game (Pitts 4 - Balt 3)
October 16, 1971 - Amphitheater in McLaren Park is dedicated in S.F.
October 21, 1971 - Nixon nominates Lewis F. Powell & William H. Rehnquist to US Supreme Court following resignations of Justices Hugo Black & John Harlan
October 25, 1971 - UN General Assembly admits Mainland China & expels Taiwan.
October 25, 1971 - Roy Disney dedicates Walt Disney World
October 26, 1971 - UN votes to replace Taiwan with China
October 27, 1971 - Rep of Congo becomes Zaire.
October 28, 1971 - England becomes 6th nation to have a satellite (Prospero) in orbit.
November 10, 1971 - US table tennis team arrived in China
November 13, 1971 - Mariner 9 1st orbit of another planet (Mars)
November 19, 1971 - Ft Wilderness opens
November 24, 1971 - D B Cooper parachutes from a Northwest AL 727 with $200 000
November 27, 1971 - Mars 2 1st crash land on Mars
November 29, 1971 - 1st Prof Golf Championship at Walt Disney World
December 02, 1971 - United Arab Emirates gains independence from Britain (National Day)
December 02, 1971 - Soviet Mars 3 is 1st to soft land on Mars
December 14, 1971 - Golden Gate Bridge lights out all night from power failure
December 15, 1971 - USSR's Venera 7 becomes the 1st craft to land on Venus
December 18, 1971 - 1st Candlelight Processional
December 18, 1971 - Diana Lynn dies at 45
December 19, 1971 - NASA launches Intelsat 4 F-3 for COMSAT Corp
December 30, 1971 - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)