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Sep 17, 2021 · 12:05pm September 17, 2021. Technology. History. games. National. Share. Anderson and Karen Lawson at their StoryCorps recording in Atlanta in 2015. Diana Guyton. A self-taught electrical engineer...
July 26-30 – Magnavox initiates its first test market of its home video game system in Grand Rapids, Michigan at their authorized dealer Williams Magnavox Home Entertainment Center at the Eastbrook Mall. [1] [4] August – The initial prototype of Computer Space is tested at a bar called the Dutch Goose in Menlo Park, California. [5]
- 1st January » Cigarette advertising e.g advertisements are banned on American television.
- 1st January » Hellenic Railways Organisation, the Greek national railway company, is founded.
- 2nd January » The second 1971 Ibrox disaster Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers F.C. Rangers-Celtic F.C. Celtic association football (soccer) match.
- 8th January » Bowing to international pressure, President of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto releases Bengali people or Bengali leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from prison, who had been arrested after declaring the independence of Bangladesh.
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- January 2, 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match.
- January 12, 1971 – The Harrisburg Seven: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C.
- January 21, 1971 – The current Emley Moor transmitting station, the tallest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom, begins transmitting UHF broadcasts.
- January 25, 1971 – Charles Manson and three female “Family” members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
Jan 23, 2016 · 1971 is a very significant year in video game history, although it is quite often forgotten due to what happened the year after. In 1971 a couple of notable things happened.
1971-10-15 World's first arcade video game Computer Space developed by Syzygy first demonstrated at the MOA Show in the US Film & TV History 1972-06-27 Legendary video game and home computer Atari, Inc. founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Sunnyvale, California
Sep 17, 2021 · A self-taught electrical engineer transformed the video game world in the 1970s. Before Gerald “Jerry” Lawson helped invent the first video game console with interchangeable game cartridges, players were limited to a preset selection of games built into systems. As such, Lawson has been called the “father of modern gaming.”
