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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.
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- Arthur Allan Thomas
- Race Relations Act
- Pukemanu
- Anti-Vietnam War Protests in Queen St
- Other 1971 Events
Waikato farmer Arthur Allan Thomas was found guilty of the murder of his neighbours Jeanette and Harvey Crewe the previous year. Following an appeal he was convicted for a second time in 1973. A campaign led in part by Pat Booth of the Auckland Star attempted to overturn Thomas’s conviction. After forensic scientist Dr Jim Sprott asserted that a ca...
The Race Relations Act prohibited discrimination on the grounds of race, nationality or ethnic origin. It established the office of Race Relations Conciliator and set up procedures for dealing with complaints of racial discrimination. Sir Guy Powles, New Zealand’s first Ombudsman, was appointed as the first Race Relations Conciliator. In 1977 discr...
Pukemanu, with its ‘rural, bi-cultural, boozy and blokey’ portrayal of life in a North Island timber town, was a milestone for locally made television. Its two six-episode seasons marked the first time the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation had invested in continuing drama. Some viewers accustomed to a regular diet of American and British accents...
Protesters disrupted the civic reception held to mark the return of 161 Battery RNZA and 4 Troop NZSAS from their deployment in South Vietnam in May. Things were relatively uneventful until the parade reached the Auckland Town Hall, outside which firecrackers and red paint-bombs symbolising the bloodshed in Vietnam were thrown on the road. Paint-co...
The Manapōuri power station, New Zealand’s largest hydroelectric generator, was completed and the Tīwai Point aluminium smelter began production.The South Pacific Forum met for the first time, in Wellington. The Forum sought to enhance cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.The Luxembourg agreementsecured special access for New Zealand’s butter, cheese and lamb exports after the United Kingdom entered the European Economic Community in 1973.Opera singer, actor and master carver Inia Te Wiata died. Rising opera star Kiri Te Kanawadebuted at Covent Garden.People also ask
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American Football: The Baltimore Colts beat the Dallas Cowboys to win the fifth Super Bowl on January 17 1971. Boxing: On June 28 1971 the Supreme Court ruled that Muhammad Ali's conviction for draft-dodging was illegal. Ali failed to defeat Joe Frazier to regain the World Heavyweight title on March 8 1971.
