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October 29, 1971 (Friday) A cyclone and tidal wave killed more than 15,000 people in the Orissa (now Odisha) state of India, with casualties in the state of West Bengal and in parts of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh ). [156] [157] Waves as high as 16 feet (4.9 m) swept over India's southeastern coast onto low-lying areas. Born:
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1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
October (Oct.) is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, coming between September and November. It has 31 days. The name comes from the Latin octo for "eight". It was the eighth month of the year before January and February were added to the beginning of the year.
A total solar eclipse occurred at the Moon's ascending node of the orbit on Wednesday, October 12, 1977. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth.
