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  1. Oct 27, 2023 · The information below pulls from our 1971 timeline video, part of Weird Historys Timeline Series. 1971 marked a period of significant events and developments in both the political and cultural arenas throughout the world and would mark the continuation of a decade that made a massive switch from flower power to cultural outrage.

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    February 5 - astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Alan Shepard from Apollo 14 walked on the moon.
    March 1 - a bomb exploded in the Senate Wing of the US Capitol. A radical protest group calling themselves the Weather Underground, or the Weathermen, claimed responsibility.
    May 30 - the United States launched Mariner 9, an unmanned spacecraft. It was able to send back pictures of Mars.
    June 17 - the Japanese Foreign Minister, Kiichi Aichi and US Secretary of State, William P Rogers signed a treaty returning Okinawa and other Ryukyu islands to Japan after American occupation in th...
    The population of the USA was 207 million in 1971
    President: Richard Milhous Nixon (Republican)
    Vice President: Spiro Agnew (Republican)
    Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield of Montana (Democrat)

    The top twenty grossing films released in 1971 were: 1. Fiddler on the Roof 2. Billy Jack 3. The French Connection 4. Summer of '42 5. Diamonds are Forever 6. Dirty Harry 7. A Clockwork Orange 8. Carnal Knowledge 9. The Last Picture Show 10. Bedknobs and Broomsticks 11. Willard 12. The Hospital 13. Klute 14. The Andromeda Strain 15. Big Jake 16. Sh...

    The top-rated TV shows of the 1971 to 1972 season were: 1. All in the Family 2. The Flip Wilson Show 3. Marcus Welby, MD 4. Gunsmoke 5. The ABC Movie of the Week 6. Sanford and Son 7. Adam-12 8. The Mary Tyler Moore Show 9. Hawaii Five-0 Source: Staying Alive - The Life and Times of an American Baby Boomer Part 2:The Serendipitous '70s, by Gene Bau...

    The best-selling pop records of 1971 in the USA were: 1. Joy to the World - Three Dog Night 2. Maggie May - Rod Stewart 3. It's Too Late - Carol King 4. One Bad Apple - Osmonds 5. How Can You Mend a Broken Heart - Bee Gees 6. Knock Three Times - Dawn 7. Brand New Key - Melanie 8. Go Away Little Girl - Donny Osmond 9. Family Affair - Sly & the Famil...

    Baseball: The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Baltimore Orioles to win the 1971 World Series. 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 reg...

    'The Guinness Book of Records', published by Guinness Superlatives in 1973, page 152 'Money Income in 1971 of Families and Persons in the United States', published by the US Department of Commerce, July 1973 (P60 No. 83) 'Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States 1972' page 547 'The complete collectors' guide to pocket calculators' by Guy B...

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  3. Aug 9, 2023 · What Happened In Year 1971? January 2, 1971 – The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic association football (soccer) match; January 5, 1971 – The first One Day International cricket match is held between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

  4. The year 1971. Events: October 1 Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida, October 10 The London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona after being sold, take apart, shipped, and rebuilt. November 14 Mariner 9 reaches Mars and becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

  5. In the news. 20 January - Four Red Arrows pilots died after a mid-air crash at RAF Kemble. January - From January 1971, London Transport started to introduced one-man buses. 15 February - Britain introduced decimal currency on D-Day or Decimal Day.

  6. Jun 11, 2023 · Currency devaluation is anti-knowledge and wealth precisely because it raises the cost of knowledge creation. What happened in 1971 is that the dollar’s value declined, only for the cost of ...

  7. Events in History. 18 August 1971. Deadline for Vietnam pull-out announced. 25 October 1971. End of the line for steam railways. 16 April 1973. Arthur Allan Thomas convicted of Crewe murders – again