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Nov 8, 2016 · Historical Events for the Year 1971. 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 ...
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.
Oct 27, 2023 · The information below pulls from our 1971 timeline video, part of Weird History’s 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.
September 13, 1971 – State police and National Guardsmen storm New York’s Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. October 1, 1971 – Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States. October 15, 1971 – The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia.
1971 in various calendars. Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1971. The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses ( February 10, and August 6 ). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on ...
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.
We look at events, new products, films, music and fashion from 1971. 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.
