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1971
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{{yearbox| in?= | cp=19th century| c=20th century | cf=21st century | yp1=1968 | yp2=1969 | yp3=1970 | year=1971 | ya1=1972 | ya2=1973 | ya3=1974 | dp3=1940s | dp2=1950s | dp1=1960s | d=1970s | dn1=1980s | dn2=1990s | dn3=2000s | }} {{C20YearInTopic}} {{Year in other calendars|japanese=Shōwa 46}} '''1971''' ('''MCMLXXI''') was a Common_year_starting_on_Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ==Events== ===January=== {{MonthR_31_Fr|January}} * January_1 - The British Divorce Reform Act comes into force. * January_2 - A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match in Glasgow, Scotland kills 66. See Ibrox_disaster. * January_2 - A ban on Television Cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United_States. * January_3 - BBC Open_University begins in the United_Kingdom. * January_7 - The British Heavy_metal band Black_Sabbath releases their breakthrough album, ''Paranoid''. * January_8 - Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo; they keep him captive until September. * January_9 - Uruguayan president Jorge_Pacheco_Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January_14 - Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago. Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released January_16. * January_15 - The Aswan_Dam is officially opened in Egypt. * January_18 - Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister Kazimierz_Switala. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic. * January_18 - In Madison_Square_Garden, New_York, Ivan_Koloff pins Bruno_Sammartino to win the WWWF World Title, ending the longest reign ever of that title to date. * January_19 - Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with OPEC in Tehran to stabilize oil prices. February_14 they sign a treaty with six Persian_Gulf countries. * January_19 - ''No,_No_Nanette'' premieres (46th_Street_Theatre, New_York_City). * January_24 - The Guinean government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November 1970 - 72 are sentenced to Hard_labor for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day. * January_25 - In Los_Angeles, Charles_Manson and 3 female "family members" are found guilty of the 1969 Murder of Sharon_Tate and others at her house. * January_25 - In Uganda, Idi_Amin deposes Milton_Obote in a coup, and becomes president. * January_25 - Himachal_Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state. * January_25 - Intelsat IV (F2) launched. Entered commercial service over Atlantic Ocean March_26. * January_31 - Apollo_program: ''Apollo_14'' (Alan_Shepard, Stuart_Roosa, Edgar_Mitchell) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission. ===February=== {{MonthR_28_Mo|February}} * February_4 - In Britain, Rolls-Royce goes bankrupt and is nationalised. * February_5 - ''Apollo_14'' lands on the Moon. * February_7 - Tuscany, Italy, is wrecked in an earthquake. * February_7 - Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections - but not in all canton-specific ones. * February_7 - Władysław_Gomułka is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party. * February_8 - A new Stock_market_index called the Nasdaq debuts. * February_9 - The Sylmar_earthquake (6.4 on the Richter_Scale) hits the San_Fernando_Valley area of California. * February_9 - Satchel_Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball_Hall_of_Fame. * February_9 - Apollo_program: ''Apollo_14'' returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing. * February_11 - The US, UK, USSR and others sign the Seabed_Treaty, outlawing Nuclear_weapons on the ocean floor. * February_11-February_12 – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in Amman. * February_13 - Vietnam_War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South_Vietnamese troops invade Laos. * February_15 - Decimalisation_Day: - The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to Decimal_currency. See also Decimalisation. * February_15 - Angry Belgian farmers bring three live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels. * February_16 - In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria; residents of Reggio_di_Calabria riot for five days because of the decision. * February_20 - Fifty Tornadoes rage in Mississippi, killing 74. * February_20 - The U.S. Emergency_Broadcast_System sends an erroneous warning - many Radio_stations just ignore it. * February_21 - The Convention_on_Psychotropic_Substances is signed at Vienna. * February_26 - Secretary General U_Thant signs the United_Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth_Day. * February_27 - Doctors in the first Dutch Abortion_clinic (Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform Abortus_provocatus. ===March=== {{MonthR_31_Mo|March}} * March_1 - A bomb explodes in the men's room at the White_House; the Weather_Underground claims responsibility. * March_1 - Pakistani President Agha_Muhammad_Yahya_Khan indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East_Pakistan. * March_1 - Canadian John_Robarts ends his term of office as the 17th Premier_of_Ontario. * March_5 - The Pakistani army occupies East_Pakistan. * March_7 - The British postal workers' strike, led by UPW General_Secretary Tom Jackson, ends after 47 days. * March_12 - Hafez_al-Assad becomes president of Syria. * March_12 - The_Allman_Brothers_Band plays the first day of their legendary concert at the Fillmore_East. * March_13 - The_Allman_Brothers_Band finishes their second and last concert at the Fillmore_East. * March_16 - Trygve_Bratteli forms a government in Norway. * March_18 - A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake_Yanahuani, killing 200. * March_23 - General Alejandro_Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup. * March_25 - The Pakistani army starts massive killings in East_Pakistan, after President Agha_Muhammad_Yahya_Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami_League an overwhelming majority in the parliament. * March_26 - East_Pakistan (now Bangladesh) declares its independence. It is declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur_Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong. * March_29 - Filming begins on ''The_Godfather''. * March_29 - Lieutenant William_Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in the My_Lai_massacre and sentenced to life in prison (later pardoned). * March_29 - A Los_Angeles,_California jury recommends the Death_penalty for Charles_Manson and 3 female followers. ===April=== {{MonthR_30_Th|April}} * April_1 - The United_Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership. *April_3 - ''Un banc, un arbre, une rue'' by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision_Song_Contest_1971 for Monaco. * April_5 - In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the People’s_Liberation_Front begin a rebellion against the Bandaranaike government. * April_5 - Chile and East_Germany establish Diplomatic_relations. * April_5 - Mount Etna erupts. * April_7 - Greece releases 261 Political_prisoners, 50 of which are sent to internal exile. * April_7 - The Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps is established. * April_8 - A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos. * April_9 - Charles_Manson is sentenced to death but the sentence is commuted to life imprisonment. * April_12 - Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan. * April_17 - Bangladesh officially declares independence, but Pakistani troops continue the fighting. * April_17 - Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a Confederation. * April_19 - The government of Bangladesh flees to India. * April_19 - Sierra_Leone becomes a Republic. * April_19 - The Soviet Union launches ''Salyut_1''. * April_19 - Followers of Charles_Manson, the Manson_Family, are sentenced to the gas chamber. * April_20 - The Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States rules unanimously, in ''Swann_v._Charlotte-Mecklenburg_Board_of_Education'', that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial Desegregation. * April_20 - Cambodian Prime Minister Lon_Nol resigns, but remains effectively in power until the next elections. * April_21 - Siaka_Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra_Leone. * April_21 – François_Duvalier, president of Haiti, dies; his son Jean-Claude_Duvalier follows him as President-for-life. * April_24 – Soyuz_10 docks with Salyut_1. * April_24 – Five hundred thousand people in Washington,_DC and 125,000 in San_Francisco march against the Vietnam_War. * April_24 - A Tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu_Islands in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of Coral 2.5 km inland. * April_25 – Todor_Zhivkov is re-elected as the leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party. * April_25 – Franz_Jonas is re-elected as chancellor of Austria. * April_26 – The government of Turkey declares a State_of_siege in 11 provinces, Ankara included, because of violent demonstrations. * April_29 – Bolivia nationalizes the American-owned zinc mine of Matilde. * April_29 - The third anniversary of the Broadway musical ''Hair'' is celebrated with a concert at a Central Park bandshell. ===May=== {{MonthR_31_Sa|May}} * May_1 - Amtrak begins operation of inter-city rail passenger service in the United_States. * May_1 – The Ceylonese government promises Amnesty for those guerillas who surrender before April_5. * May_2 – In Ceylon, left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings. * May_3 – The Harris public opinion poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the war in Vietnam. * May_3 – East German leader Walter_Ulbricht resigns as Communist Party leader but retains the position of head of state. * May_3 - Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington,_D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released. * May_3 - ''All_Things_Considered'', National_Public_Radio's flagship news program, broadcasts for the first time. * May_5 – The US_dollar floods the European Currency_markets and threatens especially the Deutsche_Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading. * May_6 – The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's_Liberation_Front. * May_9 – Mariner_8 fails to launch. * May_12 – An Earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur. * May_15 – Efraim Elrom, Israeli ambassador to Turkey, is kidnapped; he is found killed in Istanbul May_25. * May_16 – A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in Egypt. * May_19 - Mars_probe_program: Mars_2 is launched by the Soviet_Union. * May_26 – Austria and the People's_Republic_of_China establish diplomatic relations * May_26 - Qantas agrees to pay $500,000 to bomb hoaxer-extortionist Mr. Brown (Peter Macari) who is later arrested. * May_27 – Six armed passengers hijack a Romanian passenger plane and force it to fly to Vienna. * May_27 - Christie's auctions a diamond known as Deepdene - it is later found to be artificially colored. * May_28 – Portugal resigns from UNESCO. * May_30 - Mariner_program: Mariner_9 is launched toward Mars. * May_31 - The birth of Bangladesh is declared by the government in exile, in territory formerly part of Pakistan. ===June=== {{MonthR_30_Tu|June}} * Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting Special_Education. * June_1 - Vietnam_War: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast_Asia, speak against war protests. * June_6 - Soyuz_program: ''Soyuz_11'' (Vladislav_Volkov, Georgi_Dobrovolski, Viktor_Patsayev) is launched. * June_6 - A midair collision between a Hughes_Airwest Douglas_DC-9 jetliner and a U.S. Marine Corps McDonnell_Douglas_F-4 Phantom jet fighter near Duarte,_California, claims 50 lives. * June_10 – The U.S. ends its Trade_embargo of China. *June_10 - A students' rally on the streets of Mexico_City is roughly dispersed (Corpus Thursday). * June_13 - Vietnam_War: The ''New_York_Times'' begins to publish the Pentagon_Papers. http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm. * June_13 - Gijs_van_Lennep wins the 24 hours of Le Mans together with Helmut_Marko. * June_14 - Norway begins oil production in the North_Sea. * June_17 - Representatives of Japan and the United_States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa.http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html * June_20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum. * June_21 – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership in Luxembourg. * June_25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government – the U.S. recalls its ambassador. * June_27 - Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore_East, which was located on 2nd Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets in New York City. The Fillmore East opened on March 8, 1968. * June_28 - Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe_Colombo in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma. * June_30 - After a successful mission aboard ''Salyut_1'', the world's first manned space station, the crew of the ''Soyuz_11'' spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve. * June_30 - The U.S._Supreme_Court, in the case of ''New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States'', rules that the Pentagon_Papers may be published, overturning government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint. * June_30 - The movie ''Willy_Wonka_and_the_Chocolate_Factory'' is released in theaters. ===July=== {{MonthR_31_Th|July}} * July_3 - ''The_Doors'' musician Jim_Morrison is found dead in his Paris, France apartment. * July_5 - Right_to_vote: The 26th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution, formally certified by President Richard_Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18. * July_7 - Tom_Morey builds the first Boogie_board. * July_9 - The United_Kingdom increases its troops in Northern_Ireland to 11,000. * July_10-July_11 – Coup attempt in Morocco: 1400 cadets take over the king's palace for three hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels die when the king's troops storm the palace. Ten high-ranking officers are later executed for involvement. * July_13 – Ólafur_Jóhannesson forms a government in Iceland. * July_13 – Jordanian army troops launch an offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan. * July_14 – Libya severs its diplomatic ties to Morocco. * July_14 – The Yugoslavian government allows foreign companies to take their profits from the country. * July_16 - Spanish dictator and head of state Francisco_Franco makes Prince Juan Carlos his successor. * July_16 - The four billionth baby is born. (see World_Population). * July_17 – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the schism about South_Tyrol. * July_18 – The Trucial_States are formed in the Persian_Gulf. * July_19 – The South Tower of the World_Trade_Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world. * July_19-July_23 – Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan. Fighting continues until on July_22 pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and three officers are executed July_23. Nimeiri launches an anti-communist campaign. * July_25-July_30 - Arturo_Benedetti_Michelangeli records in Munich two Debussy works for Deutsche_Grammophon; it's his fifth recording. * July_26 - ''Apollo_15'' (David_Scott, Alfred_Worden, James_Irwin) is launched. * July_28 - Abdel Madgoub, Sudanese communist leader, is hanged. * July_29 - The United_Kingdom opts out of the Space_Race, with the cancellation of its Black_Arrow launch vehicle. * July_30 – In Japan, an All_Nippon_Airways Boeing_727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet; 162 are killed. * July_31 - ''Apollo_15'' astronauts David_Scott and James_Irwin become the first to ride in a Lunar_rover, a day after landing on the Moon. ===August=== {{MonthR_31_Su|August}} * August_1 - In New_York_City, 40,000 attend the Concert_for_Bangladesh. * August_6 - A Lunar_eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed. * August_7 - ''Apollo_15'' returns to Earth. * August_9 - India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet_Union. * August_9 - British security forces in Northern_Ireland detain hundreds of guerilla suspects and put them into Long Kesh - the beginning of an internment without trial policy. Twenty die in riots that follow. * August_11 - Construction begins on the Louisiana_Superdome in New_Orleans. * August_12 – Three thousand people from Belfast and Derry flee to Ireland because of the violence. * August_12 – Syria severs diplomatic relations with Jordan because of border clashes. * August_14 – British troops are stationed on the Ireland border to stop arms smuggling. * August_14 - Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002). * August_15 – British troops in Northern Ireland are raised to 12,500. * August_15 - President Richard_Nixon announces that the United_States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton_Woods_system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. * August_18 - Vietnam_War: Australia and New_Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. * August_18 – British troops engage in a firefight in Derry. * August_19-August_22 – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan_Jose_Torres, but eventually Hugo_Banzer takes over. * August_25 – Border clashes occur between Tanzania and Uganda. * August_25 – Bangladesh and eastern Bengal are flooded; thousands flee the area. * August_25 - The_Who Release their critically acclaimed album ''Who's_Next''. * August_26 - A civilian government takes power in Greece. * August_30 - The Alberta_Progressive_Conservatives under Peter_Lougheed defeat the Social Credit government under Harry_E._Strom in a General_election, ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in Alberta. ===September=== {{MonthR_30_We|September}} * September_3 - Qatar gains Independence from the United_Kingdom. Unlike most nearby Emirates, Qatar declines to become part of either the United_Arab_Emirates or Saudi_Arabia. * September_3 - Manlio_Brosio resigns as NATO Secretary General. * September_4 - A Boeing_727 (Alaska Airlines Flight 1866) crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau,_Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. * September_8 - In Washington,_DC, the John_F._Kennedy_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard_Bernstein's ''Mass''. * September_9 - 13 - Attica_Prison_riots: - A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica, New York. In the end, State_police and the National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages. * September_21 - Pakistan declares a State_of_emergency. * September_24 - Britain expels 90 KGB and GRU officials; 15 are not allowed to return. * September_27 - October_11 - Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad. * September_28 - Cardinal Mindszenty, who has taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary. * September_29 - A Cyclone and Tsunami in the Bay_of_Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000. ===October=== {{MonthR_31_Fr|October}} * October_1 - Walt_Disney_World opens in Florida. * October_6 - ''Jacob's Ladder'' opens with a scene in Vietnam set on this date. * October_15 - The 2,500 Year Celebration of Iran begins, celebrating the birth of Persia. * October_18 - The Knapp_Commission begins public hearings. * October_21 - President_Nixon nominates Lewis_Franklin_Powell,_Jr. and William_H._Rehnquist to the U.S._Supreme_Court. * October_21 - A gas explosion in Clarkston,_Glasgow kills 20 people. * October_25 - The United_Nations_General_Assembly admits the People's_Republic_of_China and expels the Republic_of_China (on Taiwan). * October_27 - Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo is renamed Zaire. * October_28 - The British_House_of_Commons votes in favour of joining the EEC by 356-244. * October_28 - The United_Kingdom becomes the 6th nation to launch a satellite into orbit, the Prospero_X-3, using a Black_Arrow carrier rocket. * October_29 - Vietnam_War: Vietnamization - The total number of American troops still in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966). * October_30 - Rev. Ian_Paisley's Democratic_Unionist_Party is founded in Northern_Ireland. * October_30 - Pink_Floyd's sixth LP ''Meddle'' is released. Contains six tracks, including the epic 23-minute "Echoes". * October_31 - A bomb explodes at the top of the Post_Office_Tower in London. ===November=== {{MonthR_30_Mo|November}} * November_3 - The ''UNIX Programmer's Manual'' is published. * November_6 - The U.S. tests a nuclear bomb on Amchitka_Island in Alaska. * November_8 - Led Zeppelin releases their untitled fourth album, sometimes called ''Led_Zeppelin_IV'' or ''Runes''. The album contains such hits as "When the Levee Breaks", "Rock and Roll", and the most requested rock song of all time, "Stairway To Heaven". ''Led_Zeppelin_IV'' will become the fourth best selling album of all time with sales of 22 million copies, and a source of inspiration for generations of rock artists to come. * November_10 - In Cambodia, Khmer_Rouge forces attack Phnom_Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 airplanes. * November_12 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization - U.S. President Richard_M._Nixon sets February_1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. * November_13 - Mariner_program: Mariner_9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully. * November_15 - Intel releases the world's first Microprocessor, the Intel_4004. * November_23 - The People's_Republic_of_China is given the Republic_of_China's seat on the United_Nations_Security_Council (see China_and_the_United_Nations). * November_24 - During a severe Thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D._B._Cooper parachutes from the Northwest_Orient_Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money (he was never heard from again). * November_24 - A Brussels court sentences pretender Alexis_Brimeyer to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to Greece. ===December=== {{MonthR_31_We|December}} * December_1 - Cambodian_Civil_War: Khmer_Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom_Penh. * December_2 - Six sheikdoms in Persian_Gulf found the United_Arab_Emirates. * December_3 - The Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971 begins as Pakistan attacks nine Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan. * December_3- December_4 night - The Indian navy destroyer ''INS Rajput'' sinks Pakistani Submarine ''PNS_Ghazi'' (former ''USS Diablo''). * December_7 - The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank_Zappa concert. The event is memorialized in the Deep_Purple song ''Smoke_on_the_Water''. The casino will be rebuilt in 1975. * December_8 - U.S. President Richard_Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. * December_11 - Libertarian party established in USA. * December_14 - Facing defeat , the Pakistan_Army kills hundreds of Bangladeshi intellectuals. * December_16 - ''Victory Day of Bangladesh'': The Pakistan Army surrenders to the Indian_Armed_Forces and Mukti_Bahini (Freedom Force), ending the Bangladesh_Liberation_War and Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971 simultaneously. * December_18 - The U.S._dollar is devalued for the second time in U.S. history. * December_18 - The world's largest Hydroelectric_plant in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, begins operations. * December_19 - The Clube_Atletico_Mineiro wins the first Brazil Football Championship. * December_19 - Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; is enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February_18 1972. * December_29 - The United_Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta. ===unknown dates=== *''Don't Make A Wave Committee'' changes its name to Greenpeace. *Ray_Tomlinson sends the first E-mail. *Free_State_of_Christiania is founded. *Seychelles_International_Airport in Victoria,_Seychelles (Mahe) is completed. *Johnny_Cash, the American Country_and_western singer, writes a song titled ''The_Man_in_Black''. *Crude_oil production peaks in the Continental_United_States at approximately 4.5 million barrels/day. *Center_for_Science_in_the_Public_Interest established. *National_Institute_on_Alcohol_Abuse_and_Alcoholism established. ==Births== ===January=== *January_1 - Suzanne_Virdee, British Newsreader-Midlands Today BBC ONE *January_2 - Lisa_Harrison, American basketball player *January_5 - Mayuko_Takata, Japanese actress *January_4 - Junichi_Kakizaki, Japanese artist, sculptor *January_7 - Chavo_Guerrero_Jr., American Pro Wrestler 3rd Generation. *January_8 - Jason_Giambi, baseball player *January_9 - Scott_Thornton, Canadian hockey player *January_11 - Mary_J._Blige, American singer *January_17 - Leonardo_Ciampa, Italian-American composer and author *January_17 - Kid_Rock, American singer *January_18 - Jonathan_Davis, American singer (Korn) *January_19 - Shawn_Wayans, American actor, writer, and producer *January_19 - John_Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy_Playground) *January_21 - Alan_McManus, Scottish snooker player *January_25 - Luca_Badoer, Italian race car driver *January_27 - Fann_Wong, Chinese actress, model, and singer (Shanghai_Knights) *January_30 - Eric_Chamberlain, American musician and designer *January_31 - Patrick_Kielty, Northern Irish comedian and television presenter ===February=== *February_1 - Jill_Kelly, American adult film actress *February_2 - Andrus_Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier *February_3 - Sarah_Kane, English playwright (d. 1999) *February_5 - Sara_Evans, American singer *February_10 - Lisa_Marie_Varon, American professional wrestler, Victoria *February_13 - Sonia_Evans, English pop singer *February_13 - Mats_Sundin, Swedish Ice_hockey player *February_14 - Tommy_Dreamer, American Professional wrestler *February_17 - Denise_Richards, American actress *February_20 - Jari_Litmanen, Finnish footballer *February_24 - Pedro_de_la_Rosa, Spanish Formula_One driver *February_25 - Sean_Astin, American actor *February_26 - Erykah_Badu, American singer *February_27 - Rozonda_"Chilli"_Thomas, singer *February_28 - Tristan_Louis, Internet entrepreneur ===March=== *March_2 - Manami_Toyota, Japanese women's professional wrestler *March_4 - Fergal_Lawler, Irish drummer (The_Cranberries) *March_4 - Nick_Stabile, American actor *March_7 - Rachel_Weisz, British actress *March_11 - Johnny_Knoxville, American television personality *March_16 - Val_Venis, American Professional Wrestler *March_23 - Karen_McDougal, American model, Playboy *March_26 - Behzad_Ghorbani, Iranian scientist *March_27 - David_Coulthard, Scottish race car driver *March_27 - Nathan_Fillion, Canadian Actor *March_31 - Pavel_Bure, Russian hockey player *March_31 - Ewan_McGregor, Scottish actor ===April=== *April_1 - Method_Man, American rapper *April_2 - Todd_Woodbridge, Australian tennis player *April_7 - Rob_Steele, American author *April_11 - Oliver_Riedel, German musician (Rammstein) *April_12 - Shannen_Doherty, American actress *April_16 - Moses_Chan, Hong Kong actor *April_16 - High_Pitch_Eric, member of the Wack_Pack from radio's ''The_Howard_Stern_Show'' *April_16 - Selena_Quintanilla, American singer (d. 1995) *April_19 - David_Tennant, British actor *April_20 - Allan_Houston, former NBA player, best known for playing with the New_York_Knicks *April_20 - Carla_Geurts, Dutch swimmer *April_22 - Daisuke_Enomoto, first Japanese space tourist *April_24 - Mauro_Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil_Superstars, DEUS) with Italian/Polish roots *April_24 - Aaron_Austin, American pornographic actor *April_26 - Jay_DeMarcus, American musician and singer (Rascal_Flatts) *April_29 - Siniša_Vuco, Croatian musician ===May=== *May_8 - Candice_Night, American singer *May_12 - Jamie_Luner, American actress *May_20 - Tony_Stewart, American race car driver *May_25 - Sonya_Smith, American actress *May_26 - Matt_Stone, American television producer *May_27 - Paul_Bettany, British actor *May_27 - Lisa_"Left_Eye"_Lopes, American rapper (d. 2002) *May_30 - Idina_Menzel, American actress and singer ===June=== *June_2 - Anthony_Montgomery, American actor *June_5 - Susan_Lynch, Northern Irish actress *June_5 - Mark_Wahlberg, American actor and singer *June_8 - Troy_Vincent, American football player *June_10 - Joel_Hailey, American singer (Jodeci) *June_16 - Derek_R._Audette, Canadian musician, artist, and poet *June_16 - Tupac_Shakur, American rapper, poet, and actor (d. 1996) *June_22 - Kurt_Warner, American football player *June_25 - Neil_Lennon, Northern Irish footballer *June_27 - Dipendra_of_Nepal, King_of_Nepal (d. 2001) *June_28 - Norika_Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television-personality *June_29 - Matthew_Good, Canadian musician ===July=== *July_1 - Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, American singer *July_9 - Marc_Andreessen, American software developer *July_11 - Leisha_Hailey, American musician and actress *July_12 - Kristi_Yamaguchi, American figure skater *July_14 - Joey_Styles and Brother Ray, professional wrestling *July_17 - Cory_Doctorow, Canadian author and activist *July_21 - Nuno_Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host *July_22 - Kristine_Lilly, American soccer player *July_23 - Dalvin_DeGrate, American singer and producer (Jodeci) *July_23 - Alison_Krauss, American country singer *July_26 - Neus_Avila, Spanish tennis player *July_26 - Reggie_Carthon, American football player *July_30 - Tom_Green, Canadian Entertainer *July_31 - John_Lowery, American Guitarist ===August=== *August_2 - Michael Hughes, Northern Irish footballer *August_4 - Jeff_Gordon, American race car driver *August_6 - Merrin_Dungey, American actress *August_10 - Roy_Keane, Irish footballer *August_10 - Mario_César_Kindelán_Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer *August_12 - Pete_Sampras, American tennis player *August_13 - Nichola_Holt, contestant in Big_Brother_(UK_series_1) *August_17 - Jorge_Posada, Puerto Rican Major_League_Baseball player *August_18 - Richard_D_James, Irish musician *August_26 - Mike_Lockwood, Crash_Holly World_Wrestling_Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestler d.2003 *August_26 - Thalía, Mexican actress and singer *August_28 - Janet_Evans, American swimmer ===September=== *September_1 - Hakan_Şükür, Turkish footballer *September_2 - Arnold_Arre, Filipino graphic novelist *September_2 - Tommy_Maddox, American football player *September_6 - Dolores_O'Riordan, Irish singer *September_8 - Brooke_Burke, American model *September_13 - Stella_McCartney, British fashion designer *September_18 - Lance_Armstrong, American cyclist *September_11 - Richard_Ashcroft, British singer *September_20 - Henrik_Larsson, Swedish footballer *September_24 - Jeff_Cannell, American Pastor *September_25 - John Lynch, American football player *September_30 - Jeff_Whitty, Broadway playwright ===October=== *October_3 - Kevin_Richardson, American singer, member of Backstreet_Boys *October_4 - Brian_Transeau, American disc jockey *October_5 - Samuel_Vincent, Canadian voice actor *October_13 - Sacha_Baron_Cohen, British comedian *October_14 - Jorge_Costa, Portuguese footballer *October_16 - Craig_Phillips, British reality show star, Winner of Big Brother UK in 2000 *October_20 - Snoop_Dogg, American rapper and actor *October_20 - Dannii_Minogue, Australian singer *October_24 - Caprice_Bourret, American model and actress *October_25 - Pedro_Martínez, Dominican Major_League_Baseball player *October_25 - Midori, Japanese violinist *October_26 - Anthony_Rapp, American singer and actor *October_29 - Winona_Ryder, American actress ===November=== *November_8 - Carlos_Atanes, Spanish film director *November_12 - Tom_Shear, American musician and producer *November_16 - Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer * November_20 - Dion_Nash, New_Zealand Cricket Captains *November_24 - Keith_Primeau, Canadian hockey player *November_25 - Christina_Applegate, American actress *November_25 - Magnus_Arvedson, Swedish hockey player *November_30 - Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican Major_League_Baseball player ===December=== *December_6 - Richard_Krajicek, Dutch tennis player *December_7 - Chasey_Lain, American adult film star *December_7 - Larisa_Alexandrovna, Ukrainian feminist *December_17 - Antoine_Rigaudeau, French basketball player *December_17 - Alan_Khan, South African radio DJ *December_19 - Tyson_Beckford, American model *December_19 - Tiffany_Towers, Canadian Adult actress *December_24 - Ricky_Martin, Puerto Rican singer *December_25 - Dido, English singer *December_26 - Jared_Leto, American actor and musician *December_28 - Frank_Sepe, American bodybuilder and model *December_31 - Brent_Barry, American basketball player ===Unknown date=== *Randal_Pinkett, winner of ''The_Apprentice_4'' ==Deaths== ===January=== * January_4 - Arthur_Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient {b. 1896) * January_5 - Douglas_Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899) * January_9 - Elmer_Flick, baseball player (b. 1876) * January_10 - Coco_Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883) * January_12 - John_Tovey, British admiral of the fleet (b. 1885) * January_19 - Harry_Shields, American musician (b. 1899) * January_20 - Gilbert_M._'Broncho_Billy'_Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880) * January_23 - Fritz_Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871) * January_24 - St._John_Greer_Ervine, Northern Irish dramatist and author (b. 1883) * January_27 - Jacobo Arbenz, President_of_Guatemala (b. 1913) * January_28 - Donald_Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896) ===February=== * February_25 - Theodor_Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884) * February_26 - Fernandel, French comedian (b. 1903) ===March=== * March_6 - Thurston_Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (b. 1921) * March_8 - Harold_Lloyd, American actor and filmmaker (b. 1893) * March_9 - Pope_Cyril_VI_of_Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902) * March_11 - Philo_T._Farnsworth, American television pioneer (b. 1906) * March_16 - Thomas_Dewey, Governor of New York and Presidential candidate (b. 1902) ===April=== * April_3 - Joseph_Valachi, gangster (b. 1904) * April_6 - Igor_Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882) * April_12 - Igor_Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895) * April_19 - Earl_Thomson, Canadian athlete (b. 1895) * April_21 - Papa Doc Duvalier, President_of_Haiti (b. 1907) ===May=== * May_1 - Violet_Jessop, Titanic survivor (b. 1887) * May_11 - Sean_Lemass, President_of_Ireland (b. 1899) * May_12 - Heinie_Manush, baseball player (b. 1901) * May_15 - Sir Tyrone_Guthrie, English film director, producer, and writer (b. 1900) * May_19 - Ogden_Nash, American poet (b. 1902) * May_27 - Chips_Rafferty, Australian Actor (b. 1909) * May_28 - Audie_Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (b. 1924) * May_30 - Marcel_Dupré, French composer (b. 1886) ===June=== * June_1 - Reinhold_Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892) * June_10 - Michael_Rennie, English actor (b. 1909) *June_15 - Wendell_Meredith_Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) * June_18 - Paul_Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889) *June_25 - John_Boyd_Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (b. 1880) *June_30 - Herbert_Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900) * June_30 - Crew of Soyuz 11: **Georgi_Dobrovolski (b. 1928) **Viktor_Patsayev (b. 1933) **Vladislav_Volkov (b. 1935) ===July=== * July_1 - William_Lawrence_Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890) * July_3 - Jim_Morrison, American singer, songwriter, and poet (b. 1943) * July_4 - August_Derleth, American author and anthologist (b. 1909) * July_6 - Louis_Armstrong, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1901) * July_7 - Claude_Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) * July 7 - Ub_Iwerks, American animator (b. 1901) * July_19 - John_Jacob_Astor,_1st_Baron_Astor_of_Hever, British businessman (b. 1886) * July_25 - Leroy_Robertson, American composer (b. 1896) * July_27 - Charlie_Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924) * July_30 - Kenneth_Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901) ===August=== * August_13 - King_Curtis, American saxophonist * August_25 - Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890) * August_27 - Bennett_Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898) ===September=== * September_11 - Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, Soviet leader (b. 1894) * September_12 - Lin_Biao, Chinese defense minister (plane crash) (b. 1907) *September_20 - Giorgos_Seferis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) *September_21 - Bernardo_Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) ===October=== *October_24 - Carl_Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876) *October_29 - Arne_Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) *October_29 - Duane_Allman, American guitarist for The_Allman_Brothers_Band and Derek_and_the_Dominos (b. 1946) ===November=== *November_4 - Guillermo_León_Valencia, President of Colombia (b. 1909) *November_9 - Maude_Fealy, American stage and film actor (b. 1881) *November_15 - Edie_Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943) ===December=== *December_9 - Ralph_Bunche, American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize (b. 1904) *December_12 - Torry Gillick, Rangers winger. *December_12 - Alan_Morton, Rangers outside left. *December_14 - Numerous intellectuals of East_Pakistan, later Bangladesh, killed by Pakistani armies and their collaborators (now commonly called as Razakars) of Bangladesh just two days before of the birth of a new nation Bangladesh. *December_22 - Godfried_Bomans, Dutch writer (b. 1913). *December_25 - Maria_Koepcke, ornithologist, killed in the crash of LANSA_Flight_508. ===Unknown dates=== ==Nobel prizes== * Physics - 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