1971 facts for kids

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1968 1969 1970 – 1971 – 1972 1973 1974

1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.

Contents

Events
Births
Deaths
Movies released
Hit songs
Images for kids
See also

Events

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 18 – Strikes in Poland demand resignation of interior minister Kazimierz Switala. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic
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 25 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president
January 25 – Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state
West Pakistan attacks the Republic of India in retaliation and the Republic of India attacks the former East Pakistan.
December 6 – The Government of India recognizes the former East Pakistan region as Bangladesh.
December 16 – East Pakistan becomes a nation as Bangladesh by surrender of West Pakistani combined forces.
DIC, an animation company, is founded in Paris, France
November 24 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper hijacks a plane and gets US$200,000 in ransom money. He jumps from the plane and is never seen again (this is the only unsolved skyjacking in history).

Births

January 17 - Sylvie Testud, French actress
February 17 – Denise Richards, American actor
February 25 – Sean Astin, American actor
February 27 – Roman Giertych, Polish Minister of Education
March 10 – Timbaland, American music producer
April 2 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper
April 18 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
April 18 – Aphex Twin, Irish-English musician
May 10 – Kim Jong-nam, Son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
June 5 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor and singer
June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper (d. 1996)
July 30 – Tom Green, Canadian actor
August 20 – Ke Huy Quan, Vietnamese-American actor
September 18 – Lance Armstrong, American athlete
October 13 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor and comedian
October 20 – Snoop Dogg, American rapper
December 24 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer

Deaths

April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
May 19 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
June 18 – Paul Karrer, Swiss biochemist (b. 1889)
July 3 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
July 6 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (b. 1901)
July 7 – Ub Iwerks, American animator (b. 1901)
September 11 – Nikita Khrushchev, Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1894)

Movies released

Clockwork Orange
Dauria
THX 1138

Hit songs

"Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
"Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
"Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin
"What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye
"Another Day" – Paul & Linda McCartney
"Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin
"Black Magic Woman" – Santana
"Brown Sugar" – The Rolling Stones
"Coz I Love You" – Slade
"Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James
"Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone
"Get It On" – T. Rex
"Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond
"Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson
"Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" – Cher
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – The Bee Gees
"I Woke Up in Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family
"If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder
"Imagine" – John Lennon
"Indian Reservation" – The Raiders
"It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr
"It's Too Late" – Carole King
"Maggie Mae" – Rod Stewart
"My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison
"Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson Five
"One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds
"One Less Bell to Answer" – Fifth Dimension
"Peace Train" – Cat Stevens
"Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner
"She's a Lady" – Tom Jones
"Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots
"Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots
"Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul & Linda McCartney
"Where Do I Begin" (Love Story) – Andy Williams

Images for kids

See also

In Spanish: 1971 para niños

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