*
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (
February 25
Events Pre-1600
* 138 – Roman emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius as his son, effectively making him his successor.
* 628 – Khosrow II, the last great Shah of the Sasanian Empire (Iran), is overthrown by his son Kavadh II.
...
,
July 22
Events Pre-1600
* 838 – Battle of Anzen: The Byzantine emperor Theophilos suffers a heavy defeat by the Abbasids.
*1099 – First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of J ...
and
August 20
Events Pre-1600
*AD 14 – Agrippa Postumus, maternal grandson of the late Roman emperor Augustus, is mysteriously executed by his guards while in exile.
* 636 – Battle of Yarmouk: Arabs, Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take c ...
) and two total lunar eclipses (
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
, and
August 6
Events Pre-1600
*1284 – The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
* 1538 – Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada ...
).
The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
Events
January
*
January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
– 66 people are killed and over 200 injured
during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland.
*
January 5
Events Pre-1600
*1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– The first ever
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World C ...
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
match is played between Australia and England at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadiu ...
.
*
January 8
Events Pre-1600
* 307 – Emperor Huai of Jin, Jin Huaidi becomes emperor of China in succession to his father, Emperor Hui of Jin, Jin Huidi, despite a challenge from his uncle, Sima Ying.
* 871 – Æthelred I, King of Wessex, Æthel ...
–
Tupamaros
The Tupamaros – National Liberation Movement ( es, Movimiento de Liberación Nacional – Tupamaros, MLN-T), widely known as Tupamaros, was a Marxist-Leninist urban guerrilla group in Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s. The MLN-T is inextricab ...
kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
, in
Montevideo
Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...
, keeping him captive until September.
*
January 9
Events Pre-1600
* 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain.
*1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...
–
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
an president
Jorge Pacheco Areco
Jorge Pacheco Areco (April 9, 1920 – July 29, 1998) was a Uruguayan politician and member of the Colorado Party. He served as President of Uruguay from December 6, 1967 to March 1, 1972. demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day.
*
January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– The landmark United States television sitcom ''
All in the Family
''All in the Family'' is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS for nine seasons, from January 12, 1971, to April 8, 1979. Afterwards, it was continued with the spin-off series '' Archie Bunker's Place'', which picked up where ''All in ...
'', starring
Carroll O'Connor
John Carroll O'Connor (August 2, 1924 – June 21, 2001) was an American actor, producer, and director whose television career spanned over four decades. He became a lifelong member of the Actors Studio in 1971. O'Connor found widespread fame ...
as
Archie Bunker
Archie is a masculine given name, a diminutive of Archibald. It may refer to:
People Given name or nickname
*Archie Alexander (1888–1958), African-American mathematician, engineer and governor of the US Virgin Islands
* Archie Blake (mathematici ...
, debuts on
CBS
CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainmen ...
.
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Seventy
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
ian political prisoners are released in
Santiago
Santiago (, ; ), also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile as well as one of the largest cities in the Americas. It is the center of Chile's most densely populated region, the Santiago Metropolitan Region, whose ...
, Chile; Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released
January 16
Events Pre-1600
* 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire.
* 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...
.
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– The
Aswan High Dam
The Aswan Dam, or more specifically since the 1960s, the Aswan High Dam, is one of the world's largest embankment dams, which was built across the Nile in Aswan, Egypt, between 1960 and 1970. Its significance largely eclipsed the previous Aswan Lo ...
officially opens in Egypt.
*
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister
Kazimierz Świtała
Kazimierz Czesław Switala (Rakoniewice, Poland on 21 April 1923 – Warsaw, 6 March 2011) was a Polish communist politician. He was the Minister of Internal Affairs from 1968 to 1971, but was forced to resign as a result of the December 1970 mas ...
. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
**
Ivan Koloff
Oreal Donald Perras (August 25, 1942 – February 18, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler, better known by the ring name "The Russian Bear" Ivan Koloff. He was the third wrestler to hold the WWWF Championship.
Early life
Perras was b ...
defeats
Bruno Sammartino
Bruno Leopoldo Francesco Sammartino (October 6, 1935 – April 18, 2018) was an Italian-born American professional wrestler, best known for his work with the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF, now WWE). There, he held the WWWF World Heavywei ...
for the
WWWF World Heavyweight Championship
The WWE Championship is a world heavyweight championship created and promoted by the American professional wrestling promotion WWE, representing the Raw brand division. It is one of two world titles on WWE's main roster, alongside SmackDown ...
in wrestling ending a seven and two thirds years reign, the longest in the Championships history.
*
January 19
Events Pre-1600
* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
* 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with
OPEC
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC, ) is a cartel of countries. Founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Venezuela), it has, since 1965, been headquart ...
in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
to stabilize
oil
An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) & lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturated ...
prices;
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
they sign a treaty with 6
Khalij el-Arab
The Arab's Gulf, also known as the Arab Gulf or Arab Bay (all translating the Arabic name Khalij el-Arab, خليج العرب), is a large bay to the west of Alexandria in Egypt. It is not to be confused with the " Arabian Gulf" (a historic name f ...
countries.
*
January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
– The
Guinea
Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...
n government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November
1970
Events
January
* January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC.
* January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli intensity of X (''Extrem ...
; 72 are sentenced to
hard labor for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.
*
January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
** In
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
,
Idi Amin
Idi Amin Dada Oumee (, ; 16 August 2003) was a Ugandan military officer and politician who served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. He ruled as a military dictator and is considered one of the most brutal despots in modern w ...
deposes
Milton Obote
Apollo Milton Obote (28 December 1925 – 10 October 2005) was a Ugandan political leader who led Uganda to independence from British colonial rule in 1962. Following the nation's independence, he served as prime minister of Uganda from 1962 to ...
in a coup, and becomes president.
** In Los Angeles,
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
and 3 female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969
Tate–LaBianca murders
The TateLaBianca murders were a series of murders perpetrated by members of the Manson Family during August 810, 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, under the direction of Tex Watson and Charles Manson. The perpetrators killed five ...
.
**
Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Pradesh (; ; "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen mountain states and is characterized by an extreme landscape featuring several peaks ...
becomes the 18th Indian state.
** ''Intelsat IV'' (F2) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean
March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
.
*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
–
Apollo program:
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 (January 31, 1971February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the " H missions", landings at s ...
(carrying astronauts
Alan Shepard
Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the second person and the first American to travel into space and, in 1971, he beca ...
,
Stuart Roosa
Stuart Allen Roosa (August 16, 1933 – December 12, 1994) was an American aeronautical engineer, smokejumper, United States Air Force Aviator, pilot, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who was the Apollo Command/Service Module, Command Module Pilo ...
, and
Edgar Mitchell
Edgar Dean Mitchell (September 17, 1930 – February 4, 2016) was a United States Navy officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, ufologist, and NASA astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot of Apollo 14 in 1971 he spent nine hour ...
) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission.
February
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** In Britain,
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce (always hyphenated) may refer to:
* Rolls-Royce Limited, a British manufacturer of cars and later aero engines, founded in 1906, now defunct
Automobiles
* Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, the current car manufacturing company incorporated in ...
goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
** The
Nasdaq
The Nasdaq Stock Market () (National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Stock Market) is an American stock exchange based in New York City. It is the most active stock trading venue in the US by volume, and ranked second ...
stock exchange is founded in New York City.
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
–
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 (January 31, 1971February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the " H missions", landings at s ...
lands on the Moon.
*
February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– The 4.6
Mb Tuscania earthquake shakes the Italian province of Viterbo with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of VIII (''Severe''), causing 24 deaths, 150 injuries and extreme damage.
*
February 7
Events Pre-1600
* 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor.
* 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II.
* 1301 &nd ...
** Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all
canton-specific ones.
**
Władysław Gomułka
Władysław Gomułka (; 6 February 1905 – 1 September 1982) was a Polish communist politician. He was the ''de facto'' leader of post-war Poland from 1947 until 1948. Following the Polish October he became leader again from 1956 to 1970. Go ...
is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party.
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
*1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
– A new
stock market index
In finance, a stock index, or stock market index, is an index that measures a stock market, or a subset of the stock market, that helps investors compare current stock price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.
Two of the ...
called the
Nasdaq Composite
The Nasdaq Composite (ticker symbol ^IXIC) is a stock market index that includes almost all stocks listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500, it is one of the three most-followed stock market indic ...
debuts in the United States.
*
February 9
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Zeno is crowned as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1003 – Boleslaus III is restored to authority with armed support from Bolesław I the Brave of Poland.
* 1539 – The first recorded race is hel ...
** The 6.5–6.7
Sylmar earthquake
The 1971 San Fernando earthquake (also known as the 1971 Sylmar earthquake) occurred in the early morning of February 9 in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in southern California. The unanticipated thrust earthquake had a magnitude of ...
hits the
Greater Los Angeles Area
Greater Los Angeles is the second-largest metropolitan region in the United States with a population of 18.5 million in 2021, encompassing five counties in Southern California extending from Ventura County in the west to San Bernardino Coun ...
with a maximum
Mercalli intensity
The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS), developed from Giuseppe Mercalli's Mercalli intensity scale of 1902, is a seismic intensity scale used for measuring the intensity of shaking produced by an earthquake. It measures the eff ...
of XI (''Extreme''), killing 64 and injuring 2,000.
**
Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction in ...
becomes the first
Negro league
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...
player to become voted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests. It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-r ...
.
**
Apollo program:
Apollo 14
Apollo 14 (January 31, 1971February 9, 1971) was the eighth crewed mission in the United States Apollo program, the third to land on the Moon, and the first to land in the lunar highlands. It was the last of the " H missions", landings at s ...
returns to Earth after the third human Moon landing.
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
– A
total lunar eclipse
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. Such alignment occurs during an eclipse season, approximately every six months, during the full moon phase, when the Moon's orbital plane is closest to Ecliptic, the plane of t ...
is visible from Pacific, Americas, Europe and Africa, and is the 50th lunar eclipse of
Lunar Saros 123
Saros cycle series 123 for lunar eclipses occurs at the moon's descending node, repeats every 18 years 11 and 1/3 days. It contains 72 events.
This lunar saros is linked to Solar Saros 130.
List
See also
* List of lunar eclipses
There are s ...
.
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
– The US, UK, USSR and others sign the
Seabed Treaty
The Seabed Arms Control Treaty (or Seabed Treaty, formally the Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil thereof) is a multilater ...
, outlawing
nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions ( thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bom ...
s on the ocean floor.
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
–
12 – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in
Amman
Amman (; ar, عَمَّان, ' ; Ammonite language, Ammonite: 𐤓𐤁𐤕 𐤏𐤌𐤍 ''Rabat ʻAmān'') is the capital and largest city of Jordan, and the country's economic, political, and cultural center. With a population of 4,061,150 a ...
.
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
–
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: Backed by American air and artillery support,
South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ...
ese troops invade
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
.
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
–
Decimal Day
Decimal Day in the United Kingdom and in Ireland was Monday 15 February 1971, the day on which each country decimalised its respective £sd currency of pounds, shillings, and pence.
Before this date, the British pound sterling (symbol "£" ...
: The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to
decimal currency
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal ...
(see also
decimalisation
Decimalisation or decimalization (see spelling differences) is the conversion of a system of currency or of weights and measures to units related by powers of 10.
Most countries have decimalised their currencies, converting them from non-decimal ...
).
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
– In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of
Catanzaro
Catanzaro (, or ; scn, label= Catanzarese, Catanzaru ; , or , ''Katastaríoi Lokrói''; ; la, Catacium), also known as the "City of the two Seas", is an Italian city of 86,183 inhabitants (2020), the capital of the Calabria region and of its p ...
as the capital of
Calabria
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; residents of
Reggio di Calabria
Reggio di Calabria ( scn, label= Southern Calabrian, Riggiu; el, label=Calabrian Greek, Ρήγι, Rìji), usually referred to as Reggio Calabria, or simply Reggio by its inhabitants, is the largest city in Calabria. It has an estimated popula ...
riot for 5 days because of the decision.
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
– The U.S.
Emergency Broadcast System
The Emergency Broadcast System (EBS), sometimes called the Emergency Broadcasting System or the Emergency Action Notification System (EANS), was an emergency warning system used in the United States. It replaced the previous CONELRAD system an ...
sends an erroneous warning across the nation's radio and television stations, meant to be a standard weekly test conducted by
NORAD
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD ), known until March 1981 as the North American Air Defense Command, is a combined organization of the United States and Canada that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and protection ...
in Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. Some stations cease broadcasting until the message is rescinded, as required by federal rules, while most ignore it.
*
February 21
Events Pre-1600
* 452 or 453 – Severianus, Bishop of Scythopolis, is martyred in Palestine.
* 1245 – Thomas, the first known Bishop of Finland, is granted resignation after confessing to torture and forgery.
* 1440 – The Prus ...
** The
Convention on Psychotropic Substances
The Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as #Amphetamine-type stimulants, amphetamine-type stimulants, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and Psychedelic drug, psychede ...
is signed at Vienna.
** Between February 21 and 22, February 1971 Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak, an outbreak of nineteen tornadoes rage across the Mississippi Delta in Mississippi and Louisiana, killing 123 people.
* February 23 – Operation Lam Son 719: South Vietnamese General Do Cao Tri is killed in a helicopter crash en route to taking control of the faltering campaign.
* February 25 – A Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, partial solar eclipse is visible from Europe, Africa and Asia, and is the 18th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 149.
* February 26 – Secretary General U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the March equinox (March 21) as Earth Day.
* February 27 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortions.
* February 28 – Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars on a motorbike in Ontario, California.
March
* March 1
** A bomb explodes in the men's room at the United States Capitol; the Weather Underground claims responsibility.
** Pakistani president Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
** Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as the 17th Premier of Ontario.
* March 2 – Awami League leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman launched the Non-cooperation movement (1971), non-cooperation movement in East Pakistan.
* March 4 – The southern part of Quebec, and especially Montreal, receives 16½" (42 cm) of snow in what becomes known as the Eastern Canadian blizzard of March 1971, Century's Snowstorm (''la tempête du siècle'').
* March 5
** The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan.
** In Belfast, a Led Zeppelin show includes the first public performance of "Stairway to Heaven," a song from the band's Led Zeppelin IV, fourth album.
* March 6 – A fire in a mental hospital in Burghölzli, Switzerland kills 28 people.
* March 7
** ''Die Sendung mit der Maus'' airs its first episode on Das Erste.
** The British postal workers' strike, led by Union of Post Office Workers, UPW General Secretary Thomas Jackson (trade unionist), Tom Jackson, ends after 47 days.
** Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of East Pakistan (modern day-Bangladesh), delivers a famous speech at the Racecourse Field in Dhaka calling for masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.
* March 8
** The Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI breaks into the Media, Pennsylvania offices of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and removes all of its files.
** "Fight of the Century": Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in a 15-round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden.
* March 10 – William McMahon replaces John Gorton as the Liberal Party of Australia, Liberal/National Party of Australia, Country Coalition (Australia), Coalition Prime Minister of Australia after Gorton resigns following a Liberal Party of Australia leadership spill, 1971, vote of confidence that was tied 33-all.
* March 11 – ''THX 1138'', George Lucas' first full-length film, premieres in theaters.
* March 12 – Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria.
* March 12–March 13, 13 – The Allman Brothers Band plays their legendary concert at the Fillmore East.
* March 16 – Trygve Bratteli forms a government in Norway.
* March 18 – A landslide in Chungar, Peru crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200.
* March 23 – General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup.
* March 25 – The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) at midnight after President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament; start of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. That ended the non-cooperation movement.
*
March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
** East Pakistan's independence is declared by Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and transmitted using East Pakistan Rifles radio.
** Nihat Erim (a former Republican People's Party, CHP member) forms the new government of Turkey (33rd government, composed mostly of technocrats).
* March 27 – East Pakistan's independence is repeatedly declared by army major (later president of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong.
* March 29
** U.S. Army lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders during the My Lai Massacre and is sentenced to life in prison (he is later pardoned).
** A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for
Charles Manson
Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Some of the members committed a series of nine murders at four loca ...
and female followers Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten.
* March 30 – Starbucks coffee shop is founded in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington.
April
* April 1 – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
* April 5
** In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, People's Liberation Front begins a rebellion against the Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Bandaranaike government.
** Mount Etna erupts in Sicily.
* April 8 – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos.
* April 12 – Palestinians retreat from
Amman
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to the north of Jordan.
* April 17
** The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor.
** Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a confederation.
* April 19
** The government of Bangladesh flees to India.
** Sierra Leone becomes a republic.
** The Soviet Union launches ''Salyut 1''.
**
Charles Manson
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is sentenced to death in the United States; in 1972, the sentence for all California death-row inmates will be commuted to life imprisonment.
* April 20
** ''Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education'': The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation.
** Cambodian prime minister Lon Nol resigns but remains effectively in power until the next elections.
**NPR, National Public Radio (NPR) airs its first broadcast.
* April 21 – Siaka Stevens is sworn in as the first president of Sierra Leone.
* April 24
** ''Soyuz 10'' fails to dock with ''Salyut 1''.
** An estimated 200,000 people in Washington, D.C. and a further 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
* April 25
** Todor Zhivkov is reelected as the leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
** Franz Jonas is reelected as president of Austria.
* April 26 – The government of Turkey declares a state of siege in 11 provinces, including Ankara, in response to violent Demonstration (protest), demonstrations.
* April 30
** The Milwaukee Bucks sweep the Baltimore Bullets (1963–1973), Baltimore Bullets in four games to win their first NBA championship.
May
* May 1
** Amtrak begins intercity rail passenger service in the United States.
** The Ceylonese government promises amnesty for guerillas who surrender before May 5.
* May 2 – In Ceylon, left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings.
* May 3
** Arsenal F.C. wins the Football League First Division, English League First Division championship at the home of their bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, with Ray Kennedy scoring the winner. (Arsenal will go on to win the league and cup 'double' six days later by defeating Liverpool in the FA Cup final).
** The Harris Poll finds that 60% of Americans are against the
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
.
** East German leader Walter Ulbricht resigns as Socialist Unity Party of Germany, Socialist Unity Party leader but retains the position of head of state.
** 1971 May Day Protests: 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 5 – The US dollar, U.S. dollar floods the European currency markets and especially threatens the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading.
**FedEx, the logistics and Delivery (commerce), delivery service, founded in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States.
* May 6 – The government of Ceylon begins a major offensive against the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, People's Liberation Front.
* May 9
** Arsenal FC beats Liverpool F.C. 2–1 to win the English FA Cup, thus completing the league and cup 'double'.
** Mariner 8 fails to launch.
* May 12 – An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur.
* May 15 – Israeli ambassador to Turkey Efraim Elrom is kidnapped; he is Assassination of Efraim Elrom, found killed in Istanbul May 25.
* May 16 – A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in Egypt.
* May 18
** The U.S. Congress formally votes to end funding for the Boeing 2707, American Supersonic Transport program.
** The Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup against the Chicago Black Hawks. The Canadiens became only the second team in NHL history to win the Cup in Game 7 on the road, and did so after the home team had won each of the previous six games in the series. This also marked Jean Béliveau's last NHL game.
* May 19 – Mars probe program: ''Mars 2'' is launched by the Soviet Union.
* May 22 – An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey; more than 1,000 are killed and 10,000 are made homeless.
* May 23 – Aviogenex Flight 130 crashes at Rijeka Airport, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, killing 78 people, mostly British tourists.
* May 26
** Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
** 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.
** Christie's auctions a diamond known as Deepdene (diamond), 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
* June – Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting special education.
* June 1 –
Vietnam War
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: 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.
** A midair collision between Hughes Airwest Flight 706 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.
** Corpus Thursday: A student rally on the streets of Mexico City is roughly El Halconazo, dispersed.
**Amtrak had its first fatal accident when 1971 Salem, Illinois, derailment, 11 people were killed and 163 injured in the derailment of the ''City of New Orleans (train), City of New Orleans'' train near Tonti, Illinois.
* June 11 – Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Parliament of Australia, Australian Parliament.
* June 13
**
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...
: ''The New York Times'' begins to publish the ''Pentagon Papers''.
** Racing drivers Gijs van Lennep of the Netherlands and Helmut Marko of Austria win the 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans, 24 Hours of Le Mans in the Martini Racing Porsche 917K.
* June 14 – Norway begins oil production in the North Sea.
* June 17
** Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the 1971 Okinawa Reversion Agreement, Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa.
** President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
* June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low-cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston and San Antonio.
* June 20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum.
* June 21 – Britain begins new negotiations for European Economic Community, EEC membership in Luxembourg.
* June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of conspiring to oust the government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
* June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham (promoter), Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue in New York City on March 8, 1968.
* June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joseph Colombo, Joe Colombo, boss of his eponymous crime family, in the head during an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma.
* June 30
** After a successful mission aboard ''Salyut 1'', the world's first human-occupied space station, the crew of the ''Soyuz 11'' spacecraft die after their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.
** ''New York Times Co. v. United States'': The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the ''Pentagon Papers'' may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.
** The musical fantasy film ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', based on the novel ''Charlie & the Chocolate Factory'' and starring Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson, is released.
July
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* July – Nordic Council secretariat inaugurated.
* July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, dies of a heart failure due to a Opioid overdose, heroin overdose at the age of 27 Club, 27 in the bathtub of his apartment on the 3rd floor of the Rue Beautreillis 17 in Paris, France.
* July 4
** Michael S. Hart posts the first e-book, a copy of the United States Declaration of Independence, on the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign's mainframe computer, the origin of Project Gutenberg.
** The first plane lands at Seychelles International Airport in Victoria, Seychelles (Mahé, Seychelles, Mahe).
* 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 6 – Hastings Banda is proclaimed President for Life of Malawi.
* July 9 – The United Kingdom increases the number of its troops in Northern Ireland to 11,000.
* July 10–July 11, 11 – Coup attempt in Morocco: 1,400 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 10 – Gloria Steinem makes her Address to the Women of America.
* July 11 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
* July 13
** Ólafur Jóhannesson forms a government in Iceland.
** Jordanian army troops launch an offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan.
** The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavian government begins allowing foreign companies to take their profits from the country.
** Reggie Jackson's long home run, which hits a transformer on the roof of Tiger Stadium (Detroit), Tiger Stadium, helps the American League defeat the National League 6–4 in the Major League Baseball 1971 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, All-Star Game in Detroit, Michigan, Detroit.
* July 14 – Libya severs its diplomatic ties with Morocco.
* July 15 – American President Richard Nixon announces his 1972 Nixon visit to China, 1972 visit to China.
* July 17 – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the dispute (''Südtirolfrage'') regarding South Tyrol.
* July 18 – The Trucial States are formed in the Persian Gulf.
* July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center in New York City tops out at , making it the second-tallest building in the world.
* July 19–July 23, 23 – Major Hashem al Atta, Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan. Fighting continues until July 22, when pro-Nimeiri troops regain power. Al-Atta and three officers are executed.
* July 22
** A BOAC flight from London to Khartoum is ordered to land at Benghazi, Benghazi, Libya, where two leaders of the unsuccessful Sudanese coup, travelling as passengers, are forced to leave the plane and are subsequently executed.
** A Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, partial solar eclipse is visible from Asia and North America, and is the 70th and final solar eclipse of Solar Saros 116.
* July 24 – Georgina Rizk of Lebanon is crowned Miss Universe 1971.
* July 25–July 30, 30 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli records two Debussy works in Munich for Deutsche Grammophon, his fifth recording.
* July 26 – Apollo 15 (carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden and James Irwin) is launched.
* July 28 – Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, 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, All Nippon Airways Flight 58, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet; 162 people are killed.
* July 31 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in the Lunar Roving Vehicle, a day after landing on the Moon.
August
* August – Camden, New Jersey erupts in race riots, with looting and arson, following the beating death of a Puerto Rican people, Puerto Rican motorist by city police. Also in 1971, Philadelphia International Records is established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder.
* August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 attend The Concert for Bangladesh.
* August 2 – J. C. Penney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.
* August 5 – The South Pacific Forum (SPF) is established.
* August 6 – A August 1971 lunar eclipse, total lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed, visible from South America, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia, and is the 38th lunar eclipse of Lunar Saros 128.
* August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
* August 9
** India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
** Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of Irish nationalism, nationalists and detain them without trial in Maze (HM Prison), Long Kesh prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow.
* August 10 – ''Mr. Tickle'', the first book in the ''Mr. Men'' series is first published.
* August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
* 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.
** Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain ( officially the Kingdom of Bahrain).
* August 15
** Jackie Stewart becomes Formula One World Drivers' Champion in the Tyrrell Racing, Tyrrell Tyrrell 003, 003-Cosworth.
** The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
** 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 16 – Hastings Banda, President of Malawi, becomes the first black president to visit South Africa.
* August 18
**
Vietnam War
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: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
** British troops are engaged in a firefight with the Irish Republican Army, IRA in Derry, Northern Ireland.
* August 19–August 22, 22 – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan José Torres, but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over.
* August 20
** International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) (effective February 12, 1973).
** The USS Manatee (AO-58), USS ''Manatee'' spills of fuel oil on Richard Nixon, President Nixon's Western White House beach in San Clemente, California.
** A Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, partial solar eclipse is visible from Southern Ocean, and is the 4th solar eclipse of Solar Saros 154.
* August 21 – A bomb made of two hand grenades by communist rebels explodes in the Liberal Party (Philippines), Liberal Party campaign party in Plaza Miranda bombing, Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila the Philippines, injuring several anti-Ferdinand Marcos, Marcos political candidates.
* August 25
** Border clashes occur between Tanzania and
Uganda
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.
** Bangladesh and eastern Bengal are flooded; thousands flee the area.
* August 26 – A civilian government takes power in Greece.
* August 30 – The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta, Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed defeat the Social Credit Party of Alberta, Social Credit government under Harry Strom, Harry E. Strom in a general election, ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in Alberta.
September
* September – Operation Sourisak Montry VIII opens when forces of the Royal Thai Army recapture several positions in the territory of Laos on the south bank of the Mekong in response to an encroaching Chinese presence to the north.
* September 2
** The United Arab Republic is renamed to the Arab Republic of Egypt
* 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.
** 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.
** The Free State of Christiania is founded.
* September 8 – In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's ''Mass (Bernstein), Mass''.
* September 9 – English musician John Lennon releases his second studio album Imagine (John Lennon album), Imagine.
* September 9–September 13, 13 – Attica Prison riot: A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica (town), New York, Attica, New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.
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* September 17 – Hugo L. Black retires as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States after serving for 34 years, at this time a record for longevity; Black dies eight days later.
* September 19 – Trams in Ballarat (Victoria, Australia) cease to run.
* 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 (Catholic Church), Cardinal József Mindszenty, who has taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary.
* September 29 – A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian state of Odisha, kills 10,000.
October
* October 1 – Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida.
* October 4–October 7, 7 – Pink Floyd record their groundbreaking film, ''Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii'' at the Amphitheatre of Pompeii.
* October 13 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4–3 in Game 4 of the 1971 World Series, World Series Three Rivers Stadium, at home in the first ever Major League Baseball postseason game played at night. The Pirates defeat the Orioles 2–1 in the decisive Game 7 at Baltimore four days later.
* October 14 – Greenpeace is founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
* October 17 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles to win the 1971 World Series.
* October 18 – In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption.
* October 21
** U.S. President Richard Nixon nominates Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court.
** The Clarkston explosion in Scotland, caused by a gas leak, kills 22 people.
* October 24 – Texas Stadium opens in Irving, Texas. In the inaugural game, the host Dallas Cowboys defeat the New England Patriots 44–21.
* October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (or Taiwan).
* October 27 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
* October 28
** The House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes 356–244 in favour of joining the European Economic Community.
** The United Kingdom becomes the sixth nation successfully to launch a satellite into orbit using its own launch vehicle, the Prospero (satellite), Prospero (X-3) experimental communications satellite, using a Black Arrow carrier rocket from Woomera, South Australia.
** The Khedivial Opera House in Cairo, Egypt, burns down.
* October 29 –
Vietnam War
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– 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 founds the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland.
* October 31
** A bomb explodes at the top of the BT Tower, Post Office Tower in London.
** ''Meddle'', the critically acclaimed album by progressive rock band Pink Floyd, is released.
November
*Erin Pizzey establishes the world's first domestic violence shelter in Chiswick, London.
* November 3 – The ''Unix, UNIX Programmer's Manual'' is published.
* November 6 – Operation Grommet: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in Alaska, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground nuclear testing, underground detonation.
* November 8 – Led Zeppelin release their fourth studio album ''Led Zeppelin IV'', which goes on to sell 23,000,000 copies in the United States.
* November 9 – A Royal Air Force C-130 1971 RAF Hercules crash, crashes into the Ligurian Sea near Leghorn, Italy, killing all 51 people on board.
* November 10 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 airplanes.
* November 11 – The english Rock music, rock band Pink Floyd releases its sixth studio album, Meddle.
* 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 14 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is enthroned.
* November 15
** Intel releases the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
** International Organization and System of Space Communications (Intersputnik) is founded (effective July 12, 1972).
* November 18 – Oman gains independence from the United Kingdom.
* November 20 – A bridge still under construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
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; 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
* November 22 – In Britain's worst mountaineering tragedy, the Cairngorm Plateau disaster, five children and one of their leaders are found dead from Hypothermia, exposure in the Scottish mountains.
* November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
* November 24
** During a severe storm over Washington (state), Washington State, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he had hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again (as of November 2022, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history).
** A Brussels court sentences pretender Alexis Brimeyer to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to Greece.
* November 28 – The 59th Grey Cup, 59th Grey Cup Game sees the Calgary Stampeders beat the Toronto Argonauts 14–11.
* November 30 – Iranian forces occupy the Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa (joint occupation by agreement with Sharjah) and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs (taken by force from Ras Al Khaimah).
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 of the seven Trucial States combine in an act of union to found the United Arab Emirates.
**The Soviet Union, Soviet Mars 3, Mars 3 lander reaches the surface of Mars, transmits for a few seconds and then goes silent. It is the first spacecraft to reach the planet.
* December 3 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins with Operation Chengiz Khan as Pakistan launches preemptive attacks on nine Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
* December 3–December 4, 4 – The Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi, PNS ''Ghazi'' (former ) sinks mysteriously near the Indian coast while laying mines.
* December 4
** 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 is rebuilt in 1975.
** The McGurk's Bar bombing by the Ulster Volunteer Force in Belfast kills 15.
*December 7 – Battle of Sylhet rages between the Pakistan Armed Forces, Pakistani military and the Mukti Bahini.
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* December 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
* December 10 – The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by John Lennon at Crisler Arena, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
* December 11 – Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government; Nihat Erim has served two times as prime minister).
* December 16 – ''Victory Day of Bangladesh'': The Pakistan, Pakistan Army in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) surrenders to the joint forces of India and the Bengali nationalist separatists, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War.
* December 18
** The U.S. dollar is devalued for the second time in history.
** The world's largest hydroelectric plant in Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union, begins operations.
* December 19
** Clube Atlético Mineiro wins the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Brazil Football Championship.
** Intelsat IV F-3, Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972.
** The controversial dystopian crime film ''A Clockwork Orange (film), A Clockwork Orange'', directed by Stanley Kubrick is released in New York City.
* December 20 – Two groups of French doctors involved in humanitarian aid merge to form Médecins Sans Frontières.
* December 24
** Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic.
** Juliane Koepcke survives a fall of 10,000 feet following disintegration of LANSA Flight 508.
* December 25
** In the longest American football game in National Football League history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 after 82 minutes, 40 seconds of playing time. Garo Yepremian kicked the winning 37-yard field goal after 7:40 of the second overtime period.
** Daeyeonggak Hotel fire: A fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea, kills 158 people.
*December 26
**Former teacher Patrick Critton hijacks Air Canada Flight 932, diverting the flight from Canada to Cuba. He would remain a fugitive for almost 30 years.
** The first reported sighting of the Nullarbor Nymph in Australia was made. The story traveled around the world until it was proven to be a hoax in 1972.
* December 29 – The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.
* December 30 – The first McDonald's in Australia opens in Yagoona, New South Wales, Yagoona, Sydney.
Date unknown
* Ray Tomlinson sends the first ARPANET e-mail between host computers, in late 1971
* Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately .
* The Center for Science in the Public Interest is established in the United States.
* Bulant (automobile), Bulanti motorcar built in Australia.
Births
January
![Mary J](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Mary_J._Blige_April_2020.png)
* January 1 – Sammie Henson, American wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
*
January 2
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor.
* 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...
** Taye Diggs, American actor
** Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress, singer and songwriter
* January 3 – Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian/American journalist (d. 2022)
* January 7
** DJ Ötzi, Austrian entertainer and singer
** Jeremy Renner, American actor, singer and producer
* January 11 – Mary J. Blige, American singer
*
January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
** Arman Alizad, Iranian-born Finnish tailor and television presenter
** Peter Madsen, Danish entrepreneur, engineer, and convicted murderer
*
January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Lasse Kjus, Norwegian alpine skier
*
January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– Regina King, American actress
* January 17 – Kid Rock, American rock singer
*
January 18
Events Pre-1600
* 474 – Seven-year-old Leo II succeeds his maternal grandfather Leo I as Byzantine emperor. He dies ten months later.
* 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople fail.
* 1126 – Emperor Huizong abdicates the Chi ...
** Pep Guardiola, Spanish football player and manager of Manchester City F.C.
** Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan writer (d. 2019)
*
January 19
Events Pre-1600
* 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to ''Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
* 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender ...
– Shawn Wayans, American actor
* January 20 – Gary Barlow, British singer-songwriter
* January 26 – Li Ming (footballer, born 1971), Li Ming, Chinese footballer and football executive
* January 27 – Sudantha Dias, cricketer
*
January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– Patricia Velásquez, Venezuelan actress and model
February
![Sean Astin by Gage Skidmore](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/89/Sean_Astin_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg)
* February 1
** Michael C. Hall, American actor
** Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer
* February 3 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
*
February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
** Fatmir Limaj, Albanian politician
** Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian
*
February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Sara Evans, American country music singer
*
February 8
Events Pre-1600
* 421 – Constantius III becomes co-Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
* 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir.
*1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of Al ...
– Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
*
February 10
Events Pre-1600
* 1258 – Mongol invasions: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, bringing the Islamic Golden Age to an end.
* 1306 – In front of the high altar of Greyfriars Church in Dumfries, Robert the Bruce murders John Comyn, sparkin ...
** Lorena Rojas, Mexican actress (d. 2015)
** Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler
*
February 11
Events Pre-1600
*660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
* 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...
** Damian Lewis, English actor and producer
** Susi Susanti, Indonesian badminton player
*
February 13
Events Pre-1600
* 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome.
*1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th.
*1462 – The ...
– Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
*
February 14
Events Pre-1600
* 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt.
* 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...
** Kris Aquino, Filipina actress
** Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
** Viscera (wrestler), Viscera, American professional wrestler (d. 2014)
** Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer and actress
*
February 15
Events Pre-1600
* 438 – Roman emperor Theodosius II publishes the law codex Codex Theodosianus
* 590 – Khosrau II is crowned king of Persia.
* 706 – Byzantine emperor Justinian II has his predecessors Leontios and Tiberi ...
** Alex Borstein, American actress, voice artist, producer and screenwriter
** Renee O'Connor, American actress
*
February 16
Events Pre-1600
* 1249 – Andrew of Longjumeau is dispatched by Louis IX of France as his ambassador to meet with the Khagan of the Mongol Empire.
* 1270 – Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeats the Livonian Order in the Battle of Kar ...
** Jack Rose (guitarist), Jack Rose, American guitarist (d. 2009)
** Amanda Holden, British actress
* February 17 – Denise Richards, American actress
* February 18 – Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
** Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-American actress and restaurateur (d. 2017)
* February 19
** Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
** Jeff Kinney, American author
*
February 20
Events Pre-1600
*1339 – The Milanese army and the St. George's (San Giorgio) Mercenaries of Lodrisio Visconti clash in the Battle of Parabiago; Visconti is defeated.
*1472 – Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland ...
** Calpernia Addams, American actress
** Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
** Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby football player (d. 2017)
* February 22 – Lea Salonga, Filipino singer and actress
* February 24
** Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
** Gillian Flynn, American author, comic book writer, and screenwriter
* February 25
** Sean Astin, American actor, voice actor, director, and producer
** Nova Peris, Australian athlete and politician
** Daniel Powter, Canadian rock musician
* February 26
** Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter and record producer
** Max Martin, Swedish music producer and songwriter
* February 27 – Rozonda Thomas, African-American singer
March
![Jon Hamm at PaleyFest 2014](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/Jon_Hamm_at_PaleyFest_2014.jpg)
* March 1
** Allen Johnson, American Olympic athlete
** Ma Dong-seok, Korean American actor
* March 2
** Method Man, American rapper, record producer, and actor
** Karel Rada, Czech footballer
* March 4 – Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
* March 5 – Yuri Lowenthal, American actor, producer and screenwriter
* March 6 – Val Venis, Canadian professional wrestler
* March 7
** Tal Banin, Israeli footballer and manager
** Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
* March 9 – Diego Torres (singer), Diego Torres, Argentine singer
* March 10 – Jon Hamm, American actor, director and producer
* March 11 – Johnny Knoxville, American actor, comedian, and stunt performer
* March 16 – Alan Tudyk, American actor
* March 22
** Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
[
** Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, writer, and comedian
* ]March 26
Events Pre-1600
* 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
* 1021 – On the feast of Eid al-Adha, the death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret for six weeks, is ...
- Jay Sean, English singer, songwriter, record producer and arranger
* March 27
** David Coulthard, Scottish racing driver
** Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
* March 29 – Villem Lüüs, Estonian draughts player and World Draughts Federation master (d. 2020)
* March 31
** Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
** Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
April
* April 1 – Jessica Collins, American actress
* April 2
** Francisco Arce, Paraguayan footballer
** Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
* April 3 – Picabo Street, American skier
* April 7 – Guillaume Depardieu, French actor (d. 2008)
* April 8 – Kim Byung-ji, South Korean goalkeeper
* April 9 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian 1997 Formula 1 world champion
* April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
* April 12
** Shannen Doherty, American actress
** Eyal Golan, Israeli singer
* April 14 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer (d. 2012)
* April 16
** Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
** Selena, American singer (d. 1995)
* April 17 – José Francisco Cevallos, Ecuadorian footballer
* April 18 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
* April 20 – Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
* April 23 – D.B. Weiss, American television producer and writer, and novelist
* April 24 – Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
* April 28
** Markus Beyer, German Olympic boxer (d. 2018)
** Bridget Moynahan, American actress
* April 29
** Leonid Kudayev, former Russian professional football player
** Darby Stanchfield, American actress
* April 30 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
May
* May 1 – Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor
* May 10 – Kim Jong-nam, eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il (d. 2017)
* May 14 – Sofia Coppola, American filmmaker
* May 17 – Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
* May 20 – Tony Stewart, American stock car racing driver and team owner
* May 21 – Aditya Chopra, Indian film director, producer and distributor
* May 23 – George Osborne, British politician
* May 25 – Kristina Orbakaitė, Lithuanian-Russian singer and actress
* May 26 – Matt Stone, American actor, animator, writer, producer, and composer
* May 27
** Paul Bettany, British actor
** Lisa Lopes, African-American rapper (TLC (band), TLC) (d. 2002)
* May 30
** Idina Menzel, American singer, songwriter and actress
** John Ross Bowie, American actor and comedian
June
* June 1
** Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
** Georgie Gardner, Australian journalist
** Fadli Zon, Indonesian politician and former deputy speaker of the Indonesian People's Representative Council
* June 3 – Luigi Di Biagio, Italian footballer
* June 4
** Joseph Kabila, 4th List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
** Noah Wyle, American actor
* June 5
** Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress
** Mark Wahlberg, American actor, producer, businessman, model and rapper known as ''Marky Mark''
* June 8 – Jeff Douglas, Canadian actor
* June 10
** Bobby Jindal, American politician
** Soraya Sáenz de Santamaría, Deputy Prime Minister of Spain
* June 11 – RSN Rayer, Malaysian politician
* June 12 – Mark Henry, American professional wrestler, Olympian
* June 15 – Isménia do Frederico, Cape Verdean sprinter
* June 16
** Eva Püssa, Estonian actress
** Tupac Shakur, African-American rapper and actor (d. 1996)
* June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
* June 20 – Josh Lucas, American actor
* June 21 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue)
* June 22 – Kurt Warner, American football player
* June 24
** Thomas Helveg, Danish footballer
** Ji Jin-hee, South Korean actor
* June 25
** Angela Kinsey, American actress
** Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer and manager
* June 26 – Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
* June 27 – King Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
* June 28
** Fabien Barthez, French football player
** Kenny Cunningham, Irish football player
** Elon Musk, South African-born, American entrepreneur and investor
** Neil Tamoria, A Filipinos, Filipino gossiper
** Aileen Quinn, American actress
* June 30
** Monica Potter, American actress
** Agvaansamdangiin Sükhbat, Mongolian wrestler
July
* July 1
** Julianne Nicholson, American actress
** Amira Casar, French actress
** Missy Elliott, African-American rapper and singer-songwriter
* July 3
** Julian Assange, Australian activist
** Benedict Wong, English actor
* July 7 – Christian Camargo, American actor, producer, writer and director
* July 8
** Marc Andreessen, American software developer
** Marcel Blaguet Ledjou, Ivorian Chairman of the Africa Scout Committee
** Scott Grimes, American actor
** John Juanda, Indonesian-American professional poker player
* July 11
** Brett Hauer, American ice hockey player
** Park Hyuk-kwon, South Korean actor
* July 12 – Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
* July 13 – MF Doom, British rapper (d. 2020)
* July 14
** Howard Webb, English football referee
* July 16 – Corey Feldman, American actor
* July 17
** Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
** Benjamin Herrmann, German film producer and distributor
* July 18
** Penny Hardaway, American basketball player
** Sukhwinder Singh, Indian playback singer
* July 19 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer and politician
* July 20 – Sandra Oh, Korean actress
* July 21 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer-songwriter
* July 23
** Ahmed Ezz (actor), Ahmed Ezz, Egyptian actor
** Alison Krauss, American country singer
*July 26 – Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer
* July 28 – Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi Islamic extremist leader (d. 2019)
* July 30 – Mzukisi Sikali, South African triple world champion boxer (d. 2005)
August
* August 1 – Juan Camilo Mouriño, Mexican politician (d. 2008)
* August 4 – Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
* August 5 – Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian Prime Minister and European Commissioner
* August 6 – Yo-Yo (rapper), Yo-Yo, African-American rapper
* August 9 – James Kim, American television personality and technology analyst (d. 2006)
* August 10
** Fábio Assunção, Brazilian actor
** Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
** Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
** Justin Theroux, American actor
* August 12
** Yvette Nicole Brown, African-American actress and comedian
** Michael Ian Black, American actor and comedian
** Pete Sampras, American tennis player
* August 13
** Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
** Heike Makatsch, German actress
* August 14 – Peter Franzén, Finnish actor
* August 17
** Anthony Kearns, Irish tenor
** Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
* August 18 – Aphex Twin, Irish-born British electronic musician
* August 20
** Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese actor
** David Walliams, British actor, author and comedian
* August 21 – Robert Harvey (footballer), Robert Harvey, Australian rules footballer
* August 22
** Richard Armitage (actor), Richard Armitage, English actor
** Benoît Violier, French-born chef (d. 2016)
* August 25 – Ayumi Miyazaki, Japanese singer
* August 26 – Thalía, Mexican actress and singer
* August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
* August 28 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
* August 29 – Carla Gugino, American actress
* August 31
** Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
** Chris Tucker, African-American actor and comedian
** Alicia Villarreal, Mexican singer and songwriter
September
* September 1
** Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
** Dave Wittenberg, South African-born American voice actor
* September 2 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
* September 4 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
* September 5 – Kevin McAleenan, American government official, former United States Secretary of Homeland Security
* September 6 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer (The Cranberries) (d. 2018)
* September 7 – Shane Mosley, African-American professional boxer
* September 8
** David Arquette, American actor, professional wrestler, film director, producer, screenwriter and fashion designer
** Martin Freeman, English actor
* September 9 – Henry Thomas, American actor
* September 11 – Alessandra Rosaldo, Mexican actress, singer and dancer
* September 13 – Stella McCartney, British fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney
* September 14 – Andre Matos, André Matos, Brazilian singer (d. 2019)
* September 15 – Josh Charles, American actor
* September 16 – Amy Poehler, American actress
* September 17 – Jens Voigt, German cyclist
* September 18
** Lance Armstrong, American cyclist
** Anna Netrebko, Russian operatic soprano
** Jada Pinkett Smith, African-American actress, singer, and songwriter
* September 19 – Sanaa Lathan, African-American actress
* September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
* September 21
** Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, television director, dancer, and host of America's Funniest Home Videos
** Luke Wilson, American actor
* September 23 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
* September 24 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
* September 27 – Horacio Sandoval, Mexican artist
* September 29 – Sibel Tüzün, Turkish pop/rock/jazz singer
* September 30
** Jenna Elfman, American actress
** Jeff Whitty, American playwright
October
* October 2
** Xavier Naidoo, German singer
** Tiffany Darwish, Tiffany, American singer
** Jim Root, American guitarist (Slipknot (band), Slipknot, ex-Stone Sour)
* October 3 – Kevin Richardson (musician), Kevin Richardson, American pop singer
* October 4 – Ridwan Kamil, Indonesian architect, politician and current governor of West Java
* October 6 – Emily Mortimer, English actress and screenwriter
* October 7
** Yelena Shevchenko, Soviet gymnast
** Melinda Schneider, Australian singer and songwriter
* October 8 – Mayrín Villanueva, Mexican actress and model
* October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
* October 11 – Aman Verma (actor), Aman Verma, Indian television anchor and actor
* October 12 – Đàm Vĩnh Hưng, Vietnamese singer
* October 13
** Sacha Baron Cohen, English comedian and actor
** Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
* October 14 – Jorge Costa (footballer), Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
* October 17 – Andy Whitfield, Welsh actor and model (d. 2011)
* October 18 – Yoo Sang-chul, South Korean footballer and manager (d. 2021)
* October 20
** Snoop Dogg, African-American rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, media personality, entrepreneur, and actor
** Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
* October 22 – Jennifer Lee (filmmaker), American screenwriter, director, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney Animation Studios
* October 23 – Bohuslav Sobotka, 11th Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
* October 24
** Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
** Gustavo Jorge, Argentina rugby union player
** Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athletes
* October 25
** Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
** Midori (violinist), Midori Gotō, Japanese violinist
** Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
** Craig Robinson (actor), Craig Robinson, African-American actor, comedian and singer
* October 26 – Anthony Rapp, American actor and singer
* October 29
** Chiara Badano, Italian Roman Catholic religious teenager and blessed (d. 1990)
** Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer
** Ma Huateng, Chinese business magnate, founder of TenCent
** Winona Ryder, American actress
November
* November 3 – Unai Emery, Spanish football manager of Villarreal CF
* November 4 – Tabu (actress), Tabu, Indian actress
* November 5 – Jonny Greenwood, English musician and composer
* November 6 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician
* November 7 – Rituparna Sengupta, Indian actress
* November 8 – Tech N9ne, American rapper
* November 10
** Big Pun, American/Latin rapper (d. 2000)
** Fahri Hamzah, Indonesian politician
** Niki Karimi, Iranian actress and movie director
** Mario Abdo Benítez, President of Paraguay
* November 12
** Yasuo Aiuchi, Japanese snowboarder
** Chen Guangcheng, Chinese civil rights activist
* November 14 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
*November 15 – Delsa Solórzano, Venezuelan lawyer and politician
* November 16
** Justine Clarke, Australian actress
** Alexander Popov (swimmer), Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
*November 18 – Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer
* November 20
** Dion Nash, New Zealand cricket captain
** Joel McHale, Italian-born American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and television host
* November 23 - Chris Hardwick, American actor, comedian, and television host
* November 25 – Christina Applegate, American actress
* November 28 – Fenriz, Norwegian musician
* November 30
** Jessalyn Gilsig, Canadian actress
** Kristi Noem, American politician
December
* December 3 – Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
* December 5
**Katherine Haringhton, Venezuelan lawyer
**Kali Rocha, American actress
* December 6
** Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
** Ryan White, American AIDS activist (d. 1990)
** Craig Brewer, American film director
* December 7
** Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player
** Larisa Alexandrovna, Ukrainian-American feminist
* December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish football player
* December 12
** Sammy Korir, Kenyan long-distance runner
** Alireza Mansourian, Iranian footballer
* December 16
** Scott Booth, Scottish footballer
** Paul van Dyk, German dance music DJ, musician and record producer
* December 17 – Alan Khan, South African radio presenter
* December 17 – Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
* December 18 – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
* December 19 – Amy Locane, American actress
* December 21 – Natalie Grant, American singer and songwriter
* December 22 – Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan long-distance runner
* December 23 – Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
* December 24
** Giorgos Alkaios, Greek recording artist
** Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
* December 25
** Dido (singer), Dido, English singer
** Justin Trudeau, 23rd Prime Minister of Canada
* December 26 – Jared Leto, American actor and musician (Thirty Seconds to Mars)
* December 27 – Sergei Bodrov Jr., Russian actor (d. 2002)
* December 31 – Brent Barry, American basketball player
Deaths
January
* January 5
Events Pre-1600
*1477 – Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is defeated and killed in a conflict with René II, Duke of Lorraine; Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundy subsequently becomes part of France.
1601–1900
*1675 – Battle of Turckh ...
– Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899)
* January 10 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
* January 11 – Hussein Al Oweini, 18th Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1900)
* January 12
Events Pre-1600
* 475 – Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
*1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned s ...
– John Tovey, British admiral (b. 1885)
* January 14
Events Pre-1600
*1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence.
*1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary.
1601–1900
*1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...
– Guillermo de Torre, Spanish Dadaist author (b. 1900)
* January 15
Events Pre-1600
* 69 – Otho seizes power in Rome, proclaiming himself Emperor of Rome, beginning a reign of only three months.
* 1541 – King Francis I of France gives Jean-François Roberval a commission to settle the province of ...
– John Dall, American actor (b. 1920)
* January 17 – Lothar Rendulic, Austrian-born German general (b. 1887)
* January 20 – Broncho Billy Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
* January 24
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula.
* 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt.
*1438 – The Cou ...
– Bill W., co-founder Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)
* January 25
Events Pre-1600
* 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate.
* 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dynasty ...
– Hermann Hoth, German general (b. 1885)
* January 27 – Jacobo Árbenz, 19th President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
* January 28 – Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
* January 31
Events Pre-1600
* 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades.
* 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ...
– Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. 1891)
February
* February 1 – Raoul Hausmann, Austrian artist (b. 1886)
* February 3 – Jay C. Flippen, American actor (b. 1899)
* February 4
Events Pre–1600
* 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...
– Brock Chisholm, Canadian physician, 1st Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1896)
* February 5
Events Pre-1600
* 62 – Earthquake in Pompeii, Italy.
* 1576 – Henry of Navarre abjures Catholicism at Tours and rejoins the Protestant forces in the French Wars of Religion.
* 1597 – A group of early Japanese Christians ar ...
– Mátyás Rákosi, 43rd Prime Minister of Hungary (b. 1892)
* February 6
Events Pre-1600
* 1579 – The Archdiocese of Manila is made a diocese by a papal bull with Domingo de Salazar being its first bishop.
1601–1900
* 1685 – James II of England and VII of Scotland is proclaimed King upon the death of ...
– Shigeru Fukudome, Japanese admiral (b. 1891)
* February 12 – James Cash Penney, American businessman, founder of J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
* February 17 – Adolf A. Berle, American lawyer, educator, author and diplomat (b. 1895)
* February 18 – Jaime de Barros Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1894)
* February 25 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
March
* March 3 – António Silva (actor), António Silva, Portuguese actor (b. 1886)
* March 7 – Stevie Smith (Florence Margaret Smith), English poet and novelist (b. 1902)
* March 8 – Harold Lloyd, American actor and filmmaker (b. 1893)
* March 9
** Anthony Berkeley Cox, English writer (b. 1893)
** Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902)
* March 11
** Philo T. Farnsworth, American television pioneer (b. 1906)
** C. D. Broad, English philosopher (b. 1887)
* March 12 – David Burns (actor), David Burns, American actor (b. 1902)
* March 16
** Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
** Thomas E. Dewey, Governor of New York; American presidential candidate (b. 1902)
* March 22 – Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886)
* March 23 – Basil Dearden, English film director (b. 1911)
* March 24 – Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (b. 1902)
April
* April 3 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
* April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
* April 12 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
* April 15 – Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian writer and critic (b. 1886)
* April 19 – Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (b. 1895)
* April 20 – Cecil Parker, English actor (b. 1897)
* April 21
** François Duvalier, 32nd President of Haiti (b. 1907)
** Edmund Lowe, American actor (b. 1890)
* April 25 – T. V. Soong, former List of premiers of the Republic of China, Premier of the Republic of China (b. 1891)
* April 30 – Albin Stenroos, Finnish athlete (b. 1889)
May
* May 1 – Glenda Farrell, American actress (b. 1904)
* May 6 – Helene Weigel, German actress (b. 1900)
* May 8
** Godfrey Huggins, 1st Viscount Malvern, English-born Rhodesian politician and physician, Prime Minister of Rhodesia (b. 1883)
** Frederick Sheffield, American Olympic rower (b. 1902)
* May 11 – Seán Lemass, 4th Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1899)
* May 12 – Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (b. 1903)
* May 19 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
* May 27 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (b. 1909)
* May 28
** Kim Iryeop, Korean writer, journalist, feminist activist, bhikkhuni, Buddhist nun (b. 1896)
** Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (b. 1925)
** Jean Vilar, French stage actor (b. 1912)
* May 30 – Marcel Dupré, French composer (b. 1886)
June
* June 1 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
* June 4 – György Lukács, Hungarian Marxist philosopher, aesthetician, literary historian, and critic (b. 1885)
* June 10 – Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
* June 14 – Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (b. 1896)
* June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
* June 18
** Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
** Libby Holman, American singer and actress (b. 1904)
** Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
* June 19 – Garfield Wood, American motorboat racer (b. 1880)
* June 25 – John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
* June 29
** Crew of Soyuz 11:
*** Georgy Dobrovolsky (b. 1928)
*** Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
*** Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)
* June 30 – Herbert Biberman, Jewish-American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
July
* July 1
** Lawrence Bragg, Sir Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
** Learie Constantine, Learie Constantine, Baron Constantine, Trinidadian cricketer (b. 1901)
* July 3 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
* July 4
** Maurice Bowra, British critic and academic (b. 1898)
** August Derleth, American author and anthologist (b. 1909)
** Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician (b. 1877)
* July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African-American jazz trumpeter (b. 1901)
* July 7 – Ub Iwerks, American animator (b. 1901)
* July 17 – Cliff Edwards, American actor (b. 1895)
* July 19 – John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman (b. 1886)
* July 21 – Michael Somogyi, Hungarian-American biochemist (b. 1883)
* July 23
** Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1908)
** William Tubman, 19th president of Liberia (b. 1895)
* July 24 – Alan Rawsthorne, British Composer (b. 1905)
* July 26 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
August
* August 5 – Royal Rife, American inventor (b. 1888)
* August 11 – John Burton Cleland, Sir John Burton Cleland, Australian naturalist, microbiologist, mycologist and ornithologist (b. 1878)
* August 13 – King Curtis, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
* August 15 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born American actor (b. 1894)
* August 17 – Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
* August 21 – George Jackson (activist), George Jackson, American author (b. 1941)
* August 24 – Carl Blegen, American archaeologist (b. 1887)
* August 25 – Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
* August 27 – Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer (b. 1904)
* August 28 – Geoffrey Lawrence, 1st Baron Oaksey, British judge during the Nuremberg trials after World War II (b. 1880)
September
* September 7 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
* September 8 – Emmett Toppino, American Olympic athlete (b. 1909)
* September 10 – Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
* September 11
** Bella Darvi, Polish-born actress (b. 1928)
** Joe Jordan (musician), Joe Jordan, American ragtime composer (b. 1882)
** Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader (b. 1894)
* September 12 – Lin Biao, Chinese defense minister (b. 1907)
* September 14 – Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Bangladeshi novelist (b. 1898)
* September 20 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
* September 21 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
* September 23
** James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
** Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
* September 25 – Hugo Black, American Supreme Court of the United States, Supreme Court Justice (b. 1886)
October
* October 2
** Jessie Arms Botke, American artist (b. 1883)
** Richard H. Jackson, American four-star admiral (b. 1866)
* October 3 – Leah Baird, American actress (b. 1883)
* October 9 – Billy Costello (actor), Willam "Billy" Costello, American voice actor, the original voice of Popeye (b. 1898)
* October 10 – Cyril Burt, Sir Cyril Burt, British educational psychologist (b. 1883)
* October 11 – Chester Conklin, American actor (b. 1888)
* October 12
** Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
** Gene Vincent, American singer (b. 1935)
* October 17 – Sergey Kavtaradze, Soviet politician and diplomat (b. 1885)
* October 19 – Betty Bronson, American actress (b. 1906)
* October 21
** Raymond Hatton, American actor (b. 1887)
** Naoya Shiga, Japanese writer (b. 1883)
* October 24 – Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
* October 29
** Duane Allman, American rock guitarist, co-founder and leader of the Allman Brothers Band (b. 1946)
** Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
November
* November 1 – Gertrud von Le Fort, German writer of novels, poems and essays (b. 1876)
* November 2 – Martha Vickers, American actress (b. 1925)
* November 4 – Guillermo León Valencia, 21st President of Colombia (b. 1909)
* November 9 – Maude Fealy, American stage and film actor (b. 1883)
* November 10 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, American novelist (b. 1909)
* November 11 – A. P. Herbert, English humorist, novelist and politician (b. 1890)
* November 14 – Hanna Neumann, German mathematician (b. 1914)
* November 16 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943)
* November 17 – Dame Gladys Cooper, British actress (b. 1888)
* November 22 – József Zakariás, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1924)
* November 23 – Ryūnosuke Kusaka, Japanese admiral (b. 1893)
* November 25 – Hank Mann, American comedic actor (b. 1888)
* November 26 – James Alberione, Italian Roman Catholic priest and blessed (b. 1884)
* November 28
** Wasfi Tal, three-time prime minister of Jordan (b. 1919)
** Grantley Herbert Adams, 1st Premier of Barbados (b. 1898)
December
* December 2 – Sir Derwent Hall Caine, English actor (b. 1891)
* December 6 – Mathilde Kschessinska, Russian ballerina (b. 1872)
* December 7 – Ferdinand Pecora, Sicilian-born American lawyer (d. 1882)
* December 9 – Ralph Bunche, African-American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904)
* December 10 – Gotthard Heinrici, German general (b. 1886)
* December 12
** Alan Morton, Scottish footballer (b. 1893)
** David Sarnoff, American radio and television pioneer (b. 1891)
* December 13 – Gotthard Heinrici, German general (b. 1886)
* December 15 – Paul Lévy (mathematician), Paul Levy, French mathematician (b. 1886)
* December 18
** Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902)
** Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
* December 20 – Roy O. Disney, American studio executive (b. 1893)
* December 22 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch writer (b. 1913)
* December 24 – Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (b. 1924)
* December 26 – Robert Lowery (actor), Robert Lowery, American actor (b. 1913)
* December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born film composer (b. 1888)
* December 30
** Jo Cals, Dutch politician and jurist, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (1965-1966) (b. 1914)
** Dorothy Comingore, American actress (b. 1913)
* December 31 – Pete Duel, American actor (b. 1940)
Nobel Prizes
* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Dennis Gabor
* Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Gerhard Herzberg
* Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Earl W. Sutherland, Jr
* Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Pablo Neruda
* Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Willy Brandt
* Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Simon Kuznets
References
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