Events from the year 1971 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

President President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) *President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Automobiles * Nissan President, a 1966–2010 Japanese ful ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...

( R-

California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori ...

) *

Vice President A vice president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice president is on t ...

: Spiro Agnew ( R-

Maryland Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean to ...

) * Chief Justice:

Warren E. Burger Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the William Mitchell ...

(

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

) * Speaker of the House of Representatives:

John William McCormack John William McCormack (December 21, 1891 – November 22, 1980) was an American politician from Boston, Massachusetts. An attorney and a Democrat, McCormack served in the United States Army during World War I, and afterwards won terms in both th ...

( D-

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

) (until January 3), Carl Albert ( D-

Oklahoma Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...

) (starting January 21) * Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield ( D-

Montana Montana () is a state in the Mountain West division of the Western United States. It is bordered by Idaho to the west, North Dakota and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and the Canadian provinces of Alberta, British Columbi ...

) *

Congress A congress is a formal meeting of the representatives of different countries, constituent states, organizations, trade unions, political parties, or other groups. The term originated in Late Middle English to denote an encounter (meeting of a ...

: 91st (until January 3), 92nd (starting January 3)

Events

January

* January 1 – The Uniform Monday Holiday Act takes effect:

Washington's Birthday Presidents' Day, also called Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February to honor all persons who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879 ...

and several other

federal holidays Federal holidays in the United States are the eleven calendar dates that are designated by the federal government of the United States, U.S. government as holidays. On U.S. federal holidays, non-essential Federation, federal government offices a ...

are always observed on certain Mondays, resulting in more three-day weekends for federal employees. * January 2 – A ban on

radio Radio is the technology of signaling and communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 30 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmit ...

and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. *January 8 ** Voyageurs National Park is established. ** Gulf Islands National Seashore is established. * January 12 – The landmark television sitcom '' All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor 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. * January 17 – Super Bowl V: The

Baltimore Colts The Baltimore Colts were a professional American football team that played in Baltimore from its founding in 1953 to 1984. The team now plays in Indianapolis, as the Indianapolis Colts. The team was named for Baltimore's history of horse breed ...

defeat the

Dallas Cowboys The Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football team based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. The Cowboys compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisi ...

16–13 at the

Orange Bowl The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in th ...

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

Florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...

. * January 25 – In

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...

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 three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. * January 31 – 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, Stuart Roosa, 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 9 **The 6.5–6.7 Sylmar earthquake 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 of XI (''Extreme''), killing 58–65 and injuring 200–2,000. ** Apollo program:

returns to

Earth Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. While large volumes of water can be found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid surface water. About 71% of Earth's surfa ...

after the third manned

Moon The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System and the largest and most massive relative to its parent planet, with a diameter about one-quarter that of Earth (comparable to the width of ...

landing. **

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 ...

. * February 11 – The U.S., United Kingdom, and the USSR (along with 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 20 **The Mississippi Delta tornado outbreak leaves 123 dead and more than 1,592 injured. **The U.S. Emergency Broadcast System sends an erroneous warning; many

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

s ignore it.

March

* March 1 – A bomb explodes in the men's room at the

U.S. Capitol The United States Capitol, often called The Capitol or the Capitol Building, is the Seat of government, seat of the Legislature, legislative branch of the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government, which is form ...

; the Weather Underground organization claims responsibility. * March 8 – Boxer

Joe Frazier Joseph William Frazier (January 12, 1944November 7, 2011), nicknamed "Smokin' Joe", was an American professional boxer who competed from 1965 to 1981. He was known for his strength, durability, formidable left hand, and relentless pressure fi ...

defeats

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

in a 15-round unanimous decision at

Madison Square Garden Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as The Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City. It is located in Midtown Manhattan between Seventh and Eighth avenues from 31st to 33rd Street, above Pennsylva ...

. * March 24 –

discontinues funding for supersonic transport (SST); primary contractor was * March 29 ** U.S. Army Lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of 22 murders in the My Lai massacre and sentenced to life in prison. After intervention from President Nixon, he is released in 1974. ** A

jury recommends the

death penalty Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...

for

and three female followers. * March 30 – The first

Starbucks Starbucks Corporation is an American multinational chain of coffeehouses and roastery reserves headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It is the world's largest coffeehouse chain. As of November 2021, the company had 33,833 stores in 80 c ...

coffee shop opens, in Pike Place Market,

Elliott Bay Elliott Bay is a part of the Central Basin region of Puget Sound. It is in the U.S. state of Washington, extending southeastward between West Point in the north and Alki Point in the south. Seattle was founded on this body of water in the 1850s an ...

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

April

* April 9 –

is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California death row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment (see ''

Furman v. Georgia ''Furman v. Georgia'', 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a landmark criminal case in which the United States Supreme Court invalidated all then existing legal constructions for the death penalty in the United States. It was 5–4 decision, with each mem ...

''). * April 10 –

Veterans Stadium Veterans Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, at the northeast corner of Broad Street and Pattison Avenue, part of the South Philadelphia Sports Complex. The seating capacities were 65,358 for footb ...

Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...

opens. * April 15 – The 43rd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by 34 various "Friends of Oscar", is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in

Franklin J. Schaffner Franklin James Schaffner (May 30, 1920July 2, 1989) was an American film, television, and stage director. He won an Academy Award for Best Director for ''Patton'' (1970), and is known for the films ''Planet of the Apes'' (1968), ''Nicholas and Al ...

's ''

Patton George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 – December 21, 1945) was a General (United States), general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh United States Army in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, Mediterranean Theater ...

'' wins seven awards, including Best Picture and

Best Director Best Director is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards. It may refer to: Film awards * AACTA Award for Best Direction * Academy Award for Best Director * BA ...

for Schaffner. The film is also tied with

George Seaton George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director. Life and career Early life Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish des ...

's ''

Airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface ...

'' in receiving ten nominations. George C. Scott becomes the first actor to reject an Oscar, declining his

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to th ...

win. * April 20 ** ''

Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education ''Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education'', 402 U.S. 1 (1971), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools. The Court held that busing was an appropriate ...

'': The

Supreme Court of the United States The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation. **

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...

goes live. * April 24 – Five hundred thousand people in

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, and 125,000 in

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ...

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 30 – The

Milwaukee Bucks The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...

win the championship of the

National Basketball Association The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United S ...

in just their third season, completing a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets in the finals.

May

* May 1 –

Amtrak The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, Trade name, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national Passenger train, passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous United Stat ...

begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States. * May 3 ** A Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the

. ** Anti-war activists attempt to disrupt government business in

; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released. * May 5 – The

US dollar The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...

floods the European currency markets and threatens especially the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

stop the currency trading. * May 9 – ''

Mariner 8 Mariner-H (Mariner Mars '71), also commonly known as Mariner 8, was (along with Mariner 9) part of the Mariner Mars '71 project. It was intended to go into Mars orbit and return images and data, but a launch vehicle failure prevented Mariner 8 ...

'' fails to launch. * May 29 – Al Unser wins the

Indianapolis 500 The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, and commonly called the Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indi ...

in the ''Vel's Parnelli Jones Special'' Colt-Ford. * May 30 – Mariner program:

Mariner 9 Mariner 9 (Mariner Mars '71 / Mariner-I) was a robotic spacecraft that contributed greatly to the exploration of Mars and was part of the NASA Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from LC-36B at Cape Canaveral Air ...

is launched toward

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury (planet), Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Mars (mythology), Roman god of war. Mars is a terr ...

June

* June –

passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting

Special Education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

. * June 1 –

: Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

, speak against war protests. * June 6 – A midair collision between

Hughes Airwest Flight 706 Hughes Airwest Flight 706 was a regularly scheduled flight operated by American domestic airline Hughes Airwest from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops. On Sunday, June 6, 1971, the McDonnell Douglas D ...

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 Economic sanctions are commercial and financial penalties applied by one or more countries against a targeted self-governing state, group, or individual. Economic sanctions are not necessarily imposed because of economic circumstances—they may ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. * June 13 –

: ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. * June 17 – Representatives of

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of

Okinawa is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city ...

. * June 18 –

Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co., typically referred to as Southwest, is one of the major airlines of the United States and the world's largest low-cost carrier. It is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has scheduled service to 121 destinations in the U ...

, the most successful

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in history, begins its first flights between

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

and

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. * June 25 –

Madagascar Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa ...

accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador. * June 27 ** Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East, which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968. **

WTVP WTVP (channel 47) is a PBS member television station in Peoria, Illinois, United States, owned by the Illinois Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. The station's studios are located on State Street in downtown Peoria, and its transmitter ...

(

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) first airs in

Peoria, Illinois Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...

. * June 28 ** Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots

Joe Colombo Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member ...

in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma and paralyzing him. He dies seven years later as a result of his injuries. ** ''

Lemon v. Kurtzman ''Lemon v. Kurtzman'', 403 U.S. 602 (1971), was a case argued before the Supreme Court of the United States.. The court ruled in an 8–0 decision that Pennsylvania's Nonpublic Elementary and Secondary Education Act (represented through David Kurtz ...

'': The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules in a landmark case on the Establishment Clause. * June 30 – '' New York Times Co. v. United States'': The Supreme Court of the U.S. rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.

July

* July 1 – The

Postal Reorganization Act The Postal Reorganization Act of 1970 was a law passed by the United States Congress that abolished the then United States Post Office Department, which was a part of the Cabinet, and created the United States Postal Service, a corporation-like i ...

goes into effect, replacing the Cabinet-level

Post Office Department The United States Post Office Department (USPOD; also known as the Post Office or U.S. Mail) was the predecessor of the United States Postal Service, in the form of a Cabinet department, officially from 1872 to 1971. It was headed by the postmas ...

with the

United States Postal Service The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the U ...

. * July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of

The Doors The Doors were an American Rock music, rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential ro ...

, is found dead in his bathtub in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

. * July 5 –

Right to vote Suffrage, political franchise, or simply franchise, is the right to vote in public, political elections and referendums (although the term is sometimes used for any right to vote). In some languages, and occasionally in English, the right to v ...

: The

26th Amendment to the United States Constitution The Twenty-sixth Amendment (Amendment XXVI) to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the Voting rights in the United States, right to vote to citizens of the United ...

is formally certified by President

, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. * July 19 – The South Tower of the

World Trade Center World Trade Centers are sites recognized by the World Trade Centers Association. World Trade Center may refer to: Buildings * List of World Trade Centers * World Trade Center (2001–present), a building complex that includes five skyscrapers, a ...

is topped out at , making it the second tallest building in the world. * July 26 –

Apollo 15 Apollo 15 (July 26August 7, 1971) was the ninth crewed mission in the United States' Apollo program and the fourth to Moon landing, land on the Moon. It was the first List of Apollo missions#Alphabetical mission types, J mission, with a ...

(carrying astronauts David Scott,

Alfred Worden Alfred Merrill Worden (February 7, 1932 – March 18, 2020) was an American test pilot, engineer and NASA astronaut who was the command module pilot for the Apollo 15 lunar mission in 1971. One of only 24 people to have flown to the ...

, and James Irwin) is launched. * July 31 –

astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the

August

* August – The unemployment rate peaks at 6.1%. * August 1 – In

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...

, 40,000 people attend the Concert for Bangladesh. * August 7 –

returns to

. * August 11 – Construction begins on the

Louisiana Superdome The Caesars Superdome, commonly known as the Superdome (formerly known as Mercedes-Benz Superdome), is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the home stadium of the New Orleans Saints ...

New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
Merriam-Webster. ; french: La Nouvelle-Orléans , es, Nuev ...

. * August 15 – President

announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the

Bretton Woods system The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the United States, Canada, Western European countries, Australia, and Japan after the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement. The Bretto ...

. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. * August 20 – The spills of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House beach in

San Clemente, California San Clemente (; Spanish for " St. Clement") is a city in Orange County, California. Located in the Orange Coast region of the South Coast of California, San Clemente's population was 64,293 in at the 2020 census. Situated roughly midway betwee ...

September

* September 4 – A

Boeing 727 The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavy 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airpo ...

(

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops in southeast Alaska. The aircraft was a Boeing 727-100 with U.S. r ...

) crashes into the side of a mountain near

Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

, killing all 111 people on board. * September 8 – In

, the

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was the first America ...

's ''

Mass Mass is an intrinsic property of a body. It was traditionally believed to be related to the quantity of matter in a physical body, until the discovery of the atom and particle physics. It was found that different atoms and different elementar ...

''. * September 9–September 13 –

Attica Prison riots The Attica Prison Riot, also known as the Attica Prison Rebellion, the Attica Uprising, or the Attica Prison Massacre, took place at the state prison in Attica, New York; it started on September 9, 1971, and ended on September 13 with the high ...

: A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in

Attica Attica ( el, Αττική, Ancient Greek ''Attikḗ'' or , or ), or the Attic Peninsula, is a historical region that encompasses the city of Athens, the capital of Greece and its countryside. It is a peninsula projecting into the Aegean Se ...

, New York. In the end,

state police State police, provincial police or regional police are a type of sub-national territorial police force found in nations organized as federations, typically in North America, South Asia, and Oceania. These forces typically have jurisdiction o ...

and the

United States National Guard The National Guard is a state-based military force that becomes part of the reserve components of the United States Army and the United States Air Force when activated for federal missions. * September 22 – Ernest Medina is cleared of all charges connected with the My Lai massacre. * September 28 –

Cardinal Cardinal or The Cardinal may refer to: Animals * Cardinal (bird) or Cardinalidae, a family of North and South American birds **''Cardinalis'', genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae **''Cardinalis cardinalis'', or northern cardinal, the ...

József Mindszenty József Mindszenty (; 29 March 18926 May 1975) was a Hungarian cardinal of the Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Esztergom and leader of the Catholic Church in Hungary from 1945 to 1973. According to the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', ...

, who had taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

since 1956, is allowed to leave

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. * September 30 – Unruly fans storm the field at

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the w ...

during the final game for the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, who will move to

Arlington, Texas Arlington is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Tarrant County. It forms part of the Mid-Cities region of the Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington metropolitan statistical area, and is a principal city of the metropolis and region. ...

, prior to the next season and become the Texas Rangers. The Senators, leading the

New York Yankees The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of the Bronx. The Yankees compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Amer ...

7–5 with two out in the ninth inning when fans invade the diamond, are forced to forfeit.

October

* October 1 –

Walt Disney World The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Opened on October 1, 1971, th ...

opens in

Orlando, Florida Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...

. * October 17 – The

Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central division. Founded as part of the American Associati ...

defeat the

Baltimore Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are an American professional baseball team based in Baltimore. The Orioles compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League East, East division. As one of the American L ...

, 4 games to 3, to win their fourth World Series title. * October 18 – In

, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption. * October 21 – U.S. President

nominates

Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. (September 19, 1907 – August 25, 1998) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1972 to 1987. Born in Suffolk, Virginia, he gradua ...

and

William H. Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist ( ; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years, first as an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and then as the 16th chief justice from 1 ...

to the

U.S. Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state court cases that involve a point o ...

. * October 23 –

Texas Christian University Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the Add-Ran Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples ...

football coach

Jim Pittman James Noel Pittman (August 28, 1925 – October 30, 1971) was a college football coach at Tulane University and Texas Christian University. Career A native of Boyle, Mississippi, Pittman played at Mississippi State University. From 1966 to 197 ...

collapses on the sideline and dies from a massive

heart attack A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to the coronary artery of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may tr ...

while coaching the Horned Frogs during a game against

Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma an ...

rival Baylor in

Waco, Texas Waco ( ) is the county seat of McLennan County, Texas, United States. It is situated along the Brazos River and I-35, halfway between Dallas and Austin. The city had a 2020 population of 138,486, making it the 22nd-most populous city in the ...

. * October 24 –

Detroit Lions The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit. The Lions compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) North Division. The team play their home games at Ford ...

wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapses and dies of a heart attack near the end of a game against the

Chicago Bears The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago. The Bears compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. The Bears have won nine NF ...

in Detroit. * October 29 –

: Vietnamization: The total number of American troops in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966).

November

* November 6 –

Operation Grommet The United States's Grommet nuclear test series was a group of 34 nuclear tests conducted in 1971–1972. These testsA bomb test may be a salvo test, defined as two or more explosions "where a period of time between successive individual explos ...

: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at

Amchitka Island Amchitka (; ale, Amchixtax̂; russian: Амчитка) is a volcanic, tectonically unstable and uninhabited island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands in southwest Alaska. It is part of the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refu ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5

megatons TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion. The is a unit of energy defined by that convention to be , which is the approximate energy released in the detonation of a m ...

, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonation. * November 12 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: U.S. President

sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from

. * November 12 –

Arches National Park Arches National Park is a national park in eastern Utah, United States. The park is adjacent to the Colorado River, north of Moab, Utah. More than 2,000 natural sandstone arches are located in the park, including the well-known Delicate Arch, a ...

is established. * November 13 – Mariner program: ''

'' becomes the first spacecraft to enter

orbit successfully. * November 15 –

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. It is the world's largest semiconductor chip manufacturer by revenue, and is one of the developers of the x86 seri ...

releases the world's first commercially available

microprocessor A microprocessor is a computer processor where the data processing logic and control is included on a single integrated circuit, or a small number of integrated circuits. The microprocessor contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circu ...

, the Intel 4004. * November 24 – During a severe

thunderstorm A thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm or a lightning storm, is a storm characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere, known as thunder. Relatively weak thunderstorms are someti ...

over

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered on ...

, a man calling himself

D. B. Cooper D. B. Cooper is a media epithet for an unidentified man who hijacked Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727 aircraft operated by Northwest Orient Airlines, in United States airspace on November 24, 1971. During the flight from Portla ...

parachutes from the

Northwest Orient Airlines Northwest Airlines Corp. (NWA) was a major American airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines, Inc. by a merger. The merger, approved on October 29, 2008, made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines- ...

plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again.

December

* December 8 – U.S. President

orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the

Bay of Bengal The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...

in the Indian Ocean. * December 10 ** The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician and peace activist who achieved worldwide fame as founder, co-songwriter, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of ...

at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. **

George Lucas George Walton Lucas Jr. (born May 14, 1944) is an American filmmaker. Lucas is best known for creating the ''Star Wars'' and ''Indiana Jones'' franchises and founding Lucasfilm, LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic and THX. He served as chairm ...

founds

Lucasfilm Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC is an American film and television production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is a business segment of The Walt Disney Company. The studio is best known for creating and producing the ''Star Wars'' and ' ...

. * December 11 ** The

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is established. ** An explosion in a water tunnel beneath Lake Huron in

Port Huron, Michigan Port Huron is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of St. Clair County. The population was 30,184 at the 2010 census. The city is adjacent to Port Huron Township but is administered separately. Located along the St. Clair ...

, kills 22. * December 18 ** The

U.S. dollar The United States dollar ( symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the officia ...

is devalued for the second time in history. ** Capitol Reef National Park is established. * December 22 –

KUAC-TV KUAC-TV, virtual and VHF digital channel 9, is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station licensed to Fairbanks, Alaska, United States. Owned by the University of Alaska Fairbanks, it is sister to National Public Radio (NPR) m ...

Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska and the second largest in the state. The 2020 Census put the po ...

, launches, becoming the 49th state's first public television station. * December 23 – ''Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer'' airs for the last time on NBC, as KENI-TV (now KTUU-TV) in

Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage () is the largest city in the U.S. state of Alaska by population. With a population of 291,247 in 2020, it contains nearly 40% of the state's population. The Anchorage metropolitan area, which includes Anchorage and the neighboring Ma ...

, KFAR-TV (now KATN, current ABC affiliate) in Fairbanks Alaska,

KHON-TV KHON-TV (channel 2) is a television station in Honolulu, Hawaii, United States, serving the Hawaiian Islands as an affiliate of Fox and The CW. It is owned by Nexstar Media Group alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KHII-TV (channel 9). Both stati ...

(current

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affiliate) in Honolulu, Hawaii, and

KUAM-TV KUAM-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Hagåtña (Agana), Guam, serving the U.S. territory as an affiliate of NBC and CBS. Owned by Pacific Telestations, LLC, it is sister to the local public access cable channel Local 2. KUAM-TV's stud ...

in Guam air the special in prime time. It will move to CBS a year later. NBC's next airing of any special in the Rudolph franchise is the sequel, ''Rudolph Shines Again'', which premiered on December 6, 2019, at 8 pm, 55 years to the day of the special's first broadcast on NBC. The special itself would return to NBC on November 26, 2020, at 2 pm, followed by its 2019 sequel at 3 pm. On June 12, 2021, in a surprise announcement, NBC confirmed Rudolph is officially returning to NBC beginning with the 2021 holiday season. * December 25 – In the longest game in

NFL The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...

history, the

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beat the

Kansas City Chiefs The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) West division. The tea ...

27–24 after 22 minutes, 40 seconds of sudden death overtime.

Undated

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production peaks in the continental United States at approximately . * Meet Each Need with Dignity (MEND), non-profit organization is founded in California. * Save a Heart Foundation is established in Baltimore.

Ongoing

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because the ...

(1947–1991) *

Space Race The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the tw ...

(1957–1975) *

, U.S. involvement (1964–1973) *

Détente Détente (, French: "relaxation") is the relaxation of strained relations, especially political ones, through verbal communication. The term, in diplomacy, originates from around 1912, when France and Germany tried unsuccessfully to reduc ...

(c. 1969–1979)

Births

January

January 1 January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 364 days remaining until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day is also known as New Year's Day since the day marks the beginning of the yea ...

Bridget Pettis Bridget Pettis (born January 1, 1971) was an Assistant Coach of the Chicago Sky Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) professional basketball team. She is an American former college and professional basketball player who was a guard in t ...

, basketball player **

Denise Stapley Denise Marie Stapley (née McCormick; born January 1, 1971) is an American sex therapist known as the winner of '' Survivor: Philippines'', the 25th season of the reality TV competition series '' Survivor''. She also participated in the 40th seaso ...

, sex therapist and former game show contestant, winner of '' Survivor: Philippines'' *

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 Scott Leo "Taye" Diggs (born January 2, 1971) is an American stage and film actor. He is known for his roles in the Broadway musicals ''Rent'' and '' Hedwig and the Angry Inch'', the TV series ''Private Practice'' (2007-2013), ''Murder in the ...

, actor **

Renée Elise Goldsberry Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress and singer known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical ''Hamilton'', for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musica ...

, American actress ** Lisa Harrison, basketball player *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...

Jeremy Renner Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor and musician. He began his career by appearing in independent films such as '' Dahmer'' (2002) and ''Neo Ned'' (2005), then supporting roles in bigger films, such as ''S.W.A.T.'' (2 ...

, actor ** Kevin Rahm, actor *

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 ...

–

Jason Giambi Jason Gilbert Giambi (; born January 8, 1971) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and designated hitter. In his Major League Baseball (MLB) career, which began in 1995, Giambi played for the Oakland Athletics, New York Yank ...

, American baseball player *

January 11 Events Pre-1600 * 532 – Nika riots in Constantinople: A quarrel between supporters of different chariot teams—the Blues and the Greens—in the Hippodrome escalates into violence. * 630 – Conquest of Mecca: The prophet Muhamma ...

–

Mary J. Blige Mary Jane Blige ( ; born January 11, 1971) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. Often referred to as the " Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" and " Queen of R&B", Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, four American Music Award ...

, singer *

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 Regina Rene King (born January 15, 1971) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and four Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2019, ''Time'' magazine named her one ...

, actress *

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 ...

– Jonathan Davis, musician (

Korn Korn (stylized as KoЯn, or occasionally KoRn) is an American nu metal band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band is notable for pioneering the nu metal genre and bringing it into the mainstream. Originally formed in 1993 ...

) *

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 Shawn Mathis Wayans (born January 19, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Along with his brother Marlon Wayans, he wrote and starred in The WB's sitcom ''The Wayans Bros.''(1995–1999) and in the comedy films ''Don't Be a ...

, actor, writer, and producer *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

Brian Giles Brian Stephen Giles (; born January 20, 1971) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. During his career he played for the Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Diego Padres. The left-handed Giles was a two-time All-Star and had a ...

, baseball player ** Derrick Green, singer-songwriter **

Questlove Ahmir Khalib Thompson (born January 20, 1971), known professionally as Questlove (stylized as ), is an American musician, record producer, disc jockey, filmmaker, music journalist, and actor. He is the drummer and joint frontman (with Black Thou ...

, drummer, DJ, and producer *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. *1264 & ...

Kevin Mawae Kevin James Mawae (; born January 23, 1971) is an American football coach and former center who is the assistant offensive line coach for the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He previously played in the NFL for 16 seaso ...

, American football player and coach **

Marc Nelson Marc K. Nelson (born January 23, 1971) is an American singer and songwriter. He was an original member of Boyz II Men while still attending Philadelphia's High School of Performing Arts. However, Nelson left the group to pursue a solo career ...

, singer-songwriter *

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 ...

–

Kenya Moore Kenya Summer Moore (born January 24, 1971) is an American actress, model, producer, author, television personality, and entrepreneur. She is best known for winning the Miss USA pageant in 1993 and being a main cast member on Bravo's reality seri ...

, actress and model *

January 30 Events Pre-1600 *1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. *1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 *1607 – An estimated ...

Lizzie Grubman Elizabeth Grubman (born January 30, 1971) is an American publicist, manager and socialite. In 2002, Grubman served 38 days in jail for an incident where she intentionally backed a Mercedes SUV into a crowd, injuring 16 people. Early life She is t ...

, publicist **

Kimo von Oelhoffen Kimo K. von Oelhoffen (; born January 30, 1971) is a former American football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the sixth round of the 1994 NFL Draft. He played colle ...

, American football player

February

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), Mon ...

** Rebecca Creskoff, actress **

Michael C. Hall Michael Carlyle Hall (born February 1, 1971) is an American actor and singer best known for his roles as Dexter Morgan, the titular character in the Showtime series ''Dexter,'' and David Fisher in the HBO drama series '' Six Feet Under.'' Thes ...

, actor ** Jill Kelly, pornographic actress ** Hynden Walch, actress *

February 2 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – Alaric II, eighth king of the Visigoths, promulgates the Breviary of Alaric (''Breviarium Alaricianum'' or ''Lex Romana Visigothorum''), a collection of "Roman law". * 880 – Battle of Lüneburg Heath: King ...

–

Kevin Symons Kevin William Symons (born February 2, 1971) is an American actor, who is best known for role as Dr. Kevin Adams in the television series ''Darcy's Wild Life'', as well as Councilman Bill Dexhart in the television comedy ''Parks and Recreation'' ...

, actor *

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 ...

** Rob Corddry, actor and comedian **

Eric Garcetti Eric Michael Garcetti (born February 4, 1971) is an American politician who served as the 42nd mayor of Los Angeles from 2013 until 2022. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was first elected in the 2013 Los An ...

, 42nd

mayor of Los Angeles The mayor of the City of Los Angeles is the official head and chief executive officer of Los Angeles. The officeholder is elected for a four-year term and is term limit, limited to serving no more than two terms. (Under the Constitution of Califo ...

Michael A. Goorjian Michael Andranik Goorjian (born February 4, 1971) is an American actor, filmmaker, and writer. Goorjian won an Emmy Award for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie, Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Mini ...

, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter *

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 Sara Lynn Evans (; born February 5, 1971) is an American country music singer and songwriter. She is also credited as a record producer, actress, and author. She had five songs reach the number one spot on the '' Billboard'' country songs ch ...

, singer *

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 ...

–

Brian Stepanek Brian Patrick Stepanek (born February 6, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Arwin Hawkhauser on the Disney Channel Original Series ''The Suite Life of Zack & Cody'' and Brian on ''Brian O'Brian''. He was also a Sector Seve ...

, actor *

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 ...

– Sharon Case, model and actress *

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 ...

** Lisa Marie Varon, professional wrestler ** Annie Wood, actress, writer and television personality *

February 12 Events Pre-1600 *1404 – The Italian professor Galeazzo di Santa Sophie performed the first post-mortem autopsy for the purposes of teaching and demonstration at the Heiligen–Geist Spital in Vienna. *1429 – English forces under ...

– Scott Menville, actor and voice actor *

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 ...

– Matt Berninger, singer-songwriter *

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 ...

– Tommy Dreamer, wrestler *

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 ...

– Dan Green, voice actor and voice director *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...

– Denise Richards, actress *

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 Calpernia Sarah Addams (born February 20, 1971) is an American actress, musician, spokesperson and activist for transgender rights and issues. Early life Addams grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She served as a Hospital Corpsman with the Navy. D ...

, actress, author, and activist *

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, heavy metal singer (

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February 22 Events Pre-1600 * 1076 – Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor. * 1316 – The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdina ...

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Lea Salonga Maria Lea Carmen Imutan Salonga (; born February 22, 1971), known professionally as Lea Salonga, is a Filipino singer, actress, and columnist. Nicknamed "Pride of the Philippines," she is best known for her roles in musical theatre, for supplyin ...

, internationally-known Filipina singer and Broadway actress *

February 24 Events Pre-1600 * 484 – King Huneric of the Vandals replaces Nicene bishops with Arian ones, and banishes some to Corsica. * 1303 – The English are defeated at the Battle of Roslin, in the First War of Scottish Independence. * 13 ...

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Josh Bernstein Josh Bernstein (born February 24, 1971) is an American explorer, author, executive producer, survival expert, anthropologist, and TV host best known as the host of '' Digging for the Truth''. He later appeared for one season as the host of the ...

, anthropologist, explorer, and author *

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. ...

– Sean Astin, actor * February 28 – Amanda Davis (writer), Amanda Davis, writer and teacher (d. 2003)

March

* March 4 ** Emily Bazelon, journalist ** Shavar Ross, actor and producer * March 5 ** Yuri Lowenthal, actor, voice actor, producer and screenwriter ** Scott Mosier, producer * March 7 ** Peter Sarsgaard, actor ** Kali Troy, voice actress * March 9 ** Mike DelGuidice, musician and singer/songwriter ** Emmanuel Lewis, actor * March 11 – Johnny Knoxville, daredevil, actor, comedian, screenwriter and film producer * March 15 – Chris Patton, voice actor * March 21 – Craig McCracken, animator, director, and producer * March 22 ** Keegan-Michael Key, actor, writer, and comedian ** Will Yun Lee, Korean-American actor * March 23 – Karen McDougal, model * March 26 – Erick Morillo, DJ, music producer, and record label owner (d. 2020) * March 29 – Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary * March 30 – Mari Holden, cyclist * March 31 – Craig McCracken, animator, writer, and cartoonist

April

* April 3 ** David Michael Barrett, screenwriter and film producer ** Picabo Street, skier * April 10 – Joey DeFrancesco, musician (d. 2022 in the United States, 2022) * April 12 – Shannen Doherty, actress * April 15 – Jason Sehorn, American football player * April 16 ** Peter Billingsley, actor, director, and producer ** Selena, entertainer and Tejano singer (d. 1995 in the United States, 1995) * April 18 – Fredro Starr, rapper * April 19 – Wendy Powell, voice actress * April 20 ** Allan Houston, basketball player ** Mikey Welsh, musician and artist (d. 2011 in the United States, 2011) * April 22 – Eric Mabius, actor * April 26 – Shondrella Avery, actress * April 28 – Bridget Moynahan, actress * April 29 ** Darby Stanchfield, actress ** Tamara Johnson-George, singer

May

* May 1 – Ethan Albright, American football player * May 11 – Malaika Griffin, anti-white racist convicted of the 1999 murder of Jason Patrick Horsley * May 5 – Dresta, rapper * May 8 – Ross Anderson (skier), Ross Anderson, pro speed skier * May 12 ** Doug Basham, wrestler ** Jamie Luner, actress * May 14 – Sofia Coppola, screenwriter, film director, producer and actress, daughter of Francis Ford Coppola * May 15 – Phil Pfister, strength athlete * May 18 – Desiree Horton, helicopter pilot, television reporter and aerial firefighter * May 19 – Stephanie Nadolny, voice actress and singer * May 20 – Tony Stewart, race car driver * May 25 – Sonya Smith, actress * May 26 – Matt Stone, television producer * May 27 – Lisa Lopes, rapper, singer, songwriter and dancer (d. 2002 in Honduras) * May 28 – Marco Rubio, U.S. Senator from Florida from 2011 * May 30 ** John Ross Bowie, actor and comedian ** Idina Menzel, Actress and Singer-Songwriter

June

* June 4 ** Noah Wyle, actor ** Mike Lee, United States Senator from Utah since 2011 * June 5 ** Robert Melson (murderer), Robert Melson, murderer (d. 2017 in the United States, 2017) ** Mark Wahlberg, actor and singer * June 7 **Terrell Buckley, American football player and coach **Alex Mooney, lawyer and politician * June 8 ** Mark Feuerstein, actor, director, and producer ** Troy Vincent, American football player * June 10 – Bobby Jindal, 55th Governor of Louisiana from 2008 to 2016 * June 12 – Mark Henry, wrestler * June 15 – Jake Busey, actor, musician, and film producer * June 16 – Tupac Shakur, rapper, poet, actor, and murder victim (d. 1996 in the United States, 1996) * June 18 – Nathan Morris, singer * June 22 ** Kurt Warner, American football player ** Mary Lynn Rajskub, actress and comedian

July

* July 1 ** Julianne Nicholson, actress ** Missy Elliott, singer ** Melissa Peterman, actress and comedian * July 3 – Beans (rapper), Beans, rapper * July 4 – Al Madrigal, comedian, writer, actor and producer * July 9 – Marc Andreessen, software engineer and entrepreneur * July 10 ** Aaron D. Spears, actor ** Jennifer A. Nielsen, author * July 11 – Brett Hauer, ice hockey player * July 12 ** Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater ** Loni Love, comedian * July 13 ** Jason Danieley, actor, singer, concert performer and recording artist ** Craig Elliott, illustrator * July 14 ** Mark LoMonaco, professional wrestler ** Joey Styles, professional wrestling announcer * July 15 – Jim Rash, actor * July 16 ** Corey Feldman, actor ** Ed Kowalczyk, singer-songwriter * July 18 ** Penny Hardaway, basketball player ** Russo brothers, Joseph Russo, film and television director * July 19 ** Russell Allen, singer and lyricist ** Andrew Kavovit, actor * July 20 ** William DeMeo, actor, producer, director and writer ** DJ Screw, hip hop DJ (d. 2000 in the United States, 2000) * July 22 ** Kristine Lilly, soccer player ** Aaron McCargo Jr., chef, TV personality and TV show host * July 23 ** Alison Krauss, country singer ** Scott Krippayne, Christian musician * July 26 – Reggie Carthon, American football player * July 28 – Jeffrey S. Williams, journalist and author * July 29 – Monica Calhoun, actress * July 30 – Christine Taylor, actress and wife of Ben Stiller

August

* August 4 ** Jeff Gordon, race car driver ** Yo-Yo (rapper), Yo-Yo, rapper * August 12 ** Michael Ian Black, actor and comedian ** Yvette Nicole Brown, actress and comedian ** Pete Sampras, tennis player * August 18 – Jacob Vargas, actor * August 23 – Gretchen Whitmer, 49th Governor of Michigan * August 28 – Janet Evans, swimmer * August 29 – Carla Gugino, actress * August 31 – Chris Tucker, actor and comedian

September

* September 2 ** Tommy Maddox, American football player ** Shauna Sand, model and actress * September 8 – Brooke Burke-Charvet, model * September 9 ** Eric Stonestreet, actor ** Henry Thomas, actor and musician * September 11 ** Markos Moulitsas, soldier, activist, blogger, and author ** Shelton Quarles, American football player and scout * September 14 ** Christopher McCulloch, actor and voice actor ** Kimberly Williams-Paisley, actress * September 15 ** Josh Charles, actor ** Colleen Villard, voice actress * September 16 – Amy Poehler, actress * September 18 ** Lance Armstrong, cyclist ** Jada Pinkett Smith, actress * September 19 – Sanaa Lathan, actress * September 21 ** Alfonso Ribeiro, actor, television director, dancer, and host of America's Funniest Home Videos ** Luke Wilson, actor * September 22 ** Ted Leonard, singer (Enchant (band), Enchant) ** Lawrence Gilliard Jr., African-American actor * September 23 – Sean Spicer, 30th White House Press Secretary * September 24 – Michael S. Engel, paleontologist & entomologist * September 25 ** John Lynch (American football), John Lynch, American football player ** Brian Dunkleman, comedian and actor * September 26 – Joel Breton, video game producer * September 30 ** Jeff Whitty, writer ** Jenna Elfman, actress

October

* October 2 ** Tiffany Darwish, Tiffany, singer ** Chris Savino, cartoonist, animator, director, storyboard artist, writer, comic book artist and producer * October 3 – Kevin Richardson (musician), Kevin Richardson, singer * October 8 – Sean Palmer, actor * October 9 – Stevie Richards, wrestler * October 10 – Tiffany Mynx, porn actress and director * October 13 – Billy Bush, radio and television host * October 17 ** Martin Heinrich, politician and United States Senate, U.S. Senator ( D-New Mexico) ** Chris Kirkpatrick, singer ('N Sync) ** Blues Saraceno, rock guitarist, composer and music producer * October 24 ** Caprice Bourret, model and actress ** Aaron Bailey (American football), Aaron Bailey, American football player ** Zephyr Teachout, academic * October 26 ** Jim Butcher, author ** Anthony Rapp, actor and singer * October 29 – Winona Ryder, actress

November

* November 2 – Eric Wall, writer and political activist * November 3 – Jonathan Blow, video game designer and programmer * November 5 ** Dana Jacobson, sportscaster ** Corin Nemec, actor, producer and screenwriter * November 7 – Robin Finck, guitarist * November 8 ** Tech N9ne, rapper ** Benjamin King (actor), Benjamin King, actor ** Family_of_Joe_Biden#Naomi_"Amy"_Biden, Naomi Biden daughter of Joe Biden (d. 1972 in the United States, 1972) * November 9 – Big Pun, rapper (d. 2000 in the United States, 2000) * November 10 * 1971 – Holly Black, journalist, author, and poet * 1971 – Terry Pearson (baseball), Terry Pearson, baseball player * November 11 – David DeLuise, actor and son of Dom DeLuise and Carol Arthur * November 13 – Noah Hathaway, actor * November 20 – Joel McHale, comedian, actor, writer, television producer, and television personality * November 21 – Michael Strahan, American football player and television personality * November 23 ** Lisa Arch, actress and comedian ** Chris Hardwick, actor and comedian * November 27 – Kirk Acevedo, actor

December

* December 1 – John Schlimm, writer * December 5 – Kali Rocha, actress * December 6 – Ryan White, HIV victim (d. 1990 in the United States, 1990) * December 7 – Stephanie D'Abruzzo, actress, puppeteer and singer * December 10 – Michele Mahone, television entertainment reporter, previously make-up artist and hair stylist * December 13 – Henry Dittman, actor, voice actor and television host * December 15 – Monica Lee Gradischek, actress and voice actress * December 16 – Michael McCary, singer * December 19 – Tyson Beckford, model * December 23 – Corey Haim, actor * December 26 – Jared Leto, actor and musician * December 27 ** Savannah Guthrie, television host and anchor ** Jason Hawes, paranormal investigator and businessman * December 28 – Frank Sepe, bodybuilder and model

Deaths

* January 4 – Arthur Ford (psychic), Arthur Ford, psychic, founder of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (b. 1896 in the United States, 1896) * January 21 – Richard Russell Jr., United States Senator from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia; President pro tempore of the United States Senate, President pro tempore during the 91st United States Congress, 91st Congress (b. 1897 in the United States, 1897) *

– James Cash Penney, businessman (b. 1875 in the United States, 1875) * March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent comedy filmmaker (b. 1893 in the United States, 1893) * March 11 – Philo Farnsworth, inventor, television pioneer (b. 1906 in the United States, 1906) * March 16 – Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York and Republican nominee for president (b. 1902 in the United States, 1902) * March 24 – George G. O'Connor, general (b. 1914 in the United States, 1914) * April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, composer (b. 1882 in Russia) * April 15 – Dan Reeves (American football executive), Dan Reeves, businessman, owner of the National Football League's Los Angeles Rams (b. 1912) * May 19 – Ogden Nash, poet (b. 1902 in the United States, 1902) * June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904) * July 3 – Jim Morrison, singer-songwriter and poet, died in Paris, France (b. 1943 in the United States, 1943) * July 4 – August Derleth, author and anthologist (b. 1909 in the United States, 1909) * July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African American jazz trumpeter and actor (b. 1901 in the United States, 1901) * July 7 – Ub Iwerks, animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor and special effects technician (b. 1901 in the United States, 1901) * August 13 – King Curtis, saxophonist (b. 1934 in the United States, 1934) * August 15 – Paul Lukas, actor (b. 1894 in Budapest) * August 25 – Ted Lewis (musician), Ted Lewis, bandleader (b. 1890 in the United States, 1890) * August 27 – Margaret Bourke-White, photographer (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904) * September 25 – Hugo Lafayette Black, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1937–71 (b. 1886 in the United States, 1886) * October 2 – Richard H. Jackson, admiral (b. 1866 in the United States, 1866) * October 9 – Billy Costello (actor), Billy Costello, voice actor, original voice of Popeye (b. 1898 in the United States, 1898) * October 11 – Chester Conklin, actor (b. 1888 in the United States, 1888) * October 12 ** Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893 in the United States, 1893) ** Gene Vincent, rockabilly singer (b. 1935 in the United States, 1935) * October 24 – Carl Ruggles, composer (b. 1876 in the United States, 1876) * October 29 – Duane Allman, rock guitarist (b. 1946 in the United States, 1946) * November 10 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, novelist (b. 1909 in the United States, 1909) * December 7 – Ferdinand Pecora, lawyer (b. 1882 in Sicily) * December 9 – Ralph Bunche, Nobel diplomat (b. 1904 in the United States, 1904) * December 18 – Bobby Jones (golfer), Bobby Jones, amateur golfer (b. 1902 in the United States, 1902) * December 29 – Stuart Holmes, actor (b. 1884 in the United States, 1884)

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