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Events from the year 1971 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal Government
Governors and Lieutenant Governors
Governors
Governor of Alabama : Albert Brewer (Democratic ) (until January 18), George Wallace (Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Governor of Alaska : William A. Egan (Democratic )
Governor of Arizona : Jack Richard Williams (Republican )
Governor of Arkansas : Winthrop Rockefeller (Republican ) (until January 12), Dale Bumpers (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of California : Ronald Reagan (Republican )
Governor of Colorado : John Arthur Love (Republican )
Governor of Connecticut : John N. Dempsey (Democratic ) (until January 6), Thomas J. Meskill (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Governor of Delaware : Russell W. Peterson (Republican )
Governor of Florida : Claude R. Kirk Jr. (Republican ) (until January 5), Reubin Askew (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Georgia : Lester Maddox (Democratic ) (until January 12), Jimmy Carter (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Governor of Hawaii : John A. Burns (Democratic )
Governor of Idaho : Don Samuelson (Republican ) (until January 4), Cecil D. Andrus (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Illinois : Richard B. Ogilvie (Republican )
Governor of Indiana : Edgar Whitcomb (Republican )
Governor of Iowa : Robert D. Ray (Republican )
Governor of Kansas : Robert Docking (Democratic )
Governor of Kentucky : Louie B. Nunn (Republican ) (until December 7), Wendell H. Ford (Democratic ) (starting December 7)
Governor of Louisiana : John J. McKeithen (Democratic )
Governor of Maine : Kenneth M. Curtis (Democratic )
Governor of Maryland : Marvin Mandel (Democratic )
Governor of Massachusetts : Francis W. Sargent (Republican )
Governor of Michigan : William Milliken (Republican )
Governor of Minnesota : Harold LeVander (Republican ) (until January 4), Wendell R. Anderson (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Mississippi : John Bell Williams (Democratic )
Governor of Missouri : Warren E. Hearnes (Democratic )
Governor of Montana : Forrest H. Anderson (Democratic )
Governor of Nebraska : Norbert T. Tiemann (Republican ) (until January 7), J. James Exon (Democratic ) (starting January 7)
Governor of Nevada : Paul Laxalt (Republican ) (until January 4), Mike O'Callaghan (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of New Hampshire : Walter R. Peterson Jr. (Republican )
Governor of New Jersey : William T. Cahill (Republican )
Governor of New Mexico : David F. Cargo (Republican ) (until January 1), Bruce King (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Governor of New York : Nelson Rockefeller (Republican )
Governor of North Carolina : Robert W. Scott (Democratic )
Governor of North Dakota : William L. Guy (Democratic )
Governor of Ohio : Jim Rhodes (Republican ) (until January 11), John J. Gilligan (Democratic ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Oklahoma : Dewey F. Bartlett (Republican ) (until January 11), David Hall (Democratic ) (starting January 11)
Governor of Oregon : Tom McCall (Republican )
Governor of Pennsylvania : Raymond P. Shafer (Republican ) (until January 19), Milton Shapp (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Governor of Rhode Island : Frank Licht (Democratic )
Governor of South Carolina : Robert Evander McNair (Democratic ) (until January 19), John C. West (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Governor of South Dakota : Frank Farrar (Republican ) (until January 5), Richard F. Kneip (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Governor of Tennessee : Buford Ellington (Democratic ) (until January 16), Winfield Dunn (Republican ) (starting January 16)
Governor of Texas : Preston Smith (Democratic )
Governor of Utah : Cal Rampton (Democratic )
Governor of Vermont : Deane C. Davis (Republican )
Governor of Virginia : A. Linwood Holton Jr. (Republican )
Governor of Washington : Daniel J. Evans (Republican )
Governor of West Virginia : Arch A. Moore Jr. (Republican )
Governor of Wisconsin : Warren P. Knowles (Republican ) (until January 4), Patrick J. Lucey (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Governor of Wyoming : Stanley K. Hathaway (Republican )
Lieutenant Governors
Lieutenant Governor of Alabama : vacant (until January 18), Jere Beasley (Democratic ) (starting January 18)
Lieutenant Governor of Alaska : H. A. Boucher (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Arkansas : Maurice Britt (Republican ) (until January 12), Bob C. Riley (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of California : Edwin Reinecke (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Colorado : Mark Anthony Hogan (Democratic ) (until January 12), John David Vanderhoof (Republican ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut : Attilio R. Frassinelli (Democratic ) (until January 6), T. Clark Hull (Republican ) (starting January 6)
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware : Eugene Bookhammer (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Florida : Ray C. Osborne (Republican ) (until January 5), Thomas Burton Adams Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Lieutenant Governor of Georgia : George T. Smith (Democratic ) (until January 12), Lester Maddox (Democratic ) (starting January 12)
Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii : George Ariyoshi (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Idaho : Jack M. Murphy (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Illinois : Paul Simon (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Indiana : Richard E. Folz (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa : Roger Jepsen (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Kansas : James H. DeCoursey Jr. (Democratic ) (until January 11), Reynolds Shultz (Republican ) (starting January 11)
Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky : Wendell H. Ford (Democratic ) (until December 28), Julian Carroll (Democratic ) (starting December 28)
Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana : C. C. Aycock (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Maryland : vacant (until January 20), Blair Lee III (political party unknown) (starting January 20)
Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts : Francis W. Sargent (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Donald R. Dwight (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Michigan : vacant (until month and day unknown), James H. Brickley (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota : James B. Goetz (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Rudy Perpich (Democratic ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Mississippi : Charles L. Sullivan (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Missouri : William S. Morris (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Montana : Thomas Lee Judge (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska : John E. Everroad (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), Frank Marsh (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada : Edward Fike (political party unknown) (until January), Harry Reid (Democratic ) (starting January)
Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico : Elias Lee Francis II (Republican ) (until January 1), Roberto Mondragón (Democratic ) (starting January 1)
Lieutenant Governor of New York : Malcolm Wilson (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina : Hoyt Patrick Taylor Jr. (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota : Richard F. Larsen (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Ohio : John William Brown (Republican )
Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma : George Nigh (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania : Raymond J. Broderick (Republican ) (until January 19), Ernest P. Kline (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of Rhode Island : J. Joseph Garrahy (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina : John C. West (Democratic ) (until January 19), Earle Morris Jr. (Democratic ) (starting January 19)
Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota : James Abdnor (Republican ) (until January 5), William Dougherty (Democratic ) (starting January 5)
Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee : Frank Gorrell (Democratic ) (until January 7), John S. Wilder (Democratic ) (starting January 7)
Lieutenant Governor of Texas : Ben Barnes (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Vermont : Thomas L. Hayes (Republican ) (until month and day unknown), John S. Burgess (Republican ) (starting month and day unknown)
Lieutenant Governor of Virginia :
Lieutenant Governor of Washington : John Cherberg (Democratic )
Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin : Jack B. Olson (Republican ) (until January 4), Martin J. Schreiber (Democratic ) (starting January 4)
Events
January
January 25: Charles Manson is found guilty of murder
February
February 9
February 11 – The U.S., United Kingdom, and the USSR (along with others) sign the Seabed Treaty , outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.
February 20
March
April
May
June
June – Massachusetts passes its Chapter 766 laws enacting Special Education .
June 1 – Vietnam War : Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace, claiming to represent the majority of U.S. veterans who served in Southeast Asia , speak against war protests.
June 6 – 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 .
June 13 – Vietnam War : The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers .[8] [9]
June 17 – Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa .[10]
June 18 – Southwest Airlines , the most successful low cost carrier in history, begins its first flights between Dallas , Houston and San Antonio .
June 25 – Madagascar accuses the U.S. of being connected to the plot to oust the current government; the U.S. recalls its ambassador.
June 27 – Concert promoter Bill Graham closes the legendary Fillmore East , which first opened on 2nd Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets) in New York City on March 8, 1968.
June 28
June 30 – The 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.[8]
July
July 26–August 7: Apollo 15
August
September
September 4 – A Boeing 727 (Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 ) crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska , killing all 111 people on board.
September 8 – In Washington, 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 .
September 9–September 13 – Attica Prison riots : A revolt breaks out at the maximum-security prison in Attica , New York. In the end, state police and the United States National Guard storm the facility; 42 are killed, 10 of them hostages.[11]
September 22 – Ernest Medina is cleared of all charges connected with the My Lai massacre .
September 28 – Cardinal József Mindszenty , who had taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary .
September 30 – Unruly fans storm the field at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium during the final game for the second incarnation of the Washington Senators, who will move to Arlington, Texas prior to the next season and become the Texas Rangers . The Senators, leading the New York Yankees 7-5 with two out in the ninth inning when fans invade the diamond , are forced to forfeit.
October
November
November 15: The Intel 4004 , the first commercially available microprocessor, is released
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 detonation .
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 12 – Arches National Park is established.
November 13 – Mariner program : Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
November 15 – Intel releases the world's first commercially available microprocessor , the Intel 4004 .
November 24 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington , a man calling himself D. B. Cooper parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again.
December
December 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
December 10
December 11
December 18
December 22 – KUAC-TV in Fairbanks, Alaska 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, KFAR-TV (now KATN , current ABC affiliate) in Fairbanks Alaska, KHON-TV (current Fox affiliate) in Honolulu, Hawaii and KUAM-TV 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 9 am, followed by its 2019 sequel at 10 am.
December 25 – In the longest game in NFL history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs 27-24 after 22 minutes, 40 seconds of sudden death overtime.
Undated
Ongoing
January
February
February 1
February 2 – Kevin Symons , actor
February 4
February 9 – Sharon Case , model and actress[13]
February 10
February 12 – Scott Menville , actor and voice actor
February 13 – Matt Berninger , singer-songwriter
February 14 – Tommy Dreamer , wrestler
February 16 – Dan Green , voice actor and voice director
February 17 – Denise Richards , actress
February 22 – Lea Salonga , internationally-known Filipina singer and Broadway actress
February 25 – Sean Astin , actor
February 28 – Amanda Davis , writer and teacher (d. 2003 )
March
March 4 – Shavar Ross , actor and producer
March 5
March 7
March 9
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
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 , American cyclist[15]
March 31 – Craig McCracken , animator, writer, and cartoonist
April
May
May 1 – Ethan Albright , American football player
May 11 – Malaika Griffin , Anti-white racist convicted of the 1999 murder of Jason Patrick Horsley[16]
May 5 – Dresta , rapper
May 8 – Ross Anderson , pro speed skier
May 12
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
June
June 4
June 5
June 7
June 8 – 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 )
June 18 – Nathan Morris , singer
June 22
July
July 1 – Missy Elliott , singer
July 4 – Al Madrigal , comedian, writer, actor and producer
July 9 – Marc Andreessen , software engineer and entrepreneur
July 10
July 11 – Brett Hauer , ice hockey player
July 12
July 13
July 14
July 16
July 18
July 19
July 20
July 22
July 23
July 26 – Reggie Carthon , American football player
July 28 – Jeffrey S. Williams , American journalist and author
July 29 – Monica Calhoun , actress
July 30 – Christine Taylor , actress and wife of Ben Stiller
August
September
October
November
November 2 – Eric Wall , writer and political activist
November 3 – Jonathan Blow , video game designer and programmer
November 7 – Robin Finck , guitarist
November 8
November 9 – Big Pun , rapper (d. 2000 )
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[19]
November 23
November 27 – Kirk Acevedo , actor
December
December 1 – John Schlimm , writer
December 5 – Kali Rocha , actress
December 6 – Ryan White , notable victim (d. 1990 )
December 10 – Michele Mahone , television entertainment reporter and former 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 26 – Jared Leto , actor and musician
December 27
December 28 – Frank Sepe , bodybuilder and model
Deaths
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January 4 – Arthur Ford , psychic, founder of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (b. 1896 )
January 21 – Richard Russell Jr. , United States Senator from Georgia ; President pro tempore during the 91st Congress (b. 1897 )
March 11 – Philo Farnsworth , inventor and television pioneer (b. 1906 )
March 16 – Thomas E. Dewey , 47th Governor of New York and Republican nominee for president (b. 1902 )
March 24 – George G. O'Connor , general (b. 1914 )
April 6 – Igor Stravinsky , composer (b. 1882 in Russia )
April 15 – Dan Reeves , businessman, owner of the National Football League 's Los Angeles Rams (b. 1912)
July 3 – Jim Morrison , singer-songwriter and poet, died in Paris, France (b. 1943 )
July 6 – Louis Armstrong , African American jazz trumpeter and actor (b. 1901 )
July 7 – Ub Iwerks , animator, cartoonist, character designer, inventor and special effects technician (b. 1901 )
September 25 – Hugo Lafayette Black , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1937–71 (b. 1886 )
December 7 – Ferdinand Pecora , lawyer (b. 1882 in Sicily)
December 9 – Ralph Bunche , Nobel diplomat (b. 1904 )
See also
References
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^ a b Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology" . Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era . Scarecrow Press . ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8 .
^ "Senators reject more funds for transport plane" . The Bulletin . (Bend, Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1971. p. 1.
^ "SST funds denied" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 24, 1971. p. 1.
^ "Boeing will lay off 7,000 workers with disbandment of SST program" . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 26, 1971. p. 1.
^ "SST supporters see little chance of reviving plan" . Eugene Register-Guard . (Oregon). Associated Press. March 25, 1971. p. 1.
^ "Boeing workers hardest hit by vote" . The Bulletin . (Bend, Oregon). UPI. March 25, 1971. p. 1.
^ a b "New York Times Co. v. United States" . Archived from the original on 2005-12-04. Retrieved 2005-12-05 .
^ Frankum Jr., Ronald B. (2011). "Chronology" . Historical Dictionary of the War in Vietnam . Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7956-0 .
^ Okinawa Reversion Agreement, 17th June, 1971
^ James Stuart Olson , ed. (1999). "Chronology" . Historical Dictionary of the 1970s . Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6 .
^ "This day in history - The Boston Globe" . Boston Globe . 2 January 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018 . Jan. 2, the second day of 2018... Birthdays... Actress Renee Elise Goldsberry is 47.
^ "The Young and the Restless Cast: Sharon Case" . CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on June 15, 2013. Retrieved June 15, 2013 .
^ Editors of Chase's (24 September 2019). Chase's Calendar of Events 2020: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 185. ISBN 978-1-64143-316-7 .
^ "Mari Holden Bio, Stats, and Results" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 February 2020 .
^ "Griffin, Malaika" . Colorado Department of Corrections. 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-17 .
^ "Janet Evans - Olympic swimmer" . olympic.org . Retrieved 8 September 2020 .
^ iago (2004-10-26). "Jim's Birthday!" . Jim-Butcher.Com. Retrieved 2015-10-14 .
^ "Michael Strahan (1971–)" . Biography.com . Archived from the original on March 11, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020 .
^ "Savannah Guthrie" . TVGuide.com . Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved June 7, 2016 .
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