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This year in history
In the year 1971

	January 1st	Cigarette advertisements were banned from American television.
	January 2nd	66 people died after a crush barrier collapsed crushing them after a Rangers Celtic football game in Scotland.
	January 10th	French fashion designer, Gabrielle Chanel, died at the age of 88. She is considered as the most influential figure in the world of fashion and a driving force behind the fashion trends which shaped the 20th century.
	January 25th	Charles Manson along with 3 members of his cult were found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
	January 25th	A military coup in Uganda deposed, then president, Milton Obote and installed Idi Amin as president. Idi Amin was deposed in 1979 and is considered to have been one of the most brutal dictators of the 20th century.
	February 7th	Women in Switzerland were granted the right to vote.
	February 8th	The Nasdaq stock market index was established. It stands for National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations.
	February 11th	The Seabed Treaty was signed. According to the terms of the treaty, the placing of nuclear weapons in international waters was outlawed.
	February 12th	American businessman, James C. Penney, died at the age of 95. He was the founder of the J.C. Penney company, which currently (2006) operates more than 1000 department stores in the United States.
	February 17th	American actress, Denise Richards, was born in Illinois. She gained fame after her participation in the hit movie, Wild Things, which helped establish her as a young actress. She is also known for her short lived marriage to fellow actor, Charlie Sheen.
	March 8th	American boxer, Joe Frazier, defeated Muhammad Ali in the first of a three bout series. It was Muhammad Ali's first ever defeat.
	March 8th	American actor, Harold Lloyd, died at the age of 77. Along with Charlie Chaplin he is considered as one of the most influential and popular comedians of the silent films era.
	March 18th	A massive landslide at Chungar, Peru cost the lives of more than 200 people.
	March 23th	Bangladesh proclaimed its independence.
	March 27th	Scottish formula one driver, David Coulthard, was born in Scotland.
	March 29th	Filming of the cult movie "The Godfather" began under the direction of Francis Ford Coppola. The movie was released in theatres a year later.
	March 29th	Lt. William Calley is convicted for the murder of 109 people in the village of My Lai, Vietnam, and sentenced to life in prison. He served a total of three and a half years before being released.
	March 31st	British actor, Ewan McGregor, was born in Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland. He became famous after his participation in the cult film, Train Spotting.
	May 1st	The Unites states National Railroad passenger corporation, Amtrak, was created. While an autonomous business entity, all of its preferred stock is owned by the US government and members of its board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States.
	June 2nd	Ajax FC defeated Panathinaikos FC in the final of the European football championship cup.
	June 30th	The entire crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft was killed when the air supply escaped the spacecraft due to a faulty valve.
	July 3rd	American singer, Jim Morrison, was found dead in his bathtub at the age of 27. He was the lead singer of the music band 'The Doors'.
	July 6th	American musician, Louis Armstrong, died at the age of 69. He was one of the most influential jazz singers of all time.
	July 8th	British troops opened fire and killed 2 protesters in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Despite public outrage over the killings, the British government refused to hold an inquiry regarding the shootings. The event itself as well as the position of the British government sparked one of the most violent series of clashes ever to occur in Northern Ireland.
	August 10th	Irish footballer, Roy Keane, was born in Cork. He is widely considered as the greatest Irish born footballer player of the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
	August 12th	American tennis player, Pete Sampras, was born in Washington, DC. He is generally considered to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
	August 15th	Bahrain declared its independence. It had been under British governorship until the 1960's and was protected under the charter of the United Nations until its declaration of independence. UN protection became necessary because Iran had laid claim to the island.
	September 4th	An Alaska Airlines passenger flight crashed into a mountain near Juneau, Alaska. All 111 people on board died in the crash.
	September 20th	Greek writer, Giorgos Seferis, died at the age of 71. He was the Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1963 and was the first Greek to ever receive a Nobel Prize, until 1979 when Odysseas Elytis also won the same award. Seferis is credited as being the most influential figure of 20th century Greek language and largely responsible for the rebirth of Greek literature.
	October 1st	Walt Disney World opened its door in Orlando, Florida, United States. The original, Disneyland, in California, was opened in 1955.
	October 20th	American rapper, Snoop Dogg, was born in Long Beach, California. He is one of producer's Dr. Dre's most notable protezes.
	October 25th	The United Nations accepted the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China as the representative of the country of China.
	October 27th	The Democratic Republic of Congo was renamed to Zaire.
	October 29th	American actress, Winona Ryder, was born in Minnesota. In November of 2002, she was found guilty of shoplifting after stealing items worth several thousand dollars from the Saks Fifth Avenue department store in Beverly Hills, California.
	November 15th	Computer company Intel released the first commercial single-chip micro-processor.
	November 24th	A hijacker under the alias Dan Cooper parachuted from a passenger plane over Washington, USA, after he had collected 200,000 USD in ransom. He was never apprehended.
	December 2nd	The United Arab Emirates were formed when Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain merged into one country.
	December 16th	German DJ and producer, Paul van Dyk, was born in Eisenhuettenstadt, (then) East Germany. His real name is Matthias Paul and he is widely considered as one of the leading Dj's and producers of electronic (trance) music.
	December 16th	The PakistanI army surrendered to India effectively ending the war for independence of Bangladesh and the Indo-Pakistani War. It was a crushing defeat for Pakistan.
	December 24th	Puerto Rican singer, Ricky Martin, was born in San Juan.
	December 25th	English singer, Dido, was born in London.

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