What Happened in 1971

Dedication of the Scroll of Fire Monument in the Forest of the Martyrs

Dedicated in 1971 by Bnai Brith, the Scroll of Fire is the work of Warsaw-born Nathan Rapoport. Memorials to the Holocaust were a central theme in... Read more

Mercedes-Benz R107 is First Produced

The Mercedes-Benz R107 automobiles were produced from 1971 through 1989, being the longest single series ever produced by the firm, besides the... Read more

"Deep End" Is Released

Deep End is a 1971 movie directed by Jerzy Skolimowski featuring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown. The film is set in the suburbs of London. Read more

Bernard Madoff Begins Implementing Automated Stock Trading with the Advent of Computers

Over these decades Madoff's trading business skyrockets. Through a controversial but legal practice known as "pay for order flow," he is able to... Read more

"The Sorrow And The Pity" Is Released

The Sorrow and the Pity (French: Le Chagrin et la pitié) is a two-part documentary film by Marcel Ophüls that concerns the French Resistance and... Read more

'The Lorax' is Published

The Lorax has sparked notable controversy. In 1988, a small school district in California kept the book on a reading list for second graders,... Read more

The First Coin-Operated Video Game, Galaxy Game, is Released

The Galaxy Game is the earliest known coin-operated computer or video game. It was installed at the Tresidder Union at Stanford University in... Read more

Oprah Winfrey Wins The Miss Black Tennessee Beauty Pageant

Despite her dysfunctional home life, Winfrey skipped two of her earliest grades, became the teacher's pet, and by the time she was 13 received a... Read more

Nissan Datsun 140J/160J (710 Series) is First Produced

Before the Stanza, there was the (Japanese: Nissan Violet), a sister car to the Nissan Sunny, which sold outside Japan under Nissan's Datsun marque... Read more

"Minnie And Moskowitz" Is Released

Minnie and Moskowitz is a film by John Cassavetes, starring his wife, Gena Rowlands, and actor Seymour Cassel in the title roles of Minnie and... Read more

Elvis Presley releases Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)

"Elvis Country" (I'm 10,000 Years Old) is the thirty-seventh studio album by Elvis Presley, released on RCA Records (LSP 44600 in January 1971.... Read more

Ibrox Disaster

Sixty-six football supporters have been killed following a match between Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers at the Ibrox Park stadium in... Read more

Senator Robert Byrd is Elected Majority Whip

He became majority whip, or the second highest-ranking Democrat, for six years beginning in 1971. Read more

Battle of Snuol Begins

The Battle of Snuol was a major battle of the Vietnam War, conducted by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam as part of Operation Toàn Thắng TT02.... Read more

Alice Cooper releases Love It to Death

Love It to Death is a 1971 album by Alice Cooper. Hits include "Ballad of Dwight Fry", "Is It My Body", and one of Cooper's trademark songs, "I'm... Read more

Super Bowl V - Colts 16, Cowboys 13

Super Bowl V was an American football game played on January 17, 1971 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida to decide the National Football League... Read more

Operation Dewey Canyon II

Any offensive planning by the U.S. was, however, limited by the passage on 29 December 1970 of the Cooper-Church Amendment, which prohibited U.S.... Read more

Apollo 14 Mission

Apollo 14 was the eighth manned mission in the Apollo program and the third mission to land on the Moon. The nine-day mission was launched on... Read more

"King Lear" Is Released

King Lear is a 1971 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield. Read more

Operation Lam Son 719 Begins

The operation was conceived in doubt and assailed by skepticism, preceded in confusion. Read more

Sylmar Earthquake

The earthquake created a zone of discontinuous surface faulting, named the San Fernando fault zone, which partly follows the boundary between the... Read more

Yes release The Yes Album

The Yes Album is the third album by British progressive rock band Yes. The first release to feature 23-year-old guitarist Steve Howe, the album was... Read more

Mississippi Valley Tornado Outbreak

The February 1971 Mississippi Valley tornado outbreak was a deadly tornado outbreak that struck portions of the Lower Mississippi River Valley and... Read more

"Claire's Knee" Is Released

Claire's Knee (French: Le genou de Claire) is a 1970 film by Éric Rohmer. It is the fifth movie in the series of the Six Moral Tales. On the eve... Read more

"Death In Venice" Is Released

Death in Venice (Italian: Morte a Venezia) is a 1971 film directed by Luchino Visconti and starring Dirk Bogarde and Björn Andrésen. The film is... Read more