What Happened in 1971

"The Last Picture Show" Is Released

The Last Picture Show is a 1971 film drama directed by Peter Bogdanovich, adapted from a semi-autobiographical 1966 novel of the same name by Larry... Read more

"200 Motels" by Frank Zappa Is Released

The 200 Motels OST is the soundtrack to Frank Zappa's 200 Motels. 200 Motels is a 1971 musical film featuring Frank Zappa and The Mothers of... Read more

1971 World Series

The 1971 World Series matched the defending champion Baltimore Orioles against the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the Pirates winning in seven games.... Read more

"The French Connection" Is Released

The French Connection is a 1971 American crime film directed by William Friedkin. The film was adapted and fictionalized by Ernest Tidyman from the... Read more

Elvis Presley releases Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas

Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas is a 1971 album by Elvis Presley, and Elvis' second Christmas album. The album was released in October... Read more

Cordozar Calvin Broadus is Born

Snoop Dogg got his name from his mother who jokingly remarked that he looked like the Peanuts character Snoopy. Snoop is known primarily for his... Read more

Jade Jagger is Born to Mick and Bianca Jagger

Jade was born in Belvedere Nursing Home in Paris, France. She spent her early years living with her parents on London’s fashionable Cheyne Walk in... Read more

Pink Floyd releases Meddle

Meddle is the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd. It was released in October 1971, and is often considered to be the album which best demonstrates... Read more

Alice Cooper releases Killer

Killer is the fourth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1971. Cooper said in the liner notes of Fistful of Alice and In the Studio with... Read more

Agatha Christie publishes Nemesis

Nemesis is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in November 1971 and in the US by... Read more

Computer Space, First Commercially Sold Coin-Operated Video Game

Computer Space is a video arcade game released in November 1971 by Nutting Associates. Created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney, who would both... Read more

"Play Misty For Me" Is Released

Play Misty for Me is a 1971 psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. The original music... Read more

Led Zeppelin's fourth album is released

The untitled fourth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. It has no official title printed anywhere on the... Read more

Genesis Releases "Nursery Cryme"

Nursery Cryme is the third studio album by Genesis and was recorded and released in 1971. It is also the first album to feature the lineup of Peter... Read more

Intel Releases the the World’s First Commercial Microprocessor

Back when I was in charge of Intel's manufacturing and engineering, we were in the throes of introducing a new product: a set of microchips, which... Read more

D. B. Cooper Hijacks a Passenger Jet and Disappears

D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland,... Read more

Yes release Fragile

Fragile is the fourth album by the British progressive rock band Yes, released on Atlantic Records. It was the band's first album with keyboardist... Read more

Virman Vundabar First Appears

Virman Vundabar is a fictional extraterrestial supervillain published by DC Comics. He was created by Jack Kirby and first appeared in Mister... Read more

Pat Sullivan Wins Heisman Trophy

Pat Sullivan, a three-season starter at Auburn was the first Heisman winner from one of John Heisman's old schools. As quarterback, Sullivan led... Read more

Ralph Bunche Dies

American diplomat Ralph Bunche, winner of the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize, died on December 9, 1971 in New York City. Bunche was born in Detroit,... Read more

Willy Brandt is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

A seminal moment came in December 1970 with the famous Warschauer Kniefall in which Brandt, apparently spontaneously, knelt down at the monument to... Read more

David Bowie releases Hunky Dory

Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971. It was Bowie's first release through RCA,... Read more

Diamonds Are Forever (film) released

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) is the seventh spy film in the James Bond series, and the sixth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Hot Rocks 1964–1971'

Hot Rocks 1964–1971 is the first compilation album of Rolling Stones music released by former manager Allen Klein's ABKCO Records (who gained... Read more

"Dirty Harry" Is Released

Dirty Harry is a 1971 crime thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the Dirty Harry series. Clint Eastwood plays the title... Read more