1971 in the United States

none July 2014 July 2014 February 2026 October 2022 1971 1971 Events from the year 1971 in the United States. 3 Incumbents Federal government President: Richard Nixon (R-California) Vice President: Spiro Agnew (R-Maryland) Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Virginia) Speaker of the House of Representatives: John William McCormack (D-Massachusetts) (until January 3) Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma) (starting January 21) Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) Congress: 91st (until January 3), 92nd (starting January 3) State governments Governors and lieutenant governors Governors 30em 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 30em 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 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 Everroad (Republican) (until January 7), Frank Marsh (Republican) (starting January 7) 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: until June 13: J. Sargeant Reynolds (Democratic) June 13-December 4: vacant starting December 4: Henry Howell (Democratic) 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 thumb|right|120px|January 25: Charles Manson is found guilty of murder January 1 – The Uniform Monday Holiday Act takes effect: Washington's Birthday and several other federal holidays are always observed on certain Mondays, resulting in more three-day weekends for federal employees. January 2 – A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States."Cigarette Maker Phillip Morris Agrees to Remove Advertising Signs from Sports Stadiums Where They Were Shown on TV" (1995), DOJ315. 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, debuts on CBS. January 17 – Super Bowl V: The Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Cowboys 16–13 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. January 25 – In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. January 28 – An explosion at a federal building in Los Angeles kills 18-year-old employee Tomas Ortiz. January 31 – Apollo program: Apollo 14 (carrying astronauts Alan Shepard, Stuart Roosa, and Edgar Mitchell) lifts off on the third successful lunar landing mission. February February 9 The 6.5–6.7 w y Sylmar earthquake hits the Greater Los Angeles Area with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing 58–65 and injuring 200–2,000. Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing. Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. 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 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 stations ignore it. March March 1 – A bomb explodes in the men's room at the U.S. Capitol; the Weather Underground organization claims responsibility.Mitchell K. Hall Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era 2008 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6410-8 Chronology https://books.google.com/books?id=af6xAAAAQBAJ&pg=PR13 March 8 – Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in a 15-round unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden. March 24 – Congress discontinues funding for supersonic transport (SST); primary contractor was Boeing.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6OlPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xwgEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5992%2C2360277 The Bulletin Bend, Oregon UPI Senators reject more funds for transport plane March 24, 1971 1 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 Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. March 30 – The first Starbucks coffee shop opens, in Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle. April April 1 – Pipe bomb explodes in a bathroom at Los Angeles City Hall; Chicano Liberation Front later claims responsibility.United States National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals https://books.google.com/books?id=ISOCDPJYY-kC&pg=PA557&dq=los+angeles+city+hall+bomb+1971+%22april+2%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&source=gb_mobile_search&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikw_mZu6aWAxUEPkQIHbRvC6AQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false Disorders and Terrorism: Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism 1976 Department of Justice, Law Enforcement Assistance Administration, National Advisory Committee on Criminal Justice Standards and Goals 557 en April 9 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California death row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment (see Furman v. Georgia). April 10 – Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia opens. April 15 – The 43rd Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by 34 various "Friends of Oscar", is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. Franklin J. Schaffner's Patton wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Schaffner. The film is also tied with George Seaton's Airport in receiving ten nominations. George C. Scott becomes the first actor to reject an Oscar, declining his Best Actor win. April 19 – The Doors release their sixth and final studio album with frontman Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman, before Morrison moves to Paris. April 20 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education: The Supreme Court of the United States rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation. National Public Radio goes live. April 24 – Five hundred thousand people in Washington, D.C., and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War. April 30 – The Milwaukee Bucks win the championship of the National Basketball Association in just their third season, completing a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Bullets in the finals. May May 1 – Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States. May 3 A Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the Vietnam War. Anti-war activists attempt to disrupt government business in Washington, D.C.; police and military units arrest as many as 12,000, most of whom are later released. May 5 – The US dollar floods the European currency markets and threatens especially the Deutsche Mark; the central banks of Austria, Belgium, Netherlands and Switzerland stop the currency trading. May 9 – Mariner 8 fails to launch. May 29 – Al Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 in the Vel's Parnelli Jones Special Colt-Ford. May 30 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars. 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.http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm New York Times Co. v. United States 2005-12-05 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20051204121721/https://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/48.htm 2005-12-04 June 17 – Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa.Okinawa Reversion Agreement, 17th June, 1971 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. WTVP (PBS) first airs in Peoria, Illinois. June 28 Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in the 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: 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 thumb|right|120px|July 26–August 7: Apollo 15 July 1 – The Postal Reorganization Act goes into effect, replacing the Cabinet-level Post Office Department with the United States Postal Service. July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer and lyricist of The Doors, is found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France. July 5 – Right to vote: The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution is formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18. July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1362 ft m, making it the second tallest building in the world. July 26 – Apollo 15 (carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin) is launched. July 31 – Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the Moon. August August – The unemployment rate peaks at 6.1%. August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 people attend the Concert for Bangladesh. August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth. August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans. August 15 – President Richard Nixon announces that the United States will no longer convert dollars to gold at a fixed value, effectively ending the Bretton Woods system. He also imposes a 90-day freeze on wages, prices and rents. August 20 – The Manatee AO-58 spills 1000 USgal L of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House beach in San Clemente, California. 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 9–13 – 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. James Stuart Olson James Stuart Olson Historical Dictionary of the 1970s 1999 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-30543-6 Chronology https://books.google.com/books?id=YKkF8vQRcp0C&pg=PA369 registration https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00olso_0 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 October 1 – Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida. October 17 – The Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the Baltimore Orioles, 4 games to 3, to win their fourth World Series title. October 18 – In New York City, the Knapp Commission begins public hearings on police corruption. October 21 – U.S. President Richard Nixon nominates Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. and William H. Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court. October 23 – Texas Christian University football coach Jim Pittman collapses on the sideline and dies from a massive heart attack while coaching the Horned Frogs during a game against Southwest Conference rival Baylor in Waco, Texas. October 24 – Detroit Lions wide receiver Chuck Hughes collapses and dies of a heart attack near the end of a game against the Chicago Bears in Detroit. October 29 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: The total number of American troops in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966). November thumb|right|120px|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 Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. 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 The John Sinclair Freedom Rally in support of the imprisoned activist features a performance by John Lennon at Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. George Lucas founds Lucasfilm. December 11 The Libertarian Party (United States) is established. An explosion in a water tunnel beneath Lake Huron in Port Huron, Michigan, kills 22. December 18 The U.S. dollar is devalued for the second time in history. Capitol Reef National Park is established. December 21 – In Cleveland Ohio, an African-American man named Tyrone Howard, the father of actor Terrence Howard, stabs and kills a White man named Jack Fitzpatrick during a dispute while waiting in line to meet Santa with their respective families. The incident received nationwide coverage and attention.1971-12-24 Suspect Charged in a Slaying on Line Visiting Santa Claus The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/24/archives/suspect-charged-in-a-slaying-on-line-visiting-santa-claus.html 2023-12-04 0362-4331 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 and would return to NBC in 2024. 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 Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately 4.5 Moilbbl/d m3/d. Ongoing Cold War (1947–1991) Space Race (1957–1975) Vietnam War, U.S. involvement (1964–1973) Détente (c. 1969–1979) Births January thumb|100px|Marc Veasey thumb|100px|Jeremy Renner thumb|100px|Mary J. Blige thumb|100px|Thomas Massie thumb|100px|Kid Rock thumb|100px|Lil Jon thumb|100px|Jonathan Davis thumb|100px|Shawn Wayans January 1 Alicia Berneche, opera soprano Beno Bryant, football player Sammie Henson, wrestler Bridget Pettis, basketball player Denise Stapley, sex therapist and former game show contestant, winner of Survivor: Philippines January 2 Taye Diggs, actor Renée Elise Goldsberry, actress Lisa Harrison, basketball player January 3 – Marc Veasey, politician January 5 Jason Bates, baseball player Hillary Butler, football player January 6 Kristi Addis, actress, journalism, athlete, and beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1987 Myron Baker, football player January 7 C. W. Anderson, wrestler J. D. Barker, author Kevin Rahm, actor Jeremy Renner, actor January 8 Ben Byer, actor and playwright Jason Giambi, baseball player January 9 John Ballato, materials scientist, entrepreneur, and academic Angie Martinez, radio host January 10 – Kris Bruton, basketball player January 11 – Mary J. Blige, singer January 12 Scott Burrell, basketball player and coach Andy Fox, baseball player and coach January 13 John Asher, actor and filmmaker Thomas Massie, politician January 14 – Andrew Brenner, politician January 15 – Regina King, actress January 16 – Junior Bryant, football player January 17 Jalal Alamgir, Bangladeshi-born academic and university professor (d. 2011) John Bergsma, University professor Brother J, hip hop artist Kid Rock, rock singer Lil Jon, rapper Herneitha Rochelle Hardaway, conservative commentator January 18 Amy Barger, astronomer Norm Bazin, ice hockey player and coach Jonathan Davis, musician and frontman for Korn Debbie Mucarsel-Powell, politician January 19 Reggie Brooks, football player Shawn Wayans, actor, writer, and producer John Wozniak, singer and guitarist, frontman for Marcy Playground January 20 Brian Giles, baseball player Derrick Green, singer/songwriter Questlove, drummer, DJ, and producer January 22 – Bucky Brooks, football player and sportswriter January 23 Diana Barrows, actress, singer, and dancer Julie Foudy, soccer player and commentator Kevin Mawae, football player and coach Marc Nelson, singer/songwriter January 24 Cory Bailey, baseball player Kenya Moore, actress and model January 25 Maya Arad, Israeli-born writer Vincent Brisby, football player January 26 – Keirda Bahruth, filmmaker January 27 – Clint Baker, jazz musician January 30 Derek Allen, football player Lizzie Grubman, publicist Kimo von Oelhoffen, football player January 31 – J. P. Boulee, judge February thumb|100px|Michael C. Hall thumb|100px|Rob Corddry thumb|100px|Eric Garcetti thumb|100px|Sara Evans thumb|100px|Maura Healey thumb|100px|Alex Borstein thumb|100px|Denise Richards thumb|100px|Randy Blythe thumb|100px|Sean Astin February 1 Israel Byrd, football player Rebecca Creskoff, actress Michael C. Hall, actor Jill Kelly, pornographic actress Hynden Walch, actress February 2 Brad Alexander, composer Ted Alford, football player Jase Bolger, politician Kevin Symons, actor February 3 Marcus Buckley, football player Sean Dawkins, football player (d. 2023) February 4 Rob Corddry, actor and comedian Eric Garcetti, politician, 42nd mayor of Los Angeles Michael A. Goorjian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter February 5 Dan Amrich, writer, author, actor, musician, and social media expert Janine Boyd, politician Sara Evans, country singer February 6 Lance Bade, Olympic target shooter Brian Stepanek, actor February 8 Mike Ammann, soccer player Gretchen J. Berg, writer and producer Maura Healey, politician, 73rd Governor of Massachusetts February 9 Timothy Archambault, flutist, architect, and composer Sharon Case, model and actress February 10 Sherry Block, Olympic archer Chuck Butler, Christian music producer, songwriter and composer Jon Button, bassist Lisa Marie Varon, wrestler Annie Wood, actress, writer, and television personality February 11 – John Bock, football player February 12 Romeo Bandison, football player Gil Cisneros, politician Scott Menville, actor and voice actor February 13 Rochelle Ballard, surfer Matt Berninger, singer/songwriter and frontman for The National Tommy Dreamer, wrestler February 14 – Viscera, wrestler (d. 2014) February 15 Alex Borstein, actress, voice artist, producer, and screenwriter Jim Butler, Olympic table tennis player Renee O'Connor, actress February 16 Michael Avenatti, attorney and convicted criminal Zac Baird, keyboardist Ian Boyden, artist Dan Green, voice actor and voice director Jack Rose, guitarist (d. 2009) February 17 – Denise Richards, actress February 18 – Hiep Thi Le, Vietnamese-born actress and restaurateur (d. 2017) February 19 Gil Shaham, violinist Jeff Kinney, author and cartoonist February 20 Calpernia Addams, actress, author, and activist Brian Bohannon, football player and coach February 21 – Randy Blythe, heavy metal singer and frontman for Lamb of God February 22 Gilbert Brown, football player Lisa Fernandez, softball player Max Lane, football player Lea Salonga, singer and Broadway actress February 23 – Angela Alsobrooks, lawyer and politician February 24 Josh Bernstein, anthropologist, explorer, and author Gillian Flynn, author, comic book writer, and screenwriter February 25 – Sean Astin, actor February 26 Erykah Badu, singer/songwriter and record producer Sean Baker, filmmaker Patricia D. Barksdale, lawyer and judge February 27 Anthony Adams, politician Charles Baker, actor, writer, and director Sara Blakely, businesswoman and philanthropist Rozonda Thomas, singer February 28 Maxine Bahns, actress, triathlete, and model Peter Beinart, columnist, journalist, and political commentator Amanda Davis, writer and teacher (d. 2003) March thumb|100px|Method Man thumb|100px|Peter Sarsgaard thumb|100px|Jon Hamm thumb|100px|Johnny Knoxville thumb|100px|Alan Tudyk thumb|100px|Keegan-Michael Key thumb|100px|Will Yun Lee March 1 – Allen Johnson, Olympic hurdler March 2 Bootie Barker, NASCAR crew chief Method Man, rapper, record producer, and actor March 4 Emily Bazelon, journalist Michael D'Agostino, politician Shavar Ross, actor and producer March 5 Chris Brown, politician Yuri Lowenthal, actor, voice actor, producer, and screenwriter Scott Mosier, producer March 7 Peter Sarsgaard, actor March 9 Kyle Balda, animator and director Lou Benfatti, football player C-Murder, rapper and songwriter Mike DelGuidice, musician and singer/songwriter Emmanuel Lewis, actor March 10 Brian Allgeier, video game designer Doug Ardito, bassist for Puddle of Mudd Paul Burmeister, sportscaster Jon Hamm, actor, director, and producer March 11 – Johnny Knoxville, daredevil, actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer March 13 Matt Bollant, basketball coach Mike Carey, politician March 14 Ernie Brown, football player Jean Butler, dancer March 15 Todd Agnew, Christian singer/songwriter Marcelle Bruce, soccer player Chris Patton, voice actor March 16 Kenneth Brown, interior designer and decorator Alan Tudyk, actor March 17 – Abraham Burton, saxophonist and bandleader March 18 Dwayne Armstrong, football player Mike Bell, wrestler (d. 2008) March 19 Ben Albert, football player and coach Kirk Botkin, football player and coach Tim Brooks, basketball player Dalton James, actor March 20 – Manny Alexander, Dominican-born baseball player March 22 Karen McDougal, model and actress Keegan-Michael Key, actor, writer, and comedian Will Yun Lee, actor March 23 Ira Black, heavy metal guitarist Bill Kelliher, guitarist for Mastodon Karen McDougal, model March 26 Michael Bennett, boxer Rob Burger, composer Erick Morillo, DJ, music producer, and record label owner (d. 2020) March 27 – John Best, basketball player March 28 Kieran Barton, soccer player Mr. Cheeks, rapper March 29 Stephen Allison, politician Robert Gibbs, White House Press Secretary March 30 Yaphett El-Amin, politician Kristine Baker, judge Mark Consuelos, Spanish-born actor Mari Holden, cyclist Indya Kincannon, politician, mayor of Knoxville, Tennessee (2019–present) March 31 Craig McCracken, animator, writer, and cartoonist Rich Ruohonen, Olympic curler April thumb|100px|Shannen Doherty thumb|100px|Andy Daly thumb|100px|Jim Acosta thumb|100px|Tamara Braun thumb|100px|Eric Mabius thumb|100px|D.B. Weiss thumb|100px|Bridget Moynahan April 1 Neal Bascomb, journalist and author Jessica Collins, actress April 2 – Traci Braxton, singer (d. 2022) April 3 Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-born journalist (d. 2022) David Michael Barrett, screenwriter and film producer Wes Berggren, guitarist for Tripping Daisy (d. 1999) Troy Brown, basketball player Alex Marvez, sportscaster, journalist, and author Picabo Street, Olympic skier April 5 Kazim Ali, English-born poet, novelist, essayist, and professor Krista Allen, actress, model, and comedian April 8 Cara Judea Alhadeff, photographer, performance artist, writer, activist, and yoga teacher Dewan Bader, soccer player and coach April 10 Mihai Bagiu, Olympic gymnast Joey DeFrancesco, musician (d. 2022) Nana Smith, American born-Japanese tennis player April 11 Ellen Barry, journalist Vicellous Reon Shannon, actor April 12 Nicholas Brendon, actor and writer (d. 2026) Shannen Doherty, actress (d. 2024) April 14 – Tim Austin, boxer April 15 Derek Brown, football player Andy Daly, actor and comedian Jason Sehorn, football player April 16 Peter Billingsley, actor, director, and producer Selena, entertainer and Tejano singer (d. 1995) April 17 Jim Acosta, news anchor and journalist Michael Birawer, artist April 18 Tamara Braun, actress Fredro Starr, rapper April 19 Derek Bryant, boxer Cord Byrd, politician Wendy Powell, voice actress April 20 Ron Barfield Jr., stock car racing driver Bruce Beresford-Redman, producer and convicted murderer Bernard Bull, academic administrator and scholar Allan Houston, basketball player Mikey Welsh, musician and artist (d. 2011) April 21 – Anwar al-Awlaki, imam (d. 2011) April 22 – Eric Mabius, actor April 23 Chuck Adams, tennis player Andrew Kreisberg, writer, producer, and comic book writer D.B. Weiss, producer, writer, and novelist April 24 Anastasia Barzee, actress Jeff Brohm, football player and coach April 26 Shondrella Avery, actress Jay DeMarcus, singer and bassist for Rascal Flatts April 27 Hayley Barr, actress James Burton, football player Ernest Morrell, academic (d. 2026) April 28 Barry Burden, political scientist Bridget Moynahan, actress April 29 Bob Byington, director, screenwriter, and actor Tamara Johnson-George, singer Darby Stanchfield, actress May thumb|100px|Jamie Luner thumb|100px|Sofia Coppola thumb|100px|Tony Stewart thumb|100px|Matt Stone thumb|100px|Marco Rubio thumb|100px|John Ross Bowie thumb|100px|Idina Menzel May 1 Ethan Albright, football player Catharine Baker, attorney and politician Timothy D. 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Blumenfield, civic leader and activist Colleen Glenney Boggs, University professor Matt Bondurant, novelist Eileen Hunt Botting, political theorist Andrea Bottner, politician Massad Boulos, Lebanese-born businessman Raphael Bousso, theoretical physicist and cosmologist Carol Bove, artist Ben Bradley, philosopher John Bramblitt, painter Matthew Brannon, artist Guy Braunstein, Israeli-born violinist Benjamin Breier, health care chief executive Isolde Brielmaier, curator and scholar Frank Brinsley, radio host Pamela Britton, author Mia Brownell, painter Kyle Bruckmann, composer and oboist Drew Brophy, artist Chad Broughton, sociologist Michelle Browder, artist Christopher J. Brown, politician Ethan Brown, food executive and founder of Beyond Meat Milan Brown, basketball player and coach Keith Bunin, dramatist and screenwriter Kate Marie Byrnes, diplomat and U.S. Ambassador to North Macedonia (2019–2022) Jackson Rohm, country and pop singer (d. 2023) Deaths July 2014 Deaths in 1971 January 4 – Arthur Ford, psychic, founder of Spiritual Frontiers Fellowship (b. 1896) January 10 – Ernie Caceres, saxophonist (b. 1911) January 15 – John Dall, actor (b. 1920) January 19 – Harry Shields, jazz clarinettist (born 1899).Harry Shields January 20 – Broncho Billy Anderson, actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880) January 21 – Richard Russell Jr., United States Senator from Georgia; President pro tempore during the 91st Congress (b. 1897) January 24 – Bill W., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1897)"Bill W. of Alcoholics Anonymous Dies", by John W. Stevens, The New York Times, January 26, 1971, p1 February 3 – Jay C. Flippen, actor (b. 1899)Allan R. Ellenberger Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory https://books.google.com/books?id=ZraJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA215 1 May 2001 McFarland 978-0-7864-5019-0 215 February 7 – Dock Boggs, banjo player (b. 1897) February 12 – James Cash Penney, businessman (b. 1875) February 17 – Adolf A. Berle, lawyer, educator, author and diplomat (b. 1895) February 20 – William Lava, composer (b. 1911) March 8 – Harold Lloyd, silent comedy filmmaker (b. 1893) March 11 – Philo Farnsworth, inventor, television pioneer (b. 1906) March 12 – David Burns, actor (b. 1902) March 16 Bebe Daniels, actress (b. 1901) Thomas E. Dewey, 47th Governor of New York and Republican nominee for president (b. 1902) March 22 – Nella Walker, actress and vaudevillian (b. 1886) March 24 – George G. O'Connor, general (b. 1914) April 3 – Joseph Valachi, gangster (b. 1904)Mobster https://www.newspapers.com/image/30511933/?terms=%22Joseph%2BValachi%22 October 8, 2016 Independent Press-Telegram Long Beach, California April 4, 1971 2 Newspapers.com registration https://web.archive.org/web/20170217185509/https://www.newspapers.com/image/30511933/?terms=%22Joseph%2BValachi%22 February 17, 2017 live 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) April 28 – Lejb Wulman, Polish-Jewish and American physician, social activist, and co-author (b. 1887)News of the YIVO 117, 1971 May 1 – Glenda Farrell, actress (b. 1904) May 8 – Frederick Sheffield, Olympic rower (b. 1902) May 12 – Tor Johnson, Swedish professional wrestler and actor (b. 1903) May 15 – Goose Goslin, baseball player (b. 1900) May 19 – Ogden Nash, poet (b. 1902)Ron Padgett World Poets: Gerard Manley Hopkins-William Shakespeare https://books.google.com/books?id=5HoHAQAAMAAJ 2000 Charles Scribner's Sons 978-0-684-80609-9 245 May 26 – Laurence Wild, basketball player and 30th Governor of American Samoa (b. 1890) May 28 – Audie Murphy, World War II hero and actor (b. 1925) June 1 – Reinhold Niebuhr, theologian (b. 1892) June 4 – Joe E. Lewis, comedian, actor, and singer (b. 1902) June 7 – Ben Pollack, jazz drummer and bandleader (b. 1903) June 9 – Harold Lloyd Jr., actor and singer (b. 1931) June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904) June 18 Thomas Gomez, actor (b. 1905) Libby Holman, socialite, singer, actress, and activist (b. 1904) June 19 – Garfield Wood, motorboat racer (b. 1880) June 30 – Herbert Biberman, screenwriter and film director (b. 1900) July 3 – Jim Morrison, singer-songwriter and poet, died in Paris, France (b. 1943) July 4 August Derleth, author and anthologist (b. 1909)Michael Ashley The History of the Science-fiction Magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=Awj6AF-BZTcC&pg=PA300 2000 Liverpool University Press 978-0-85323-779-2 300 Thomas C. Hart, admiral and politician (b. 1877) 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) July 15 – Bill Thompson, radio personality and voice actor (b. 1913) July 17 – Cliff Edwards, actor (b. 1895) July 19 – Harry W. Hill, admiral (b. 1890) July 23 – Van Heflin, actor (b. 1908) July 26 – Diane Arbus, photographer (b. 1923) August 5 – Royal Rife, inventor (b. 1888) August 12 James T. Berryman, political cartoonist (b. 1902) Sally Crute, actress (b. 1886) August 13 – King Curtis, saxophonist (b. 1934) August 15 – Paul Lukas, actor (b. 1894 in Budapest) August 21 – George Jackson, author and prison activist (b. 1941) August 24 – Carl Blegen, archaeologist (b. 1887) August 25 – Ted Lewis, bandleader (b. 1890) August 27 Margaret Bourke-White, photographer (b. 1904) Bennett Cerf, writer and publisher (b. 1888) September 7 – Spring Byington, actress (b. 1886) September 11 – Pier Angeli, actress (born 1932) September 23 – Billy Gilbert, comedian and actor (b. 1894) September 24 – Schlitzie, sideshow performer (b. 1901) September 25 – Hugo Lafayette Black, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 1937–71 (b. 1886) October 2 Jessie Arms Botke, artist (b. 1883) Richard H. Jackson, admiral (b. 1866) October 3 – Leah Baird, actress (b. 1883) October 9 – Billy Costello, voice actor, original voice of Popeye (b. 1898) October 11 – Chester Conklin, actor (b. 1888) October 12 Dean Acheson, 51st United States Secretary of State (b. 1893) Gene Vincent, rockabilly singer (b. 1935) October 14 – Claude Beck, cardiac surgeon (b. 1894) October 19 – Betty Bronson, actress (b. 1906) October 21 – Raymond Hatton, actor (b. 1887) October 24 – Carl Ruggles, composer (b. 1876) October 29 – Duane Allman, rock guitarist (b. 1946) November 10 – Walter Van Tilburg Clark, novelist (b. 1909)Lawrence L. Lee Walter Van Tilburg Clark https://books.google.com/books?id=2HohAQAAIAAJ 1973 Boise State College 978-0-88430-007-6 13–16 November 16 – Edie Sedgwick, model and actress (b. 1943) November 18 – Junior Parker, blues singer and harmonica player (b. 1932) December 7 – Ferdinand Pecora, lawyer (b. 1882 in Sicily) December 9 – Ralph Bunche, Nobel diplomat (b. 1904) December 11 – Maurice McDonald, entrepreneur and McDonald's co-founder (b. 1902) December 18 – Bobby Jones, amateur golfer (b. 1902) December 20 – Roy O. Disney, businessman and co-founder of The Walt Disney Company alongside brother Walt Disney (b. 1893) December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born American composer and conductor (b. 1888) December 29 – Stuart Holmes, actor (b. 1884) December 31 – Pete Duel, actor (b. 1940) See also List of American films of 1971 Timeline of United States history (1970–1989) References External links 1971 Category:1970s in the United States United States United States Category:Years of the 20th century in the United States