Ford Motor Company recalled all Pintos for an engine defect (holy cow!)
Supreme Court backed deal to end segregation in public schools.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr's killer, James Earl Ray is captured in aborted jail break.
Walt Disney World opened in Florida (July 17, 1971)
Nixon names Lewis Powell and William Rhenquist to the Supreme Court.
China made its formal entry into the united Nations.
US planes bomb Vietcong supply routes in Cambodia; fighting in Indochina spreads to Laos and Cambodia; US conducts large-scale bombing raids on N. Vietnam
Maj.-General Idi Amin establishes himself as Ugandan strongman
Women granted right to vote in Switzerland
Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., found guilty of premeditated murder in Mylai massacre
First segments of "Pentagon Papers" appear in the New York Times
26th Amendment to the US Constitution ratified, allowing 18 year olds to vote
Nixon orders 90-day freeze on wages and prices and announces other economic measures designed to curb domestic inflation and strengthen the US balance of payments position
US and USSR. sign treaty banning nuclear weapons on the ocean floor
Federal and state aid to parochial schools is ruled unconstitutional by the US Supreme Court
Harold Lloyd, American film star of the 1920s dies (born 1894)
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington, D.C.
US Apollo 14 and 15 become the third and fourth groups to explore the moon's surface
Three Russian cosmonauts die when their Soyuz 11 capsule develops an air leak while reentering the earth's atmosphere
The U.S. Atomic Energy Agency explodes a hydrogen bomb beneath Amchitka Island, Alaska
Cigarette ads banned from US television
Rolls-Royce, Ltd. declares bankruptcy
Charles Manson and three co-defendants found guilty of Sharon Tate murder
Los Angeles earthquake kills 60 and causes $1 billion in damage
20 bodies found buried in Yorba Linda, California; Juan Corona, a farm labor contractor accused of the murders
10 guards and 32 prisoners are killed when police storm Attica prison following a five day uprising
1971
What a year! What happened that year? Let me tell you:
In Office
President: Richard M. Nixon (R)
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (R)
Sports
Joe Frazier outpoints Muhammad Ali to retain world heavyweight boxing ch.
Hank Aaron hits his 600th career home run
Stanford beat Ohio State 27-17 in the Rose Bowl
Riding Canonero II, G. Avila won the Kentucky Derby
Snowmobile speed record set @ 140.6 mph
Pirates won the World Series over Baltimore Orioles in final game.
Army beat Navy 24-23 in football.
Music
Jesus Christ Super Star
One Bad Apple by the Osmund's
Louis Armstrong, a.k.a. Satchmo, American jazz trumpeter dies (born 1900)
Fiddler on the Roof becomes the longest running musical in history in Broadway history
Literature
Erich Segal publishes "Love Story"
Herman Wouk publishes "The Winds of War"
Paul Zindel publishes "The effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds"
Academy Award Winners
Picture: "The French Connection"
Actress: Jane Fonda, "Klute"
Actor: Gene Hackman, "The French Connection"
The Price of...
Postage Stamp: $.08
Milk (half gallon): $.68
Gas (gallon): $.36
Car: $3,742
Minimum Wage: $1.60 hr
AND THE BEST THING WAS...
One hot summer afternoon in July, a young woman started to feel a familiar pain in her
belly. UH OH! THERE'S GONNA BE TROUBLE! About 5 hours later at 8:07 P.M. on July 17th, she
had given birth to a HEALTH, NOISY, BABY GIRL. Weighing in at 8 lbs. 4 oz and 20 inches
long and they named her: Krystine Anne Collins. (BTW.....This baby, would be ME!!!!!)
About Cancer
General Symbol: The Crab
Birthstones: Moonstone, Pearl Lucky
Numbers: 4, 13, 22, 31, 40, 49, 58
Colors: Silver, Green
Compatible signs: Virgo, Scorpio, Pisces, Taurus
Dates: June 22 - July 22
Want to know more about Cancer the Crab?
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