1971 Information

Year 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

January

• January 2
  • Ibrox disaster: A stairway crush at the Rangers vs. Celtic football match in Glasgow, Scotland kills 66.
  • A ban on radio and television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.^[1]
• January 3 – BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom.
• January 5 – The 1st ever ODI cricket match is played between Australia & England at the M.C.G.
• January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September.
• January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day.
• January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All In The Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS.
• January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago, Chile. Giovanni Enrico Bucher is released January 16.
• January 15 – The Aswan High Dam officially opens in Egypt.
• January 17 – Super Bowl V: The Baltimore Colts defeat the Dallas Cowboys 16–13 at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida.
• January 18 – Strikes in Poland demand the resignation of Interior Minister Kazimierz Switala. He resigns January 23 and is replaced by Franciszek Szlachcic.
• January 19 – Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with OPEC in Tehran to stabilize oil prices. February 14 they sign a treaty with 6 Persian Gulf countries.
• January 24 – The Guinean government sentences to death 92 Guineans who helped Portuguese troops in the failed landing attempts in November 1970; 72 are sentenced to hard labor for life; 58 of the sentenced are hanged the next day.
• January 25
  • In Uganda, Idi Amin deposes Milton Obote in a coup, and becomes president.
  • In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.
  • Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.
  • Intelsat IV (F2) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean March 26.
• 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 4 – In Britain, Rolls-Royce goes bankrupt and is nationalised.
• February 5 – Apollo 14 lands on the Moon.
• February 7
  • An earthquake in the city of Tuscania, Italy kills 31.
  • Switzerland gives women voting rights in state elections, but not in all canton-specific ones.
  • Władysław Gomułka is expelled from the Central Council of the Polish Communist Party.
• February 8 – A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts.
• February 9
  • The Sylmar earthquake (6.4 on the Richter Scale) hits the San Fernando Valley area of California.
  • Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame from the Negro League. Jackie Robinson was inducted July 23, 1962.
  • Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned Moon landing.
• February 11 – The US, UK, USSR and others sign the Seabed Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor.
• February 11–February 12 – Palestinian and Jordanian fighters clash in Amman.
• February 13 – Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos.
• February 15
  • Decimalisation Day: – The United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency (see also decimalisation).
  • Protesting Belgian farmers bring 3 live cows to crash the EEC meeting in Brussels.
• February 16 – In Italy, a local parliament elects the city of Catanzaro as the capital of Calabria; residents of Reggio di Calabria riot for 5 days because of the decision.
• February 20
  • Fifty tornadoes rage in Mississippi, killing 74 people.
  • The U.S. Emergency Broadcast System sends an erroneous warning; many radio stations just ignore it.
• February 21 – The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.
• February 26 – Secretary General U Thant signs the United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
• February 27 – Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform abortus provocatus.
• February 28 – Evel Knievel sets a world record and jumps 19 cars in Ontario, California.

March

• March 1
  • A bomb explodes in the men's room at the United States Capitol. Weather Underground Organization claims responsibility.
  • Pakistani President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending National Assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
  • Canadian John Robarts ends his term of office as the 17th Premier of Ontario.
• March 4 – The southern part of Quebec, and especially Montreal, receive 16½" (42 cm) of snow in what becomes known as the Century's Snowstorm (la tempête du siècle).
• March 5 – The Pakistani army occupies East Pakistan.
• March 6 – A fire in a mental hospital at Burghölzli, Switzerland, kills 28 people.
• March 7
  • The British postal workers' strike, led by UPW General Secretary Tom Jackson, ends after 47 days.
  • Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, political leader of then East Pakistan (present day - Bangladesh), delivers his famous speech in the Racecourse Field in Dhaka, calling on the masses to be prepared to fight for national independence.
• March 8 – Boxer Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden.
• March 12 – Hafez al-Assad becomes president of Syria.
• March 12–March 13 – The Allman Brothers Band plays their legendary concert at the Fillmore East.
• March 16 – Trygve Bratteli forms a government in Norway.
• March 18 – A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani, killing 200.
• March 23 – General Alejandro Lanusse of Argentina takes power in a military coup.
• March 25 – The Pakistani army starts Operation Searchlight in East Pakistan from midnight, after President Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan, a military ruler, voids election results that gave the Awami League an overwhelming majority in the parliament.
• March 26
  • East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is declared by local Awami League leader Hannan Sarker on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, from Kalurghat Radio Station in Chittagong.
  • Nihat Erim (a former CHP member) forms the new government of Turkey (33rd government,composed mostly of technocrats)
• March 27 – East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) independence is repeatedly declared by Army Major (later President of Bangladesh) Ziaur Rahman on behalf of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from Kalurghat Radio Station, Chittagong.
• March 28 – The Ed Sullivan Show airs its final episode.
• 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 (later pardoned).
  • A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and 3 female followers.

April

• April 1 – The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership.
• April 3 – Un banc, un arbre, une rue by Séverine (music by Jean-Pierre Bourtayre, text by Yves Dessca) wins the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 for Monaco.
• April 5
  • In Ceylon, a group calling themselves the People’s Liberation Front begins a rebellion against the Bandaranaike government.
  • Chile and East Germany establish diplomatic relations.
  • Mount Etna erupts in Sicily.
• April 7 – Greece releases 261 political prisoners, 50 of whom are sent into internal exile.
• April 8 – A right-wing coup attempt is exposed in Laos.
• April 9 – Charles Manson is sentenced to death; in 1972, the sentence for all California Death Row inmates is commuted to life imprisonment.
• April 12 – Palestinians retreat from Amman to the north of Jordan.
• April 17
  • The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, at Mujibnagor.
  • Libya, Syria and Egypt sign an agreement to form a confederation.
• April 19
  • The government of Bangladesh flees to India.
  • Sierra Leone becomes a republic.
  • The Soviet Union launches Salyut 1.
  • Followers of Charles Manson, the Manson Family, are sentenced to the gas chamber.
• 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.
  • Cambodian Prime Minister Lon Nol resigns, but remains effectively in power until the next elections.
• April 21
  • Siaka Stevens is elected the first president of Sierra Leone.
  • François Duvalier, president of Haiti, dies; his son Jean-Claude Duvalier follows him as president-for-life.
• April 24
  • Soyuz 10 docks with Salyut 1.
  • Five hundred thousand people in Washington, DC and 125,000 in San Francisco march in protest against the Vietnam War.
  • A tsunami 85 m high rises over the Ryukyu Islands in Japan. It throws a 750-ton block of coral 2.5 km inland.
• April 25
  • Todor Zhivkov is re-elected as the leader of the Bulgarian Communist Party.
  • Franz Jonas is re-elected as chancellor of Austria.
• April 26 – The government of Turkey declares a state of siege in 11 provinces, Ankara included, due to violent demonstrations.
• April 28 – The first number of Il Manifesto is issued in Italy.
• April 29 – Bolivia nationalizes the American-owned Matilde zinc mine.
• April 30 – The Milwaukee Bucks win the NBA World Championship, sweeping the Baltimore Bullets in four straight games.

May

• May 1
  • Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States.
  • The Ceylonese government promises amnesty for those guerillas who surrender before April 5.
• May 2 – In Ceylon, left-wing guerillas launch a series of assaults against public buildings.
• May 3
  • Arsenal FC wins the English Division 1 football league championship at the home of their bitter rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, with Ray Kennedy scoring the winner. (Arsenal FC would go on to win the league and cup 'double' 6 days later by defeating Liverpool in the FA Cup final).
  • The Harris Poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the Vietnam War.
  • East German leader Walter Ulbricht resigns as Communist Party leader but retains the position of head of state.
  • Anti-war militants 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 6 – The Ceylon government begins a major offensive against the People's Liberation Front.
• May 9
  • Arsenal FC beats Liverpool FC 2-1 to win the English FA Cup thus completing the league and cup 'double'.
  • Mariner 8 fails to launch.
• May 12 – An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur.
• May 15 – Efraim Elrom, Israeli ambassador to Turkey, is kidnapped; he is found killed in Istanbul May 25.
• May 16 – A coup attempt is exposed and foiled in Egypt.
• May 18 – The U.S. Congress formally votes to end funding for the American Supersonic Transport program.
• May 19 – Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union.
• May 22 – An earthquake lasting 20 seconds destroys most of Bingöl, Turkey – more than 1,000 are killed, 10,000 made homeless.
• May 23 – An air crash at Rijeka Airport, Yugoslavia kills 78 people, mostly British tourists.
• May 26
  • Austria and the People's Republic of China establish diplomatic relations.
  • Qantas agrees to pay $500,000 to bomb hoaxer-extortionist Mr. Brown (Peter Macari), who is later arrested.
• May 27
  • Six armed passengers hijack a Romanian passenger plane and force it to fly to Vienna.
  • Christie's auctions a diamond known as Deepdene; it is later found to be artificially colored.
• May 28 – Portugal resigns from UNESCO.
• May 30 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars.
• May 31 – The birth of Bangladesh is declared by the government in exile, in territory formerly part of Pakistan.

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
  • Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 (Vladislav Volkov, Georgi Dobrovolski, Viktor Patsayev) is launched.
  • 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.
  • Corpus Thursday: A student rally on the streets of Mexico City is roughly dispersed.
• June 11 – Neville Bonner becomes the first Indigenous Australian to sit in the Australian Parliament.
• June 13
  • Vietnam War: The New York Times begins to publish the Pentagon Papers. [1].
  • Gijs van Lennep wins the 24 hours of Le Mans together with Helmut Marko.
• June 14 – Norway begins oil production in the North Sea.
• June 17
  • Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, whereby the U.S. will return control of Okinawa.^[2]
  • President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
• June 18 – Southwest Airlines, a low cost carrier, begins its first flights between Dallas, Houston, And San Antonio.
• June 20 – Britain announces that Soviet space scientist Anatoli Fedoseyev has been granted asylum.
• June 21 – Britain begins new negotiations for EEC membership in Luxembourg.
• 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.
• June 28 – Assassin Jerome A. Johnson shoots Joe Colombo in the head in a middle of an Italian-American rally, putting him in a coma.
• June 30
  • After a successful mission aboard Salyut 1, the world's first manned space station, the crew of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply leaks out through a faulty valve.
  • New York Times Co. v. United States: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Pentagon Papers may be published, rejecting government injunctions as unconstitutional prior restraint.

July

• July – Nordic Council secretariat inaugurated.
• July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors is found dead in his bathtub in Paris, France.
• July 5 – Right to vote: The 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution, formally certified by President Richard Nixon, lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.
• July 6 – Hastings Banda is proclaimed President for Life of Malawi.
• July 9 – The United Kingdom increases its troops in Northern Ireland to 11,000.
• July 10–July 11 – Coup attempt in Morocco: 1,400 cadets take over the king's palace for 3 hours and kill 28 people; 158 rebels die when the king's troops storm the palace. Ten high-ranking officers are later executed for involvement.
• July 10 – Gloria Steinem holds her Address to the Women of America speech.
• July 13
  • Ólafur Jóhannesson forms a government in Iceland.
  • Jordanian army troops launch an offensive against Palestinian guerillas in Jordan.
  • The Yugoslavian government begins allowing foreign companies to take their profits from the country.
  • Paced by a prodigious home run by Reggie Jackson which hits a transformer on the roof of Tiger Stadium, the American League defeats the National League 6-4 in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Detroit.
• July 14 – Libya severs its diplomatic ties with Morocco.
• July 16 – Spanish dictator and head of state Francisco Franco makes Prince Juan Carlos his successor.
• July 17 – Italy and Austria sign a treaty that ends the schism about South Tyrol.
• July 18 – The Trucial States are formed in the Persian Gulf.
• July 19 – The South Tower of the World Trade Center is topped out at 1,362 feet, making it the second tallest building in the world.
• July 19–July 23 – Major Hashem al-Atta ousts Jaafar Muhammad al-Nimeiri in a military coup in Sudan. Fighting continues until on July 22, when pro-Nimeiri troops win. Al-Atta and 3 officers are executed.
• July 25–July 30 – Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli records in Munich two Debussy works for Deutsche Grammophon; it's his fifth recording.
• July 26 – Apollo 15 (carrying astronauts David Scott, Alfred Worden, and James Irwin) is launched.
• July 28 – Abdel Khaliq Mahjub, Sudanese communist leader, is hanged.
• July 29 – The United Kingdom opts out of the Space Race, with the cancellation of its Black Arrow launch vehicle.
• July 30 – In Japan, an All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 collides with a Japanese fighter jet; 162 people are killed.
• 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 – Camden, New Jersey erupts in race riots following the beating death of a Puerto Rican motorist by city police. Looting and arson occurred. This was a turning point in Camden's decline to one of the poorest and highest-crime municipalities in the United States. Camden was, however, the site of a 1949 shooting rampage by Howard Unruh, considered by some to be the first mass murderer in the United States. The riots resulted in the demise of Camden's Sears and A&P branches. Also in 1971, Philadelphia International Records was established, with Camden native Leon Huff as co-founder.
• August 1 – In New York City, 40,000 attend the Concert for Bangladesh.
• August 2 – JCPenney debuts its trademark Helvetica wordmark which has been used ever since.
• August 5 – South Pacific Forum (SPF)
• August 6 – A lunar eclipse lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes, and 4 seconds is observed.
• August 7 – Apollo 15 returns to Earth.
• August 9
  • India signs a 20-year treaty of friendship and cooperation with the Soviet Union.
  • Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison; 20 people die in the riots that follow.
• August 11 – Construction begins on the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans.
• August 12
  • Three thousand people from Belfast and Derry flee to the Republic of Ireland because of the violence.^{[citation needed]}
  • Syria severs diplomatic relations with Jordan because of border clashes.
• August 14
  • British troops are stationed on the Ireland border to stop arms smuggling.
  • Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain (Kingdom of Bahrain as of February 2002).
• August 15
  • The number of British troops in Northern Ireland is raised to 12,500.
  • 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 18
  • Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  • British troops are engaged in a firefight with the IRA in Derry, Northern Ireland.
• August 19–August 22 – A right-wing coup ignites a rebellion in Bolivia. Miners and students join troops to support president Juan Jose Torres, but eventually Hugo Banzer takes over.
• August 20
  • International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (Intelsat) (effective 12 February 1973).
  • The USS Manatee (AO-58) spills 1,000 gallons of fuel oil on President Nixon's Western White House beach in San Clemente, California.
• August 21
  • The first orca to be named "Shamu" dies.
  • A bomb made of two hand grenades by communist rebels explodes in the Liberal Party campaign party in Plaza Miranda in Quiapo, Manila the Philippines, injuring several anti-Marcos political candidates.
• August 25
  • Border clashes occur between Tanzania and Uganda.
  • Bangladesh and eastern Bengal are flooded; thousands flee the area.
• August 26 – A civilian government takes power in Greece.
• August 30 – The Progressive Conservatives under Peter Lougheed defeat the Social Credit government under Harry E. Strom in a general election, ending 36 years of uninterrupted power for Social Credit in Alberta.

September

• September 3
  • Qatar gains independence from the United Kingdom. Unlike most nearby emirates, Qatar declines to become part of either the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.
  • Manlio Brosio resigns as NATO Secretary General.
• 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, DC, 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 – September 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.
• September 19 – Ballarat electric tramway system closes.
• September 21 – Pakistan declares a state of emergency.
• September 24 – Britain expels 90 KGB and GRU officials; 15 are not allowed to return.
• September 27–October 11 – Japanese Emperor Hirohito travels abroad.
• September 28 – Cardinal József Mindszenty, who has taken refuge in the U.S. Embassy in Budapest since 1956, is allowed to leave Hungary.
• September 29 – A cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in Orissa State in India, kills 10,000.

October

• October 1 – Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida
• October 15 – The 2,500 Year Celebration of Iran begins, celebrating the birth of Persia.
• October 17 – The Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series in 7 games against the Baltimore Orioles. The Pirates' Roberto Clemente, who turned into a one-man gang in the Series, became the first Latino player to earn World Series MVP honors. Game 4 of the Series was also the first night game ever to be played in the World Series.
• 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.
  • The Clarkston explosion in Scotland kills 22 people.
• October 25 – The United Nations General Assembly admits the People's Republic of China and expels the Republic of China (or Taiwan).
• October 27 – The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.
• October 28
  • The British House of Commons votes 356–244 in favour of joining the European Economic Community.
  • The United Kingdom becomes the 6th nation to launch a satellite into orbit, the Prospero X-3, using a Black Arrow carrier rocket.
  • The Egyptian Opera House (Khedivial Opera House) burns down in Cairo.
• October 29 – Vietnam War – Vietnamization: The total number of American troops still in Vietnam drops to a record low of 196,700 (the lowest since January 1966).
• October 30 – Rev. Ian Paisley's Democratic Unionist Party is founded in Northern Ireland.
• October 31 – A bomb explodes at the top of the Post Office Tower in London.

November

• November 3 – The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published.
• 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 8 – Led Zeppelin releases their Fourth Studio album "Led Zeppelin IV" which goes on to sell 23,000,000 copies.
• November 9 – A British Royal Air Force C-130 crashes into the Ligurian Sea near Leghorn, Italy, killing all 51 persons on board.
• November 10 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging 9 airplanes.
• November 12 – Vietnam War – Vietnamization: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam.
• November 13 – Mariner program: Mariner 9 becomes the first spacecraft to enter Mars orbit successfully.
• November 14 – Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is enthroned.
• November 15
  • Intel releases the world's first microprocessor, the Intel 4004.
  • International Organization and System of Space Communications (Intersputnik) (effective 12 July 1972).
• November 16 – Edie Sedgwick is found dead, her death is thought to be undetermined/accident/suicide. She was only twenty eight years old but her legacy still lives on today.
• November 20 – A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is currently a part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
• November 23 – The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of China's seat on the United Nations Security Council (see China and the United Nations).
• 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 (as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history).
  • A Brussels court sentences pretender Alexis Brimeyer to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to Greece.
• November 28 – 59th Grey Cup Game sees the Calgary Stampeders beat the Toronto Argonauts 14 to 11.

December

• December 1 – Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray, 10 kilometers northeast of Phnom Penh.
• December 2 – Six Persian Gulf sheikdoms found the United Arab Emirates.
• December 3 – The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins as Pakistan attacks 9 Indian airbases. The next day India launches a massive invasion of East Pakistan.
• December 3–December 4 – The Indian navy destroyer INS Rajput sinks Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi (former USS Diablo).
• December 4
  • The Montreux Casino burns down during a Frank Zappa concert. The event is memorialized in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". The casino is rebuilt in 1975.
  • The McGurk's Bar bombing in Belfast kills 15.
• December 8 – U.S. President Richard Nixon orders the 7th Fleet to move towards the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean.
• December 11 – Nihat Erim forms the new government of Turkey (34th government, Nihat Erim had served two times as a prime minister)
• December 14 – Facing defeat, the Pakistan Army kills 1,500 Bangladeshi intellectuals.
• December 16 – Victory Day of Bangladesh: The Pakistan Army surrenders to the Joint Force, i.e. Mukti Bahini (Freedom Force) and Indian Armed Forces, ending the Bangladesh Liberation War.
• December 18
  • The U.S. dollar is devalued for the second time in history.
  • The world's largest hydroelectric plant in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, begins operations.
• December 19
  • The Clube Atletico Mineiro wins the Brazil Football Championship.
  • Intelsat IV (F3) is launched; it enters commercial service over the Atlantic Ocean February 18, 1972.
• December 24 – Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic.
• December 25
  • In the longest game in NFL history, the Miami Dolphins beat the Kansas City Chiefs.
  • Fire at a 22-story hotel in Seoul, South Korea kills 158 people.
• December 29 – The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.

Date unknown

• Ray Tomlinson sends the first ARPAnet e-mail between host computers.
• The Free State of Christiania is founded.
• Seychelles International Airport in Victoria, Seychelles (Mahe) is completed.
• Crude oil production peaks in the continental United States at approximately 4.5 million barrels/day.
• The Center for Science in the Public Interest is established.
• The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism is established.

Births

January

• January 1 – Sammie Henson, American World Champion wrestler, Olympic silver medalist
• January 2
  • Lisa Harrison, American basketball player
  • Taye Diggs, American actor
• January 3 – Cory Cross, Canadian ice hockey player
• January 5 – Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress
• January 8 – Jason Giambi, American baseball player
• January 9 – Scott Thornton, Canadian hockey player
• January 11 – Mary J. Blige, American singer
• January 12 — Jay Burridge, British artist and television presenter
• January 14 – Lasse Kjus, Norwegian alpine skier
• January 15 – Regina King, American actress
• January 17 – Kid Rock, American rock singer
• January 18 – Fabian Ribauw, Nauruan politician
• January 19 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, writer, and producer
• January 20 – Gary Barlow, British pop singer (Take That)
• January 21 – Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
• January 24 – Kenya Moore, American actress and model
• January 25 – Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver
• January 27
  • Fann Wong, Singaporean Chinese actress, model, and singer
  • Lil Jon, American rapper and producer
• January 29 – Clare Balding, British sports presenter
• January 31 – Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian and television presenter

February

• February 1
  • Michael C. Hall, American actor
  • Jill Kelly, American adult film actress
• February 2 – Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier
• February 3 – Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999)
• February 4 – Fatmir Limaj, Albanian politician
• February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer
• February 10 – Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler
• February 13 – Mats Sundin, Swedish ice hockey player
• February 14 – Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler
• February 15 – Alex Borstein, American actress
• February 16
  • Amanda Holden, British actress
  • Steven Houghton, British actor and singer
• February 17 – Denise Richards, American actress
• February 18 – Thomas Bjørn, Danish golfer
• February 19 – Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist
• February 20 – Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
• February 23 – Melinda Messenger, English television presenter
• February 24 – Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver
• February 25
  • Sean Astin, American actor
  • Daniel Powter, Canadian singer
• February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
• February 28 – Tristan Louis, French Internet entrepreneur

March

• March 2 – Manami Toyota, Japanese women's professional wrestler
• March 3 – Thomas Cawley, Engineer and founder of Balance Energy
• March 4
  • Shavar Ross, American actor and filmmaker
  • Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player
• March 5 – Scott Mosier, American producer
• March 9
  • Kinga Rusin, Polish journalist
  • Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
• March 11
  • Erin O'Donnell, American Christian musician
  • Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
• March 12 – Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor, performance artist
• March 16 – Val Venis, American professional wrestler
• March 23
  • Karen McDougal, American model
  • Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
• March 26 – Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian scientist
• March 27
  • David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver
  • Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
  • Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
• March 29
  • Attila Csihar, Hungarian vocalist
  • Robert Gibbs, 28th White House Press Secretary
• March 31
  • Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
  • Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor
  • Craig McCracken, American animator

April

• April 2
  • Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player
  • Zeebra, Japanese rapper
• April 3 – Picabo Street, American skier
• April 9 – Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian race driver, Formula 1 world champion
• April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
• April 12 – Shannen Doherty, American actress
• April 14 – Peter Gibson, American writer
• April 15 – Jason Sehorn, American football player
• April 16
  • Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor
  • Selena Quintanilla Perez, Mexican American Singer (d. 1995)
• April 18 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
• April 20
  • Allan Houston, American NBA player
  • Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer
• April 22
  • Eric Mabius, American actor
  • Daisuke Enomoto, first Japanese space tourist
• April 24
  • Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil Superstars, Deus) with Italian/Polish roots
  • Alejandro Fernandez, Mexican singer
• April 26 – Shondrella Avery, American actress
• April 28 – Bridget Moynahan, American Actress
• April 29 – Siniša Vuco, Croatian musician

May

• May 1 – Stuart Appleby, Australian golfer
• May 8 – Ross Anderson, American Pro Speed skier
• May 12 – Doug Basham, American professional wrestler
• May 14 – Sofia Coppolla, American filmmaker
• May 15 – Phil Pfister, American strength athlete
• May 18 – Desiree Horton, Los Angeles helicopter pilot/TV reporter/USFS aerial firefighter
• May 20 – Tony Stewart, American race car driver
• May 25 – Sonya Smith, American actress
• May 26 – Matt Stone, American television producer
• May 27
  • Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer
  • Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician
  • Paul Bettany, British actor
  • Glenn Ross, British strongman/powerlifter
  • Lisa Lopes, American rapper (TLC) (d. 2002)

June

• June 1 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
• June 4
  • Joseph Kabila, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Noah Wyle, American actor
• June 5
  • Susan Lynch, Irish actress
  • Mark Wahlberg, American actor and singer
• June 8
  • Troy Vincent, American football player
  • Jeff Douglas, Canadian actor
• June 10
  • Bobby Jindal, American Governor of Louisiana
  • Kyle Sandilands, Australian DJ, Australian Idol judge and TV presenter
• June 12 – Mark Henry, American professional wrestler, former Olympian
• June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet, and actor (d. 1996)
• June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
• June 18 – Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• June 21
  • Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish)
  • Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
• June 22
  • Kurt Warner, American football player
  • Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actor and comedian
• June 25
  • Scott Maslen, English actor
  • Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer
• June 26 – Max Biaggi, Italian motercycle racer
• June 27
  • King Dipendra of Nepal (d. 2001)
  • Kieren Keke, Nauruan politician
• June 28
  • Norika Fujiwara, Japanese actress and television personality
  • Aileen Quinn, American actress
  • Fabien Barthez, French football player
  • Tichina Arnold, American actress (Everybody Hates Chris)
• June 29 – Matthew Good, Canadian musician

July

• July 1
  • Missy "Misdemeanor" Elliott, American singer
  • Amira Casar, French actress
• July 3 – Julian Assange, Australian activist
• July 4 – Koko, American gorilla
• July 9 – Marc Andreessen, American software developer
• July 11 – Brett Hauer, American ice hockey player
• July 12
  • Kristi Yamaguchi, American figure skater
  • Robert Allenby, Australian golfer
  • Loni Love, American stand-up comedienne
• July 14
  • Mark LoMonaco, American professional wrestler
  • Joey Styles, American professional wrestling announcer
  • Alison Bartlett-O'Reilly, American actress
• July 16 – Corey Feldman, American actor
• July 17 – Cory Doctorow, Canadian author and activist
• July 18 – Penny Hardaway, American basketball player
• July 19 – Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer
• July 20 – Sandra Oh, Korean Canadian actress
• July 21
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer-songwriter
  • Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host
• July 22 – Kristine Lilly, American soccer player
• July 23
  • Alison Krauss, American country singer
  • Scott Krippayne, American Christian musician
  • Ahmed Ezz, Egyptian actor
• July 26
  • Chris Harrison, American television personality
  • Reggie Carthon, American football player
• July 29 – Monica Calhoun, American actress
• July 30 – Tom Green, Canadian entertainer

August

• August 2 – Michael Hughes, Northern Irish footballer
• August 4
  • Jeff Gordon, American race car driver
  • Yo-Yo, American rapper
• August 6 – Merrin Dungey, American actress
• August 8 – Guy Walters, British writer
• August 10
  • Roy Keane, Irish footballer
  • Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban amateur boxer
• August 12
  • Phil Western, Canadian musician
  • Pete Sampras, American tennis player
  • Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
• August 17
  • Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player
  • Anthony Kearns, Irish tenor
• August 18 – Jacob Vargas, American actor
• August 20 – David Walliams, English comedy actor
• August 21 – Robert Harvey, Australian rules footballer
• August 25 – Mike Lockwood (Crash Holly), American World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) professional wrestler (d. 2003)
• August 26
  • Thalía, Mexican actress and singer
  • Gaynor Faye, British actress
• August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• August 28 – Janet Evans, American swimmer
• August 29 – Carla Gugino, American actress
• August 31
  • Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
  • Chris Tucker, American actor and comedian

September

• September 1 – Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
• September 2
  • Arnold Arre, Filipino graphic novelist
  • Tommy Maddox, American football player
  • Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
• September 4 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
• September 6 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish singer
• September 8 – Brooke Burke, American model
• September 9 – Henry Thomas, American actor
• September 11
  • Richard Ashcroft, British singer
  • Mack Strong, American National Football League player
• September 13 – Stella McCartney, British fashion designer, daughter of Paul McCartney
• September 18
  • Lance Armstrong, American bicyclist
  • Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress
• September 19 – Sanaa Lathan, American actress
• September 20 – Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer
• September 21 – Luke Wilson, American actor
• September 23 – Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
• September 24 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist & entomologist
• September 25
  • John Lynch, American football player
  • Brian Dunkleman, American comedian and actor
• September 26 – Joel Breton, American video game producer
• September 30
  • Jeff Whitty, American Broadway playwright
  • Jenna Elfman, American actress

October

• October 2 – Tiffany, American singer
• October 3 – Kevin Richardson, American pop singer (Backstreet Boys)
• October 5 – Samuel Vincent, Canadian voice actor
• October 8 – Sean Palmer, American actor
• October 9 – Michael Manna, American professional wrestler
• October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
• October 13
  • Sacha Baron Cohen, British comedian
  • Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter
• October 14
  • Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer
  • Andrew Cole, English footballer
• October 16 – Craig Phillips, British reality show star (Big Brother UK)
• October 20
  • Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
  • Snoop Dogg, American rapper
• October 21 – Jade Jagger, English jewelry designer and daughter of Mick Jagger
• October 24 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
• October 25
  • Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
  • Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player
  • Midori Goto, Japanese violinist
• October 27 – Jade Arcade, American comics artist and writer
• October 29 – Winona Ryder, American actress

November

• November 2 – Eric Wall, American writer and political activist
• November 3 – Dylan Moran, Irish comedian, actor, and writer
• November 5 – Jonny Greenwood, British musician, song writer, score composer,
• November 8 – Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director
• November 9 – Big Pun (Christopher Rios), American/Latin rapper (d. 2000)
• November 10 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress and movie director
• November 11 – David DeLuise, American actor
• November 12 – Yasuo Aiuchi, Japanese snowboarder
• November 13 – Noah Hathaway, American actor
• November 14 – Adam Gilchrist, Australian cricketer
• November 16 – Alexander Popov, Russian swimmer
• November 17 – Michael Adams, British chess Grandmaster
• November 18 – Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer
• November 20
  • Dion Nash, New Zealand cricket captain
  • Joel McHale, American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television producer, television personality, and voice artist
• November 22 – Kyran Bracken, English rugby player
• November 24 – Keith Primeau, Canadian hockey player
• November 25
  • Christina Applegate, American actress
  • Magnus Arvedson, Swedish hockey player
• November 30 – Iván "Pudge" Rodríguez, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player and actor

December

• December 1
  • Jason Chan, Australian actor
  • John Schlimm, American author
• December 5 – Kali Rocha, American actress
• December 6
  • Helena Bulaja, Croatian multimedia artist
  • Richard Krajicek, Dutch tennis player
  • Ryan White, American AIDS activist (d. 1990)
• December 7
  • Larisa Alexandrovna, Ukrainian feminist
  • Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess Grandmaster
• December 8 – Abdullah Ercan, Turkish football player
• December 12 – Sammy Korir, Kenyan long-distance runner
• December 15 – Arne Quinze, Belgian conceptual artist
• December 17
  • Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player
  • Alan Khan, South African radio DJ
  • Sinan Akkuş, Turkish-German actor
• December 18 – Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player
• December 19 – Tyson Beckford, American model
• December 20 – Simon O'Neill, New Zealand opera singer
• December 22 – Khalid Khannouchi, Moroccan long-distance runner
• December 23
  • Corey Haim, Canadian actor (d. 2010)
  • Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite
• December 24
  • Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler
  • Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
• December 25 – Dido, English singer
• December 26 – Jared Leto, American actor and musician
• December 27 – Jason Hawes, American paranormal investigator, founder of TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society)
• December 28 – Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder and model
• December 30 – Chris Vance, British actor
• December 31 – Brent Barry, American basketball player

Deaths

January

• January 4 – Arthur Ford, American psychic spiritual medium, clairaudient (b. 1896)
• January 5 – Douglas Shearer, Canadian film sound engineer (b. 1899)
• January 9 – Elmer Flick, American baseball player (b. 1876)
• January 10 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)
• January 12 – John Tovey, British admiral of the fleet (b. 1885)
• January 14 – Guillermo de Torre, Spanish Dadaist author (b. 1900)
• January 15 – John Dall, American actor (b. 1918)
• January 20 – Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor, director, writer, and producer (b. 1880)
• January 23 – Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1875)
• January 24 – St. John Greer Ervine, Northern Irish dramatist and author (b. 1883)
• January 25 – Isobel Lennart, American screenwriter (b. 1915)
• January 27 – Jacobo Arbenz, President of Guatemala (b. 1913)
• January 28 – Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• January 31 – Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian, linguist (b. 1891)

February

• February 1 – Harry Roy, British bandleader (b. 1900)
• February 3 – Jay C. Flippen, American actor (b. 1899)
• February 12 – James Cash Penney, American founder of J. C. Penney (b. 1875)
• February 18 – Jaime de Barros Câmara, Brazilian archbishop (b. 1894)
• February 25 – Theodor Svedberg, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• February 26 – Fernandel, French comedian (b. 1903)

March

• March 7 – Barney Balaban, American studio executive (b. 1887)
• March 8
  • Borden Chase, American screenwriter (b. 1900)
  • Harold Lloyd, American actor and filmmaker (b. 1893)
• March 9 – Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch (b. 1902)
• March 11 – Philo T. Farnsworth, American television pioneer (b. 1906)
• March 12 – David Burns, American actor (b. 1902)
• March 16
  • Bebe Daniels, American actress (b. 1901)
  • Thomas Dewey, Governor of New York and Presidential candidate (b. 1902)
• March 18 – Leland Hayward, American film and theatrical agent (b. 1902)
• March 23 – Basil Dearden, English film director (b. 1911)

April

• April 3 – Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904)
• April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
• April 12 – Igor Tamm, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1895)
• April 13 – Juhan Smuul, Estonian writer (b. 1922)
• April 15 – Friedebert Tuglas, Estonian writer and critic (b. 1886)
• April 17 – William Corbett, American attorney, acting Governor of Guam (b. 1902)
• April 19 – Earl Thomson, Canadian athlete (b. 1895)
• April 20 – Cecil Parker, English actor (b. 1897)
• April 21
  • Papa Doc Duvalier, President of Haiti (b. 1907)
  • Edmund Lowe, American actor (b. 1890)
• April 29 – Nikolai P. Barabashov, Russian astronomer (b.1894)

May

• May 1
  • Glenda Farrell, American actress (b. 1904)
  • Violet Jessop, British Titanic survivor (b. 1887)
• May 11 – Seán Lemass, Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1899)
• May 12
  • Tor Johnson, Swedish wrestler and actor (b. 1903)
  • Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901)
• May 15
  • Goose Goslin, American baseball player (b. 1900)
  • Sir Tyrone Guthrie, English film director, producer, and writer (b. 1900)
• May 19 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)
• May 21 – Dennis King, English actor (b. 1897)
• May 26 – Laurence Wild, 1913 NCAA Men's Basketball All-American, former head coach for the Navy Midshipmen men's basketball, and 30th Governor of American Samoa (d. 1890)
• May 27 – Chips Rafferty, Australian actor (b. 1909)
• May 28
  • Audie Murphy, American World War II hero and actor (b. 1924)
  • Jean Vilar, French stage actor (b. 1912)
• May 30 – Marcel Dupré, French composer (b. 1886)

June

• June 1 – Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
• June 10
  • Virginia True Boardman, American actress (b. 1889)
  • Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
• June 11 – Ambrose (bandleader), English violinist and bandleader (b. 1896)
• June 14 – Carlos P. Garcia, 8th President of the Philippines (b. 1896)
• June 15 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
• June 18
  • Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
  • Libby Holman, American singer and actress (b. 1904)
  • Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
• June 25 – John Boyd Orr, Scottish physician and biologist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1880)
• June 30
  • Herbert Biberman, Jewish-American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900)
  • Crew of Soyuz 11:
    • Georgi Dobrovolski (b. 1928)
    • Viktor Patsayev (b. 1933)
    • Vladislav Volkov (b. 1935)

July

• July 1 – William Lawrence Bragg, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
• July 3 – Jim Morrison, American rock singer, songwriter, and poet (b. 1943)
• July 4
  • Maurice Bowra, British critic (b. 1898)
  • August Derleth, American author and anthologist (b. 1909)
• July 6 – Louis Armstrong, African-American jazz trumpeter (What A Wonderful World) (b. 1901)
• July 7
  • Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925)
  • Ub Iwerks, American animator (b. 1901)
• July 15 – Bill Thompson, American actor (b. 1913)
• July 17 – Cliff Edwards, American actor (b. 1895)
• July 19
  • John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, British businessman (b. 1886)
  • Norman Reilly Raine, American screenwriter (b. 1894)
  • Arsène Roux, French Arabist (b. 1893)
• July 23 – Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• July 24 – Christl Mardayn, German actress (b. 1896)
• July 26 – Diane Arbus, American photographer (b. 1923)
• July 27 – Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924)
• July 30 – Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901)

August

• August 2 – John McDermott, American golf champion (b. 1891)
• August 13 – King Curtis, American saxophonist (b. 1934)
• August 15 – Paul Lukas, Hungarian actor (b. 1895)
• August 17 – Horace McMahon, American actor (b. 1906)
• August 20 – Matiur Rahman, Bangladeshi war hero (b. 1945)
• August 25 – Ted Lewis, American musician and entertainer (b. 1890)
• August 27
  • Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer (b. 1904)
  • Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898)
• August 28 – Reuvein Margolies, Austrian-Hungarian-born Israeli author and Talmudic scholar (b. 1889)
• August 29 – Nathan Leopold, American murderer (b. 1904)

September

• September 7 – Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886)
• September 10 – Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
• September 11
  • Bella Darvi, Polish-born actress (b. 1928)
  • Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet leader (b. 1894)
• September 12 – Lin Biao, Chinese defense minister (plane crash) (b. 1907)
• September 17 – Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian military turned guerrilla leader (b. 1937)
• September 20 – Giorgos Seferis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
• September 21 – Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• September 23 – Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894)
• September 25 – Hugo Black, American Supreme Court Justice (b. 1886)

October

• October 3 – Leah Baird, American actress (b. 1883)
• October 10 – Cyril Burt, British educational psychologist (b. 1883)
• October 11 – Chester Conklin, American comedic actor (b. 1886)
• October 12
  • Dean Acheson, United States Secretary of State (b. 1893)
  • Gene Vincent, American singer (b. 1935)
• October 14 – Samuel Spewack, American songwriter (b. 1899)
• October 16 – Robin Boyd, Australian architect (b. 1919)
• October 19 – Betty Bronson, American actress (b. 1906)
• October 21 – Raymond Hatton, American actor (b. 1887)
• October 29
  • Arne Tiselius, Swedish chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
  • Duane Allman, American rock guitarist (b. 1946)

November

• November 2 – Martha Vickers, American actress (b. 1925)
• November 4 – Guillermo León Valencia, President of Colombia (b. 1909)
• November 9 – Maude Fealy, American stage and film actor (b. 1881)
• November 16 – Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943)
• November 17 – Gladys Cooper, English actress (b. 1888)
• November 22 – József Zakariás, Hungarian soccer player (b. 1924)
• November 25 – Hank Mann, American comedic actor (b. 1888)

December

• December 9 – Ralph Bunche, African-American diplomat, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1904)
• December 11 – Mac Mcdonald, American fast food restaurant owner (McDonald's) (b. 1902)
• December 12
  • Torry Gillick, Rangers winger (b. 1915)
  • Yechezkel Kutscher, Israeli philologist and Hebrew linguist (b. 1909)
  • Alan Morton, Rangers outside left (b. 1893)
  • David Sarnoff, Radio and television pioneer (b. 1891)
• December 18
  • Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902)
  • Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926)
• December 20 – Roy O. Disney, American studio executive (b. 1893)
• December 22 – Godfried Bomans, Dutch writer (b. 1913)
• December 24
  • Maria Koepcke, German ornithologist (b. 1924)
  • Dora Altmann, German actress (b. 1881)
• December 26 – Robert Lowery, American actor (b. 1913)
• December 28 – Max Steiner, Austrian-born film composer (b. 1888)
• December 29 – Stuart Holmes, American actor (b. 1884)
• December 30 – Dorothy Comingore, American actress (b. 1913)
• December 31 – Pete Duel, American actor (Alias Smith and Jones) (b. 1940)

Nobel Prizes

• Physics – Dennis Gabor
• Chemistry – Gerhard Herzberg
• Medicine – Earl W. Sutherland, Jr
• Literature – Pablo Neruda
• Peace – Willy Brandt
• Economics – Simon Kuznets

References

1. ^ "Cigarette Maker Phillip Morris Agrees to Remove Advertising Signs from Sports Stadiums Where They Were Shown on TV" (1995) DOJ315 United States Department of Justice.
2. ^ www.niraikanai.wwma.net

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