1971

**1971** (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar.

## Events 
* January 2 – A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.
* January 3 – BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom
* January 18 – Strikes in Poland demand 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 six Persian Gulf countries
* January 25 – Charles Manson and three female "family members" are found guilty of the 1969 murder of Sharon Tate and others at Sharon's house
* January 25 – Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president
* January 25 – Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state
* February 9 - An earthquake happened in the San Fernando Valley.
* West Pakistan attacks the Republic of India in retaliation and the Republic of India attacks the former East Pakistan.
* August 10 – *Mr. Tickle*, the first book in the *Mr. Men* series is first published.
* December 6 – The Government of India recognizes the former East Pakistan region as Bangladesh.
* December 16 – East Pakistan becomes a nation as Bangladesh by surrender of West Pakistani combined forces.
* DIC, an animation company, is founded in Paris, France
* November 24 – During a severe thunderstorm over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. Cooper hijacks a plane and gets US$200,000 in ransom money. He jumps from the plane and is never seen again (this is the only unsolved skyjacking in history).

## Births 
* January 17 - Sylvie Testud, French actress
* January 18 - Junko Furuta, Japanese Student
* February 17 – Denise Richards, American actor
* February 25 – Sean Astin, American actor
* February 27 – Roman Giertych, Polish Minister of Education
* March 10 – Timbaland, American music producer
* April 2 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper
* April 18 – David Tennant, Scottish actor
* April 18 – Aphex Twin, Irish-English musician
* May 8 - Eiko Yasui, Japanese volleyball player
* May 10 – Kim Jong-nam, Son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il
* June 5 – Mark Wahlberg, American actor and singer
* June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper (d. 1996)
* July 30 – Tom Green, Canadian actor
* August 20 – Ke Huy Quan, Vietnamese-American actor
* September 11 - Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter
* September 18 – Lance Armstrong, American athlete
* October 2 &ndash; Tiffany Darwish, American singer & actress
* October 13 – Sacha Baron Cohen, English actor and comedian
* October 20 
**Snoop Dogg, American rapper & actor
**Dannii Minogue, Australian model & singer, sister of Kylie Minogue
* October 21 - Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer
* December 24 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer

## Deaths 
### January 
* January 10 – Coco Chanel, French fashion designer (b. 1883)

### February 
### March 
* March 8 – Harold Lloyd, American film actor (b. 1893)

### April 
* April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882)
* April 21 – François Duvalier, 32nd President of Haiti (b. 1907)

### May 
* May 19 – Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902)

### June 
* June 18 – Paul Karrer, Swiss biochemist (b. 1889)

### July 
* July 3 – Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943)
* July 6 – Louis Armstrong, American jazz musician (b. 1901)
* July 7 – Ub Iwerks, American animator (b. 1901)

### August 
### September 
* September 11 – Nikita Khrushchev, Leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1894)

### October 
### November 
* November 3 – Thawi Bunyaket, 5th Prime Minister of Thailand (b. 1904)

### December 
## Movies released 
* *Clockwork Orange*
* *Carnal Knowledge*
* *Duel*
* *Dauria*
* *Dirty Harry*
* *The French Connection*
* *THX 1138*
* *Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory*

## Hit songs 
* "Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night
* "Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
* "Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin
* "What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye
* "Another Day" – Paul & Linda McCartney
* "Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin
* "Black Magic Woman" – Santana
* "Brown Sugar" – The Rolling Stones
* "Coz I Love You" – Slade
* "Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James
* "Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone
* "Get It On" – T. Rex
* "Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond
* "Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson
* "Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" – Cher
* "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – The Bee Gees
* "I Woke Up in Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family
* "If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder
* "Imagine" – John Lennon
* "Indian Reservation" – The Raiders
* "It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr
* "It's Too Late" – Carole King
* "Maggie Mae" – Rod Stewart
* "My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison
* "Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson Five
* "One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds
* "One Less Bell to Answer" – Fifth Dimension
* "Peace Train" – Cat Stevens
* "Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner
* "She's a Lady" – Tom Jones
* "Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots
* "Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots
* "Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
* "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul & Linda McCartney
* "Where Do I Begin" (Love Story) – Andy Williams