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What Happened In August 1971 In History

Historical Events for August, 1971

  • 5th » The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with the aim of enhancing cooperation between the independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
  • 9th » The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and Internment known as interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.
  • 10th » The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
  • 14th » Bahrain declares independence as the State of Bahrain.
  • 15th » President of the United States called President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by Nixon Shock named ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
  • 15th » Bahrain gains Bahrain Independence Day known as independence from the United Kingdom.
  • 18th » Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
  • 21st » A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party (Philippines) Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda bombing Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Ferdinand Marcos Marcos political candidates injured.
  • 22nd » J. Edgar Hoover and John N. Mitchell named John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.

Famous Birthdays on August in 1971

  • 1st » Ágúst Gylfason, Icelandic footballer
  • 1st » Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, Mexican drug lord
  • 1st » Charles Malik Whitfield, American actor
  • 2nd » Alice Evans, English actress
  • 2nd » Michael Hughes (footballer) called Michael Hughes, Irish footballer and manager
  • 3rd » Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007)
  • 3rd » Will Muschamp, American football player and coach
  • 3rd » DJ Spinderella, American DJ, rapper, and producer (Salt-n-Pepa)
  • 4th » Jeff Gordon, American race car driver and actor
  • 5th » DJ Ajax, Australian DJ and producer (d. 2013)
  • 5th » Valdis Dombrovskis, Latvian politician, 11th Prime Minister of Latvia
  • 5th » Jared Hasselhoff, American bass player and songwriter (Bloodhound Gang)
  • 6th » Merrin Dungey, American actress
  • 6th » Scott Minto, English footballer and sportscaster
  • 6th » Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 7th » Dominic Cork, England cricketer and sportscaster
  • 7th » Sydney Penny, American actress
  • 7th » Rachel York, American actress and singer
  • 8th » Johnny Balentina, Dutch baseball player
  • 9th » Mack 10, American rapper and actor (Westside Connection)
  • 9th » James Kim, American technology expert (d. 2006)
  • 9th » Mark Povinelli, American actor
  • 9th » Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist
  • 9th » Nikki Ziering, American model and actress
  • 10th » Sal Fasano, American baseball player and coach
  • 10th » Stephan Groth, Danish singer-songwriter (Apoptygma Berzerk and Bruderschaft)
  • 10th » Roy Keane, Irish footballer and manager
  • 10th » Mario Kindelán, Cuban boxer
  • 10th » Paul Newlove, English rugby player
  • 10th » Kevin Randleman, American mixed martial artist
  • 10th » Justin Theroux, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
  • 11th » Julie Clarke, American model and actress
  • 11th » Tommy Mooney, English footballer
  • 12th » Michael Ian Black, American comedian, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 12th » Yvette Nicole Brown, American actress and singer
  • 12th » Rebecca Gayheart, American actress
  • 12th » Pete Sampras, American tennis player
  • 13th » Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor
  • 13th » Patrick Carpentier, Canadian race car driver
  • 13th » Adam Housley, American journalist
  • 13th » Heike Makatsch, German actress and singer
  • 13th » Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-American actor
  • 13th » David Monahan, American actor
  • 14th » Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Mark Loretta, American baseball player
  • 14th » Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
  • 16th » Rulon Gardner, American wrestler
  • 16th » Stefan Klos, German footballer
  • 17th » Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican drug lord (d. 2013)
  • 17th » Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
  • 17th » Ed Motta, Brazilian singer and keyboard player
  • 17th » Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player
  • 17th » Shaun Rehn, Australian footballer and coach
  • 18th » Tom Middleton, English DJ and producer (Global Communication)
  • 18th » Aphex Twin, Irish-English DJ and producer (Universal Indicator (collective) or Universal Indicator)
  • 18th » Jacob Vargas, Mexican-American actor
  • 19th » Mary Joe Fernández, Dominican-American tennis player and coach
  • 19th » João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese footballer
  • 20th » Nenad Bjelica, Croatian footballer and manager
  • 20th » Matt Calland, English rugby player and coach
  • 20th » Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese-American actor
  • 20th » Steve Stone (footballer) e.g Steve Stone, English footballer and coach
  • 20th » David Walliams, English comedian, actor, and author
  • 21st » Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese footballer
  • 21st » Robert Harvey (footballer) known as Robert Harvey, Australian footballer and coach
  • 21st » Liam Howlett, English keyboard player, DJ, and producer (The Prodigy)
  • 21st » Jaan Tiidemann, Estonian architect
  • 22nd » Richard Armitage (actor) or Richard Armitage, English actor
  • 22nd » Natalie Ceeney, English businesswoman
  • 22nd » Craig Finn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Hold Steady and Lifter Puller)
  • 22nd » Rick Yune, American actor and martial artist
  • 23rd » Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer
  • 23rd » Bone Crusher (rapper) named Bone Crusher, American rapper
  • 23rd » Tim Gutberlet, German footballer
  • 24th » Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor
  • 25th » Crash Holly called Mike Lockwood, American wrestler (d. 2003)
  • 26th » Thalía, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress (Timbiriche)
  • 27th » Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
  • 27th » Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and manager
  • 27th » Aygül Özkan, German lawyer and politician
  • 28th » Shane Andrews, American baseball player
  • 28th » Todd Eldredge, American figure skater
  • 28th » Janet Evans, American swimmer
  • 28th » Raúl Márquez, Mexican-American boxer
  • 29th » Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player and coach
  • 29th » Carla Gugino, American actress
  • 31st » Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer
  • 31st » Vadim Repin, Belgian-Russian violinist

Famous Deaths for August 1971

  • 3rd » Ernst Eklund (actor) known as Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor (b. 1882)
  • 8th » Freddie Spencer Chapman, English soldier (b. 1907)
  • 15th » Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor and singer (b. 1887)
  • 16th » Spyros Skouras, Greek-American businessman (b. 1893)
  • 17th » Maedayama Eigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 39th Makuuchi Yokozuna known as Yokozuna (b. 1914)
  • 17th » Wilhelm List, German field marshal (b. 1880)
  • 20th » Rashid Minhas, Pakistani lieutenant and pilot (b. 1951)
  • 25th » Ted Lewis (musician) called Ted Lewis, American singer and clarinet player (b. 1890)
  • 27th » Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (b. 1898)
  • 27th » Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (b. 1906)
  • 28th » Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (b. 1889)
  • 29th » Leopold and Loeb known as Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (b. 1904)

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