What Happened In March 1971 In History

Historical Events for March, 1971

• 1st » President of Pakistan Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan.
• 7th » Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivers his 7th March Speech of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman or historic speech at Suhrawardy Udyan.
• 18th » In Peru a landslide crashes into Yanawayin Lake, killing 200 people at the mining camp of Chungar.
• 25th » Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight by the Pakistani Armed Forces against East Pakistani civilians.
• 25th » The Army of the Republic of Vietnam Operation Lam Son 719 called abandon an attempt to cut off the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos.
• 29th » My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
• 29th » A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the Capital punishment or death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1971

• 1st » Thomas Adès, English pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1st » Scott Antol, American wrestler
• 1st » Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
• 2nd » Dave Gorman, English comedian and author
• 2nd » Lisa Lackey, Australian actress
• 2nd » Method Man, American rapper, producer, and actor (Wu-Tang Clan)
• 2nd » Amber Smith, American actress and model
• 2nd » Manami Toyota, Japanese wrestler
• 3rd » Charlie Brooker, English journalist, producer, and author
• 3rd » Tyler Florence, American chef and author
• 4th » Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player
• 4th » Claire Baker, Scottish politician
• 4th » Jason Croot, English actor and director
• 4th » Anders Kjølholm, Danish bass player (Volbeat)
• 4th » Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese race car driver
• 4th » Shavar Ross, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 4th » Jason Sellers, American singer-songwriter
• 4th » Nick Stabile, American actor
• 4th » Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer
• 5th » Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player
• 5th » Yuri Lowenthal, American voice actor
• 5th » Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian cyclist
• 5th » Scott Mosier, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 6th » Darrick Martin, American basketball player
• 6th » Roger Salkeld, American baseball player
• 6th » Val Venis, Canadian wrestler
• 7th » Peter Sarsgaard, American actor
• 7th » Matthew Vaughn, English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Kit Symons, Welsh footballer
• 9th » C-Murder, American rapper and actor
• 9th » Emmanuel Lewis, American actor
• 9th » Diego Torres, Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor
• 10th » Steve Arnold (racing driver) known as Steve Arnold, English race car driver
• 10th » Jon Hamm, American actor and director
• 10th » Daryle Singletary, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 11th » Johnny Knoxville, American actor, stuntman, and producer
• 11th » Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player
• 12th » Vito DeNucci, American wrestler
• 12th » Tony Eveready, American porn actor
• 12th » Isaiah Rider, American basketball player
• 13th » Annabeth Gish, American actress
• 13th » Tracy Wells, American actress
• 14th » Charlie Elphicke, English lawyer and politician
• 15th » Penny Lancaster, English model and photographer
• 15th » Joanne Wise, English long jumper
• 16th » Alan Tudyk, American actor
• 17th » Bill Mueller, American baseball player and coach
• 18th » Mike Bell (wrestler) named Mike Bell, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 18th » Mariaan de Swardt, South African-American tennis player
• 18th » Kitty Ussher, English economist and politician
• 19th » Nadja Auermann, German model and actress
• 19th » Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor
• 20th » Touré, American journalist and author
• 20th » Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player
• 20th » Alexander Chaplin, American actor
• 20th » Ingrid Kavelaars, Canadian actress
• 21st » Zsolt Kürtösi, Hungarian decathlete
• 22nd » Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
• 22nd » Keegan-Michael Key, American actor
• 22nd » Will Yun Lee, American actor
• 23rd » Yasmeen Ghauri, Canadian model
• 23rd » Karen McDougal, American model and actress
• 23rd » Gail Porter, Scottish television host
• 23rd » Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player
• 23rd » Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese wrestler
• 24th » Megyn Price, American actress
• 25th » Stacy Dragila, American pole vaulter
• 25th » Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player
• 25th » Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player
• 26th » Behzad Ghorbani, Iranian zoologist and planarialogist
• 26th » Tommie Sunshine, American DJ and producer
• 26th » Paul Williams (footballer born 1971) or Paul Williams, English footballer and manager
• 27th » Kelvyn Alp, New Zealand politician
• 27th » Thom Barron, German porn actor
• 27th » Victor Bodiu, Moldovan economist and politician
• 27th » David Coulthard, Scottish race car driver
• 27th » Nathan Fillion, Canadian actor
• 27th » Santiago Herrero Amor, Spanish footballer
• 27th » Roger Owensby, Jr., American sergeant and shooting victim (d. 2000)
• 27th » Matt Pegg, English bass player (Procol Harum)
• 28th » Mr. Cheeks, American rapper (The Lost Boyz)
• 28th » Christianne Meneses Jacobs, Nicaraguan-American journalist and educator
• 28th » Wesley Person, American basketball player
• 29th » Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary
• 29th » Lara Logan, South African-American journalist
• 30th » Mark Consuelos, Spanish-American actor
• 30th » Mari Holden, American cyclist
• 31st » Demetris Assiotis, Cypriot footballer
• 31st » Martin Atkinson, English footballer and referee
• 31st » Pavel Bure, Russian ice hockey player
• 31st » Craig McCracken, American animator, producer, and screenwriter
• 31st » Ewan McGregor, Scottish-American actor

Famous Deaths for March 1971

• 5th » Allan Nevins, American journalist and author (b. 1890)
• 6th » Thurston Dart, English keyboard player and conductor (b. 1921)
• 7th » Harold McNair, Jamaican-English saxophonist and flute player (b. 1931)
• 8th » Harold Lloyd, American actor and producer (b. 1893)
• 9th » Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria (b. 1902)
• 11th » Philo Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 11th » Whitney Young, American activist (b. 1921)
• 12th » August Torma, Estonian soldier and diplomat (b. 1895)
• 15th » Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948)
• 16th » Thomas E. Dewey, American politician, 47th Governor of New York (b. 1902)
• 22nd » Johannes Villemson, Estonian runner (b. 1893)
• 24th » Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect, designed the Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Copenhagen called Radisson Blu Royal Hotel and Aarhus City Hall (b. 1902)
• 28th » Robert Hunter (golfer) known as Robert Hunter, American golfer (b. 1886)
• 29th » Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi lawyer (b. 1886)
• 30th » Selmer Jackson, American actor (b. 1888)

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