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What Happened In September 1971 In History

Historical Events for September, 1971

  • 3rd » Qatar becomes an independent state.
  • 4th » Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
  • 9th » The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, eventually resulting in 39 dead, most killed by New York State Police named state troopers retaking the Attica Correctional Facility known as prison.
  • 11th » The History of the Egyptian Constitution e.g Egyptian Constitution becomes official.
  • 19th » Montagnard (Vietnam) Montagnard ARVN troops of South Vietnam revolt against the rule of Nguyễn Khánh, killing 70 Vietnamese people ethnic Vietnamese soldiers.
  • 20th » Having weakened after making landfall in Nicaragua the previous day, Hurricane Irene–Olivia named Hurricane Irene regains enough strength to be renamed Hurricane Olivia, making it the first known hurricane to cross from the Atlantic Ocean into the Pacific
  • 21st » Bahrain, Bhutan and Qatar join the United Nations.
  • 26th » The Freetown Christiania was founded.
  • 28th » The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 banning the medicinal use of cannabis.
  • 29th » Oman joins the Arab League.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1971

  • 1st » Lââm, French singer
  • 1st » Mohammed Al-Khilaiwi, Saudi Arabian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1st » Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor
  • 1st » Joe Enochs, American soccer player and manager
  • 1st » Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese bass player and composer
  • 1st » Jimmy Reiher, Jr., American wrestler
  • 1st » Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer
  • 1st » Dave Wittenberg, South African-American voice actor
  • 2nd » Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
  • 2nd » Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor, martial artist, director, and screenwriter
  • 2nd » Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach
  • 2nd » César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
  • 2nd » Shauna Sand, American model and actress
  • 2nd » Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
  • 3rd » Kiran Desai, Indian-American author
  • 3rd » Chabeli Iglesias, Portuguese-Spanish journalist
  • 3rd » Indrek Rünkla, Estonian architect
  • 3rd » Trevor St. John, American actor
  • 4th » Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
  • 4th » Vaughn Ross, American murderer (d. 2013)
  • 4th » Ione Skye, English-American actress
  • 4th » Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer
  • 4th » Anita Yuen, Hong Kong model and actress, Miss Hong Kong Pageant named Miss Hong Kong 1990
  • 5th » Adam Hollioake, Australian cricketer and mixed martial artist
  • 6th » Devang Gandhi, Indian cricketer
  • 6th » Leila K, Swedish rapper
  • 6th » Asko Künnap, Estonian poet and illustrator
  • 7th » Shane Mosley, American boxer
  • 7th » Briana Scurry, American soccer player and sportscaster
  • 8th » David Arquette, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 8th » Brooke Burke, American model and actress
  • 8th » Martin Freeman, English actor
  • 8th » Khalid Gonçalves, American actor
  • 8th » Lachlan Murdoch, English-American businessman
  • 8th » Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
  • 8th » Pierre Sévigny (ice hockey) known as Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 9th » Eric Stonestreet, American actor
  • 9th » Henry Thomas, American actor, singer, and guitarist
  • 10th » Joe Bravo (jockey) or Joe Bravo, American jockey
  • 11th » Richard Ashcroft, English singer-songwriter (The Verve and RPA & The United Nations of Sound)
  • 11th » Markos Moulitsas, American soldier, blogger, and author, founded 'Daily Kos'
  • 11th » Johnny Vegas, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 11th » Shelton Quarles, American football player and scout
  • 12th » Ahn Jae-wook, South Korean actor and singer
  • 13th » Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player
  • 13th » Stella McCartney, English fashion designer
  • 13th » Manabu Namiki, Japanese pianist and composer
  • 14th » Jeff Loomis, American guitarist and songwriter (Nevermore and Sanctuary (band) named Sanctuary)
  • 14th » Andre Matos, Brazilian singer-songwriter and pianist (Viper (band) Viper, Angra (band) Angra, Shaman (Brazilian band) Shaman, and Symfonia)
  • 14th » Christopher McCulloch, American voice actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 14th » Kimberly Williams-Paisley, American actress, director, and producer
  • 15th » Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer and coach
  • 15th » Josh Charles, American actor and director
  • 15th » Ben Wallers, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Country Teasers)
  • 16th » Amy Poehler, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 17th » Nate Berkus, American interior designer and television host
  • 17th » Mike Catt, South African-English rugby player
  • 17th » Adriana Karembeu, Slovak model and actress
  • 17th » Mauro Milanese, Italian footballer
  • 17th » Ian Whyte (actor) e.g Ian Whyte, Welsh basketball player and actor
  • 18th » Lance Armstrong, American cyclist and activist, founded the Lance Armstrong Foundation
  • 18th » Anna Netrebko, Russian-Austrian soprano and actress
  • 18th » Jada Pinkett Smith, American actress and singer (Wicked Wisdom)
  • 19th » Sanaa Lathan, American actress
  • 19th » Mike Sadlo, German footballer and manager
  • 20th » Todd Blackadder, New Zealand rugby player and coach
  • 20th » Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer
  • 20th » Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer and manager
  • 20th » Dominika Peczynski, Swedish singer (Army of Lovers and Nouveau Riche (Swedish band) called Nouveau Riche)
  • 21st » John Crawley, English cricketer and academic
  • 21st » Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor and director
  • 21st » David Vetter, American victim of Severe combined immunodeficiency named SCID (d. 1984)
  • 21st » Luke Wilson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 22nd » Elizabeth Bear, American author and poet
  • 22nd » Chesney Hawkes, English singer-songwriter and actor
  • 22nd » Toomas Krõm, Estonian footballer
  • 22nd » Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
  • 23rd » Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer and coach
  • 23rd » Lee Mi-yeon, South Korean actress
  • 23rd » Eric Montross, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 24th » Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
  • 24th » Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author
  • 24th » Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 24th » Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)
  • 25th » Nikos Boudouris, Greek basketball player and manager
  • 25th » Brian Dunkleman, American actor
  • 25th » John Lynch (American football) known as John Lynch, American football player and sportscaster
  • 25th » Seb Sanders, English jockey
  • 25th » Jessie Wallace, English actress
  • 27th » Amanda Detmer, American actress
  • 27th » Horacio Sandoval, Mexican illustrator
  • 27th » Li Yapeng, Chinese actor
  • 28th » Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lonely Astronauts, Fistful of Mercy, and RNDM)
  • 28th » A. J. Croce, American singer-songwriter and pianist
  • 28th » George Eustice, English politician
  • 28th » Alan Wright, English footballer and manager
  • 29th » Tanoka Beard, American basketball player
  • 29th » Mackenzie Crook, English actor and screenwriter
  • 29th » Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer-songwriter
  • 30th » Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer

Famous Deaths for September 1971

  • 2nd » Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
  • 7th » Spring Byington, American actress and singer (b. 1886)
  • 7th » Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (b. 1906)
  • 10th » Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (b. 1932)
  • 11th » Bella Darvi, Polish-Monacan actress (b. 1928)
  • 11th » Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (b. 1894)
  • 17th » Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (b. 1937)
  • 20th » Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900)
  • 21st » Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
  • 23rd » James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (b. 1888)
  • 23rd » Billy Gilbert, American actor and singer (b. 1894)
  • 25th » Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician (b. 1886)

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