* Atlas Computer ( Manchester ) ( 1962 – 1971 ), an early computer built at the University of Manchester

* 1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player

* 1971 – Sanjay Suri, Indian actor and model

* 1971 – Nick Hexum, American singer and musician ( 311 )

* 1971 – Nicholas Brendon, American actor

* 1971 – Shannen Doherty, American actress, producer, director, and author

* 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist

* 1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ ( Underworld )

* 1971 – An attempted coup fails in the African nation of Chad.

* 1971 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer

* 1971 – Ernest Faber, Dutch footballer and coach

* 1971 – Aygül Özkan, German politician

* 1882 – Ernst Eklund, Swedish actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1886 – Edward Ballantine, American composer ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Merrin Dungey, American actress

* 1971 – Scott Minto, English footballer

* 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer

* 1971 – The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius.

* 1971 – Mack 10, American rapper and actor ( Westside Connection )

* 1971 – James Kim, American journalist and technology expert ( d. 2006 )

* 1971 – Mark Povinelli, American actor

* 1971 – Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist

* 1971 – Nikki Ziering, American model and actress

* 1943 – Michael Willetts, English soldier, George Cross recipient ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor

On 28 August 1924 Blyton married Major Hugh Alexander Pollock, DSO ( 1888 – 1971 ), editor of the book department in the publishing firm of George Newnes, which published two of her books that year.

Coppola co-produced George Lucas ’ s first film, THX 1138, in 1971.

He held a professorship with the University of Virginia from 1971 until 1994, and with George Mason University until 2000.

* Carroll, David, ed., George Eliot: The Critical Heritage, London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1971.

Two tantalizing photos were given to Louisiana State University museum director George Lowery in 1971 by a source who wished to remain anonymous but who came forward in 2005 as outdoorsman Fielding Lewis.

The Royal Victorian Order was opened to women in 1936, and the Order of Bath and Saint Michael and Saint George in 1965 and 1971 respectively.

New York: George Braziller, 1971.

* 1941 – George Jackson, American activist and author, co-founded the Black Guerrilla Family ( d. 1971 )

George and Eva Albers were generous donors to the university and in 1971 Eva bequeathed $ 3 million to the school.

* Twigs ( 1971 ), play by George Furth, wrote song Hollywood and Vine ( Music by Stephen Sondheim and lyrics by George Furth )

George Macaulay Trevelyan Lecture, ( 1971 )

At their first concert, They Might Be Giants performed under the name El Grupo De Rock and Roll, because the show was a Sandinista rally in Central Park, and all of the audience members spoke Spanish Soon discarding this title, the band assumed the name of a 1971 film They Might Be Giants ( starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward ), which is in turn taken from a Don Quixote passage about how Quixote mistook windmills for evil giants.

THX 1138 is a 1971 science fiction film directed by George Lucas in his feature directorial debut.

After the death of Lombardi and Austin's unsuccessful 1970 season, Williams signed former Los Angeles Rams head coach George Allen as head coach on January 6, 1971.

He also appeared with Ingrid Bergman in a stage production of George Bernard Shaw's Captain Brassbound's Conversion in 1971.

Public choice's application to government regulation was developed by George Stigler ( 1971 ) and Sam Peltzman ( 1976 ).

Gorton was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1968, a Companion of Honour in 1971, a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1977 and a Companion of the Order of Australia in 1988.

He was knighted in 1971 after his retirement from politics, becoming a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ( GCMG ).

* George Brumell, British Post Office Numbers 1844-1906 ( Alcock, Cheltenham 1971 ).

" She has taught at the University of British Columbia ( 1965 ), Sir George Williams University in Montreal ( 1967 – 68 ), the University of Alberta ( 1969 – 70 ), York University in Toronto ( 1971 – 72 ), the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa ( 1985 ), where she was visiting M. F. A.

Reporter George Bliss won a Pulitzer the following year for reporting, and reporter Bill Jones snagged one in 1971 for reporting.

Additionally, he made guest appearances on many popular shows, including Dragnet in 1967, Bewitched and McMillan & Wife in 1971, Adam-12 in 1972 ( as " George Strothers "), Ironside in 1973, Kolchak: The Night Stalker and Sanford and Son in 1974, Starsky and Hutch in 1977, Charlie's Angels in 1978 and Magnum, P. I.