* 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

* 1971 – Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission – David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover.

On 1 August 1971, Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin left the Fallen Astronaut on the surface of the Moon as a memorial to all the American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts that died in the Space Race, with Yuri Gagarin listed among 14 others.

* Jack Jones ( born 1971 ), singer now known as Irwin Thomas

Between July 26 and August 7, 1971 – as the Apollo 15 Lunar Module Pilot ( LMP ) – Irwin logged 295 hours and 11 minutes in space.

Toronto: Clarke, Irwin, 1971.

* J. Irwin, 1971

The Genesis Rock is a sample of Moon rock retrieved by Apollo 15 astronauts James Irwin and David Scott in 1971 during their second lunar EVA.

July 1971 ( Signatures: Scott, Worden, Irwin )

Suggested starting points for the Bronze Age of comics include Roy Thomas and Barry Windsor-Smith's Conan No. 1 ( October 1970 ), Denny O ' Neil and Neal Adams ' Green Lantern / Green Arrow No. 76 ( April 1970 ), or Stan Lee and Gil Kane's The Amazing Spider-Man No. 96 ( May 1971 ; the non-Comics Code issue ).

* 1971 – Thomas Franck, German footballer

* 1971 – " Chilli " Thomas, American singer ( TLC )

* 1877 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral ( d. 1971 )

* 1905 – Thomas Gomez, American actor ( d. 1971 )

* 1971 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral ( b. 1877 )

He attended Michigan State University and graduated with a degree in agricultural economics in 1971, and Thomas M. Cooley Law School, graduating with a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree, in 1981.

* 1971 – Thomas E. Dewey, American presidential candidate ( b. 1902 )

* 1902 – Thomas E. Dewey, American politician ( d. 1971 )

* March 24 – Thomas Dewey, American politician ( d. 1971 )

* June 12 – Thomas C. Hart, American admiral and politician ( d. 1971 )

UPI reporters and photographers have won ten Pulitzer Prizes: Russell Jones ( International Reporting, 1957 ), Andrew Lopez ( News Photography, 1960 ), Yasushi Nagao ( News Photography, 1961 ), Merriman Smith ( National Reporting, 1964 ), Kyoichi Sawada ( News Photography, 1966 ), Toshio Sakai ( Feature Photography, 1968 ), Lucinda Franks and Thomas Powers ( National Reporting, 1971 ), and David Hume Kennerly ( Feature Photography, 1972 ).

In 1971, after the success of a TV movie named The City, where Quinn played Mayor Thomas Jefferson Alcala, he starred in the single-season ABC television series entitled The Man and the City.

Thurmond appointed Thomas Moss, an African American, to his staff in 1971, described as the first such appointment by a member of the South Carolinian congressional delegation ( it was incorrectly reported by many sources as the first senatorial appointment of an African American, but Mississippi Senator Pat Harrison had hired clerk-librarian Jesse Nichols in 1937 ).

Thomas Edmund Dewey ( March 24, 1902 – March 16, 1971 ) was the 47th Governor of New York ( 1943 – 1954 ).

( 1971 ); Thomas Nöla et son Orchestre: " Les Pierrots ", in Soundtrack to the Doctor ( 2006 ).

* Bendor-Samuel, John ( 1971 ) ' Niger – Congo: Gur ' in: Thomas Sebeok & Jack Berry ( eds.

The ' Thomas Aquinas College ' rented the Claretville campus from the Claretians from 1971 to 1978.

Louise Webster and Paul Murdin, at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, and Charles Thomas Bolton, working independently at the University of Toronto's David Dunlap Observatory, announced the discovery of a massive hidden companion to HDE 226868 in 1971.

From 1971 to 1978, she taught history and civics at Thomas Johnson Middle School in Lanham, Maryland.

* Thomas Tallis School — opened in 1971

* Thomas E. Dewey ( 1902 – 1971 ), American politician

* Rozonda Thomas ( born 1971 ), American R & B singer whose stage name is " Chilli "

After moving into the home of Lisa Lambert, Teena began dating his friend 19-year-old Lana Tisdel, and began associating with ex-convicts John L. Lotter ( born May 31, 1971 ) and Marvin Thomas " Tom " Nissen ( born October 22, 1971 ).