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* 1971 – U. N. Secretary General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day.
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* 1971 – Lou Merloni, American baseball player
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* 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
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In July 1971, the Apollo 16 astronauts visited Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada for geology training exercises, the first time U. S. astronauts ever did so.
Agent Orange is the combination of the code names for Herbicide Orange ( HO ) and Agent LNX, one of the herbicides and defoliants used by the U. S. military as part of its herbicidal warfare program, Operation Ranch Hand, during the Vietnam War from 1961 to 1971.
Map showing locations of U. S. army aerial herbicide spray missions in South Vietnam taking place from 1965 to 1971
* 1971 – Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U. S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit.
Late in 1971, BJU filed suit to prevent the IRS from taking its tax exemption, but in 1974, in Bob Jones University v. Simon, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that the university did not have standing to sue until the IRS actually assessed taxes.
* Bella Abzug ( 1942 ), Feminist ; political activist ; U. S. Representative, 1971 – 1977
Their second son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, was born on August 3, 1922, while they were in Panama ; John served in the United States Army, retired as a brigadier general, became an author and served as U. S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
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* O ' Hara, U. S. Treasury ( 22 episodes, 1971 – 1972 )
In response to an EDF suit, the U. S. District Court of Appeals in 1971 ordered the EPA to begin the de-registration procedure for DDT.
The show was broadcast from 1948 to 1971 ( a total of 23 years ), which made it one of the longest-running variety shows in U. S. broadcast history.
* 1886 – Hugo Black, U. S. Supreme Court Justice ( d. 1971 )
In the fall of 1971 the ship sailed towards Amchitka and faced the U. S. Coast Guard ship Confidence which forced the activists to turn back.
He accompanied the Rolling Stones on their 1971 U. K. tour in the hope of being signed to the newly formed Rolling Stones Records, intending to record a duo album with Richards.
Its 21 years in TV syndication ( 1971 – 1992 ) was the record for a U. S. program, until Soul Train surpassed it in 1993.
However, in the case of Griggs v. Duke Power Co. in 1971, for the purpose of minimizing employment practices that disparately impacted racial minorities, the U. S. Supreme Court banned the use of IQ tests in employment, except when linked to job performance via a Job analysis.
The Bretton Woods system prevailed until 1971, when the U. S. government suspended the convertibility of the dollar ( and dollar reserves held by other governments ) into gold.
* 1971 – The Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U. S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades, which all turn out to be inert or dummies.
* 1971 – President Richard Nixon declares the U. S. War on Drugs.
* 1971 – Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
The second director ( 1960 to 1971 ) was Nicholas U. Mayall.
The U. S. Apollo program | Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle from Apollo 15 on the moon in 1971
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