On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
Portrait 1080 à 1920 PNG · created on your device
Atty Gen Lefkowitz sworn in for new term in informal ceremony in Gov Rockefeller office, NYC; illus; oath-taking precedes formal inaugural by day to ensure continuity of NYS govt
American Airlines pres Spater says line will provide additional Caribbean services on Mar 2
House and Sen conferees agree to include in foreign mil sales authorization bill Sen provision repealing '64 Tonkin Gulf Resolution, which authorizes Pres to take 'all necessary measures' to prevent further Communist aggression in SE Asia
Nassau Trust Co (Locust Valley, NY): 3 gunmen hold up Nassau Trust Co's Locust Valley, NY, branch, steal $18,752 and take 3 women tellers as hostages; captured in Bklyn after 70-min chase by 2 police cars and 2 helicopters; bandits planned to hijack airplane to Eur or Africa at Kennedy Internatl Airport, NYC; hostages released unharmed; incident described; suspects identified as P Durant, M Fautner and L I Johnson; illus; map
Doctoral degree holders are discovering degree no longer assures them of preferred employment
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of December 30, 1970, covering January 1, 1971.
George Harrison
Santana
Stephen Stills
The Partridge Family
Grand Funk Railroad
1971Sammie Henson, American wrestler and coach[â ]
Samuel "Sammie" Henson is a World Champion wrestler, winning a gold medal in freestyle for the USA at the 1998 FILA Wrestling World Championships, held in Tehran, Iran. He was also a silver medalist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the freestyle 54Â kg category, losing to Abdullayev in the finals of that event, held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At the age of 36, he competed at the 2006 FILA Wrestling World Championships held in Guangzhou, China, earning a bronze medal. He was named USA Wrestling's Man of the Year in 1998.
1971Bobby HolĂk, Czech-American ice hockey player and coach[â ]
Robert HolĂk is a Czech-American former professional ice hockey center who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). HolĂk is the son of Jaroslav HolĂk, a Czechoslovak ice hockey world champion in 1972 and Czech national team head coach who led the under-20 team to world titles in 2000 and 2001. HolĂk is the current head coach of the Israel men's national ice hockey team.
1971Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Indian politician[â ]
Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia is an Indian politician who is the 43rd Union Minister of Communications and the 10th Minister of Development of North Eastern Region since 2024. He was a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing the state of Madhya Pradesh from 2020 till his win in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. He is a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha, representing the Guna constituency in Madhya Pradesh from 2002 until his defeat in the 2019 Indian general election, and then since 4 June 2024. He is a former member of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 2001 to 2020 and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2020. While a member of the INC, he was the Union Minister for Power and Corporate in the second Manmohan Singh ministry from 2012 to 2014.
1971Amphilochius of Pochayiv, Ukrainian saint (born 1894)[â ]
Amphilochius of Pochayiv was a 20th-century Ukrainian Orthodox saint from Ternopil Oblast of western Ukraine.
1971Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.[â ]
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opposite end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption. The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette, but the word is sometimes used to refer to other substances, such as a cannabis cigarette or a herbal cigarette. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its usually smaller size, use of processed leaf, different smoking method, and paper wrapping, which is typically white.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[â ]