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Pres Goheen announces resignation, effective not later than June, '72; illus; says he feels coll will profit from fresh leadership; recalls conviction that president's term should not run beyond 10 to 15 yrs; has been pres of univ for 14 yrs
Nixon appoints com of 5 White House staff members to work on recommendations presented to him by group of Negro HR members which include repeal of 'no-knock' and preventive detention provisions of anticrime laws; com members are C McGregor, R H Finch, D Rumsfeld, L Garment and R J Brown
Pakistan central Govt reasserts control over E Pakistan and bans all pol activity at army takes control; Yahya Khan breaks off talks in Dacca with Sheik Mujibur and returns to Karachi with his staff
US command repts 54 Amers killed, 335 wounded in action last wk
Citizens Budget Comm, asserting that Lindsay's new tax proposals pose grave danger to city's econ, says that astonishing mistakes made by city reprs in '69 in settling with policemen and police sgts have saddled city with liabilities aggregating hundreds of million of dollars
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of March 24, 1971, covering March 26, 1971.
Janis Joplin
Soundtrack
Jimi Hendrix
Chicago
Various Artists
1971Martyn Day, Scottish politician[†]
Martyn Day is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician, who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Linlithgow and East Falkirk from 2015 until 2024. He served as SNP Spokesperson for Health from December 2021 to September 2023.
1971Erick Morillo, Colombian-American disc jockey, record label owner, and music producer (died 2020)[†]
Erick Morillo was a Colombian-American disc jockey, music producer, and record label owner. Having produced under a number of pseudonyms, including Ministers de la Funk, the Dronez, RAW, Smooth Touch, RBM, Deep Soul, Club Ultimate, and Li'l Mo Ying Yang, Morillo was best known for his international work in house music, in particular for the label Strictly Rhythm, and the 1993 hit "I Like to Move It", which he produced under the pseudonym Reel 2 Real, and which was featured in commercials, movies, and ringtones. His label Subliminal Records produced the number-one Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit "Fun" by Da Mob, and won the Muzik magazine "Remixer of the Year" award in 1999. Subliminal also brought attention to artists like Eddie Thoneick, Carl Kennedy, and DJ DLG. He was a three-time winner of DJ Awards "Best House DJ" in 1998, 2001, and 2003 and a three-time winner of "Best International DJ" in 2002, 2006, and 2009 receiving a total of 15 nominations in all from 1998 to 2010.
1971Rennae Stubbs, Australian tennis player and sportscaster[†]
Rennae Stubbs is an Australian former professional tennis player, coach and television commentator. She was ranked number 1 in the world in doubles, and the winner of 4 major doubles titles and 2 mixed doubles titles as well as 66 WTA doubles titles. She is the host of "The Rennae Stubbs Tennis Podcast". She worked at the Seven Network between 2011 and 2018 as an analyst and is now a full time commentator for ESPN tennis. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. In January 2019, Stubbs received the OLY post-nominal title at the Brisbane International tournament. She’s also the longest serving member of the Australian BJK Cup team.
1971Paul Williams, English footballer and manager[†]
Paul Darren Williams is an English professional football coach and former player who was until August 2022 academy director at Birmingham City.
1971East Pakistan, then province of Pakistan, declares its independence from Pakistan to form Bangladesh; the Bangladesh's War of Independence begins.[†]
East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal. East Pakistanis were popularly known as "Pakistani Bengalis"; to distinguish this region from India's state West Bengal, East Pakistan was known as "Pakistani Bengal". In 1971, East Pakistan became the newly independent state Bangladesh, which means "country of Bengal" or "country of Bengalis" in Bengali language.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]