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Defense Dept officials say new silos may be intended for 2 new types of missiles rather than one but note possibility that USSR, rather than seeking to deploy new weapons, is actually bldg larger, more blast-resistnat silos
spokesman for Rockefeller says Gov has retreated from position that additional parochial school aid must be financed by new taxes and says new aid will be financed by anticipated Fed revenue-sharing aid
US mil finds, as US role in war declines, that disposal of equipment in Vietnam is more complicated than it was to build it or bring it in; so far 570,000 tons of equipment have been returned to US; removal process described; illus; 19,978 kinds of items worth over $25-million when new turned over to S Vietnam; equipment not returned to US or given to S Vietnam is put up for inspection by US Govt agencies for use elsewhere
C Lee, 18-yr-old student from Bklyn who allegedly witnessed slayings, held in $50,000 bail as material witness; police affidavit asserts that Lee was frightened and terrorized and that it was feared that he might therefore flee jurisdiction; details
Lindsay attends funeral service of Ptl J A Piagentini, slain in line of duty
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of May 26, 1971, covering May 27, 1971.
The Rolling Stones
Various Artists
Crosby| Stills| Nash & Young
Carole King
James Taylor
1971Mathew Batsiua, Nauruan politician[†]
Mathew Jansen Batsiua is a Nauruan politician. Batsiua, a former health minister and former foreign minister of Nauru, has served as a member of parliament for the constituency of Boe since 2004.
1971Paul Bettany, English actor[†]
Paul Bettany is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021), which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
1971Wayne Carey, Australian footballer and coach[†]
Wayne Francis Carey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne Football Club and Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
1971Kaur Kender, Estonian author[†]
Kaur Kender is an Estonian author, entrepreneur, and advertising executive. Kender entered the Estonian literary scene in 1998 with his debut novel, Independence Day (transl. Iseseisvuspäev), which has been translated into Finnish (2001) and Russian (2003).
1971Lisa Lopes, American rapper and dancer (died 2002)[†]
Lisa Nicole Lopes, also known by her stage name Left Eye, was an American singer and rapper. She was a member of the R&B girl group TLC, alongside Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins and Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas. Besides rapping and singing on TLC recordings, Lopes was the creative force behind the group, receiving more co-writing credits than the other members. She also designed some of their outfits and the stage for their FanMail Tour and contributed to the group's image, album titles, artworks, and music videos. Through her work with TLC, Lopes won four Grammy Awards.
1971Lee Sharpe, English footballer[†]
Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former professional footballer, sports television pundit, reality television personality and golfer.
1971Grant Stafford, South African tennis player[†]
Grant Stafford is a former tennis player from South Africa.
1971Sophie Walker, British politician, leader of the Women's Equality Party[†]
Sophie Walker is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.
1971Petroc Trelawny, British radio and television broadcaster[†]
James Edward Petroc Trelawny is a British classical music radio and television broadcaster. Since 1998 he has been a presenter on BBC Radio 3.
1971Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)[†]
Béla Juhos was a Hungarian-Austrian philosopher and member of the Vienna Circle.
1971Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)[†]
Armando Picchi was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Inter Milan side known as "La Grande Inter".
1971The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal.[†]
The Dahlerau train disaster was a railway accident that occurred on May 27, 1971, in Dahlerau, a small town in Radevormwald, West Germany, in which a freight train and a passenger train collided head-on. Forty-six people perished in the accident; forty-one were senior year pupils of the Geschwister-Scholl-Schule in Radevormwald. It was the deadliest accident in West Germany since its foundation in 1949, surpassed after German reunification by the Eschede train disaster in 1998.
1971Pakistani forces massacre over 200 civilians, mostly Bengali Hindus, in the Bagbati massacre.[†]
Bengali Hindus are adherents of Hinduism who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. They make up the majority in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Assam's Barak Valley region and make up the largest minority in Bangladesh. Comprising about one-third of the global Bengali population, they are the largest ethnic group among Hindus.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]