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IMF adopts nonbinding resolution urging reduction of restrictive trade and exch practices along with prompt return to relatively fixed exch rates
Chou, Deputy Premier Li Hsien-nien, Yen Chien, Natl Assembly Deputy chmn Kuo Mojo and other Govt leaders participate in Natl Day celebrations in Peking parks; tens of thousands of Chinese join in celebrations; Huang Yung-sheng, Wu Fa-hsien and Li Tso-peng, Politburo members in command of the army, air force and navy, are absent; USSR Amb Tolstikov, Japanese ex-Min Fujiyama, author Han Suyin and 3 Amer Black Panther leaders led by H Newton are among those present; festivities detailed; Jenmin Jih Pao, Communist party newspaper, omits its usual ed comment and customary large photos of Mao and Lin Piao; does pub an article on econ progress and 2 songs, including 1 by Mao; giant photo of Mao is placed in Tienanmen Sq, quotations from his poems and other photos of him are on display
Sec Rogers tells Sharp that Nixon has not yet decided whether to proceed with Amchitka Island underground nuclear test; says US is aware of sentiment in Canada against test
Sen, 75-5, votes to direct Nixon Adm to borrow sufficient funds from Agr Dept's import duty fund to feed all children eligible for program; measure will raise Govt appropriation from 35 cents to 46 cents; move is sharp rebuff to Adm's recent proposal, which would bar about 2-million children from receiving food; reflects widespread complaints from school admrs over allotment formula announced in Aug; money borrowed from duty fund will be paid back through supplementary appropriations
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of September 29, 1971, covering October 2, 1971.
Rod Stewart
Carole King
The Moody Blues
Soundtrack
Paul & Linda McCartney
1971Tiffany Darwish, American singer-songwriter[†]
Tiffany Renee Darwish, known mononymously as Tiffany, is an American pop singer. Her 1987 cover of the Tommy James and the Shondells song "I Think We're Alone Now" spent two weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was released as the second single from her debut studio album Tiffany.
1971Jim Root, American guitarist and songwriter[†]
James Donald Root is an American guitarist. He is one of two guitarists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #4, as well as the former lead guitarist for rock band Stone Sour.
1971Chris Savino, American comic book artist, writer, animator and creator of The Loud House[†]
Christopher Mason Savino is an American comic book artist, writer and former animator. He is well-known for having created the animated series The Loud House (2016–present) for Nickelodeon. Savino has also worked on The Ren & Stimpy Show, Rocko's Modern Life, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Mickey Mouse and Johnny Test.
1971Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (born 1883)[†]
Jessie Hazel Arms Botke was an Illinois and California painter noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.
1971South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election.[†]
Nguyễn Văn Thiệu was a South Vietnamese military officer and politician who was the president of South Vietnam from 1967 to 1975. He was a general in the Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF), became head of a military junta in 1965, and then president after winning a rigged election in 1967. He established rule over South Vietnam until he resigned and left the nation and relocated to Taipei a few days before the fall of Saigon and the ultimate North Vietnamese victory.
1971British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63.[†]
British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled international passenger flight from London, England to Salzburg, Austria. On 2 October 1971, whilst en route at 19,000 feet (5,791 m), the Vickers Vanguard the pressure bulkhead at the rear of the cabin failed. The resulting depressurisation of the tail section caused the surfaces of the tailplanes to separate. The aircraft entered an uncontrollable dive and crashed near Aarsele, Belgium, killing all 63 passengers and crew on impact. A piece of debris from the aircraft struck a passing car, causing minor injuries to one of its occupants.
In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]