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November 21, 1971

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Historical Context for November 21, 1971

In 1971, the world population was approximately 3,769,847,865 people[†]

Notable Births

Michael Strahan

1971Michael Strahan, American football player, actor, and talk show host[†]

Michael Anthony Strahan is an American television host, journalist, and former professional football player. He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). A dominant pass rusher, Strahan set the record for most NFL single-season quarterback sacks and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Historical Events

Mukti Bahini

1971Indian troops, partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas), defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur.[†]

The Mukti Bahini, initially called the Mukti Fauj, also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was a big tent armed guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military personnel, paramilitary personnel and civilians during the Bangladesh War of Independence that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971.

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Headlines from November 21, 1971

COLUMBIA RALLY TOPS BROWN, 24‐6

By Lincoln A. Werden Special to The New York Times

PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 20 — Columbia's football squad closed its finest season since 1961 today by rallying for 24‐6 triumph over Brown in an Ivy League game.

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PENN STATE WINS, WILL GO TO BOWL

By Leonard Koppett Special to The New York Times

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 20—Penn State's undefeated football team crushed Pittsburgh today, 55‐18, and then accepted a bid to play in the postseason Cot ton Bowl at Dallas against the Southwest Conference cham pion.

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SAIGON PREPARES CAMBODIA DRIVE

By Craig R. Whitney Special to The New York Times

Amers in S Vietnam view S Vietnamese plans to move back into Cambodia as intended to do as much damage as possible to 60,000 N Vietnamese troops in their jungle base areas this fall before any Communist offensives begin farther north early next winter, when the weather will be favorable; threat to S Vietnam's southern provs seen diminished if N Vietnamese forces are set back in Cambodia; need for greater mobility in Vietnamese Army seen increasing as Amers withdraw

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Let Us All Praise Our Friend the Lichen

By Linda Charlton

That standard denunciation of the suburban demi‐Eden as a fraud is so weary by now that it won't even ig nite a boring cocktail party in Manhasset; yes, yes, we all know that Long Island has the same problems as the city. But did we all know that it still has lichen, and that the city doesn't?

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‘The Prisoner’ Merely Complains

By Walter Kerr

WHY did I feel such an enormous relief when, toward the end of the first half of Neil Simon's new comedy, “The Prisoner of Second Avenue,” Peter Falk went out onto the balcony of his high rise apartment to shout fresh curses at the neighbors above him only to be suddenly, shatteringly inundated by a bucketful of water hurled from the unfriendly heavens?

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Lindsay‐Troy Feud Hurts Both Sides

By Maurice Carroll

Feud between Queens County, NY, Dem leader Councilman Matthew J Troy Jr and NYC Mayor J V Lindsay discussed; threatens Troy's leadership and Lindsay's aspirations for Dem Pres nomination; both sides seem to have overreacted to repts in news media; Deputy Mayor Richard R Aurelio comments; sees Troy's 'disinvitation' to Lindsay to annual Queens Dem dinner on ground that Sen Edward M Kennedy deserved spotlight as final breaking point; Kennedy regarded as potential rival to Lindsay for Pres nomination; Troy says he later made arrangements for Lindsay to make welcoming address at dinner; Aurelio denies that arrangements were made but says that agreement was near when magazine article appeared reviving and heightening somewhat Troy's words of 'disinvitation'; piece had been prepared in advance of Troy's 2d thoughts; he could not disavow it although his temper had cooled in interim; Troy says that later, while in PR, he recd news of Lindsay's statement about cutting Troy off in all dealings with Queens; pol observers note that statement was not that of Mayor, but 'leaked' newspaper story; Troy and Aurelio illus

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Wary Optimism Retailers’ Mood At Season Start

By Isadore Barmash

Some weeks after Phase One of the Nixon economic program went into effect, Sol W. Cantor, chairman of In terstate Stores, Inc., a major complex of discount, and de partment stores, dashed off an enthusiastic letter to his 170 store managers.

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