November 1971
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January 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in January 1971.-January 1, 1971 :*Born: Kalabhavan Mani, Indian actor and singer, in Chalakudy, Kerala...
– February
February 1971
January – February 1971 – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in February 1971.-February 1, 1971 :...
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March 1971
January – February – March 1971 – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in March 1971.-March 1, 1971 :*A bomb explodes in the men's room at the United States Capitol...
– April
April 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in April 1971.-April 1, 1971 :*The United Kingdom lifts all restrictions on gold ownership....
– May
May 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in May 1971.-May 1, 1971 :*Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States....
– June
June 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in June 1971.-June 1, 1971 :...
– July
July 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in July 1971.-July 1, 1971 :...
– August
August 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in August 1971.-August 1, 1971 :*In New York City, 40,000 people attend the Concert for Bangladesh....
– September
September 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in September 1971:-September 1, 1971 :*The 1971 South Pacific Games begin in Tahiti....
– October
October 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in October 1971: -October 1, 1971 :*Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida....
– November – December
December 1971
January – February – March – April – May – June – July – August – September – October – November – DecemberThe following events occurred in December 1971:-December 1, 1971 :...
The following events occurred in November
November
November is the 11th month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars and one of four months with the length of 30 days. November was the ninth month of the ancient Roman calendar...
1971.
November 1, 1971 (Monday)
- The Toronto SunToronto SunThe Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
begins publication. On the same day, The Body Politic, Canada's first significant gay magazine, publishes its first issue. - Died: Zé Arigó, 49, Brazilian psychic surgeon (in a car accident); Mikhail RommMikhail RommMikhail Ilych Romm was a Soviet film director.He was born in Irkutsk. His father was a social democrat of Jewish descent who had been exiled there. He graduated from gymnasium in 1917 and entered the Moscow College for Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...
, 70, Russian film director; Absalom Willis RobertsonAbsalom Willis RobertsonAbsalom Willis Robertson was an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician from Lexington, Virginia. Also known as A. Willis Robertson, he represented Virginia in both the U.S...
, 84, American lawyer and politician
November 2, 1971 (Tuesday)
- Gerhard HerzbergGerhard HerzbergGerhard Heinrich Friedrich Otto Julius Herzberg, was a pioneering physicist and physical chemist, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1971, "for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals". Herzberg's main work concerned...
is awarded the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in ChemistryThe Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of chemistry. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895, awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry, physics, literature,...
. - Abu TaherAbu TaherLieutenant Colonel Abu Taher a communist and a left-leaning radical activist of the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, responsible for the Soldiers Uprising and the radical breakout that occurred in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh on Nov 7th 1975...
takes command of the 11th Sector in the northern front in the BangladeshBangladeshBangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
i uprising.
November 3, 1971 (Wednesday)
- Publication of the first UNIXUnixUnix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
Programmer's Manual. - Première of Clint EastwoodClint EastwoodClinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
's film Play Misty for MePlay Misty for MePlay Misty for Me is a 1971 American psychological thriller film, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, in his directorial debut. Jessica Walter and Donna Mills co-star. The original music score was composed by Dee Barton.-Plot:...
November 4, 1971 (Thursday)
- Emma GrovesEmma GrovesEmma Groves was a leading campaigner for banning the use of plastic bullets and a co-founder of the United Campaign Against Plastic Bullets. She began her campaign after she was blinded from being struck in the face by a rubber bullet in 1971.-Shooting incident:Groves was Belfast mother of 11...
, a mother of eleven, is hit in the face by a rubber bullet and blinded; she spends the rest of her life campaigning against their use. - Born: Vladimer ChachibaiaVladimer ChachibaiaColonel Vladimer Chachibaia is a Georgian military officer who was a Chief of Joint Staff of the Armed Forces of Georgia from November 4, 2008 to March 5, 2009....
, Georgian military leader - Died: Guillermo León ValenciaGuillermo León ValenciaGuillermo León Valencia Muñóz was a Colombian lawyer and statesman, who served as President of Colombia from August 7, 1962 to August 7, 1966.-Personal life:...
, 62, former President of Colombia
November 5, 1971 (Friday)
- Born: Jonny GreenwoodJonny GreenwoodJonathan Richard Guy "Jonny" Greenwood is an English musician and composer, best known as a member of the English rock band Radiohead. Greenwood is a multi-instrumentalist, but serves mainly as lead guitarist and keyboard player. In addition to guitar and keyboard, he plays viola, harmonica,...
, English musician and composer, in Oxford
November 6, 1971 (Saturday)
- Operation GrommetOperation GrommetOperation Grommet was a series of 34 nuclear tests conducted at the Nevada Test Site in 1971 and 1972 including one in Alaska in 1971. These tests followed the Emery series and preceded Toggle....
: The U.S. tests a thermonuclear warhead at Amchitka Island in AlaskaAlaskaAlaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
, code-named Project Cannikin. At around 5 megatons, it is the largest ever U.S. underground detonationUnderground nuclear testingUnderground nuclear testing refers to test detonations of nuclear weapons that are performed underground. When the device being tested is buried at sufficient depth, the explosion may be contained, with no release of radioactive materials to the atmosphere....
.
November 7, 1971 (Sunday)
- The Soviet satellite Kosmos 347Kosmos 347Kosmos 347 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #35, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1970 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...
re-enters earth's atmosphere. - Born: Robin FinckRobin FinckRobin Finck is an American guitarist of Nine Inch Nails and former lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses. He is one of only a few artists who has played in two different bands listed on VH1's "100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock"; Nine Inch Nails and Guns N' Roses .-Career:Finck grew up in Marietta,...
, American lead guitarist of Nine Inch NailsNine Inch NailsNine Inch Nails is an American industrial rock project, founded in 1988 by Trent Reznor in Cleveland, Ohio. As its main producer, singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist, Reznor is the only official member of Nine Inch Nails and remains solely responsible for its direction...
, in Park Ridge, New Jersey
November 8, 1971 (Monday)
- Led ZeppelinLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
release their officially untitled fourth studio albumLed Zeppelin IVThe fourth album by the English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. No title is printed on the album, so it is generally referred to as Led Zeppelin IV, following the naming standard used by the band's first three studio albums...
; it goes on to become the biggest selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest selling album, and the fourth best selling album of all time.
November 9, 1971 (Tuesday)
- In Westfield, New JerseyWestfield, New JerseyWestfield is a town in Union County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town population was 30,316. The old village area, now the downtown district, was settled in 1720 as part of the Elizabethtown Tract....
, accountant John ListJohn ListJohn Emil List was an American murderer. On November 9, 1971, he murdered his wife, mother, and three children in Westfield, New Jersey, and then disappeared. He had planned everything so meticulously that nearly a month passed before anyone noticed that anything was amiss...
murders his mother, wife and three children. He remains in hiding for the next eighteen years. - Born: Dimitris KontopoulosDimitris KontopoulosDimitris Kontopoulos is one of the most famous Greek music composers known for his dance-pop music.-Personal life:Dimitris Kontopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on November 9, 1971...
, Greek songwriter, in Athens - Died: Friedrich Günther, Prince of SchwarzburgFriedrich Günther, Prince of SchwarzburgFriedrich Günther, Prince of Schwarzburg was the final head of the House of Schwarzburg and heir to the principalities of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt and Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.-Early life:...
, 70; the House of Schwarzburg becomes extinct.
November 10, 1971 (Wednesday)
- In CambodiaCambodiaCambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
, Khmer RougeKhmer RougeThe Khmer Rouge literally translated as Red Cambodians was the name given to the followers of the Communist Party of Kampuchea, who were the ruling party in Cambodia from 1975 to 1979, led by Pol Pot, Nuon Chea, Ieng Sary, Son Sen and Khieu Samphan...
forces attack Phnom PenhPhnom PenhPhnom Penh is the capital and largest city of Cambodia. Located on the banks of the Mekong River, Phnom Penh has been the national capital since the French colonized Cambodia, and has grown to become the nation's center of economic and industrial activities, as well as the center of security,...
and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine fixed-wing aircraftFixed-wing aircraftA fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
. - Born: Big PunBig PunChristopher Lee Rios , better known by his stage name Big Pun , was an American rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s...
, American rapper, in New York City (died 2000 of obesity-related causes); Niki KarimiNiki KarimiNiki Karimi , born 10 November 1971 in Tehran, is a multi-award–winning Iranian actress and movie director.- Biography :Niki Karimi was born and raised in Tehran. She participated in theatrical work while she was in elementary school. Her hobby of reading and watching movies from an early age...
, Iranian actress and director, in Tehran
November 11, 1971 (Thursday)
- A man-made earthslide at KawasakiKawasaki, Kanagawais a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, between Tokyo and Yokohama. It is the 9th most populated city in Japan and one of the main cities forming the Greater Tokyo Area and Keihin Industrial Area....
, Japan, kills fifteen people. - The asteroid 1920 Sarmiento1920 Sarmiento1920 Sarmiento is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on November 11, 1971 by J. and Carlos Ulrrico Cesco at El Leoncito.- External links :*...
is discovered by J.J.j., also known as Jweekly, is a Jewish website and weekly magazine in Northern California. It is owned and operated by "j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California"...
and Carlos Ulrrico CescoCarlos Ulrrico CescoCarlos Ulrico Cesco was an Argentine astronomer. He lived most of his life in San Juan, Argentina.He discovered numerous asteroids.The Carlos Ulrico Cesco Observatory is named after him....
. - Born: David DeLuiseDavid DeLuiseDavid Dominick DeLuise is an American actor and director.-Career:DeLuise was born in 1971 in Los Angeles, California. He is the youngest son of actor and comedian Dom DeLuise and actress Carol Arthur , and the brother of actor, writer, director Peter DeLuise and actor Michael DeLuise.His first...
, American actor and director, in Burbank, California, the youngest son of Dom DeLuiseDom DeLuiseDominick "Dom" DeLuise was an American actor, comedian, film director, television producer, chef, and author. He was the husband of actress Carol Arthur from 1965 until his death and the father of: actor, director, pianist, and writer Peter DeLuise; actor David DeLuise; and actor Michael DeLuise...
and Carol ArthurCarol ArthurCarol Arthur is an American producer and film/television actress, mainly recognizable as playing supporting roles in films produced by Mel Brooks. She is probably best remembered as the outspoken town suffragette Harriett Johnson, in Brooks' Blazing Saddles...
. - Died: A. P. HerbertA. P. HerbertSir Alan Patrick Herbert, CH was an English humorist, novelist, playwright and law reform activist...
, 81, English humorist
November 12, 1971 (Friday)
- Vietnam War – VietnamizationVietnamizationVietnamization was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War, as a result of the Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, to "expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U.S....
: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972, as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from VietnamVietnamVietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
. - Paul Joseph Cini hijacksAircraft hijackingAircraft hijacking is the unlawful seizure of an aircraft by an individual or a group. In most cases, the pilot is forced to fly according to the orders of the hijackers. Occasionally, however, the hijackers have flown the aircraft themselves, such as the September 11 attacks of 2001...
an Air CanadaAir CanadaAir Canada is the flag carrier and largest airline of Canada. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transport for passengers and cargo to 178 destinations worldwide. It is the world's tenth largest passenger airline by number of destinations, and the airline is a...
plane, but is later arrested without incident. - Official opening of the History House at 133 Macquarie Street, Sydney.
November 13, 1971 (Saturday)
- Mariner programMariner programThe Mariner program was a program conducted by the American space agency NASA that launched a series of robotic interplanetary probes designed to investigate Mars, Venus and Mercury from 1963 to 1973...
: Mariner 9Mariner 9Mariner 9 was a NASA space orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. Mariner 9 was launched toward Mars on May 30, 1971 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and reached the planet on November 13 of the same year, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit...
becomes the first spacecraft to enter MarsMarsMars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
orbit successfully.
November 14, 1971 (Sunday)
- Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria is enthroned.
- Born: Adam GilchristAdam GilchristAdam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...
, Australian cricketer, in Bellingen, New South Wales
November 15, 1971 (Monday)
- Intel releases the world's first microprocessorMicroprocessorA microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer's central processing unit on a single integrated circuit, or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose, programmable device that accepts digital data as input, processes it according to instructions stored in its memory, and...
, the Intel 4004Intel 4004The Intel 4004 was a 4-bit central processing unit released by Intel Corporation in 1971. It was the first complete CPU on one chip, and also the first commercially available microprocessor...
. - Britain's Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
arrives in SalisburyHarareHarare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
, capital of Rhodesia, to discuss proposals for a political settlement. - Born: Gary Higson born to Brian and Constance Higson.
November 16, 1971 (Tuesday)
- The British Government commissions a committee of inquiry chaired by Lord ParkerHubert Parker, Baron Parker of WaddingtonHubert Lister Parker, Baron Parker of Waddington PC was a British Judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of England from 1958 to 1971...
, the Lord Chief Justice of England to look into the legal and moral aspects of the use of the five techniquesFive techniquesThe term five techniques refers to certain interrogation practices adopted by the Northern Ireland and British governments during Operation Demetrius in the early 1970s...
of interrogation in Northern Ireland. - Born: Waqar YounisWaqar YounisWaqar Younis Maitla is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket and widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time...
, Pakistani cricketer - Died: Edie SedgwickEdie SedgwickEdith Minturn "Edie" Sedgwick was an American actress, socialite, model and heiress. She is best known for being one of Andy Warhol's superstars. Sedgwick became known as "The Girl of the Year" in 1965 after starring in several of Warhol's short films in the 1960s...
, 28, socialite and model (of barbiturate poisoning) - Born: Shawn yardley,son of Carolynn Yardley
November 17, 1971 (Wednesday)
- In Thailand, Field Marshal Thanom KittikachornThanom KittikachornField Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was a military dictator of Thailand. A staunch anti-Communist, Thanom oversaw a decade of military rule in Thailand from 1963 to 1973, until public protests which exploded into violence forced him to step down...
stages a coup d'état against his own government. - Died: Gladys CooperGladys CooperDame Gladys Constance Cooper, DBE was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television....
, 82, English actress
November 18, 1971 (Thursday)
- Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony OrchestraProcol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony OrchestraProcol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, by the UK band Procol Harum, was released in 1972; it was recorded at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada on 18 November 1971. It is the band's best selling album, certified Gold by the RIAA...
is recorded at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. - Died: Junior ParkerJunior ParkerJunior Parker was an American Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth"...
, 39, blues musician (during brain surgery)
November 19, 1971 (Friday)
- Opening of Disney's Fort Wilderness Resort & CampgroundDisney's Fort Wilderness Resort & CampgroundDisney's Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground is a themed camping resort located at the Walt Disney World Resort. It officially opened on November 19, 1971....
at Orlando, Florida.
November 20, 1971 (Saturday)
- A bridge still in construction, called Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, falls over the Paulo de Frontin Avenue, in Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
; 48 people are killed and several injured. Reconstructed, the bridge is now part of the Linha Vermelha elevate.
November 21, 1971 (Sunday)
- Fighting breaks out in the Boyra peninsula, signalling the start of the Indo-Pakistani War
November 22, 1971 (Monday)
- Six climbers die attempting to scale Cairn GormCairn GormCairn Gorm is a mountain in the Scottish Highlands overlooking Strathspey and the town of Aviemore. At 1245 metres it is the sixth highest mountain in the United Kingdom...
in Scotland. - Died: József ZakariásJózsef ZakariásJózsef Zakariás , also known as Zakariás József was a Hungarian footballer and manager. During the 1950s he was a member of the legendary Hungary team known as the Mighty Magyars...
, Hungarian footballer, 47
November 23, 1971 (Tuesday)
- The People's Republic of China takes the Republic of ChinaRepublic of ChinaThe Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
's seat on the United Nations Security CouncilUnited Nations Security CouncilThe United Nations Security Council is one of the principal organs of the United Nations and is charged with the maintenance of international peace and security. Its powers, outlined in the United Nations Charter, include the establishment of peacekeeping operations, the establishment of...
.
November 24, 1971 (Wednesday)
- During a severe thunderstormThunderstormA thunderstorm, also known as an electrical storm, a lightning storm, thundershower or simply a storm is a form of weather characterized by the presence of lightning and its acoustic effect on the Earth's atmosphere known as thunder. The meteorologically assigned cloud type associated with the...
over Washington, a man calling himself D. B. CooperD. B. CooperD. B. Cooper is the name popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft in the airspace between Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington on November 24, 1971. He extorted $200,000 in ransom and parachuted to an uncertain fate...
parachutes from the Northwest Orient Airlines plane he hijacked, with US$200,000 in ransom money, and is never seen again (as of March 2008, this case remains the only unsolved skyjacking in history). - A BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
court sentences pretender Alexis BrimeyerAlexis BrimeyerAlexis Ceslaw Maurice Jean Brimeyer was a false pretender who claimed connection to various European thrones. He used fraudulent combined titles like Prince d'Anjou Durazzo Durassow Romanoff Dolgorouki de Bourbon-Conde...
to 18 months in jail for falsely using a noble title; Brimeyer has already fled to GreeceGreeceGreece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. - Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian SmithIan SmithIan Douglas Smith GCLM ID was a politician active in the government of Southern Rhodesia, the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Rhodesia, Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Zimbabwe from 1948 to 1987, most notably serving as Prime Minister of Rhodesia from 13 April 1964 to 1 June 1979...
and British Foreign Secretary Alec Douglas-HomeAlec Douglas-HomeAlexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel, KT, PC , known as The Earl of Home from 1951 to 1963 and as Sir Alec Douglas-Home from 1963 to 1974, was a British Conservative politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from October 1963 to October 1964.He is the last...
sign an agreement on proposals for a political settlement.
November 25, 1971 (Thursday)
- Denmark establishes diplomatic relations with Vietnam.
- Born: Christina ApplegateChristina ApplegateChristina Applegate is an American actress. She is best known for playing Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children. Since then, she has established a film and television career, winning a Primetime Emmy and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations...
, American actress, in Hollywood, to record producer Robert W. Applegate and singer/actress Nancy Lee Priddy; Dražen ErdemovićDražen ErdemovicDražen Erdemović is an ethnic Bosnian Croat who fought during the Bosnian War for the Army of Republika Srpska and who was later sentenced for his enforced participation in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre.-Background:Erdemović fought in the Croatian Army during the Siege of Vukovar before returning...
, Bosnian war criminal, in Tuzla - Died: Leonard W. MurrayLeonard W. MurrayRear Admiral Leonard Warren Murray, CB, CBE was a officer of the Royal Canadian Navy who played a significant role in the Battle of the Atlantic. He commanded the Newfoundland Escort Force from 1941–1943, and from 1943 to the end of the war was Commander-in-Chief, Canadian Northwest Atlantic...
, 75, Canadian naval commander
November 26, 1971 (Friday)
- YesYes (band)Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
's classic album FragileFragile (Yes album)Fragile is the fourth studio album from the English progressive rock band Yes, released on Atlantic Records. It is the first to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye in 1971, and the first to feature cover art by Roger Dean, who would design many of the band's records.Upon its...
, is released in the UK. It is the first to feature their new keyboard player Rick WakemanRick WakemanRichard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboard player, composer and songwriter best known for being the former keyboardist in the progressive rock band Yes...
. - The US National Park Service acquires the Joseph Bailly HomesteadJoseph Bailly HomesteadThe Joseph Bailly Homestead, also known as Joseph Bailly Homestead and Cemetery, in Porter, Indiana, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark....
in Porter, Indiana. - Died: Giacomo AlberioneGiacomo AlberioneBlessed Giacomo Alberione or James Alberione , also known as Santiago Alberione, was an Italian priest and publisher, the founder of the Society of St. Paul and the Daughters of St...
, 87, Italian priest, founder of the Society of St. Paul and the Daughters of St. Paul; Bengt Ekerot, 51, Swedish actor, best known for his role as Death in Ingmar BergmanIngmar BergmanErnst Ingmar Bergman was a Swedish director, writer and producer for film, stage and television. Described by Woody Allen as "probably the greatest film artist, all things considered, since the invention of the motion picture camera", he is recognized as one of the most accomplished and...
's The Seventh SealThe Seventh SealThe Seventh Seal is a 1957 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman. Set during the Black Death, it tells of the journey of a medieval knight and a game of chess he plays with the personification of Death , who has come to take his life. Bergman developed the film from his own play...
; Palwankar VithalPalwankar VithalPalwankar Vithal was an Indian cricketer, credited with being the first Dalit captain of the Hindus cricket team in the Bombay Quadrangular cricket competition...
, Indian cricketer
November 27, 1971 (Saturday)
- The USSR's Mars 2Mars 2The Mars program was a series of Mars unmanned landers and orbiters launched by the Soviet Union in the early 1970s.The Mars 2 and Mars 3 missions consisted of identical spacecraft, each with an orbiter and an attached lander; they were the first human artifacts to impact the surface of Mars...
probe goes into orbit. - Married: Anele Intas and Peter Kanas, Sydney, Founder of Playmates of Taringa and world renowned architect, best known for his work on Toowong Towers and 'Murrayfield' at Chelmer
November 28, 1971 (Sunday)
- The Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceRoyal Canadian Mounted PoliceThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police , literally ‘Royal Gendarmerie of Canada’; colloquially known as The Mounties, and internally as ‘The Force’) is the national police force of Canada, and one of the most recognized of its kind in the world. It is unique in the world as a national, federal,...
receive a call about a pickup truck blocking Highway 20 around Alexis CreekAlexis CreekAlexis Creek is a creek in the Chilcotin District of British Columbia, Canada, flowing southeast from its source in Alexis Lake into the Chilcotin River a short distance upstream from the town of Alexis Creek.-Name origin:...
near Williams LakeWilliams LakeWilliams Lake is the name of several places:CanadaWilliams Lake is the name of several places:CanadaWilliams Lake is the name of several places:Canada:Cities and towns:...
. Fred Quilt, a 55-year-old leader of the Tsilhqot'inTsilhqot'inThe Tsilhqot'in are a Northern Athabaskan First Nations people that live in British Columbia, Canada...
First Nation, is arrested on charges of drunk driving. RCMP constables Daryl Bakewell and Peter Eakins find Fred Quilt along with three other members of his family in the pickup. The RCMP constables later allege that the four were "extremely intoxicated" and that Quilt had to be pulled from the truck and fell to the ground, falling again as he was being taken to the police truck in which the four were driven to the nearby Anahim ReserveTl'etinqox-t'in Government OfficeThe Tl'etinqox-t'in Government Office is a First Nations government located in the Chilcotin District in the western Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia...
. Quilt dies two days later, and the Fred Quilt inquiryFred Quilt inquiryThe Fred Quilt Affair was a media scandal involving the November 28, 1971 beating death of Fred Quilt a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation at the hands of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the British Columbia Interior...
follows. - Died: Wasfi al-TalWasfi al-TalWasfi al-Tal was Prime Minister of Jordan for three separate terms. He was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1971....
, 52, Prime Minister of Jordan, assassinated by members of Black September on the steps of the Sheraton Hotel, Cairo, where he was attending an Arab League summit meeting.
November 29, 1971 (Monday)
- The Soviet Union launches the satellites Kosmos 458Kosmos 458Kosmos 458 , known before launch as DS-P1-Yu #53, was a Soviet satellite which was launched in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme...
and Kosmos 459Kosmos 459Kosmos 459 , also known as DS-P1-M #5 was a satellite which was used as a target for tests of anti-satellite weapons. It was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971 as part of the Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik programme, and used as a target for Kosmos 462, as part of the Istrebitel Sputnik programme.It was...
. - The Soviet Union performs a nuclear test at its Semipalatinsk Test SiteSemipalatinsk Test SiteThe Semipalatinsk Test Site was the primary testing venue for the Soviet Union's nuclear weapons. It is located on the steppe in northeast Kazakhstan , south of the valley of the Irtysh River...
. - Died: Heinz TiessenHeinz TiessenRichard Gustav Heinz Tiessen was a German composer.-Biography:Tiessen was born at Königsberg, where he studied with composer Erwin Kroll before moving to Berlin. There, he enrolled at Humboldt University and at the Stern'sches Konservatorium, where he studied composition and music theory...
, 84, German composer; Edith TolkienEdith TolkienEdith Mary Tolkien , was the wife and muse of novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. She is best known as the inspiration for his fictional characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Evenstar.- Early life :...
, 82, wife of J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. TolkienJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien, CBE was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor, best known as the author of the classic high fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.Tolkien was Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Pembroke College,...
November 30, 1971 (Tuesday)
- Siege of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser TunbsSiege of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser TunbsThe Seizure of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs occurred on 30 November 1971 when British forces withdrew from the islands of Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb...
by Iranian marines. Arab police shoot three Iranian marines and injure one; four Arab policemen are killed. Iran retains control of the islands.
- Born: Christina Applegate