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What Happened In June 1971 In History

Historical Events for June, 1971

  • 6th » Soyuz program: 'Soyuz 11' is launched.
  • 6th » A Hughes Airwest Flight 706 midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 Jet airliner jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II fighter aircraft jet fighter near Duarte, California, claims 50 lives.
  • 7th » The United States Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Cohen v. California known as Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
  • 7th » The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives known as Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms Division of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service raids the home of Ken Ballew raid or Ken Ballew for illegal possession of hand grenades.
  • 11th » The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Indigenous peoples of the Americas e.g Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
  • 13th » Vietnam War: 'The New York Times' begins publication of the Pentagon Papers.
  • 17th » President Richard Nixon declares the U.S. War on Drugs.
  • 27th » After only three years in business, rock promoter Bill Graham (promoter) known as Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York, New York, the "Church of Rock and Roll".
  • 30th » The crew of the Soviet Union called Soviet 'Soyuz 11' spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
  • 30th » Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1971

  • 1st » Mario Cimarro, Cuban-American actor
  • 1st » DJ Nihal, English radio and television host
  • 2nd » Kateřina Jacques, Czech politician
  • 2nd » Jo Koy, American comedian and radio host
  • 2nd » Anthony Montgomery, American actor
  • 3rd » Carl Everett, American baseball player
  • 3rd » John Hodgman, American author and actor
  • 3rd » Gert Kullamäe, Estonian basketball player and coach
  • 3rd » Julian Sturdy, English politician
  • 4th » James Callis, English actor
  • 4th » Joseph Kabila, Congolese politician, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 4th » Mike Lee (U.S. politician) or Mike Lee, American lawyer and politician
  • 4th » Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer and director
  • 4th » Karl Martin Sinijärv, Estonian journalist and poet
  • 4th » Noah Wyle, American actor and producer
  • 5th » Augustine kizis, Greek singer
  • 5th » Miyuki Komatsu, Japanese actress
  • 5th » Susan Lynch, Irish actress
  • 5th » Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese race car driver
  • 5th » Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper (Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch)
  • 7th » Terrell Buckley, American football player and coach
  • 7th » Alex Mooney, American politician
  • 8th » Troy Duffy, American director and screenwriter
  • 8th » Mark Feuerstein, American actor, director, and producer
  • 9th » Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer and sportscaster
  • 9th » Jean Galfione, French pole vaulter
  • 9th » Jackie McKeown, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Yummy Fur and 1990s (band) called 1990s)
  • 10th » K-Ci & JoJo known as Joel “JoJo” Hailey, American singer-songwriter (K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci)
  • 10th » Bobby Jindal, American politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
  • 10th » Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Morbid Angel, Alas (band) called Alas, Hate Eternal, and Ripping Corpse)
  • 10th » Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio host
  • 11th » Vladimir Gaidamaşchuc, Moldovan footballer
  • 11th » Liz Kendall, English politician
  • 12th » Arman Alizad, Iranian-Finnish tailor and television host
  • 12th » Mark Henry, American weightlifter and wrestler
  • 12th » Ryan Klesko, American baseball player
  • 12th » Jérôme Romain, Dominican-French triple jumper
  • 13th » Shannon Fill, American actress
  • 13th » Nóra Köves, Hungarian tennis player
  • 13th » David Mendenhall, American actor
  • 14th » Bruce Bowen, American basketball player
  • 14th » Ramon Vega, Swiss footballer
  • 15th » Edwin Brienen, Dutch-German actor, director, and producer
  • 15th » Jake Busey, American actor, singer, and producer
  • 15th » Isménia do Frederico, Cape Verdean sprinter
  • 15th » Christos Myriounis, Greek basketball player
  • 15th » Bif Naked, Indian-Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and poet
  • 16th » Chris Gomez, American baseball player
  • 16th » Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (Digital Underground, Outlawz, and Thug Life) (d. 1996)
  • 17th » Mildred Fox, Irish politician
  • 17th » Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer and actress (Timbiriche)
  • 18th » Kerry Butler, American actress and singer
  • 18th » Mara Hobel, American actress
  • 18th » Gaute Kivistik, Estonian journalist and author
  • 18th » Jason McAteer, English-Irish footballer and manager
  • 20th » Josh Kronfeld, New Zealand rugby player
  • 20th » Brandon Lewis, English politician
  • 20th » Josh Lucas, American actor and producer
  • 20th » Rodney Rogers, American basketball player and coach
  • 20th » Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson (Band) named Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Desert Sessions)
  • 21st » Anette Olzon, Swedish singer (Nightwish and Alyson Avenue)
  • 22nd » Gary Connolly, English rugby player
  • 22nd » Kambri Crews, American author
  • 22nd » Mary Lynn Rajskub, American actress
  • 22nd » Kurt Warner, American football player and sportscaster
  • 23rd » Fred Ewanuick, Canadian actor
  • 23rd » Félix Potvin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 24th » Ji Jin-hee, South Korean actor
  • 24th » Christopher Showerman, American actor and producer
  • 25th » Karen Darke, English cyclist and author
  • 25th » Angela Kinsey, American actress
  • 25th » Neil Lennon, Irish footballer and manager
  • 25th » Sébastien Levicq, French decathlete
  • 25th » Jason Lewis (actor) or Jason Lewis, American model and actor
  • 25th » Scott Maslen, English actor
  • 25th » Michael Tucker (baseball) called Michael Tucker, American baseball player
  • 26th » Max Biaggi, Italian motorcycle racer
  • 26th » Emma Noble, English model and actress
  • 27th » Yancey Arias, American actor and producer
  • 27th » Jo Frost, English nanny, television host, and author
  • 27th » Kieren Keke, Nauruan physician and politician
  • 28th » Lorenzo Amoruso, Italian footballer
  • 28th » Fabien Barthez, French footballer
  • 28th » Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer and coach
  • 28th » Norika Fujiwara, Japanese model and actress
  • 28th » Bobby Hurley, American basketball player and coach
  • 28th » Ron Mahay, American baseball player
  • 28th » Louise Mensch, English politician
  • 28th » Aileen Quinn, American actress, singer, and director
  • 28th » Ray Slijngaard, Dutch rapper (2 Unlimited and Ray & Anita)
  • 29th » Kaitlyn Ashley, American porn actress
  • 29th » Matthew Good, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Matthew Good Band)
  • 29th » Anthony Hamilton (snooker player) called Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
  • 30th » Megan Fahlenbock, Canadian actress
  • 30th » Anette Michel, Mexican actress
  • 30th » Monica Potter, American actress

Famous Deaths for June 1971

  • 1st » Reinhold Niebuhr, American theologian (b. 1892)
  • 3rd » Heinz Hopf, German-Swiss mathematician and academic (b. 1894)
  • 4th » György Lukács, Hungarian historian and philosopher (b. 1885)
  • 10th » Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (b. 1909)
  • 15th » Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1904)
  • 16th » John Reith, 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (b. 1889)
  • 18th » Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905)
  • 18th » Paul Karrer, Swiss chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1889)
  • 25th » John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, Scottish physician, biologist, and politician, Nobel Peace Prize e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1880)
  • 28th » Franz Stangl, Austrian SS officer (b. 1908)
  • 30th » Georgi Asparuhov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1943)
  • 30th » Herbert Biberman, American director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
  • 30th » Georgy Dobrovolsky Ukrainian pilot and astronaut (b. 1928)
  • 30th » Nikola Kotkov, Bulgarian footballer (b. 1938)
  • 30th » Viktor Patsayev, Kazakh engineer and astronaut (b. 1933)
  • 30th » Vladislav Volkov, Russian engineer and astronaut (b. 1935)

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