Historical figures in 1971
The atlas holds 84 people and 167 moments here, in 1971. The most recorded lives are Salvador Allende, Bruce Lee and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Musicians and Composers.
Notable people
Golda Meir
in 1971
1 moment here
Golda Meir was an Israeli political leader who served as Israel’s prime minister from 1969 to 1974.…
Gough Whitlam
in 1971
2 moments here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Grace Kelly
in 1971
1 moment here
American actress Grace Patricia Kelly became an internationally prominent film star in the early 1950s, then Princess of Monaco after her 1956…
Haile Selassie
in 1971
2 moments here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hirohito
in 1971
2 moments here
Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Idi Amin
in 1971
1 moment here
Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
Igor Stravinsky
in 1971
1 moment here
Russian-born composer, conductor, and pianist who became a French citizen in 1934 and an American citizen in 1945.…
Igor Tamm
in 1971
1 moment here
Soviet theoretical physicist and 1958 Nobel laureate in Physics, noted for work on Cherenkov radiation, nuclear physics, and controlled thermonuclear…
Indira Gandhi
in 1971
1 moment here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1971
1 moment here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1971
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Jim Morrison
in 1971
4 moments here
James Douglas “Jim” Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, and lead vocalist of the Doors.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1971
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John Atta Mills
in 1971
1 moment here
John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills was a Ghanaian legal scholar and politician who served as vice president of Ghana from 1997 to 2001 and president from 7…
John Lennon
in 1971
2 moments here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1971
5 moments here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Jorge Rafael Videla
in 1971
1 moment here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
José Mujica
in 1971
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Katharine Hepburn
in 1971
1 moment here
American stage, film, and television actress whose career ran from 1928 to 1995. Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut, educated at Bryn Mawr…
Khaleda Zia
in 1971
7 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Kim Dae-jung
in 1971
4 moments here
South Korean politician, democracy activist, and eighth president of South Korea (1998–2003).…
Kofi Annan
in 1971
1 moment here
Ghanaian diplomat and statesman who served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006.…
Lawrence Bragg
in 1971
1 moment here
Australian-born British physicist and X-ray crystallographer. Bragg shared the 1915 Nobel Prize in Physics with his father, William Henry Bragg, for…
Léopold Sédar Senghor
in 1971
2 moments here
Senegalese poet, theorist of Négritude, and statesman who became Senegal’s first president in 1960.…
Moments
- 1971 Pechki-lavochki filming at Biysk station Vasily Shukshin
- 1971 Pechki-lavochki final shot on Mount Piket Vasily Shukshin
- 1971 Meeting with Zhou Enlai in Beijing Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Visit to hometown Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Imprisonment at Adiala Jail Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1971 Address in Valparaíso Salvador Allende
- 1971 Dialogue at Cerro Sombrero Salvador Allende
- 1971 Punta Arenas speech Salvador Allende
- 1971 Speech at Chuquicamata Salvador Allende
- 1971 Host of the 25th Tony Awards Anthony Quinn
- 1971 Move to Rue Beautreillis Jim Morrison
- 1971 Final Waldorf-Astoria engagement begins Louis Armstrong
- 1971 Rebel organization in Sudan Milton Obote
- 1971 Fight of the Century Muhammad Ali
- 1971 Presentation of credentials in Paris Pablo Neruda
- 1971 Meeting with Hafez al-Assad Saddam Hussein
- 1971 Secret Ba'ath leadership meeting Saddam Hussein
- 1971 Presides over Cleveland museum opening Salvador Dalí
- 1971 7 March speech Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1971 Arrest at Dhanmondi 32 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1971 Raising Bangladesh’s flag at Dhanmondi 32 Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1971 Dhaka negotiations and departure Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1971 Disabled-sport competition in Norway Abebe Bikila
- 1971 Federation of Arab Republics signing Anwar Sadat
- 1971 Van Gelder Studio final session Astrud Gilberto
- 1971 Death on Fifth Avenue Igor Stravinsky
- 1971 Death in Moscow Igor Tamm
- 1971 Visit to Milan Trade Fair Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1971 Campaign speech at Jangchungdan Park Kim Dae-jung
- 1971 Campaign speech in Busan Kim Dae-jung
- 1971 Campaign speech in Daegu Kim Dae-jung
- 1971 Work on the Raga soundtrack Ravi Shankar
- 1971 Birth at Freeport Community Hospital Selena
- 1971 European Championship qualifier in Porto Eusébio
- 1971 Arrived at Narayanganj during Liberation War Khaleda Zia
- 1971 Sheltered in Khilgaon Khaleda Zia
- 1971 Assassination attempt on Mokpo–Gwangju highway Kim Dae-jung
- 1971 LBJ Library dedication Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1971 UNCTAD Trade and Development Board meeting Manmohan Singh
- 1971 Lecture at University of Concepción Salvador Allende
- 1971 Conference attendance in Versailles Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1971 Lived in hiding at Siddheshwari Khaleda Zia
- 1971 Cambridge visit Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1971 Meeting with President Nixon Léopold Sédar Senghor
- 1971 Birth in East Harlem Tupac Shakur
- 1971 Visit to Hartford Willy Brandt
- 1971 Visit to Kingston Willy Brandt
- 1971 Relocation near Jerash Yasser Arafat
- 1971 Birth in Samarra Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
- 1971 Arrival and meetings in Bangkok Bruce Lee