Historical Events
- Borden's opens a turn-of-century ice cream parlor at Disney World
- KMPH TV channel 26 in Visalia-Fresno, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
- USSR performs underground nuclear test
Famous Birthdays
- Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer
Famous Deaths
- Edit Angold, German actress (Suspense, Molly, Blue Angel), dies at 76
What Happened in 1971
Sinatra Snaps the Fight of the Century
Sinatra does it his way and secures a ringside seat as a photographer for the "Fight of the Century" between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
March 8, 1971Scrabble Creator Stuck for Words
The inventor of a new word game just could not think what to call it. Then a bright friend came up with the name – no points for guessing – Scrabble.
June 28, 1971A Clockwork Orange
Malcolm McDowell as Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange"
December 19, 1971
