Northeast
1971
Popular Culture
• Led Zeppelin releases their untitled
fourth album
• Jim Morrison of The Doors found
dead in bath tub in Paris
Popular Films
• Love Story
• Summer of '42
• Ryan's Daughter
• The Owl and the Pussycat
• The Aristocats
• Carnal Knowledge
• The Andromeda Strain
• The French Connection
Popular Musicians and songs
• James Taylor
• The Doors
• Bob Dylan
• Tony Orlando and Dawn with
" Knock Three Times "
• Janis Joplin with " Me and Bobby
Mcgee "
• The Who
• Mungo Jerry
• John Lennon
• The Jackson 5
• Ike and Tina Turner
• Marvin Gaye
• Rod Stewart with " Maggie Mae "
• The Osmonds
• Michael Jackson
• The Rolling Stones with " Brown Sugar "
Popular TV Programs
• All My Children
• Mary Tyler Moore
• McCloud
• The Odd Couple
• The Partridge Family
Cost of Living 1971
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 4.3%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 890
Average Cost of new house $25,250.00
Average Income per year $10,600.00
Average Monthly Rent $150.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 40 cents
Datsun 1200 Sports Coupe $1,866.00
United States postage Stamp 8 cents
Ladies 2 piece knit suites $9.98
Movie Ticket $1.50
What Events Happened in 1971
UN
• China is admitted to the United Nations UN
Scotland
• Ibrox disaster in Scotland when 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match
Peru
• Peru Earthquake results in the destruction of the town of Chungar, Peru, and the death of most of the towns people
UK
• Decimalisation in United Kingdom and Ireland both switch to decimal currency.
• Education Secretary Margaret Thatcher's ( "Thatcher The Milk Snatcher" ) ends free school milk for children over the age of seven in the UK
• IRA Bomb Post Office Tower in London
U.S.
• A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts
• Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California
• The Voting Age in the United States is lowered to 18 yrs old when the 26th Amendment to the US constition is ratified
• Prison riot and prisoners take hostages at Attica Prison in New York, resulting in the death of 10 hostages and 29 inmates.
• The U.S. Supreme Court upholds School Busing Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education 402 U.S
• Amtrak created to provide US inter city passenger train services.
• Harris public opinion poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the war in Vietnam
• The Walt Disney World Resort opens in Florida on October 21st
• Federal Express is started by Fred Smith
• Cigarette Advertising Ended on Television in USA
• In an attempt to control inflation President Richard M. Nixon implements 90 day freeze on wages and prices, he also removed the gold/silver backing from the US Dollar
• Following on from the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, National Public Radio (NPR) broadcasts for the first time in April 1971
• The New York Times begins to publish sections of the Pentagon Papers showing the US Government had been lying to the American People.
• Charles Manson and three of his followers receive the death penalty
Switzerland
• Women are granted the right to vote in Switzerland
Sicily
• Mount Etna erupts
Japan
• Tsunami 85 m high rises over Ryukyu Islands in Japan
India
• Tsunami in the Bay of Bengal in Orissa State in India kills 10,000.
Guilford
High School
1971