What Happened in January 1971

• Jan 1 37th Orange Bowl: #3 Nebraska beats #5 LSU, 17-12
• Jan 1 37th Sugar Bowl: #4 Tennessee beats #11 Air Force, 34-13
• Jan 1 57th Rose Bowl: #12 Stanford beats #2 Ohio State, 27-17

• Jan 1 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV
• Jan 2 Spectator crush at Ibrox Park in Glasgow, Scotland as Rangers supporters leave the ground with home team 0-1 behind to Old Firm rivals Celtic; 66 deaths and more than 200 injuries; Rangers score late for 1-1

• Jan 3 1st NFC Championship, Kezar Stadium, SF: Dallas Cowboys beat San Francisco 49ers, 17-10
• Jan 3 Murray Rumshinsky and Jacob Jacobs' musical "The President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater, NYC, after 72 performances
• Jan 4 Dr Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is
• Jan 4 Philadelphia's multi-purpose Veteran's Stadium dedicated, it becomes home to MLB Phillies and NFL Eagles
• Jan 5 1st one-day international, Australia v England at the MCG

• Jan 5 Globetrotters lose 100-99 to NJ Reds, ending 2,495-game winning streak
• Jan 6 Berkeley chemists announces 1st synthetic growth hormones
• Jan 6 Cecil Partee elected president pro tem of Illinois state senate

• Jan 7 -40°F (-40°C) in Hawley Lake, Arizona (state record)
• Jan 8 29 pilot whales beach themselves & die at San Clemente Island, California
• Jan 8 Voyageurs National Park, Minn, established
• Jan 9 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic Theater, NYC, after 19 performances
• Jan 10 Bollingen Prize for poetry awarded to Richard Wilbur

• Jan 10 Irish Republican Army (IRA) carry out a 'punishment attack', tarring and feathering 4 men accused of criminal activities in Belfast
• Jan 10 Musical "Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater, NYC, after 87 performances
• Jan 11 Tigers ace reliever John Hiller, 27, sufferes a heart attack, but later makes a remarkable comeback to record 38 saves
• Jan 12 "All in the Family" premieres on CBS featuring 1st toilet flush on TV

• Jan 12 Congressional Black Caucus organizes
• Jan 12 Joseph Kookoolis and Scott Fagan's rock opera musical "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater, NYC; runs for 3 performances
• Jan 12 Negotiations over price of petroleum begin in Tehran between 6 OPEC Persian Gulf states and 22 oil companies
• Jan 12 Two bombs explode at UK Employment Secretary Robert Carr's home

• Jan 13 Joseph Kookoolis and Scott Fagan's rock opera musical "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater, NYC, after 3 performances
• Jan 14 Cricketer John Snow takes 7-40 for England to beat Australia by 299 runs
• Jan 15 Aswan High Dam officially opens in Egypt

• Jan 15 Walt Smith and Leon Uris' musical "Ari", based on Uris' novel "Exodus", opens at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC; runs for 19 performances

• Jan 17 At a party conference in Dublin, Sinn Féin end their 65 year abstentionist policy and agree that any elected representative could take their seat at the Dáil
• Jan 17 Super Bowl V, Miami Orange Bowl, Miami, FL: Baltimore Colts beat Dallas Cowboys, 16-13; MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB

• Jan 19 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 861 performances

• Jan 19 NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association

• Jan 20 Ard Schenk skates world record 1000m (1:18.8)

• Jan 21 "Alias Smith & Jones" premieres on ABC TV

• Jan 23 -80°F (-62°C) in Prospect Creek Camp, Alaska (US record)
• Jan 23 4th ABA All-Star Game: East 126 beats West 122 at Carolina
• Jan 23 Britain allowed to sell arms to South Africa, after Commonwealth Conference in Singapore ends in compromise
• Jan 23 Riots break out in the Shankill Road area of Belfast, North Ireland
• Jan 23 UCLA loses to Notre Dame, UCLA then wins next 88 games in a row
• Jan 24 21st NFL Pro Bowl, LA Memorial Coliseum: NFC beats AFC, 27-6; MVPs: Fred Carr, Green Bay Packers, LB; Mel Renfro, Dallas Cowboys, CB
• Jan 25 Charles Manson and three female followers are convicted of the Tate-LaBianca murders
• Jan 25 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state

• Jan 25 The 170 delegates of the Ulster Unionist Council (UUC) call for the resignation of Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark
• Jan 25 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis, IN (IND) begins broadcasting
• Jan 26 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts law against limitation of war crimes
• Jan 27 Montgomery St Station, last link in Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco, 'holed thru'
• Jan 27 The body of a man who had been shot dead is found in Belfast
• Jan 28 1971 NFL Draft: Jim Plunkett from Stanford University first pick by New England Patriots
• Jan 29 Test debut of Dennis Keith Lillee, v England at Adelaide

• Jan 30 UCLA starts 88 basketball game winning streak
• Jan 30 Walt Smith and Leon Uris' musical "Ari", based on Uris' novel "Exodus", closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
• Jan 31 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hits #1 on UK pop chart
• Jan 31 Apollo 14 launched, 1st landing in lunar highlands

• Jan 31 Special Veterans Committee adds 6 former players and 1 executive to the Baseball Hall of Fame: Dave Bancroft, Jake Beckley, Chick Hafey, Harry Hooper, Joe Kelley, Rube Marquard and George Weiss
• Jan 31 US female Figure Skating championship won by Janet Lynn
• Jan 31 US male Figure Skating championship won by John Misha Petkevich

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 101

• Jan 1 Bobby Holik, Czech ice hockey center (Stanley Cup 1995, 2000; New Jersey Devils; NHL All-Star 1998-99), born in Jihlava, Czech Republic
• Jan 1 Bridget Pettis, American basketball guard (WNBA champion 2007, 09 assistant coach, Phoenix Mercury), born in East Chicago, Indiana
• Jan 1 Chris Potter, American jazz saxophonist and composer (Red Rodney; Paul Motian; Dave Holland), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 1 Scott Riggs, American auto racer (NASCAR Busch Series Rookie of the Year 2002), born in Bahama, North Carolina
• Jan 2 Aamer Nazir, Pakistani cricket fast bowler (6 Tests, 20 wickets; 9 ODIs; Lahore CC), born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
• Jan 2 James Havens, American-Japanese radio 'navigator' (DJ), and singer-songwriter, born in Yokosuka, Japan
• Jan 2 Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer (Hamilton), born in San Jose, California
• Jan 2 Taye Diggs, American actor (How Stella Got Her Groove Back, The Best Man), born in Newark, New Jersey
• Jan 3 Shireen Abu Akleh, Palestinian-American journalist (Al Jazeera), born in Jerusalem (d. 2022)
• Jan 4 Carlos Perez, Dominican-American baseball pitcher (Montreal Expos), born in Nigua, Dominican Republic
• Jan 4 Garrison Hearst, American NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals, San Francisco 49ers), born in Lincolnton, Georgia
• Jan 4 Jeremy Licht, American actor (Mark-Valerie/Hogan Family), born in Los Angeles, California
• Jan 4 Junichi Kakizaki, Japanese artist and sculptor, born in Chikuma, Nagano Prefecture
• Jan 4 Orlanda Truitt, American football wide receiver (Oakland Raiders), born in Bessemer, Alabama
• Jan 5 Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress, born in Tokyo, Japan
• Jan 6 Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer, born in Tyler, Texas

• Jan 6 Myron Baker, NFL linebacker (Chicago Bears), born in Haughton, Louisiana
• Jan 7 C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler, born in Emit, North Carolina

• Jan 7 Tina Anderson, American comic book writer
• Jan 8 Billy Joe Hobert, American NFL quarterback (Oakland Raiders), born in Puyallup, Washington
• Jan 8 Brook Lee, American actress and model (Miss Hawaii 1997, Miss USA 1997, Miss Universe 1997), born in Pearl City, Hawaii
• Jan 8 Darren Langdon, Canadian NHL left wing (NY Rangers), born in Deer Lake, Canada
• Jan 8 Jason Giambi, American MLB baseball infielder, 1995-2014, 5X All-Star (Oakland A's, New York Yankees, and 2 other teams), born in West Covina, California
• Jan 8 Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer, born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland
• Jan 8 Roosevelt Potts, American NFL running back (Indianapolis Colts), born in Rayville, Louisiana
• Jan 9 Elizabeth Punsalan, American ice skater (Olympic 15-94), born in Syracuse, New York
• Jan 9 Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian novelist and cultural critic, born in Brockville, Canada
• Jan 9 MF Doom [Daniel Dumile], American hip hop artist, born in London, England [1]
• Jan 9 Yusuke Naora, Japanese game art director, born in Shimane Prefecture, Japan

• Jan 11 Noah Cantor, CFL defensive tackle (Toronto Argonauts)
• Jan 12 Andy Fox, American baseball infielder (NY Yankees), born in Sacramento, California
• Jan 12 Oscar Sturgis, American NFL defensive end (Dallas Cowboys), born in Hamlet, North Carolina
• Jan 12 Shane Dronett, American NFL defensive end (Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos), born in Orange, Texas (d. 2009)
• Jan 13 John Mallory Asher, American film actor/director
• Jan 14 Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer, born in Arta, Greece
• Jan 14 Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier, born in Oslo, Norway
• Jan 15 LeShon Johnson, American football running back (Arizona Cardinals), born in Haskell, Oklahoma

• Jan 16 Josh Evans, American actor (Ricochett, The Doors), and film producer, born in New York City
• Jan 16 Junior Bryant, American NFL defensive end (SF 49ers), born in Omaha, Nebraska
• Jan 16 Michel Kreek, Dutch soccer player (Ajax), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Jan 16 Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis star (French Open, 1993, 1994), born in Barcelona, Spain
• Jan 16 Ulrich van Gobbel, Suriname/Dutch soccer player (Feyenoord), born in Paramaribo, Suriname
• Jan 17 Ann Wolfe, American boxer, born in Oberlin, Louisiana

• Jan 17 Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician, born in Boston, Massachusetts
• Jan 17 Richard Burns, English rally driver, born in Reading, England (d. 2005)
• Jan 17 Tyler Houston, American baseball catcher (Atlanta Braves), born in Long Beach, California
• Jan 17 Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress, born in Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan
• Jan 18 Andre Coleman, American NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers), born in Charlotte, North Carolina
• Jan 18 Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and journalist, born in Nakuru, Rift Valley
• Jan 18 Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian auto racer (Formula 3000 1991; 24 Hours of Daytona 2004, 14, 18; 12 Hours of Sebring 2015; 6 Hours of Watkins Glen 2013, 16, 17), born in São Paulo, Brazil
• Jan 18 Greg Engel, American NFL center (San Diego Chargers), born in Davenport, Iowa
• Jan 18 Jonathan Davis, American rock singer (Korn), born in Bakersfield, California
• Jan 18 Pep Guardiola, Spanish football midfielder & manager (Spain 47 caps, manager Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Manchester City), born in Santpedor, Spain
• Jan 18 Seamus O'Regan, Canadian politician and television personality, born in St. John's, Canada
• Jan 19 Jeff Juden, American baseball pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies, SF Giants), born in Salem, Massachusetts
• Jan 19 John Wozniak, American alt rock singer-songwriter and guitarist (Marcy Playground - "Sex and Candy"), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
• Jan 19 Shawn Wayans, American actor (In Living Color), born in New York City
• Jan 20 Andrei Skabelka, Belarusian ice hockey player and coach (Belarus, Olympics 1998), born in Minsk, Belarus
• Jan 20 Brian Giles, American baseball outfielder (MLB All Star 2000, 01; Cleveland Indians, Pittsburgh Pirates, SD Padres, born in El Cajon, California
• Jan 20 Gary Barlow, English piano player and pop singer ("Take That - Back for Good"; solo - "Forever Love"), and songwriter, born in Frodsham, England
• Jan 20 Johnny Mitchell, American football tight end (NY Jets), born in Chicago, Illinois
• Jan 20 Questlove [Ahmir Thompson], American drummer, producer bandleader (The Roots), and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker (Summer of Soul), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jan 21 Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player
• Jan 21 Doug Weight, Warren MI, NHL center (Edmonton Oilers, Team USA 98)
• Jan 21 Tommy Puett, actor (Tyler-Life Goes On, America's Top 10), born in Gary, Indiana
• Jan 22 Bucky Brooks, American NFL wide receiver & sportswriter (Sports Illustrated; NFL Network and NFL.com), born in Raleigh, North Carolina
• Jan 22 Stan Collymore, English football player, born in Stone, United Kingdom
• Jan 23 Adam Parore, New Zealand cricket wicket-keeper (NZ, 1st Maori Test centurion), born in Auckland, New Zealand
• Jan 23 Julie Foudy, American soccer midfielder (273 caps; Olympic gold 1996, 2004; FIFA Women's World Cup gold 1991, 99; Sacramento Storm, San Diego Spirit), born in San Diego, California
• Jan 23 Kevin Mawae, American football center (Seattle Seahawks), born in Savannah, Georgia
• Jan 23 Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and songwriter, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jan 23 Mark Grimmette, American doubles luger (Olympics 1994), born in Ann Arbor, Michigan
• Jan 24 Andrea Mackris, American television producer, born in Missouri, United States
• Jan 24 Joe Panos, American football offensive lineman (Philadelphia Eagles), born in Brookfield, Wisconsin
• Jan 24 Saalman Raelyn, American actress (Attack of 60' Centerfold), born in Fostoria, Ohio
• Jan 24 Tonya Crowe, American actress (Olivia-Knots Landing), born in Long Beach, California
• Jan 25 Ana Ortiz, American actress (Ugly Betty - "Hilda"), and singer, born in Manhattan, New York
• Jan 25 China Kantner, American actress and daughter of Grace Slick, born in San Francisco, California
• Jan 25 Luca Badoer, Italian auto racer (Formula 3000 Championship 1992), born in Montebelluna, Italy
• Jan 26 Benjamin Jaffe, American jazz tuba and double bass player, creative director (Preservation Hall Jazz Band), born in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Jan 26 Bryan Callen, American actor, born in Manila, Philippines
• Jan 26 Dorian Gregory, American actor, born in Washington, D.C.
• Jan 27 Mark Noordlander, soccer player (Sparta)
• Jan 27 Patrice Brisebois, NHL defenseman (Montreal Canadiens), born in Montreal, Quebec
• Jan 28 Mickalene Thomas, American artist (Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe: Les Trois Femmes Noires), born in Camden, New Jersey
• Jan 29 Matthias Pintscher, German composer and conductor (Ensemble intercontemporain, 2013-23), born in Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
• Jan 30 Chris Slade, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Newport News, Virginia
• Jan 30 Darren Boyd, British actor, born in Hastings, United Kingdom
• Jan 30 Kimo Von Oelhoffen, American football defensive tackle (Cin Bengals), born in Kaunakakai, Hawaii
• Jan 30 Milko Pieren, Dutch football player (Sparta), born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
• Jan 30 Quentin Neujahr, American ice hockey player (Baltimore Ravens, Cleveland Browns), born in Seward, Nebraska
• Jan 30 Takeshi Yamanaka, Japanese ice hockey coach and player (Team Japan 1998), born in Hokkaido, Japan
• Jan 30 Trent Klatt, American ice hockey player (Philadelphia Flyers), born in Robbinsdale, Minnesota
• Jan 31 Corey Holliday, American football wide receiver (Pittsburgh Steelers), born in Richmond, Virginia
• Jan 31 Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer, born in Kilkis, Greece
• Jan 31 Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress, born in Seoul, South Korea

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• Jan 11 1st "Quickie" Divorce granted in UK

• Jan 1 Amphilochius of Pochayiv [Yakov Varnavovich Golovatyuk], Ukrainian Orthodox Christian saint, dies at 76
• Jan 2 Lloyd Hall, African-American chemist and pioneer in food chemistry (science of food preservation), dies at 76
• Jan 2 Richard Maxwell (Dick) Haldane, South African trade unionist, dies at 62
• Jan 2 Willard Maas, American educator andexperimental filmmaker (b. 1906)
• Jan 4 Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896)
• Jan 5 Columbus O'Donnell Iselin, American oceanographer, dies at 66
• Jan 5 Douglas Shearer, Canadian film engineer (b. 1899)
• Jan 7 Madame Spivy [Bertha Levine], American actress (All Fall Down) and nightclub owner, dies of cancer at 64
• Jan 7 Richard "Dick" Kollmar, American actor (Broadway Spotlight, Guess What), dies from complications from a blood clotting disorder at 60
• Jan 8 Adriano Lualdi, Italian composer (Il diavolo nel campanile), and conductor, dies at 85
• Jan 9 Elmer Flick, American Baseball HOF outfielder (AL batting champion 1905; NL RBI leader 1900; 2 × AL stolen base leader; Philadelphia Phillies, Cleveland Bronchos/Naps), dies at 94
• Jan 9 Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
• Jan 10 (Gabrielle) "Coco" Chanel, French fashion designer (Chanel), dies at 87
• Jan 11 Irene Rice Pereira, American abstract artist, dies aged 68
• Jan 13 Bernard "Heinz" Lammerding, German SS-gen/contractor (Tulle), dies at 65
• Jan 13 Henri Tomasi, French conductor, classical and film music composer (Requiem for Peace; The Silence of the Sea), dies at 69

• Jan 13 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
• Jan 14 Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
• Jan 15 John Dall, actor (Corn is Green, Rope), dies of a heart attack at 50
• Jan 16 Kermit Maynard, American cowboy actor (Valley of Terror, Saturday Roundup), dies at 73
• Jan 16 Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (three times winner of Tour de France), dies at 81
• Jan 18 Catherine Calvert, American actress (Fires of Faith), dies of stroke at 80
• Jan 19 Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
• Jan 20 Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal, dies at 85
• Jan 20 Broncho Billy Anderson [Maxwell Aronson], American silent and sound screen actor, the 1st cowboy in a movie (The Great Train Robbery; A Lucky Dog), and studio executive, dies at 90 [1]
• Jan 21 Richard B Russell, (Sen-D-Ga), dies at 73
• Jan 23 Fritz Feigl, Austria-born chemist (b. 1871)
• Jan 24 Bill W. [William Wilson], American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. 1895)

• Jan 28 Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896)
• Jan 31 Viktor Maksimovich Zhirmunsky, Russian literary historian and linguist, dies at 79