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Months in Year 1971: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Results 1 - 117 of 117

Jan 2nd - A barrier collapses at Ibrox Park football ground at end of a soccer match in Glasgow Scotland, killing 66
Jan 3rd - Baltimore Colts beat Oakland Raiders 27-17 in AFC Championship game
Jan 3rd - Dallas Cowboys beat SF '49ers 17-10 in NFC championship game
Jan 5th - US Heavyweight "Sonny" Liston's (36) corpse found
Jan 17th - Super Bowl V: Balt Colts-16, Dallas Cowboys-13 in Miami Superbowl MVP: Chuck Howley, Dallas, LB
Jan 19th - 24th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 2-1 at Boston
Jan 19th - NHL Writers' Association renamed Professional Hockey Writers' Association
Jan 24th - NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 27-6
Jan 30th - UCLA starts 88 basketball game win streak
Jan 31st - & Dave Bancroft & George Weiss elected to Baseball Hall of Fame
Feb 4th - Baseball announces a special hall of fame wing for blacks
Feb 6th - 1st time a golf ball is hit on Moon (by Alan Shepard)
Feb 9th - Satchel Paige becomes 1st negro-league player elected to baseball HOF
Feb 10th - Bill White becomes 1st black baseball announcer (NY Yankees)
Feb 11th - Montreal Canadien John Believau scores his 500th NHL goal
Feb 12th - Only Test Cricket for Ken Eastwood, who scored 5 & 0 Aust v England
Feb 13th - Golfing VP Spiro Agnew hits 2 tee shots into crowd, injuring 2
Feb 17th - England regains cricket Ashes with a 2-0 series win
Feb 20th - Bruin Phil Esposito is NHL's quickest to score 50 goals in a season
Feb 21st - Ruth Jessen wins LPGA Sears Women's World Golf Classic
Feb 23rd - Boston Bruins begin 13 NHL game win streak
Golfer Jack Nicklaus Feb 28th - 53rd PGA Championship: Jack Nicklaus shoots a 281 at PGA Natl FL Jack Nicklaus wins his 2nd golf grand slam
Mar 6th - Test Cricket debut of Sunil Gavaskar, v West Indies at Port-of-Spain
Mar 8th - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali in 15, retains Heavyweight boxing title
Mar 8th - Milwaukee Bucks win their 20th straight NBA game (team record)
Mar 8th - Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali at Madison Sq Garden
Mar 19th - Phila 76ers outscore Cincinnati Royals 90-8 in 1 half
Mar 20th - Boston Bruins win 13th straight NHL game
Mar 21st - Gavaskar scores 1st of his 34 Test Cricket tons, 116 at Georgetown
Mar 21st - Jan Ferraris wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
Mar 25th - Boston Patriots become New England Patriots
Mar 27th - 33rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: UCLA beats Villanova 68-62 UCLA wins their 5th consecutive NCAA basketball title
Apr 7th - Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
Apr 10th - 1st baseball game at Phila's Veterans Stadium, Phils beat Expos 4-1
Apr 10th - US table tennis team arrives in China PR
Apr 11th - 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
Heavyweight Boxing Champ Muhammad Ali Apr 18th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Raleigh Golf Classic
Apr 19th - 75th Boston Marathon won by Alvaro Mejia of Colombia in 2:18:45
Apr 25th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Burdine's Golf Invitational
Apr 30th - 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games
May 1st - 97th Kentucky Derby: Gustavo Avila on Canonero II wins in 2:03.2
May 2nd - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
May 9th - Elizabeth Bonner runs female world record marathon (3:01:42)
May 9th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA San Antonio Alamo Golf Open
May 15th - 97th Preakness: Gustavo Avila aboard Canonero II wins in 1:54
May 18th - Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens beat Chicago Blackhawks, 4 games to 3
May 21st - Chelsea wins 11th Europe Cup II in Athens
May 23rd - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Suzuki Golf Internationalionale
May 27th - 23rd Walker Cup: Britain-Ireland, 13-11
May 27th - UCLA wins NCAA basketball championship
May 30th - Willie Mays hits his 638th HR, sets NL record of 1,950 runs scored
Jun 3rd - Chic Cub Ken Holtzman 2nd no-hitter beats Cin Reds, 1-0
Jun 3rd - Test Cricket debut of Imran Khan, v Engl at Edgbaston (5, 0-36, 0-19)
Jun 4th - Zaheer Abbas scores Cricket 274 at Edgbaston, 544 minutes 38 fours
Jun 5th - 103rd Belmont: Walter Blum aboard Pass Catcher wins in 2:30.6
Jun 6th - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Golf Open
Jun 6th - Willie Mays hits record 22nd & last extra inning HR
Jun 8th - White Sox draft Danny Goodwin #1, he refuses to sign
Jun 13th - 17th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Whitworth
Jun 16th - Groningen soccer team forms in Groningen
Jun 20th - Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Heritage Golf Open
Jun 21st - 71st US Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 280 at Merion GC in Ardmore PA
Jun 21st - Indians Ken Harrelson retires from baseball to play pro golf
Jun 23rd - Phillies Rick Wise no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 4-0
Jun 27th - 26th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner
Jun 28th - Phillies' Rick Wise hits 2 HRs & no-hits Reds
Jun 28th - Supreme Court (8-0) overturns draft evasion conviction of Muhammad Ali
Jul 2nd - 78th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Evonne Goolagong beats M Smith (64 61)
Jul 3rd - 85th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: J Newcombe beats S Smith (63 57 26 64 64)
Jul 10th - 100th British Golf Open: Lee Trevino shoots a 278 at Royal Birkdale
Jul 11th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
Jul 11th - Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row
Jul 13th - 42nd All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 6-4 at Tiger Stadium, Detroit
Jul 13th - All star MVP: Frank Robinson (Baltimore Orioles)
Jul 17th - Kathy Whitworth/Judy Kimball wins LPGA Four-Ball Golf Championship
Jul 18th - Eddy Merckx wins his 3rd Tour de France
Jul 25th - Judy Kimball wins LPGA O'Sullivan Ladies Golf Open
Jul 30th - 38th NFL Chicago All Star Game: Baltimore 24, All Stars 17 (52,289)
Jul 31st - Deventer Soccer team Go Ahead Eagles forms
Aug 1st - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational
Aug 8th - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Pepsi Golf Open
Aug 9th - Le Roy (Satchel) Paige inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame
Aug 10th - 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research
Aug 15th - Charles Lismont wins Helsinki marathon (2:13:09.0)
Aug 15th - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Len Immke Buick Golf Open
Aug 22nd - Pam Barnett wins LPGA Southgate Golf Open
Aug 26th - Orioles' Don Buford struck out 5 times in a game
Aug 31st - Adrienne Beames runs female world record marathon (2:46:30)
Sep 1st - John Newcombe is 1st top-seed man to lose in 1st round of US Open
Sep 2nd - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
Sep 5th - Astros pitcher J R Richard debut, strikes out 15 Giants in a 5-3 win
Sep 5th - NY Mets Don Hahn hits 1st inside the park homer at Phillies Vet
Sep 9th - NHL great Gordie Howe retires
Sep 12th - 85th US Womens Tennis: Billie Jean King beats Rosemary Casals (64 76)
Sep 12th - 91st US Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Jan Kodes (36 63 62 76)
Sep 14th - Cleve Indians & Wash Senators, play 20 innings
Sep 18th - 19th Ryder Cup: US beats Europe, 18½-13½ at Old Warson Country Club (St. Louis, Missouri, US)
Sep 19th - 2nd NYC Marathon won by Norman Higgins in 2:22:54
Sep 21st - AL OKs Washington Senator move to Arlington (Texas Rangers)
Sep 24th - Houston Astros beat SD Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
Sep 26th - Pam Higgins wins LPGA Lincoln-Mercury Golf Open
Oct 3rd - Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000
Oct 10th - Rain washes out Game 2, 1st World Series postponement since 1962
Oct 11th - 60th Davis Cup: USA beats Romania in Charlotte (3-2)
Oct 13th - 1st World Series night game (Pittsburgh 4-Baltimore 3)
Oct 17th - Judy Rankin wins LPGA Quality-First Golf Classic
Oct 17th - Pittsburgh Pirates beat Balt Orioles, 4 games to 3 in 68th World Series
Nov 2nd - Orioles Pat Dobson no-hits Yomiuri Giants, 2-0
Nov 5th - NBA's LA Lakers starts a 33 game consecutive victory streak
Nov 10th - US table tennis team arrived in China
Nov 21st - NY Rangers scores a NHL record 8 goals in 1 period
Nov 24th - Braves catcher-infielder Earl Williams, wins NL Rookie of Year
Nov 28th - 59th CFL Grey Cup: Calgary Stampeders defeats Toronto Argonauts, 14-11
Nov 29th - 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
Hall of Fame MLB shortstop Ernie Banks Dec 1st - Cubs release Ernie Banks & sign him as a coach
Dec 25th - Longest NFL game (82m40s) as Dolphins beat Chiefs 27-24
Dec 30th - Long Island NHL franchise purchased (NY Islanders)