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Here is a list of events and notable dates concerning the year 1971. You can jump to various months with the toolbar below:

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January

• January 5: Bradley Cooper is born (Actors) (Alias)
• January 28: Ashley Artus is born (Actors)

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February

• February 5: (fictional) Scoop Mission Control at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, hears a satellite recovery mission discovering dozens of dead bodies in Piedmont, New Mexico (The Andromeda Strain)
• February 14: Angela Robinson is born (Directors, Screenwriters)
• February 15: Renée O'Connor is born (Actors) (Xena: Warrior Princess)
• February 17: Denise Richards is born (Actors)
• February 21: Peter Stebbings is born in Vancouver, British Columbia (Actors)
• February 25: Sean Astin is born (Actors)

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March

• March 7: Rachel Weisz is born (Actors)
• March 27: Nathan Fillion is born (Actors)
• March 31: Ewan McGregor is born (Actors)

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April

• April 1: Jessica Collins (I) is born in Schenectady New York (New York Actors)
• April 8: Craig Mazin is born (Screenwriters)
• April 12: Nicholas Brendon is born (Actors)
• April 12: Shannen Doherty is born (Actors)
• April 14: (fictional) The Senate Committee on Space Sciences holds a closed hearing about mass deaths in Piedmont, New Mexico (The Andromeda Strain)
• April 18: David Tennant is born (Actors)

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May

May undated:

• Dragonquest (Pern novel) by Anne McCaffrey is published (Pern) (Novels)

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• May 12: Jamie Luner is born (Actor)
• May 16: David Boreanaz is born (Actors) (Buffy)
• May 27: Monika Schnarre is born (Actors)

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June

• June 5: Mark Wahlberg is born (Actors)
• June 10: Michael Rennie dies (Actors)
• June 20: Josh Lucas is born (Actors)
• June 21: Anthony Montgomery is born (Actors)
• June 25: Jason Lewis is born in Newport Beach, California (California actor)

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July

• July 1: Julian Nicholson is born (Actors)
• July 4: August Derleth dies (Authors)
• July 30: Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory opens in theaters (Movies)
• July 31: Christina Cox is born (Actors)

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August

• August 1: Paul Sawtell dies (Composer
• August 4: Night of Dark Shadows opens in theaters (Movies)
• August 6: Merrin Dungey is born (Actors) (Alias)
• August 29: Carla Gugino is born (Actors) (Threshold)

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September

September undated:

• The Tombs of Atuan by Ursula K. Le Guin is first published in paperback by Bantan Books (Novels)

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• September 8: David Arquette is born (Actors)
• September 9: Henry Thomas is born (Actors)
• September 18: Jada Pinkett Smith is born (Actors)

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October

• October 13: Christopher Leone is born (visual effects artist/screenwriter)
• October 17: Dr. Jekyll & Sister Hyde opens in U.K. theaters (Movies)
• October 25: Philip Gordon Wylie dies (American Authors)

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November

• November 2, about 6:30 PM: Ronny Johnson sees a UFO which leaves a glowing ring on the ground (Delphos Ring UFO case) (UFOs)

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December

• December 13: Bedknobs and Broomsticks opens in theaters (Movie)
• December 14: Natascha McElhone is born (Actors)
• December 28: Max Steiner dies (Composers)

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