At A Glance
19 March 1971 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 19 March 1971 was a Friday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “The Pushbike Song” by The Mixtures was No. 1 on David Kent's retrospective Australian chart. This chart was compiled later by David Kent from radio station charts.
- Top Film of 1971
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1971 was The French Connection.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 19 March is Pisces.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 19 March 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 19 March 1971 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 19 March
- 1962 The Algerian War of Independence ends.
- 1964 Over 500,000 Brazilians attend the March of the Family with God for Liberty, in protest against the government of João Goulart and against communism.
- 1965 The wreck of the SS Georgiana, valued at over $50,000,000 and said to have been the most powerful Confederate cruiser, is discovered by teenage diver and pioneer underwater archaeologist E. Lee Spence, exactly 102 years after its destruction.
- 1969 The 385-metre-tall (1,263 ft) TV-mast at Emley Moor transmitting station, United Kingdom, collapses due to ice build-up.
- 1979 The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.
Famous people born on 19 March
- Theo Von, American stand-up comedian (born 1980)
- Wyatt Earp, American police officer (1848–1929)
- Andy Reid, American football player and coach (born 1958)
- Hiroo Onoda, Japanese lieutenant (1922–2014)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1971 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1971 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 3 January – Sudden hailstorms lash the Sydney area causing widespread damage to houses and properties, as well as traffic chaos and nearly $150,000 worth of damage to fruit and vegetable crops at Cobbity.
- 3 January – New South Wales Transport Minister announces that intensified police weekend patrols might become a regular part of the campaign to cut the road toll after 8,148 New South Wales motorists were arrested or charged over the New Year holiday weekend.
- 4 January – Federal Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam says in Port Moresby that Papuan leaders seem to accept completely the Australian Labor Party's timetable for independence of Papua New Guinea.
Life in Australia in 1971
Prime Minister
William McMahon
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.07
Loaf of Bread
$0.22
Average House
$14,000
Weekly Wage
$65.00
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