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20 June 1971 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 20 June 1971 was a Sunday.
- Australian No. 1 (Kent retrospective)
- “Too Young to Be Married” by The Hollies 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 20 June is Gemini.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 20 June 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 20 June 1971 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 20 June
- 1960 The Mali Federation gains independence from France (it later splits into Mali and Senegal).
- 1963 Following the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Soviet Union and the United States sign an agreement to establish the so-called "red telephone" link between Washington, D.C., and Moscow.
- 1972 Watergate scandal: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U.S. President Richard Nixon and his advisers regarding the recent arrests of his operatives while breaking into the Watergate complex.
- 1975 The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
- 1982 The Argentine Corbeta Uruguay base on Southern Thule surrenders to Royal Marine commandos in the final action of the Falklands War.
Famous people born on 20 June
- Nicole Kidman, American-Australian actress (born 1967)
- John Goodman, American actor (born 1952)
- Lionel Richie, American singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor (born 1949)
- Frank Lampard, English footballer (born 1978)
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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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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