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11 August 1971 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 11 August 1971 was a Wednesday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1971
- The Irish chart song for 1971 was “Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)” by Benny Hill.
- Top Film of 1971
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1971 was The French Connection.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 11 August is Leo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 11 August 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 11 August 1971 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 11 August
- 1962 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
- 1969 The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon.
- 1972 Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
- 1973 At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.
- 1975 East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
Famous people born on 11 August
- Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (1943–2023)
- Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor (born 1983)
- Viola Davis, American actress (born 1965)
- Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (1953–2025)
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Events of 1971 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1971 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 4 January – John McQuaid retired after thirty years as Roman Catholic Archbishop of Dublin. Dermot Ryan was appointed to succeed him on 29 December.
- 15 February – Decimalisation: Ireland and the United Kingdom both switched to decimal currency.
- 25 February – A partial eclipse of the sun (magnitude 0.708) darkened the sky across Ireland. In Dublin, the event lasted two hours and seven minutes.
Life in Ireland in 1971
Taoiseach
Jack Lynch
Petrol (per litre)
£0.24/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.08
Average House
£5,400
Weekly Wage
£12
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