At A Glance

18 June 1971 at a glance

Day of the week
18 June 1971 was a Friday.
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 18 June is Gemini.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 18 June 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for June is Pearl.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 18 June 1971 was Waning Crescent.

On this day: 18 June

  • 1958 Benjamin Britten's one-act opera Noye's Fludde premieres at the Aldeburgh Festival.
  • 1979 SALT II is signed by the United States and the Soviet Union.
  • 1981 The Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, the first operational aircraft initially designed around stealth technology, makes its first flight.
  • 1983 Space Shuttle program: STS-7, astronaut Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space.
  • 1984 A major clash between about 5,000 police and a similar number of striking miners takes place at Orgreave, South Yorkshire, during the 1984–85 UK miners' strike.

Famous people born on 18 June

  • Paul McCartney, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
  • Scooter Braun, American music executive (born 1981)
  • Kane Parsons, American YouTuber and filmmaker (born 2005)
  • Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, French-born Gabonese footballer (born 1989)

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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.
More events of 1971 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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