At A Glance
18 January 1971 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 18 January 1971 was a Monday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “My Sweet Lord / Isn't It a Pity” by George Harrison.
- Top Film of 1971
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1971 was The French Connection.
- Bestselling Novel of 1971
- “Wheels” by Arthur Hailey was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1971.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1971–72 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 18 January is Capricorn.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 18 January 1971 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for January is Garnet.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 18 January 1971 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 18 January
- 1972 Members of the Mukti Bahini lay down their arms to the government of the newly independent Bangladesh, a month after winning the war against the occupying Pakistan Army.
- 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- 1977 Scientists at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announce they have identified a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease.
- 1978 The European Court of Human Rights finds the United Kingdom's government guilty of mistreating prisoners in Northern Ireland, but not guilty of torture.
- 1981 Phil Smith and Phil Mayfield parachute off a Houston skyscraper, becoming the first two people to BASE jump from objects in all four categories: buildings, antennae, spans (bridges), and earth (cliffs).
Famous people born on January 18
- Pep Guardiola, Spanish footballer and manager (born 1971)
- Kevin Costner, American actor, director, and producer (born 1955)
- Dave Bautista, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor (born 1969)
- Karim Adeyemi, German footballer (born 2002)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1971 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1971 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 12 – The landmark television sitcom All in the Family, starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS.
- March 30 – The first Starbucks coffee shop opens, in Pike Place Market, Elliott Bay, Seattle.
- May 1 – Amtrak begins inter-city rail passenger service in the United States.
Life in the US in 1971
President
Richard Nixon
Gas (per gallon)
$0.36
Loaf of Bread
$0.25
Average House
$18,000
Weekly Wage
$145
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