At A Glance

29 January 1971 at a glance

Day of the week
29 January 1971 was a Friday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Knock Three Times” by Dawn.
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 29 January is Aquarius.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 January 1971 fell in the Year of the Pig.
Birthstone
The birthstone for January is Garnet.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 January 1971 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 29 January

  • 1959 The first Melodifestivalen is held at Cirkus in Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 1971 The last of its many UFO sightings is made at Pudasjärvi, Finland.
  • 1989 Cold War: Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
  • 1991 Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins between Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
  • 1996 President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear weapons testing.

Famous people born on January 29

  • Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman (born 1945)
  • Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host, actress, and producer, founded Harpo Productions (born 1954)
  • Katharine Ross, American actress and author (born 1940)
  • William McKinley, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 25th President of the United States (1843–1901)

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

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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