Famous birthdays, deaths and events of 1971
Birthdays
January 1 - Bobby Holik, Czech hockey player January 1 - Sammie Henson, American wrestler January 2 - Taye Diggs , American actor January 2 - Renee Elise Goldsberry, American actress and singer January 2 - Lisa Harrison, American basketball player January 3 - Cory Cross, Canadian ice-hockey player January 5 - Mayuko Takata, Japanese actress January 6 - Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer January 6 - Irwin Thomas, Australian singer (ex-Southern Sons) January 7 - C.W. Anderson, American professional wrestler January 7 - Tina Anderson, American comic book writer January 7 - Jeremy Renner, American actor January 8 - Jason Giambi , American baseball player January 8 - Pascal Zuberbühler, Swiss footballer January 9 - Hal Niedzviecki, Canadian author January 9 - Scott Thornton, Canadian ice hockey player January 11 - Mary J. Blige , American singer January 13 - John Mallory Asher , American film actor/director January 14 - Lasse Kjus, Norwegian skier January 14 - Antonios Nikopolidis, Greek footballer January 15 - Max Beesley, English musician and actor January 15 - Teanna Kai, American porn star January 15 - Regina King , American actress January 16 - Sergi Bruguera, Spanish tennis player January 17 - Kid Rock , American singer January 17 - Richard Burns, English rally driver (d. 2005) January 17 - Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician January 17 - Youki Kudoh, Japanese actress January 17 - Sylvie Testud, French actress January 17 - Ann Wolfe, female boxer January 18 - Jonathan Davis, American singer (KoЯn) January 18 - Christian Fittipaldi, Brazilian race car driver January 18 - Josep Guardiola, Spanish footballer January 19 - Shawn Wayans , American actor and producer January 19 - John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground) January 20 - Derrick Green, American singer (Sepultura) January 20 - Gary Barlow , English singer (Take That) January 20 - Ahmir "?uestlove" Thompson, American drummer (The Roots) January 20 - Brian Giles, American baseball player January 21 - Alan McManus, Scottish snooker player January 21 - Doug Weight, American ice hockey player January 22 - Stan Collymore, English footballer January 23 - Kevin Mawae, American football player January 23 - Lorne Spicer , British TV presenter January 23 - Marc Nelson, American R&B singer and lyricist January 24 - Cory Bailey, American baseball player January 24 - Andrea Mackris, American television producer January 25 - Luca Badoer, Italian race car driver January 25 - China Kantner, American actress January 25 - Ana Ortiz , American actress and singer January 26 - Bryan Callen, American actor January 26 - Dorian Gregory, American actor January 27 - Lil' Jon, American rapper and producer January 27 - Patrice Brisebois, Canadian ice hockey player January 28 - Anthony Hamilton , American soul singer January 30 - Darren Boyd, British actor January 30 - Kimo von Oelhoffen, American football player January 31 - Lee Young Ae, South Korean actress January 31 - Patrick Kielty, Northern Irish comedian January 31 - Dimitris Markos, Greek footballer February 1 - Michael C. Hall , American actor February 1 - Jill Kelly , American porn actress February 1 - Ron Welty, American musician February 1 - Zlatko Zahovič, Slovenian footballer February 1 - Ajay Jadeja, Former Indian cricketer February 3 - Sean Dawkins, American former football player February 3 - Elisa Donovan , American actress February 3 - Vincent Elbaz, French actor February 3 - Sarah Kane, English playwright (d. 1999) February 3 - Hong Seok-cheon, South Korean actor February 4 - Rob Corddry, American actor and comedian February 4 - Michael A. Goorjian, American actor February 5 - Sara Evans , American singer February 6 - Dana Eskelson, American actress February 6 - Brad Hogg, Australian cricket player February 6 - Brian Stepanek, American actor February 8 - Mika Karppinen, Finnish drummer (HIM) February 8 - Andrus Veerpalu, Estonian cross-country skier February 9 - Sharon Case , American actress February 9 - Johan Mjällby, Swedish footballer February 10 - Louie Spicolli, American wrestler (d. 1998) February 10 - Lisa Marie Varon, American professional wrestler February 11 - Damian Lewis , British actor February 13 - Sonia, British singer February 13 - Mats Sundin , Swedish ice hockey player February 13 - Todd Williams, American baseball player February 14 - Kris Aquino, Filipino Actress and TV Host February 14 - Noriko Sakai , Japanese singer February 14 - Tommy Dreamer, American professional wrestler February 15 - Renée O'Connor, American actress and director February 15 - Ray Sefo, New Zealand kick boxer February 16 - Amanda Holden , British actress February 17 - Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005) February 17 - Jeremy Edwards, British actor February 17 - Denise Richards , American actress February 18 - Constantin Popa, Romanian-Israeli basketball player February 18 - Merritt Gant, American thrash metal guitarist February 19 - Miguel Batista, Dominican baseball player February 19 - Gil Shaham, Israeli/American violinist February 19 - Lisa McCune, Australian actress February 20 - Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer February 20 - Shawn McKenzie, American programmer February 21 - Randy Blythe, American musician February 22 - Lea Salonga, Filipina actress and singer February 23 - Jeong Chan, South Korean actor February 23 - Don Maxwell, Canadian cricketer February 23 - Melinda Messenger , English television presenter February 23 - Joe-Max Moore, American soccer player February 24 - Pedro de la Rosa, Spanish Formula One driver February 24 - Brian Savage, Canadian ice hockey player February 25 - Sean Astin , American actor February 25 - Dave Harris, American disc jockey February 25 - Daniel Powter , Canadian musician February 26 - Erykah Badu , American singer February 26 - Max Martin, Swedish composer and producer February 26 - Hélène Ségara, French singer February 27 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist February 27 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC) February 28 - Tristan Louis, American writer February 28 - Junya Nakano, Japanese composer February 28 - Peter Stebbings, Canadian actor March 1 - Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist March 2 - Dave Gorman, English documentary comedian March 2 - Elizabeth Lackey, American actress March 3 - Tyler Florence, chef March 4 - Iain Baird, Canadian soccer player March 4 - Fergal Lawler, Irish drummer (The Cranberries) March 4 - Satoshi Motoyama, Japanese racing driver March 4 - Shavar Ross, American filmmaker March 4 - Nick Stabile , American actor March 4 - Jovan Stanković, Serbian footballer March 5 - Jeffrey Hammonds, American baseball player March 5 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang) March 5 - Filip Meirhaeghe, Belgian mountainbiker March 6 - Sean Morley, American professional wrestler March 6 - Darrick Martin, American basketball player March 7 - Rachel Weisz , British actress March 7 - Peter Sarsgaard , American actor March 7 - Matthew Vaughn, British film producer and director March 8 - Kit Symons, Welsh footballer March 9 - Emmanuel Lewis, American actor March 9 - C Miller, American rapper March 9 - Diego Torres, Argentine singer March 10 - Steve Arnold, British racing driver March 10 - Jon Hamm, American actor March 10 - Timbaland, American rapper March 11 - Johnny Knoxville , American television personality March 11 - Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player March 12 - Tony Eveready (Duane Moore), American adult film actor March 12 - Isaiah Rider, American basketball player March 13 - Annabeth Gish , American actress March 13 - Robert Lanham, American author and satirist March 15 - Penny Lancaster , English model March 15 - Joanne Wise, English long jumper March 16 - Alan Tudyk , American actor March 17 - Bill Mueller, American baseball player March 19 - Nadja Auermann , German supermodel March 19 - Sébastien Godefroid, Belgian sailor March 20 - Manny Alexander, Dominican baseball player March 20 - Touré, American writer March 22 - Will Yun Lee , American actor March 23 - Yasmeen Ghauri , Canadian supermodel March 23 - Karen McDougal , American model March 23 - Gail Porter , British television presenter March 23 - Alexander Selivanov, Russian ice hockey player March 23 - Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Japanese professional wrestler March 24 - Megyn Price , American actress March 25 - Cammi Granato, American ice hockey player March 25 - Sheryl Swoopes, American basketball player March 25 - Stacy Dragila , American pole vaulter March 27 - Thom Barron, German porn star March 27 - David Coulthard , Scottish Formula One driver March 27 - Nathan Fillion , Canadian actor March 28 - Mr. Cheeks, American rapper March 30 - Mark Consuelos, American actor March 30 - Mari Holden, American cycle racer March 31 - Pavel Bure , Russian ice hockey player March 31 - Ewan McGregor , Scottish actor April 1 - Method Man , American rapper April 1 - Jessica Collins, American actress April 1 - Lachy Hulme, Australian actor and screenwriter April 1 - Shinji Nakano, Japanese race car driver April 2 - Todd Woodbridge, Australian tennis player April 3 - Picabo Street, American alpine ski champion April 4 - Yanic Perreault, Canadian ice hockey player April 4 - Josh Todd, American lead singer of rock band Buckcherry April 4 - John Zandig, American professional wrestler April 5 - Dong Abay, Filipino musician April 6 - Lou Merloni, American baseball player April 7 - Guillaume Depardieu, French actor April 7 - Victor Kraatz, Canadian figure skater April 7 - Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, American actress April 9 - Peter Canavan, Gaelic footballer April 9 - Jacques Villeneuve , French-Canadian race car driver April 9 - Austin Peck , American actor April 10 - Al Reyes, Dominican baseball player April 11 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein) April 11 - Vicellous Reon Shannon , American actor April 12 - Nicholas Brendon , American actor April 12 - Shannen Doherty , American actor April 13 - Dina Korzun , Russian actress April 13 - Bo Outlaw, American basketball player April 13 - Valensia, Dutch singer April 14 - Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer April 14 - Peter Gibson, American writer April 14 - Gregg Zaun, American baseball player April 15 - Katy Hill , British television presenter April 15 - Sarah Jane Hamilton, British pornographic actress April 15 - Jason Sehorn, American football player April 16 - Peter Billingsley, American actor April 16 - Selena Quintanilla,Mexican American singer, (d. 1995) April 16 - Moses Chan, Hong Kong actor April 16 - Seigo Yamamoto, Japanese racing driver April 18 - Tamara Braun , American actress April 18 - David Tennant, Scottish actor April 18 - Oleg Petrov, Russian ice hockey player April 20 - Carla Geurts, Dutch swimmer April 20 - Allan Houston , American basketball player April 20 - Tina Cousins, English singer April 21 - Alexander Kravchenko, Russian professional poker player April 22 - Daisuke Enomoto, Japanese people space tourist April 22 - Eric Mabius, American actor April 23 - Charmaine Sinclair, English model April 24 - Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer April 25 - Tomoko Kawakami, (Voice Actress) April 26 - Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts) April 27 - Tess Daly , British television presenter April 28 - Bridget Moynahan , American actress April 30 - John Boyne, Irish novelist April 30 - Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld) May 1 - Ajith Kumar, Indian film actor May 3 - Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva) May 4 - Joe Borowski, American baseball player May 4 - Luiz Garcia, Jr. May 5 - Mike Redmond, American baseball player May 5 - Harold Miner, American basketball player May 5 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005) May 7 - Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy) May 9 - Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis) May 10 - Adriano Giannini , Italian actor May 10 - Ådne Søndrål, Norwegian speed skater May 12 - Doug Basham, American professional wrestler May 13 - Tom Nalen, American football player May 14 - Sofia Coppola , American director May 15 - Phil Pfister, American strength athlete May 16 - Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive May 17 - Shaun Hart, Australian footballer May 18 - Brad Friedel, American soccer player May 18 - Desiree Horton, American helicopter pilot/television reporter May 18 - Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese racing driver May 19 - Psicosis, Mexican professional wrestler May 20 - Šárka Kašpárková, Czech athlete May 20 - Tony Stewart , American race car driver May 22 - Manuel Ortiz, Mexican professional wrestler May 23 - Laurel Holloman , American actress May 24 - Kris Draper, Canadian ice hockey player (Detroit Red Wings) May 25 - Justin Henry, American actor May 26 - Matt Stone , American television producer May 27 - Paul Bettany , English actor May 27 - Wayne Carey, Australian rules footballer May 27 - Kaur Kender, Estonian author May 27 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002) May 27 - Glenn Ross, Northern Irish strongman May 27 - Monika Schnarre , Canadian model May 28 - Isabelle Carré, French actress May 28 - Ekaterina Gordeeva, Russian figure skater May 29 - Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer May 30 - Idina Menzel , American actress and singer June 1 - Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor June 1 - Roldán González, Cuban singer June 2 - Anthony Montgomery, American actor June 3 - Carl Everett, American baseball player June 3 - John Hodgman, American author and humorist June 4 - James Callis, British actor June 4 - Shoji Meguro, Japanese composer June 4 - Noah Wyle , American actor June 5 - Susan Lynch, Northern Irish actress June 5 - Takaya Tsubobayashi, Japanese racing driver June 5 - Mark Wahlberg , American singer and actor June 8 - Mark Feuerstein, American actor June 9 - Gilles De Bilde, Belgian footballer June 9 - John McKeown, Scottish musician (Yummy Fur June 9 - Rick Renstrom, American guitarist June 10 - Joel Hailey, American singer June 10 - Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer June 10 - Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio host and TV personality June 12 - Mark Henry, American professional wrestler June 12 - Ryan Klesko, American baseball player June 14 - Bruce Bowen, American basketball player June 14 - Ramon Vega, former Swiss footballer June 15 - Edwin Brienen, Dutch director June 15 - Jake Busey , American actor June 15 - Bif Naked , Canadian musician June 15 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer June 16 - Chris Gomez, American baseball player June 16 - Tupac Shakur , American rapper (d. 1996) June 17 - Paulina Rubio , Mexican singer June 18 - Nathan Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) June 18 - Jason McAteer, England-born Irish footballer June 20 - Josh Lucas , American actor June 20 - Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson) June 20 - Rodney Rogers, American basketball player June 21 - Anette Olzon , Swedish singer June 22 - Mary Lynn Rajskub , American actress June 22 - Kurt Warner , American football player June 23 - Félix Potvin, Canadian hockey player June 24 - Christopher Showerman , American actor June 25 - Scott Maslen, Actor June 25 - Angela Kinsey, American actress June 25 - Neil Lennon, Northern Irish footballer June 25 - Michael Tucker, American baseball player June 26 - Max Biaggi , Italian motorcycle racer June 27 - Yancey Arias, American actor June 27 - Jo Frost , English nanny and television host June 28 - Tichina Arnold, American actress June 28 - Fabien Barthez , French footballer June 28 - Kenny Cunningham, Irish footballer June 28 - Norika Fujiwara , Japanese actress and television personality June 28 - Ron Mahay, American baseball player June 28 - Aileen Quinn, American actress June 29 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress June 29 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician June 29 - Anthony Hamilton , English snooker player June 30 - Anette Michel, Mexican actress June 30 - Monica Potter , American actress July 1 - Missy Elliott , American rapper and singer July 1 - Julianne Nicholson , American actress July 1 - Steven W. Bailey, American actor July 1 - Jamie Walker, American baseball player July 2 - Evelyn Lau, Canadian author July 2 - Troy Brown, American football player July 4 - Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician July 4 - Brendan Donnelly, American baseball player July 4 - Koko, sign-language gorilla July 4 - Ned Zelic, Australian soccer player July 5 - Derek McInnes, Scottish footballer July 6 - Kenya D. Williamson, American actress July 7 - Alistair Potts, British rower July 8 - Amanda Peterson, American actress July 9 - Dani Behr , Model & TV Presenter July 10 - Adam Foote, Canadian ice hockey player July 10 - Gregory Goodridge, Barbadian footballer July 11 - Leisha Hailey , American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her) July 12 - Kristi Yamaguchi , American figure skater July 14 - Mark LoMonaco, American professional wrestler July 14 - Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer July 15 - Danijela, Croatian singer July 16 - Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live) July 16 - Corey Feldman, American actor July 17 - Calbert Cheaney, American basketball player July 17 - Nico Mattan, Belgian cyclist July 18 - Penny Hardaway, American basketball player July 18 - Sarah McLeod, New Zealand actress July 19 - Russell Allen, American musician (Symphony X) July 19 - Michael Modest, American professional wrestler July 19 - Vitali Klitschko, Ukrainian boxer July 20 - Ed Giddins, England cricketer July 20 - Charles Johnson, American baseball player July 20 - Sandra Oh , Korean Canadian actress July 20 - DJ Screw, American hiphop DJ (d. 2000) July 21 - Emmanuel Bangué, French long jumper July 21 - Charlotte Gainsbourg , French actress and singer July 21 - Nuno Markl, Portuguese comedian and radio host July 22 - Kristine Lilly, American soccer player July 23 - Dalvin DeGrate, American singer July 23 - Alison Krauss , American singer and fiddler July 23 - Chris Michalek, American musician July 23 - Christopher Lee , Singaporean actor and model July 24 - Dino Baggio, Italian footballer July 24 - John Partridge, English singer July 25 - Roger Creager, American country music singer-songwriter July 25 - Billy Wagner, American baseball player July 26 - Khaled Mahmud, Former Bangladeshi cricketer July 28 - Stephen Lynch , American musician July 28 - Annie Perreault, Canadian short-track speed skater July 29 - Monica Calhoun, American actress July 29 - Lisa Ekdahl , Swedish singer songwriter July 30 - Tom Green , Canadian comedian and actor July 30 - Christine Taylor , American actress July 30 - Sagi Kalev, Bodybuilder July 31 - Gus Frerotte, American football player July 31 - John Lowery, American guitarist August 1 - Stuart Wade, English actor August 2 - Michael Hughes, Irish footballer August 3 - Forbes Johnston, Scottish footballer (d. 2007) August 3 - DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa) August 4 - Jeff Gordon , American race car driver August 5 - Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang) August 6 - Merrin Dungey, American actress August 6 - Scott Minto, English footballer August 6 - Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer August 7 - Sydney Penny, American actress August 7 - Rachel York, American actress and singer August 7 - Dominic Cork, England cricketer August 9 - Davide Rebellin, Italian cyclist August 9 - Mack 10, American rapper August 9 - James Kim, technology reporter (d. 2006) August 10 - Roy Keane, Irish footballer August 10 - Mario César Kindelán Mesa, Cuban boxer August 10 - Justin Theroux , American actor August 10 - Sal Fasano, American baseball player August 10 - Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician August 11 - Tommy Mooney, English football player August 11 - Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress August 11 - Julie Clarke, Playboy playmate August 12 - Michael Ian Black, American comedian August 12 - Rebecca Gayheart , American actress August 12 - Pete Sampras , American tennis player August 13 - Moritz Bleibtreu, German actor August 13 - Patrick Carpentier, Quebec race car driver August 13 - Rolando Molina, Salvadoran-born actor August 14 - Raoul Bova , Italian actor August 14 - Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer August 16 - Rulon Gardner , American Greco-Roman wrestler August 16 - Stefan Klos, German footballer August 17 - Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress August 17 - Jorge Posada, Puerto Rican baseball player August 17 - Shaun Rehn, Australian Rules footballer August 18 - Richard D James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin) August 18 - Jacob Vargas, American actor August 19 - João Vieira Pinto, Portuguese football player August 20 - Brad Avery, American musician (former guitarist for Third Day) August 20 - Jonathan Ke Quan, Vietnamese American actor August 20 - Steve Stone, English footballer August 20 - David Walliams, British comedian August 21 - Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy) August 21 - Mamadou Diallo, Senegalese Soccer player August 21 - Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist August 21 - Robert Harvey, Australian Rules Footballer (St Kilda Football Club) August 22 - Richard Armitage, English actor August 22 - Rick Yune , American actor August 23 - Demetrio Albertini, Italian footballer August 23 - BoneCrusher, American rapper August 24 - Pierfrancesco Favino, Italian actor August 25 - Mike Lockwood, professional wrestler (d. 2003) August 25 - Thalia Sodi, Mexican actress and singer August 26 - Thalía, Mexican singer August 27 - Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer August 28 - Todd Eldredge, American figure skater August 28 - Janet Evans, American swimmer August 28 - Raul Marquez, Mexican-born American boxer August 28 - Shane Andrews, American baseball player August 29 - Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player August 29 - Carla Gugino , American actress August 30 - Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs) August 31 - Pádraig Harrington, Irish golfer September 1 - Ricardo Antonio Chavira, American actor September 1 - Joe Enochs, American soccer player September 1 - Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer September 1 - Lââm, French singer September 1 - Jimmy Snuka, Jr. September 1 - Hakan Şükür, Turkish footballer September 2 - Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier September 2 - Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor September 2 - César Sánchez, Spanish footballer September 2 - Tommy Maddox, American football player September 2 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist September 3 - Trevor St. John, American actor September 4 - Ione Skye , English actress September 4 - Lance Klusener, South African cricketer September 4 - Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer September 4 - Anita Yuen , Hong Kong actress September 5 - Adam Hollioake, England cricketer September 6 - Devang Gandhi, Indian Cricketer September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, Irish musician (The Cranberries) September 8 - Brooke Burke , American model September 8 - Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer September 8 - David Arquette , American actor September 8 - Martin Freeman , English actor September 8 - Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player September 8 - Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer September 9 - Henry Thomas, American actor and musician September 11 - Richard Ashcroft, British singer September 11 - Markos Moulitsas, American blogger and author September 11 - Johnny Vegas, English comedian September 11 - Shelton Quarles, American football player September 13 - Goran Ivanišević, Croatian tennis player September 13 - Manabu Namiki, Japanese composer September 14 - Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore) September 14 - Andre Matos, Brazilian musician September 14 - Kimberly Williams , American actress September 15 - Nathan Astle, New Zealand cricketer September 15 - Josh Charles, American actor September 15 - Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers) September 16 - Amy Poehler , American comedian (Saturday Night Live) September 17 - Adriana Sklenaříková, Slovak supermodel September 17 - Mike Catt, English rugby player September 17 - Ian Whyte (actor), Welsh actor and basketball player September 18 - Lance Armstrong , American cyclist September 18 - Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer September 18 - Jada Pinkett Smith , American model and actress September 18 - Michael Patrick Walker, American composer and lyricist September 19 - Sanaa Lathan , American actress September 20 - Henrik Larsson, Swedish footballer September 20 - Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer September 21 - John Crawley, English cricketer September 21 - Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor September 21 - Luke Wilson , American actor September 22 - Chesney Hawkes, English singer September 23 - Eric Montross, American basketball player September 23 - Moin Khan, Pakistani cricketer September 24 - Kevin Millar, American baseball player September 24 - Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve) September 25 - John Lynch, American football player September 25 - Brian Dunkleman, American actor September 27 - Li Yapeng, Chinese actor September 27 - Amanda Detmer , American actress September 28 - Alan Wright, English footballer September 28 - Joseph Arthur, American singer-songwriter September 29 - Sibel Tüzün, Turkish singer September 29 - Mackenzie Crook , British actor and comedian September 30 - Jenna Elfman , American actress October 1 - Andrew O'Keefe, Australian television personality October 1 - Song Il Gook, Korean actor October 1 - Gigi Lai , Hong Kong actress October 2 - James Root, American guitarist (Slipknot) October 2 - Tiffany , American singer October 3 - Wil Cordero, baseball player October 3 - Kevin Richardson , American singer (Backstreet Boys) October 4 - Friderika Bayer, Hungarian singer October 5 - Mauricio Pellegrino, Argentine former footballer October 6 - Phil Bennett, British racing driver October 6 - Lola Dueñas, Spanish actress October 6 - Alan Stubbs, English footballer October 7 - Daniel Boucher, Québécois musician October 9 - Michael Manna, American professional wrestler October 10 - Ian Bennett, English footballer October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist October 11 - MC Lyte, American rapper October 11 - Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals) October 11 - Jason Ellis, Australian professional skateboarder October 12 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor October 12 - Tony Fiore, American baseball player October 13 - Sacha Baron Cohen , English comedian October 13 - Billy Bush, American TV host October 13 - Pyrros Dimas, Greek weightlifter October 13 - Luis Tosar, Spanish actor October 14 - Jorge Costa, Portuguese footballer October 15 - Andy Cole , British footballer October 15 - Jason Arhndt, American wrestler October 16 - Chad Gray, American singer October 17 - Chris Kirkpatrick , American singer ('N Sync) October 20 - Dannii Minogue , Australian singer October 20 - Snoop Dogg , American rapper October 21 - Damien Martyn, Australian cricketer October 21 - Nick Oliveri, American musician October 21 - Paul Norman Telfer, Scottish footballer October 23 - Christopher Horner, American cyclist October 24 - Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress October 24 - Caprice Bourret , American model and actress October 25 - Simon Charlton, English footballer October 25 - Athena Chu , Hong Kong actress and singer October 25 - Midori Goto, Japanese violinist October 25 - Pedro Martínez, Dominican baseball player October 25 - Neil Fallon, Lead singer of Clutch (band) October 26 - Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor October 27 - Theodoros Zagorakis, Greek footballer October 27 - Jorge Soto, Peruvian footballer October 29 - Winona Ryder , American actress October 29 - Daniel J. Bernstein, American professor October 29 - Matthew Hayden , Australian cricketer October 30 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer October 30 - Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch hockey-international October 31 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (d. 2004) October 31 - Ian Walker, English footballer October 31 - Toby Anstis, British radio presenter November 1 - Vikram Chatwal, Indian hotelier November 3 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian November 3 - Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver November 5 - Dana Jacobson, ESPN's First Take hostess November 5 - Rob Jones, English footballer November 5 - Corin Nemec, American actor November 5 - Jonny Greenwood, guitarist (Radiohead) November 5 - Sergei Berezin, National Hockey League player November 5 - Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer November 7 - Jamie Drummond, Scottish/Canadian Sommelier November 7 - Robin Finck, American musician November 8 - Carlos Atanes, Spanish film director November 8 - Aaron Yates (Tech N9NE), American rapper November 9 - David Duval , American golfer November 9 - Melinda Kinnaman, Swedish actress November 9 - Big Punisher, American rapper (d. 2000) November 11 - Jennifer Celotta, American TV producer and writer November 13 - Noah Hathaway, American actor November 14 - Adam Gilchrist , Australian cricketer November 14 - Marco Leonardi , Italian-Australian actor November 15 - Jay Harrington, American actor November 16 - Mustapha Hadji, Moroccan footballer November 16 - Alexander Popov , Russian swimmer November 16 - Koshi Rikdo, Japanese mangaka November 16 - Waqar Younis, Pakistani cricketer November 19 - Alice Peacock, American folk singer November 19 - Jeremy McGrath, American motorcycle racer November 20 - Joey Galloway, American football player November 20 - Joel McHale, American actor and comedian November 20 - Kenichi Ito, Japanese guitarist and producer November 21 - Michael Strahan, American football player November 23 - Lisa Arch, American actress November 24 - Cosmas Ndeti, three-time Boston Marathon winner November 24 - Keith Primeau, Canadian ice hockey player November 25 - Christina Applegate , American actress November 25 - Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player November 26 - Ronald "Winky" Wright, American boxer November 27 - Nick Van Exel, American basketball player November 27 - Larry Allen, American football player November 28 - Rob Conway, American professional wrestler November 28 - Fenriz, Norwegian musician (Darkthrone) November 29 - Gena Lee Nolin , American actress November 29 - Gregory Byrne, American college administrator November 30 - Iván Rodríguez, Puerto Rican baseball player November 30 - Ray Durham, American baseball player December 1 - Emily Mortimer , English actress December 1 - Stephanie Finochio, American professional wrestler December 1 - Mika Pohjola, Finnish jazz pianist and composer December 1 - Dolgorsürengiin Serjbüdee, Mongolian professional wrestler December 1 - Peter Van de Veire, Belgian radio-presenter December 1 - John Schlimm, American author December 2 - Wilson Jermaine Heredia, American actor December 2 - Francesco Toldo, Italian Football Player (Inter Milan) December 3 - Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer December 3 - Keegan Connor Tracy , Canadian actress December 4 - Shannon Briggs, American boxer December 5 - Kali Rocha, American actress December 6 - José Contreras, Cuban baseball player December 6 - Richard Krajicek , Dutch tennis player December 6 - Naozumi Takahashi, Japanese seiyuu December 7 - Vladimir Akopian, Armenian chess player December 7 - Chasey Lain, American pornographic actress December 9 - Petr Nedvěd, Czech ice hockey player December 11 - Willie McGinest, American football player December 14 - Natascha McElhone , English actress December 16 - Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men) December 16 - Paul van Dyk, German DJ December 17 - Alan Khan, South African radio disc jockey December 17 - Antoine Rigaudeau, French basketball player December 18 - Noriko Matsueda, Japanese composer December 18 - Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Spanish tennis player December 19 - Liz Cho, American television reporter December 19 - Amy Locane , American actress December 19 - Tiffany Towers, Canadian adult film actress December 21 - Mathieu Chedid, French musician December 21 - Fenton Keogh, Australian celebrity chef December 21 - Brett Scallions, American singer (Fuel December 22 - Pat Mastroianni, Canadian actor December 23 - Corey Haim , Canadian actor December 23 - Masayoshi Yamazaki, Japanese singer-songwriter December 23 - Michalis Klokidis, Greek footballer December 23 - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, British socialite December 23 - Wim Vansevenant, Belgian cyclist December 24 - Christopher Daniels, American professional wrestler December 24 - Ricky Martin , Puerto Rican singer December 24 - Giorgos Alkaios, Greek singer December 24 - Oro, Mexican professional wrestler (d. 1993) December 25 - Dido , English singer December 25 - Justin Trudeau, Canadian media personality December 25 - Noel Hogan, Irish musician December 26 - Jared Leto , American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars) December 26 - Mika Nurmela, Finnish footballer December 26 - Jonathan M. Parisen, American film director December 27 - Duncan Ferguson, Scottish footballer December 27 - Bryan Smolinski, American ice hockey player December 28 - Frank Sepe, American bodybuilder December 28 - Benny Agbayani, American baseball player December 28 - William Gates, American basketball player December 30 - Daniel Sunjata, American actor December 31 - Brent Barry, American basketball player December 31 - Esteban Loaiza, Mexican Major League Baseball player December 31 - Ricardo López Felipe, Spanish footballer
Deaths
January 4 - Arthur Ford, American clairaudient (b. 1896) January 9 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926) January 9 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876) January 13 - Robert Still, English composer (b. 1910) January 16 - Philippe Thys, Belgian cyclist (b. 1890) January 18 - Virgil Finlay, American horror illustrator (b. 1914) January 19 - Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899) January 20 - Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, American actor January 28 - Donald Winnicott, British psychoanalyst (b. 1896) February 15 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (b. 1885) February 26 - Fernandel, French actor (b. 1903) March 8 - Harold Lloyd , American actor (b. 1893) March 15 - Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (b. 1948) April 3 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b. 1904) April 6 - Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer (b. 1882) April 12 - Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (b. 1871) April 12 - Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931) April 13 - Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1949) April 13 - Juhan Smuul, Estonian author (b. 1921) April 15 - Dan Reeves, American football team owner (b. 1912) April 21 - François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haitian dictator (b. 1907) May 4 - Seamus Elliott, Irish cyclist (b. 1934) May 12 - Heinie Manush, American baseball player (b. 1901) May 15 - Tyrone Guthrie, English director May 19 - Ogden Nash, American poet (b. 1902) May 20 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b. 1904) May 28 - Audie Murphy, American actor and war hero (b. 1924) May 28 - Jean Vilar, French actor (b. 1912) May 30 - Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (b. 1886) June 10 - Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909) June 18 - Thomas Gomez, American actor (b. 1905) June 28 - Franz Stangl, Austrian commandant of concentration camps (b. 1908) June 30 - Herbert Biberman, Jewish American screenwriter and film director (b. 1900) July 3 - Jim Morrison , American singer (The Doors) (b. 1943) July 6 - Louis Armstrong , American musician (b. 1901) July 7 - Claude Gauvreau, Canadian writer (b. 1925) July 8 - Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1920) July 11 - Pedro Rodríguez, Mexican racing driver (b. 1940) July 12 - Yvon Robert, French Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1914) July 23 - Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910) July 25 - Leroy Robertson, American composer (b. 1896) July 27 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1924) July 28 - Myril Hoag, American baseball player (b. 1908) July 30 - Kenneth Slessor, Australian poet (b. 1901) August 15 - Paul Lukas, Hungarian-born actor (b. 1887) August 20 - Rashid Minhas, Pakistani Air Force pilot (b. 1951) August 21 - George Jackson, American prisoner August 23 - The original Shamu, Sea World orca August 27 - Bennett Cerf, American publisher and television personality (b. 1898) September 7 - Spring Byington, American actress (b. 1886) September 10 - Pier Angeli , Italian actress (b. 1932) September 11 - Bella Darvi, Polish-born French actress (b. 1928) September 20 - Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet September 21 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist September 23 - Billy Gilbert, American actor (b. 1894) October 2 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer October 11 - Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (b. 1898) October 24 - Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876) October 26 - Vincent Coleman, American actor (b. 1901) October 29 - Duane Allman, American musician (b. 1946) November 5 - Sam Jones, baseball player (b. 1925) November 9 - Maude Fealy, American actor (b. 1881) November 14 - William Bendeck, Bolivian rally driver (b. 1934) November 15 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet spy (b. 1903) November 15 - Edie Sedgwick, American actress and model (b. 1943) November 16 - Edie Sedgwick, American socialite and heiress (b. 1940) December 14 - Dick Tiger, Nigerian-born boxer (b. 1929) December 18 - Bobby Jones, American golfer (b. 1902) December 18 - Diana Lynn, American actress (b. 1926) December 22 - Godfried Bomans, Dutch author and television personality (b. 1913) December 28 - Max Steiner, Austrian-born American film music composer (b. 1888) December 30 - Melba Rae, American actress (Search for Tomorrow) (b. 1922) December 31 - Pete Duel American actor, (b. 1940) December 31 - Marin Sais, American actress (b. 1890)
Events
January 1 - Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. January 2 - The second Ibrox disaster kills 66 fans at a Rangers-Celtic football match. January 12 - The Harrisburg Six: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. January 19 - The revival of No, No, Nanette premieres at the 46th Street Theatre, in New York City. January 25 - Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders. January 25 - Idi Amin leads a coup deposing Milton Obote and becomes Uganda's president. January 25 - Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state. January 31 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission January 31 - The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan. February 2 - Idi Amin replaces President Milton Obote as leader of Uganda. February 3 - New York Police Office Frank Serpico is shot during a drug bust in Brooklyn and survives to later testify against police corruption.. Many believed the incident proved NYPD officers tried to kill him. February 5 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 Mission February 8 - The Nasdaq stock market index debuts. February 9 - The 6.4 on the Richter Scale Sylmar earthquake hits the San Fernando Valley area of California. February 9 - Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. February 9 - Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third manned moon landing. February 11 - Eighty-seven countries, including the US, UK, and USSR, sign the Seabed Treaty outlawing nuclear weapons in international waters. February 13 - Vietnam War: Backed by American air and artillery support, South Vietnamese troops invade Laos. February 15 - Decimalisation of British coinage is completed on Decimal Day. February 21 - The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. February 24 - The All India Forward Bloc holds an emergency central committee meeting after its chairman, Hemantha Kumar Bose, was killed 3 days earlier. P.K. Mookiah Thevar appointed as the new chairman. February 25 - The first unit of the Pickering Nuclear Generating Station, first commercial nuclear power station in Canada, goes online. February 26 - Secretary-General U Thant signs United Nations proclamation of the vernal equinox as Earth Day. February 27 - Doctors in the first Dutch abortion clinic (the Mildredhuis in Arnhem) start to perform aborti provocati. March 1 - A bomb explodes in a men's room in the United States Capitol: the Weather Underground claims responsibility. March 1 - Pakistani President Yahya Khan indefinitely postpones the pending national assembly session, precipitating massive civil disobedience in East Pakistan. March 3 - Beginning of Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 and India's official entry to the Bangladesh Liberation War in support of Mukti Bahini. March 8 - Joe Frazier becomes the undisputed world heavyweight boxing champion by winning a unanimous 15-round decision over Muhammad Ali at Madison Square Garden in New York City. March 12 - The March 12 Memorandum, second intervention of Turkish Army, is sent to the Demirel government and Demirel government resigned. March 16 - Government of Trygve Bratteli in Norway. March 18 - A landslide at Chungar, Peru crashes into Lake Yanahuani killing 200. March 25 - Bangladesh Liberation War: Beginning of Operation Searchlight of Pakistan Army against East Pakistani civilians. March 26 - East Pakistan declares its independence from Pakistan to form People's Republic of Bangladesh and Bangladesh Liberation War begins. March 29 - My Lai massacre: Lt. William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. March 29 - A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. April 5 - In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Mrs. Sirimavo Bandaranaike. April 7 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his decision to increase the rate of American troop withdrawals from Vietnam. April 10 - Ping Pong Diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, the People's Republic of China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a weeklong visit. April 17 - The People's Republic of Bangladesh forms, under Sheikh Mujibur Rahman at Mujibnagor. April 17 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic. April 19 - Sierra Leone becomes a republic, and Siaka Stevens the president. April 19 - Vietnam War: Vietnam Veterans Against the War begin a five-day demonstration in Washington, DC. April 19 - Launch of Salyut 1, first human-made space station. April 19 - Charles Manson is sentenced to death for the Sharon Tate murders. May 1 - Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) is formed to take over U.S. passenger rail service. May 19 - Mars probe program: Mars 2 is launched by the Soviet Union. May 27 - The Dahlerau train disaster, the worst railway accident in West Germany, kills 46 people and injures 25 near Wuppertal. May 30 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 is launched to map 70% of the surface, and to study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface, of Mars. May 31 - In accordance with the Uniform Monday Holiday Act passed by the U.S. Congress in 1968, observation of Memorial Day occurs on the last Monday in May for the first time, rather than on the traditional Memorial Day of May 30. June 6 - Soyuz program: Soyuz 11 launches. June 6 - A midair collision between a Hughes Airwest Douglas DC-9 jetliner and a United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II jet fighter near Duarte, California claims 50 lives. June 7 - The United States Supreme Court overturns the conviction of Paul Cohen for disturbing the peace, setting the precedent that vulgar writing is protected under the First Amendment. June 13 - Vietnam War: The New York Times begins publication of the Pentagon Papers. June 30 - The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve. June 30 - Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, lowering the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect. July 5 - Right to vote: the Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution, lowering the voting age from 21 to 18 years, is formally certified by President Richard Nixon. July 11 - Copper mines in Chile are nationalized. July 20 - The Soviet Union says it will support the People's Republic of China's admission to the United Nations July 26 - Apollo Program: Apollo 15 Mission July 30 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission July 30 - An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Japan killing 162. July 31 - Apollo program: Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover. August 9 - Internment in Northern Ireland: British security forces arrest hundreds of nationalists and detain them without trial in Long Kesh prison. Twenty people die in the riots that follow. August 10 - The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York. August 15 - President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors. August 18 - Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam. August 21 - A bomb exploded in the Liberal Party campaign rally in Plaza Miranda, Manila, Philippines with several anti-Marcos political candidates injured. August 22 - J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28. August 27 - A coup attempt fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role in the attempt and breaks off diplomatic relations. August 28 - The dollar is allowed to float against the yen for the first time. September 3 - Qatar becomes an independent state September 4 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board. September 8 - In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. September 9 - The four-day Attica Prison riot begins, which eventually results in 39 dead, most killed by state troopers retaking the prison. September 11 - The Egyptian Constitution becomes official. September 13 - State police and National Guardsmen storm New York's Attica Prison to end a prison revolt. 42 people die in the assault. September 28 - UK passes the Misuse of Drugs Act banning the medicinal use of cannabis. September 29 - Oman joins the Arab League. October 1 - Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida, United States. October 10 - Sold, dismantled and moved to the United States, the London Bridge reopens in Lake Havasu City, Arizona. October 13 - 1971 World Series: The first night game in World Series history is played at Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium between the Baltimore Orioles and Pittsburgh Pirates. October 15 - The start of the 2500-year celebration of Iran, celebrating the birth of Persia. October 20 - The Nepal stock exchange collapses. October 21 - Pablo Neruda wins Nobel Prize for Literature. October 25 - The United Nations seated the People's Republic of China and expelled the Republic of China (see political status of Taiwan and China and the United Nations) October 27 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire. October 28 - Britain launches its first (and as of 2007, only) satellite, Prospero, into low Earth orbit atop a Black Arrow carrier rocket. October 29 - Vietnam War: Vietnamization November 6 - The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians. November 10 - In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft. November 12 - Vietnam War: As part of Vietnamization, US President Richard M. Nixon sets February 1, 1972 as the deadline for the removal of another 45,000 American troops from Vietnam. November 13 - The American space probe, Mariner 9, becomes the first spacecraft to orbit another planet successfully, swinging into its planned trajectory around Mars. November 14 - Enthronment of Pope Shenouda III as Pope of Alexandria November 14 - Mariner program: Mariner 9 reaches Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet. November 15 - Intel releases world's first commercial single-chip microprocessor, the 4004. November 21 - Indian troops partly aided by Mukti Bahini (Bengali guerrillas) defeat the Pakistan army in the Battle of Garibpur. November 23 - The representatives of the People's Republic of China first attended the United Nations, including the United Nations Security Council, as China's representatives (See China and the United Nations). November 24 - During a severe thunderstorm over Washington state, a hijacker calling himself Dan Cooper (AKA D.B. Cooper) parachutes from a Northwest Orient Airlines plane with $200,000 in ransom money November 27 - Mars 2 of the Soviet space program landed on Mars. November 30 - Iran seizes the Greater and Lesser Tunbs from the United Arab Emirates. December 1 - Cambodian Civil War: Khmer Rouge rebels intensify assaults on Cambodian government positions, forcing their retreat from Kompong Thmar and nearby Ba Ray. December 1 - Indian Army occupies part of Kashmir. December 2 - Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Fujairah, Sharjah, Dubai, and Umm Al Quwain form the United Arab Emirates. December 3 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: India invades West Pakistan and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives. December 4 - The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan. December 4 - The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi. December 4 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". December 6 - Pakistan severs diplomatic relations with India following New Delhi's recognition of Bangladesh. December 7 - Pakistan President Yahya Khan announces formation of a Coalition Government at Centre with Nurul Amin as Prime Minister and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto as Vice-Prime Minister. December 11 - The Libertarian Party of the United States is formed. December 16 - Bangladesh War of Independence and Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: The surrender of the Pakistan army brings an end to both conflicts. December 16 - Independence Day of the State of Bahrain from British Protectorate Status December 21 - The United Nations Security Council chooses Kurt Waldheim to succeed U Thant as Secretary-General.