December 3rd, 1971.
December 3rd, 1971, was a Friday. It was day 337 of 1971. The decade was the 1970s.
50 years, 1 months and 19 days have passed since December 3rd, 1971.
The zodiac star sign for this date is Sagittarius.
On this day.
What happened on December 3rd, 1971?
The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 begins after Pakistan carries out a number of preemptive aerial strikes on Indian air stations.
Songs that were on top of the music singles charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on December 3rd, 1971.
United States: Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
United Kingdom: Coz I Luv You - Slade
The Billboard Hot 100 on December 3rd, 1971.
Theme From Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves - Cher
Baby I'm - A Want You - Bread
Have You Seen Her - The Chi-lites
Family Affair - Sly & The Family Stone
A Spotify playlist of songs from the year 1971. Take a trip back to the days of John Lennon, Elton John, Rod Stewart, Led Zeppelin and Bill Withers.
The movie "The French Connection" was at the top of the box office on December 3rd, 1971.
Take me back to December 3rd, 1971!
The date is December 3rd, 1971 and it's a Friday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Sagittarius. Currently, people have "that Friday feeling" and are looking forward to the weekend.
The Christmas season of 1971 has began. In America, the song Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes is on top of the singles charts. Over in the UK, Coz I Luv You by Slade is the number one hit song.
Richard Nixon is currently the President of the United States and the movie The French Connection is at the top of the Box Office. In the United Kingdom, Edward Heath is the current Prime Minister. In fashion, the hippie look from the 1960s is still popular. Clothing items such as tie dye shirts, bell-bottoms, midi skirts, gauchos and Mexican blouses are being worn by women. Meanwhile, men are wearing dark satin shirts, ethnic-looking tunics, bell bottom jeans, tweed sports jackets and turtlenecks.
It's 1971, so radio stations are playing songs from artists such as George Harrison, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, Lynn Anderson, The Rolling Stones, Three Dog Night, Carole King and The Osmonds. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as J. Edgar Hoover, Jackie Robinson and Harry S. Truman would all be still alive. On TV, people are watching popular shows such as "Gunsmoke", "Columbo", "The Flip Wilson Show" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show".
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Lassie", "The Pink Panther Show", "Josie and the Pussycats" and "Sabrina the Teenage Witch". Popular toys at the moment include the likes of Etch A Sketch, Suzy Homemaker, Crissy (doll) and VertiBird (toy helicopter).
Trending news stories and fads that were prevalent at this time. These are news stories and events that would have been in the media on December 3rd, 1971.
The Vietnam War is still ongoing.
During 1971, the war in Vietnam was still ongoing. However, the US was beginning to wind down its presence in the country. Between 1970 and 1971, the number of US troops in Vietnam fell from 334,600 to 156,800.
The best NBA players in 1971 were Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), John Havlicek, Billy Cunningham, Jerry West and Dave Bing.
In 1971, the best soccer players were Johan Cruyff, Sandro Mazzola, George Best, Günter Netzer, Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Josip Skoblar, Martin Chivers, Piet Keizer, Bobby Moore and Ferenc Bene.
The French Connection.
"The French Connection" won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1971.
James Taylor & Carole King - "You've Got a Friend"
"You've Got a Friend" by James Taylor & Carole King won a Grammy for 1971's Song of the Year.
Movies released in 1971 included Fiddler on the Roof, The French Connection, Dirty Harry, Diamonds Are Forever, Billy Jack, Summer of '42, The Last Picture Show, Carnal Knowledge, A Clockwork Orange, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Harold and Maude, Klute and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Richard Nixon.
U.S. President Richard Nixon was named as the Time Person of the Year in 1971.
The Billboard Charts in 1971 were dominated by the likes of Dawn, Three Dog Night, Rod Stewart, The Bee Gees, Carole King, Melanie, The Osmonds, The Temptations, The Raiders, Isaac Hayes, Donny Osmond and Cher.
Leap Year: 1971 was NOT a leap year.
Age: Anyone born on December 3rd, 1971, will be 50 years of age.
Notable events that occurred around December 3rd, 1971.
November 3rd, 1971: The musical comedy-drama film "Fiddler on the Roof" is released in movie theaters.
November 8th, 1971: Led Zeppelin release their best-selling album "Led Zeppelin IV".
November 12th, 1971: US President Richard Nixon announces that 45,000 American troops will be removed from Vietnam by the start of February, 1972.
November 16th, 1971: American socialite Edie Sedgwick dies of "probable acute barbiturate intoxication".
November 16th, 1971: Alphabet murders: 10-year-old Carmen Colón is kidnapped by a motorist in Rochester, New York.
November 18th, 1971: Alphabet murders: The body of missing 10-year-old girl Carmen Colón is found near Churchville in New York.
November 22nd, 1971: Feith Buidhe disaster: Five students and their expedition leader die during a blizzard on the Cairngorms mountain range in the Scottish Highlands.
November 23rd, 1971: China attends the United Nations for the first time.
November 24th, 1971: A man called "D. B. Cooper" parachutes from a plane that he hijacked, carrying with him US$200,000 in ransom money. He is never seen again.
November 28th, 1971: The Prime Minister of Jordan, Wasfi Tal, is assassinated by four Black September gunmen in the lobby of the Sheraton Cairo Hotel in Egypt.
December 1st, 1971: John Lennon releases his song "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)".
December 2nd, 1971: The United Arab Emirates is formed.
This date: December 3rd, 1971
December 4th, 1971: 15 people lose their lives after the UVF bomb McGurk's Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
December 11th, 1971: McDonald's co-founder Maurice McDonald dies from a heart attack at the age of 69.
December 11th, 1971: The Libertarian Party is founded in the United States.
December 13th, 1971: The Disney film "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" is released in the United States.
December 15th, 1971: Pakistan foreign minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto storms out of a UN Security Council meeting after accusing the body of allowing India to capture Dacca.
December 16th, 1971: The Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 comes to an end after the Eastern Command of the Pakistan military surrenders.
December 17th, 1971: The James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" is released.
December 18th, 1971: The US dollar is devalued for the second time in history.
December 23rd, 1971: Jimmy Hoffa is released from prison after serving five years for jury tampering and wire fraud.
December 23rd, 1971: The action-thriller film "Dirty Harry" is released in movie theaters.
December 25th, 1971: 158 people are killed when a fire breaks out at a hotel in South Korea.
December 31st, 1971: American actor Pete Duel dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
Zodiac Sign (Astrology): Anyone born on December 3rd, 1971, will have the star sign Sagittarius.
However, if you are going by the new star sign system that was discovered in 2020, then the sign for this date is actually Ophiuchus.
Zodiac Element: Fire.
Chinese Zodiac Animal: In the Chinese Zodiac, 1971 was the year of the Pig (Yin Wood).
Native American Zodiac: December 3rd, 1971 falls under the Owl.
Birthstone: Anyone born during the month of December will have the birthstones Tanzanite, Zircon and Turquoise.
Birth flower (December): The Narcissus and the Holly.
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
American sitcom starring Bill Bixby as Tom Corbett and Brandon Cruz as Eddie Corbett.
1971 saw the introduction of cars such as the Buick Centurion, the Subaru Leone, the AMC Matador, the Morris Marina, the Alpine A310 and the Pontiac Grand Safari.
Kids' TV shows on December 3rd, 1971.
Harlem Globetrotters
Cattanooga Cats
Skyhawks
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then check out December 3rd, 1977 instead.
Celebrities, historical figures and other notable people who were born on December 3rd.
Singer.
Born on December 3rd, 1948
David Villa
Former soccer player.
Lil Baby
Rapper.
Richard Nixon was the President of the United States on December 3rd, 1971.
Edward Heath was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on December 3rd, 1971.
A baby that was born on December 3rd, 1971 was most likely conceived around March 12th, 1971.
The due date for a baby that was conceived on December 3rd, 1971 is close to August 25th, 1972.
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Here are some fun statistics about December 3rd, 1971.
1,582,243,200 seconds have passed since the December 3rd, 1971.
Since December 3rd, 1971, the earth has travelled approximately 816,437,491,200 miles through space.
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