1971

News Highlights of 1971

• A cholera epidemic in newly independent but impoverished Bangladesh (East Pakistan) causes worldwide concern.

• South Dakota's Senator George McGovern opens his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

• Idi Amin and rebels topple the government in Uganda and seize power.

• Rolls-Royce,Ltd., declares bankruptcy after suffering huge losses in developing a new jet engine for Lockheed.

• In New York City's Madison Square Garden, Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali to retain the heavyweight boxing championship. *Mr. Spagnolo's family connection to Muhammad Ali...

• Three Soviet cosmonauts are found dead in their spaceship after its return to earth.

• The Apollo 15 astronauts explore the moon's surface riding in a battery-operated vehicle known as Lunar Rover.

• To combat runaway inflation, President Nixon orders a 90-day freeze on prices and wages.

• After 34 years, Look magazine ceases publication.

• The British House of Commons ends a 14-year debate and allows the United Kingdom to join the European Common Market.

• Mr. Haseley enters the public school system as a Kindergartner at Wilton Elementary.