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On both closed-circuit and free television, the fight was watched by a record 300 million viewers worldwide. [30] [31] It was watched by a record 27.5 million viewers on BBC1 in the United Kingdom, about half of the British population. [32] It was also watched by an estimated 5.4 million viewers in Italy, [33] and 2 million viewers in South ...
The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history.
The storm remains to date the deadliest tropical cyclone in world history. On October 29, 1971, the 1971 Odisha cyclone in the Bay of Bengal, in the Indian state of Odisha, killed 10,000 people. June, 1972, Hurricane Agnes hit the east coast of the United States, resulting in 128 deaths and causing over $2.1 billion in damage.
January 12 – All in the Family on CBS (1971–79) April 2 – The Return of Ultraman on TBS in Japan (1971–72) April 3 – Kamen Rider on MBS TV and NET in Japan (1971–73) April 10 – The Two Ronnies on BBC1 in the UK (1971–87) June 19 - Parkinson on BBC1 (1971–82, 1987–88, 1998–2004, then on ITV from 2004 to 2007)
A 12-year streak in the ratings for the CBS soap opera As the World Turns' ends as that program lost the #1 slot for the first time since 1959. December 23 NBC airs the 1964 Christmas special, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer , for the final time (in this case, KUAM-TV in Guam), as CBS picked up the rights for that special beginning the following ...
In 1971, he defeated Ali by unanimous decision in the highly anticipated Fight of the Century. Two years later, Frazier lost his title to George Foreman. Frazier's last world title challenge came in 1975, but he was beaten by Ali in the brutal rubber match, the Thrilla in Manila. Frazier retired in 1976 after a second loss to Foreman but made a ...
11 June – Birds on the Wing (1971) 7 July – Stage 2 (1971–1972) 7 August – Cousin Bette (1971) 26 August – Trial (1971) 12 September – Eyeless in Gaza (1971) 21 September The Old Grey Whistle Test (1971–1987) Look and Read: The Boy from Space (1971) 22 September – The Search for the Nile (1971) 14 November – Wives and ...
1961 – Geode prospectors near Olancha, California, discovered what they claimed to be a 500,000-year-old rock with a 1920s-era spark plug encased within (pictured). 2017 – Kim Jong-nam , the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un , was assassinated using VX nerve agent in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.