Timeline Friday 31 December 1971

Events on Friday 31 December 1971 10

• 1968 – 1971 Frankfurt Opera Signed a contract with the Frankfurt Opera, where she performed for three years while also making debuts at the Vienna State Opera, Hamburg State Opera, Berlin State Opera and the Salzburg Festival.
• 1969 – 1971 Postdoctoral Research at Caltech Completed postdoctoral research at the California Institute of Technology, transitioning from physical chemistry toward experimental molecular biology.
• 1969 – 1971 The Barry McKenzie Comic Strip Created the Private Eye comic strip The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie with Nicholas Garland, establishing an irreverent Australian voice in British satirical publishing.
• 1969 – 1971 USO Tours with Bob Hope Toured with Bob Hope entertaining US troops in Vietnam, missing Christmas at home for three years. Her son Damon later said this was the achievement she was most proud of.
• 1971 1971: Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Stewart won his second title with the Tyrrell team, taking six victories in a dominant season.
• 1971 Coat of Many Colors Released the album Coat of Many Colors, its title track inspired by a true story from her childhood about a coat her mother sewed from rags. The song became one of her most beloved recordings and she later called it her favourite of all her compositions.
• 1971 Hannie Caulder Starred in the revenge western Hannie Caulder, becoming one of the first women to play the lead role — not the love interest — in a western. The film later inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.
• 1971 Proud Mary Won a Grammy Award for the Ike & Tina Turner version of Proud Mary, which became one of their signature songs.
• 1971 Royal Opera House Debut Made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London.
• 1971 ZZ Top's First Tres Hombres Released the band's debut album ZZ Top's First Album, beginning a run of Texas blues-rock records that would establish them as one of the great American bands.