Timeline January 1971

Events in January 1971 19

• 1883 – 1971 Coco Chanel (1883-1971) Died 10 January 1971, aged 87 Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, the founder of the Chanel fashion house, died at the Hotel Ritz in Paris where she had lived for decades. She revolutionized women's fashion with simple, comfortable designs and created enduring products including Chanel No. 5 perfume and the tweed suit. She remained active in her business until shortly before her death.
• 1883 – 1971 Coco Chanel Fashion Revolutionary Founder of the Chanel brand; she popularized a casual, chic feminine style.
• 1895 – 1971 Bill Wilson (1895-1971) Died 24 January 1971, aged 75 Bill Wilson co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935 and wrote much of its foundational literature, including the organization's Twelve Steps. His approach to peer-support recovery influenced addiction treatment worldwide. AA grew during his lifetime into a global fellowship with millions of members.
• 1971 Australian Open 1971 Men: Ken Rosewall · Women: Margaret Court
• 1971 Tom Fogerty leaves Creedence Clearwater Revival Rhythm guitarist quits Tensions with his brother John drive him out.
• 1971 1971: Jackie Stewart Tyrrell Stewart won his second title with the Tyrrell team, taking six victories in a dominant season.
• 1971 – 1981 Basel Institute for Immunology Joined the Basel Institute for Immunology in Switzerland. Despite knowing almost nothing about immunology, he applied molecular biology techniques to one of the field's greatest mysteries: how do vertebrates produce millions of different antibodies from a small number of genes?
• 1971 – 1978 Cincinnati Politics and Mayor Served on the Cincinnati City Council and as the city's 56th Mayor from 1977 to 1978. Had earlier resigned from the council in 1974 over a prostitution scandal but was re-elected at the next election.
• 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 – 1974 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Joined Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York, where he began working on the molecular biology of tumour viruses. This period laid the groundwork for his Nobel Prize-winning research on gene structure.
• 1971 – present Davos - World Economic Forum Global Summit The annual gathering of world political and business leaders in the Swiss Alps.
• 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 – 1986 Weather Report Co-founded the jazz fusion band Weather Report with keyboardist Joe Zawinul. The group achieved international success and redefined the possibilities of electric jazz over fifteen years.
• 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.
• 1971 Janis Joplin's Pearl released Posthumous number one Number one for nine weeks, with Me and Bobby McGee.
• 1971 Idi Amin Seizes Power in Uganda Military coup ousts President Milton Obote Army commander Idi Amin overthrew President Milton Obote while Obote was abroad at a Commonwealth summit, installing himself as Uganda's president. Amin's eight-year rule became notorious for mass killings and economic collapse. The coup was initially welcomed by some Ugandans hoping for relief from Obote's policies.
• 1971 Apollo 14 Moon Landing Third crewed Moon landing Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell landed in the Fra Mauro highlands while Stuart Roosa orbited in the command module. Shepard became the fifth person to walk on the Moon and hit two golf balls on the lunar surface. The mission restored public confidence in NASA after the Apollo 13 failure.