Timeline Tuesday 12 October 1971

Events on Tuesday 12 October 1971 2

• 1893 – 1971 Dean Acheson (1893-1971) Died 12 October 1971, aged 78 Dean Acheson served as US Secretary of State under President Harry Truman, helping to design the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the broader containment strategy of the early Cold War. He remained an influential foreign policy advisor to later presidents. His memoir Present at the Creation won the Pulitzer Prize.
• 1971 Jesus Christ Superstar Opens on Broadway Rock opera musical debuts in New York Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar opened on Broadway after first succeeding as a concept album. The production drew both large audiences and criticism from religious groups over its depiction of Jesus's final days. It helped establish the rock musical as a viable Broadway genre.