Death of Sonny Liston
Liston was at the end of his fighting career when he is found dead by his wife in their Las Vegas home, the time of death was placed as six to eight days prior to that
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1971 in United States of America
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Historical records for United States of America in 1971
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January
Apollo 14 Call Signs Announced
Announces that the Apollo 14 command module will be called Kitty Hawk and the lunar module will be called Antares during a preflight press conference.
Apollo 14 Orbital Science Briefing
Outlines the lunar-orbit photography and scientific work he will conduct alone in Kitty Hawk while Shepard and Mitchell explore Fra Mauro.
Apollo 14 Surface Science Briefing
Describes the planned Fra Mauro surface traverses and the use of the Modular Equipment Transporter during the Apollo 14 preflight press conference.
Apollo 14 Preflight Semi-Quarantine
Begins a preflight health-stabilization period with his crewmates to reduce the risk of illness disrupting the Apollo 14 mission.
Repeal of Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Nixon signed legislation that repealed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, formally removing the 1964 congressional authorization that had been cited to support expanded United States military action in Vietnam.
Pentagon Papers
For 15 days, the Times was prevented from publishing its articles by court order requested by the Nixon administration, meanwhile, Ellsberg leaks the documents to The Washington Post and 17 other newspapers. Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection
Pentagon Papers
Ellsberg releases the documents to New York Times correspondent Neil Sheehan & On Sunday, June 13, 1971, the Times publishes the first of nine excerpts and commentaries on the 7,000 page collection
Perjury Trial Restraining Order Application
On the scheduled date of his perjury trial, Shaw sought a federal restraining order to stop Garrison from proceeding with the prosecution.
Apollo 14 Antares Extraction
Uses Kitty Hawk to extract the lunar module Antares from the spent Saturn V third stage after the docking problem is overcome.
Apollo 14 Docking Attempts
Pilots Kitty Hawk during repeated attempts to dock with lunar module Antares after launch.
Apollo 14 Docking Probe Capture Failure
Encounters repeated failure of the docking probe capture latches while attempting to connect Kitty Hawk with Antares after translunar injection.
Apollo 14 Earth Parking Orbit
Monitors spacecraft systems after the Saturn V places Apollo 14 into its temporary Earth parking orbit before departure for the Moon.
Apollo 14 Hard Dock
Pilots Kitty Hawk during the sixth docking attempt, achieving a successful hard dock with lunar module Antares.
Apollo 14 Launch
Commands Apollo 14 on a return to lunar landing operations.
Apollo 14 Moon Tree Seeds Flight
Carries hundreds of tree seeds in his personal kit for a United States Forest Service project that later produces the celebrated Moon Trees.
Apollo 14 Sixth Docking Attempt Success
Achieves a secure hard dock with Antares on the sixth attempt after Mission Control develops an alternative docking procedure.
Apollo 14 Translunar Injection
Participates in spacecraft operations as the Saturn V third stage reignites and sends Apollo 14 from Earth orbit toward the Moon.
Apollo 14 Transposition Maneuver
Separates Kitty Hawk from the Saturn V third stage and turns the command and service module around to face the lunar module Antares.
February
Apollo 14 Descent Orbit Maneuver
Participates in the service propulsion maneuver that lowers the spacecraft into a 67-by-10-mile lunar orbit to conserve Antares descent fuel.
Apollo 14 Lunar Orbit Insertion
Serves as lunar module pilot as Apollo 14 enters lunar orbit.
Apollo 14 Lunar Orbit Insertion
Commands Apollo 14 during insertion into lunar orbit before the Fra Mauro landing.
Apollo 14 S-IVB Lunar Impact Monitoring
Monitors Mission Control as Apollo 14's spent Saturn V third stage strikes the Moon and produces seismic signals detected by Apollo instruments.
Apollo 14 Abort Switch Workaround
Helps prepare Antares for descent after procedures are developed to bypass a faulty abort-switch signal.
Apollo 14 Active Seismic Geophone Line
Deploys the geophone line used by the active seismic experiment to record vibrations produced by controlled impacts on the lunar surface.
Apollo 14 Active Seismic Thumper Survey
Operates the active seismic experiment's thumper along the geophone line to generate signals used to investigate shallow lunar structure.
Apollo 14 ALSEP Deployment
Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first Fra Mauro excursion.
Apollo 14 ALSEP Deployment
Helps deploy the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package during the first surface EVA.
Apollo 14 ALSEP Fuel Cask Retrieval
Retrieves the plutonium fuel cask used to power the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package radioisotope thermoelectric generator.
Apollo 14 ALSEP Traverse to Deployment Site
Pulls the Modular Equipment Transporter westward while carrying equipment to the selected experiment site about six hundred feet from Antares.
Apollo 14 Antares Sighting from Lunar Orbit
Uses Kitty Hawk's optics to locate Antares and its shadow on the lunar surface while passing above the Fra Mauro landing region.
Apollo 14 Antares Systems Activation
Activates the Antares lunar module systems with Shepard and deploys the landing gear before separation for the Fra Mauro descent.
Apollo 14 Antares Undocking
Separates Antares from Kitty Hawk on the twelfth lunar revolution and begins independent preparations for descent to Fra Mauro.
Apollo 14 Comprehensive Sample Site
Marks a comprehensive sampling area in the lunar soil and collects geological material near the deployed scientific instruments.
Apollo 14 Contingency Sample Collection
Collects a contingency sample soon after stepping onto the Moon so material would be available even if an emergency liftoff became necessary.
Apollo 14 First EVA
Explores Fra Mauro with Shepard during the mission’s first lunar surface excursion.
Apollo 14 First EVA Sample Stowage
Returns to Antares with Mitchell and packs lunar samples and equipment before closing out the first surface excursion.
Apollo 14 First Step at Fra Mauro
Descends the Antares ladder and becomes the fifth person to walk on the Moon during the first Apollo 14 lunar surface excursion.
Apollo 14 Flag Deployment
Plants the United States flag with Mitchell and photographs the display as part of the first Apollo 14 lunar surface excursion.
Apollo 14 Kitty Hawk Orbit Circularization
Fires Kitty Hawk's service propulsion engine after undocking to return the command module to a circular orbit about sixty miles above the Moon.
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