71 Turns 71

71 Turns 71 is the 53rd reunion for Box Elder High School's Class of 1971. Why wait for the 55th when we can see each other sooner?

(More information coming soon.)

Remembering 1971

Major News Events

• The New York Times begins to publish sections of the Pentagon Papers
• The Voting Age in the United States is lowered to 18 years old when the 26th Amendment to the US Constitution is ratified
• The Walt Disney World Theme Park is opened in Florida
• The Soviet Union launches the first space station, Salyut 1, into low Earth orbit
• A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts
• Amtrak created to provide US inter city passenger train services.
• Harris public opinion poll claims that 60% of Americans are against the war in Vietnam
• Greenpeace formally comes into existence.
• Federal Express is started by Fred Smith
• Cigarette Advertising Ended on Television in USA
• Charles Manson and three of his followers receive the death penalty

Cost of Living

• Average cost of new house: $25,250.00
• Average income per year: $10,600.00
• Average monthly rent: $150.00
• Gasoline, 1 gallon: $0.40
• Datsun 1200 Sports Coupe: $1,866.00
• United States postage stamp: $0.08
• Ladies 2-piece knit suits: $9.98
• Movie ticket: $1.50

• Dodge Charger: $3,579
• Fresh turkey, 1 lb: $0.43
• Fresh strawberries, 1 lb: $0.29
• Idaho potatoes, 10 lbs: $0.98
• Jiffy peanut butter: $0.59
• Tape cassette recorder: $29.88
• 2-quart preasure cooker: $7.77
• Side-by-side refrigerator: $704.95
• Electric heater fireplace: $59.88
• Malibu Barbie: $1.94
• Etch-A-Sketch: $2.83
• Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots: $8.99

Music

• Led Zeppelin releases their untitled fourth album
• Jim Morrison of The Doors found dead in bath tub in Paris
• James Taylor
• The Doors
• Bob Dylan
• Tony Orlando and Dawn with " Knock Three Times "
• Janis Joplin with " Me and Bobby Mcgee "
• The Who
• Mungo Jerry
• John Lennon
• The Jackson 5
• Ike and Tina Turner
• Marvin Gaye
• Rod Stewart with " Maggie Mae "
• The Osmonds
• Michael Jackson
• The Rolling Stones with " Brown Sugar "

Popular Films

• The Last Picture Show
• Diamonds Are Forever
• The French Connection
• A Clockwork Orange
• Fiddler on the Roof
• Summer of '42
• Dirty Harry
• Shaft

Popular TV Programs

• All My Children
• Mary Tyler Moore
• McCloud
• The Odd Couple
• The Partridge Family

Technology

• Texas Instruments releases the first pocket calculator
• The first internet chat rooms appear
• Apollo 14 lands on the moon
• Apollo 15 astronauts become the first to ride in a lunar rover a day after landing on the surface.
• First soft contact lens became available commercially in the USA
• Email by Ray Tomlinson
• Floppy disk by IBM

Famous People Born in 1971

• Lance Armstrong, September 18th
• Winona Ryder, October 29th
• Mariah Carey, March 27th
• Tupac Shakur, June 16th
• Justin Trudeau, December 25
• Snoop Dogg, October 20
• Elon Musk, June 28
• Mark Wahlberg, June 5
• Richard Armitage, August 22
• Sacha Baron Cohen, October 13
• Selena, April 16