January 1971

Friday 01:

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television.

Saturday 02:

The Ibrox disaster occured.

Sunday 10:

Masterpiece Theatre debuts on PBS.

Tuesday 12:

Harrisburg Six: The Reverend Philip Berrigan and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, DC.

Tuesday 19:

Revival of No, No, Nanette premieres (46th Street Theatre, New York City).

Monday 25:

Himachal Pradesh becomes the 18th Indian state.

Sunday 31:

The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begin in Detroit, Michigan.