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The year the Class of 71 left high school, the president of the united states was Richard M. Nixon.
The night we graduated, he gave a twenty minute speech on network TV regarding the upcoming SALT (Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty) negotiations.
David Cassidy of The Partridge Family graced the cover of the TV Guide that went on sale the week that the Class of 71 graduated.
Click here to find out more about what the Class of 1971 watched on TV during our senior year.
In 1971 Charles Manson and his "family" were found guilty in the Sharon Tate murders.
In 1971 the U.S.S.R. soft landed a space capsule on the surface of Mars.
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What Was Happening When
the Class of '71 Graduated?
Best Movie: The French Connection
Best Actor: Gene Hackman (French Connection)
Best Actress: Jane Fonda (Klute)
Song of the Year: You've Got A Friend by James Taylor*
*The number one song on graduation night was Joy to the World by Three Dog Night
- A dozen eggs cost 52 cents
- A loaf of bread cost 25 cents
- Sugar was 13 cents a pound
- Postage stamps were 8 cents
- The President was Richard Nixon
Other Notable Events
of 1971:
- U.S. planes bomb Viet Cong supply routes in Cambodia
- Lt. William L. Calley, Jr., found guilty of premeditated murder in Mylai massacre
- First segments of "Pentagon Papers" appear in The New York Times
- President Nixon orders 90-day wage and price freeze
- U.S.S.R. soft-lands a space capsule on Mars
- Charles Manson and three co-defendents found guilty of Sharon Tate murder
- Tennis star Billie Jean King becomes first woman athlete to win $100,000 in a single year
- 10 guards and 32 prisoners are killed when police storm Attica prison following a five-day uprising
- Cigarette advertisements are banned from U.S. television
- U.S. Apollo 14 and 15 crews become the third and fourth groups to explore the moon's surface
- Hank Aaron hits his 600th career home run
Movies From 1971
Play Misty for Me
Dirty Harry
A Clockwork Orange
Bananas
The French Connection
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