Timeline September 1971

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• 1886 – 1971 Spring Byington (1886-1971) American actress, Marmee in Little Women and star of December Bride.
• 1894 – 1971 Nikita Khrushchev De-Stalinisation and the Cuban Missile Crisis Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 15, 1894 – September 11, 1971) led the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964. He denounced Stalin's cult of personality, launched Sputnik, and navigated the Cuban Missile Crisis. He was removed in a coup by Politburo colleagues in 1964.
• 1971 "Santana III" Released Third album adds guitarist Neal Schon Santana III, released in September 1971, added a teenage Neal Schon on second guitar alongside percussionist Coke Escovedo, producing another number-one album with hits "Everybody's Everything" and "No One to Depend On." The record captured the band at its most raw and improvisational, but rising internal tensions over musical direction and lifestyle led to a significant lineup breakup shortly after its release.
• 1971 – present Eagles American rock band Los Angeles band of Glenn Frey, Don Henley and others — Take It Easy, Desperado, Hotel California, and the best-selling album in US history.
• 1971 Eagles form in Los Angeles From Linda Ronstadt's band Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner sign with Asylum Records.
• 1971 – 2018 Dolores O'Riordan (1971-2018) Died 15 January 2018, aged 46 Irish singer and lead vocalist of the rock band The Cranberries, known for hits including "Zombie" and "Linger". She died suddenly in London during a recording trip. The band released a final album completed with her vocals later in 2019.
• 1971 Spring Byington dies in Los Angeles Spring Byington dies aged 84.
• 1971 Attica Prison Riot Inmate uprising ends in deadly police retaking Prisoners at Attica Correctional Facility in New York seized control of the prison and took hostages to protest inhumane conditions. After four days of failed negotiations, state police stormed the facility, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages. It remains one of the deadliest prison uprisings in US history.
• 1971 John Lennon releases Imagine Title song Imagine becomes his signature song.
• 1971 Greenpeace Founded Environmental activist group launched in Vancouver A group of Canadian and American activists sailed a chartered boat toward Amchitka Island, Alaska, to protest US nuclear testing, an action that led to the founding of Greenpeace. The organization grew into one of the world's most prominent environmental campaigning groups. Its early direct-action tactics became a template for later environmental activism.