What happened April 1971 AD

Libya concludes five weeks of negotiations with Western oil companies in Tripoli on behalf of itself, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, and Iraq. The agreement raises posted prices of oil delivered to the Mediterranean from $2.55 to $3.45 per barrel; provides for a 2.5 percent annual price increase plus inflation allowance; raises the tax rate from a range of 50-58 percent to 60 percent of the posted price.

After a period of well being, the edema returned on 4 April and Vera insisted that medical equipment should be installed in the apartment.

Stravinsky stopped eating and drinking and died at 5:20 a.m. on 6 April at the age of 88. The cause on his death certificate is heart failure. A funeral service was held three days later at Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel. As per his wishes, he was buried in the Russian corner of the cemetery island of San Michele in northern Italy, several yards from the tomb of Sergei Diaghilev.