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  • London, England
    Jul, 1971
    Mobile Phones

    Readycall

    London, England
    Jul, 1971

    In July 1971 Readycall was introduced in London by Burndept after obtaining a special concession to break the Post Office monopoly to allow selective calling to mobiles of calls from the public telephone system. This system was available to the public for a subscription of £16 month. A year later the service was extended to two other UK towns.




  • Connecticut, U.S.
    Jul, 1971
    KFC

    Heublein

    Connecticut, U.S.
    Jul, 1971

    In July 1971, Brown sold the company to Heublein based in Connecticut, a packaged food and drinks corporation, for US$285 million.




  • Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 6, 1971
    Louis Armstrong

    Death

    Manhattan, New York, U.S.
    Tuesday Jul 6, 1971

    Against his doctor's advice, Armstrong played a two-week engagement in March 1971 at the Waldorf-Astoria's Empire Room. At the end of it he was hospitalized for a heart attack. He was released from the hospital in May, and quickly resumed practicing his trumpet playing. Still hoping to get back on the road, Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971, a month before his 70th birthday.




  • Columbus, Georgia, U.S
    Thursday Jul 8, 1971
    Jimmy Carter

    Georgia Human Rights Council

    Columbus, Georgia, U.S
    Thursday Jul 8, 1971

    On July 8, 1971, during an appearance in Columbus, Georgia, Carter stated his intent to establish a Georgia Human Rights Council that would work toward solving issues within the state ahead of any potential violence.




  • Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Thursday Jul 15, 1971
    Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

    The Abu Dhabi Fund For Arab Economic Development

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
    Thursday Jul 15, 1971

    At the time the British withdrew from the Persian Gulf in 1971, Zayed oversaw the establishment of the Abu Dhabi Fund for Arab Economic Development; some of its oil riches were channeled to some forty less fortunate Islamic nations in Asia and Africa during the decades that followed.




  • Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Sunday Jul 18, 1971
    Pelé

    Last International Match

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
    Sunday Jul 18, 1971

    Pelé's last international match was on 18 July 1971 against Yugoslavia in Rio de Janeiro.




  • Khartoum, Sudan
    Monday Jul 19, 1971
    First Sudanese Civil War

    1971 Sudanese Coup d'état

    Khartoum, Sudan
    Monday Jul 19, 1971

    In-fighting between Marxist and non-Marxist factions in the ruling military class led to another coup in July 1971 and a short-lived administration by the Sudanese Communist Party before anti-Communist factions put Nimeiry back in control of the country.


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