1971

| The Year is 1971 ... U.S. troops in Vietnam drop to 139,000. Billie Jean King becomes the first woman athlete to earn over $100,000. Charles Manson and three women convicted for Tate-LaBianca murders. Attica, N.Y. prison riot kills 43 inmates and guards. Rolling Meadows High School opens. Woodfield Mall opens with 2.2 million square feet of shopping and services. Chicago led singer Peter Cetera is beaten up for having long hair by four men at a Cubs game at Wrigley Field. Four hours of emergency surgery and four lost teeth are the result. Intel introduces its first microprocessor, the 4004, with 2300 transistors (a Pentium II has 7.5 million transistors). Intel goes public. Super Bowl V Baltimore Colts 16, Dallas Cowboys 13 ![]() The French Connection wins an Oscar for Best Picture. |