1971

Events

 * Unknown:
 * Herbert Callahan becomes a Member of the Alabama House of Representatives
 * William Sessions becomes United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas
 * April 14:
 * William Casey becomes Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission

Births

 * June 4:
 * Michael Shumway Lee - Senator of Utah (Living)
 * September 23:
 * Sean Michael Spicer - White House Press Secretary (Living)

Deaths

 * September 25:
 * Hugo Lafayette Black Sr. - Associate Justice of the Supreme Court (b. 1886)