Other random facts about 1971

• 8,000 nude, bearded, folk music fans attended the 1971 Glastonbury Fair
• The Ballarat electric tram system closed
• Elton John had his first international hit with 'Your Song'
• Australia pulled troops out of Vietnam 
• The first episode of Hey Hey It's Saturday ran with Daryl Somers as the host and Peter McKenna as co-host
• The Scottish actor Ewan McGregor was born
• The Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille
• Ian Stewart from Richmond Football Club won the Brownlow medal
• VFL ladder results: (1) Hawthorn (P), (2) St Kilda, (3) Richmond, (4) Collingwood, (5) Carlton, (6) Fitzroy, (7) Melbourne, (8) Footscray, (9) North Melbourne, (10) Geelong, (11) Essendon, (12) South Melbourne.
• Rick Springfield left Zoot for a solo career 
• Gerard Kennedy won the Gold Logie for his work in the Australian drama TV series Division 4
• Cigarette advertising was banned from television