What day of the week was January 1, 1971?

The day of the week January 1st, 1971 fell on was a Friday.

Bobby Holík the Czech ice hockey player was born on 01 January in 1971. As was Rodney Leinhardt the American wrestler , Phoebus the Greek songwriter , Juan Carlos Plata the Guatemalan footballer , Chris Potter the American saxophonist and composer , Jyotiraditya Scindia the Indian politician .

Amphilochius of Pochayiv the Ukrainian saint (b. 1894) died on this day in 1971.

Cigarette advertisements are banned on American television. Hellenic Railways Organisation the the Greek national railway company, is founded.