(Saturday, September 18, 1971, 9:30 p.m. ET) — After Mary produces a “What’s Your Sexual IQ?” documentary for the Six O’Clock News, Phyllis calls on Mary to teach Bess the facts of life on tonight’s episode of the CBS-TV sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
(Saturday, September 18, 1971, 8:00 p.m. ET) — Archie is furious with his house guest, Cousin Oscar, on tonight’s season two premiere of the CBS sitcom All In The Family.
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Columbo - Murder by the Book (1971) (TV)
(Wednesday, September 15, 1971, 8:30 p.m.) — After two pilot episodes, the crime fiction TV series Columbo, starring Peter Falk in the title role, debuted tonight as one of the rotating programs of the “NBC Mystery Movie.” Tonight’s episode, “Murder by the Book,” was directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Steven Bochco.
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Hawaii Five-O "Highest Castle Deepest Grave" 1971 (Pt 1) HD
(Tuesday, September 14, 1971, 8:30 p.m. ET) — A ten-year-old case is reopened when an archaeological dig unearths the skeletons of two murder victims on tonight’s season 4 premiere of the CBS police procedural drama Hawaii Five-0. Continue reading ‘Hawaii-Five-0’ presents ‘Highest Castle Deepest Grave’ 40 years ago this hour
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Cremation Escape
(Friday, August 13, 1971) — Actor Sean Connery today filmed his final scenes for Diamonds Are Forever, the seventh “official” James Bond film. Ironically, the last shots were of Connery being placed in a coffin (he would not return to the role of 007 until the “unofficial” Never Say Never Again in 1983).
Watergate. Part 3 of 30
(Wednesday, August 11, 1971) — A plan by E. Howard Hunt, one of the Nixon White House “Plumbers” (a secret team of operatives charged with fixing “leaks” to leading newspapers), to burglarize the office of psychiatrist Lewis Fielding to steal his files on Daniel Ellsberg, who had leaked the Pentagon Papers, was approved by Chief Domestic Advisor John Ehrlichman.
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Apollo 15 Splashdown
(Saturday, August 7, 1971, 4:46pm EDT) — The astronauts of Apollo 15 splashed down in the Pacific Ocean today and brought to a safe conclusion their successful 12-day moon-exploring mission, which space agency officials called an “epic scientific voyage.” During Earth re-entry and descent, however, one of the three parachutes failed to open fully. As a result, descent velocity was 2.8mph faster than planned, but the crew was unharmed.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Thursday, August 5, 1971) — Working with surprising speed and ease, astronaut Alfred M. Worden wrapped up Apollo 15’s spectacular lunar expedition in high style today with man’s first walk in deep space to retrieve priceless film of the moon.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Wednesday, August 4, 1971) — Apollo 15 tonight fired its main engine behind the moon and blasted out of lunar orbit on the way home to earth just after dropping off a small satellite designed to orbit the moon for at least a year.
1971: Apollo 15 (NASA)
(Tuesday, August 3, 1971) — The Apollo 15 astronauts circled the moon today charting its place in the family of the sun and snapping pictures of the moon’s newest crater created by the crash landing of the lunar landing ship Falcon.
