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February 21, 1971

On February 21, 1971, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna. The year's #1 song was "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night. Franck Esposito, Danie Mellor, Bo Outlaw would arrive in the same year.

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1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.

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On February 21, 1971

  1. 1971 The Convention on Psychotropic Substances is signed at Vienna.

    1971 UN treaty to regulate recreational drugs

    The Convention on Psychotropic Substances of 1971 is a United Nations treaty designed to control psychoactive drugs such as amphetamine-type stimulants, barbiturates, benzodiazepines, and psychedelics signed in Vienna, Austria on 21 February 1971. The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961 did not ban the many newly discovered psychotropics, since its scope was limited to drugs with cannabis, coca and opium-like effects.

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Franck Esposito 1971– French swimmer
Danie Mellor 1971– Australian painter and sculptor
Bo Outlaw 1971– American basketball player
Cameron Blades 1971– Australian rugby player
Selena 1971– American singer-songwriter, actress, and fashion designer (died 1995)
Seigo Yamamoto 1971– Japanese racing driver

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