Raymond Lawrence "Boots" Riley (born April 1, 1971) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, rapper, and communist activist. He is the lead vocalist of The Coup and Street Sweeper Social Club. He made his feature-film directorial debut with Sorry to Bother You (2018), which he also wrote. In 2023, the television show I'm a Virgo premiered, which Riley wrote and directed.
Læs mere...1. april 1971 var en torsdag under stjernetegnet for ♈. Det var 90 dag på året. Præsident for USA var Richard M. Nixon.
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Date: 01 April 1971
By JACK GOULDSpecial to The New York Times
FCC Chmn Burch warns broadcasters they are colliding head-on with concerns of consumers and more active participatory democracy, s, Natl Assn of Broadcasters conv; says consumer protection champions are demanding access to airwaves
Date: 01 April 1971
By BENJAMIN WELLESSpecial to The New York Times
US starts talks with Pakistani Govt officials for evacuation of private US citizens from E Pakistan; previous estimate of 1,100 Amers in East is lowered to 750; Pakistan troops reptd in full control of Dacca and Chittagong; sources in US reptd Nixon Adm has recd, but not made pub, repts of heavy bloodshed in E Pakistan, including rept of 'selective genocide'
Date: 01 April 1971
Trial of Jewish Defense League leader Rabbi Kahane and 2 followers on '69 charges of criminal trespass at NYC offices of Soviet press agency Tass ends in hung jury; judge sets April 26 for new trial
Date: 02 April 1971
Saigon authorities ban April 4 issues of Time and Newsweek from sale in S Vietnam for articles considered 'hostile to natl security'; action marks 2d wk in row that magazines have been banned
Date: 01 April 1971
Amer aboard craft says passengers were treated courteously and that Chinese officials forced hijackers to apologize
Date: 02 April 1971
By ALEXANDER R. HAMMER
Alexander HAMMER
Clark Equipment Co plans to buy Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corp from Armour & Co
Date: 02 April 1971
SAUL LEVITT
Saul LEVITT
S Levitt lr derides US Adm claim that Laotian operation was successful
Date: 01 April 1971
Special to The New York Times
Nguyen Van Thieu announces 'new phase' in S Vietnamese effort to disrupt Ho Chi Minh Trail, news conf, Dongha; says US helicopters transport small unit of S Vietnamese troops to attack enemy supply area designated as 611
Date: 01 April 1971
By JOHN W. FINNEYSpecial to The New York Times
John FINNEYSpecial
Reprs Eckhardt, Rosenthal, Dow and Mikva, with aid of some Vietnam veterans, seek to prevail upon House Armed Services Com to conduct pub inquiry into alleged Amer war crimes in Vietnam; hold news conf; Repr Hebert seeks in turn to prevent group from holding its own informal inquiry if com does not proceed with pub hearings; 1 purpose of news conf is to let 6 veterans give brief statements describing various acts of torture and killing of civilians that they say they witnessed; veterans are associated with Citizens Comm of Inquiry into US War Crimes in Vietnam; J Rifkin, serving as comm spokesman, says Mylai is 'only the tip of the iceberg' and that Calley is being 'scapegoated'; Eckhardt wrote Hebert early in March to propose com hold pub hearings; Hebert wrote to Eckhardt saying subcom staff would consider specific allegations; Eckhardt interprets Hebert statement as assurance that com plans hearings; Hebert says he only promised allegations would be studied; S Noetzel, at news conf, tells of atrocities done by Amers