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January 1971
The following events occurred in January 1971: January 1, 1971 (Friday) *The last history of nicotine marketing, cigarette commercials on U.S. television and radio were broadcast, and tobacco manufacturers spent US$1,250,000 for the farewell advertising prior to the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act, ban that went into effect at midnight. The last commercial was a 60-second ad for Virginia Slims that was run by the Philip Morris USA, Philip Morris company at 11:59 during a break on ''The Tonight Show'' on NBC. The company had bought the last pre-midnight ads on the late night talk shows of all three networks, with ads for Marlboro (cigarette), Marlboro on CBS on ''The Merv Griffin Show'' and for Benson & Hedges on ABC on ''The Dick Cavett Show''. *The major bowl games of the 1970 NCAA University Division football season, 1970 college football season saw the No. 1 and No. 2 ranked teams defeated in the afternoon and in the evening, respectively. In Dallas, the 1971 Cotton Bow ...
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Apollo is one of the Twelve Olympians, Olympian deities in Ancient Greek religion, ancient Greek and Ancient Roman religion, Roman religion and Greek mythology, Greek and Roman mythology. Apollo has been recognized as a god of archery, music and dance, truth and prophecy, healing and diseases, the Sun and light, poetry, and more. One of the most important and complex of the Greek gods, he is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis, goddess of the hunt. He is considered to be the most beautiful god and is represented as the ideal of the ''kouros'' (ephebe, or a beardless, athletic youth). Apollo is known in Greek-influenced Etruscan mythology as ''Apulu''. As the patron deity of Delphi (''Apollo Pythios''), Apollo is an oracular god—the prophetic deity of the Pythia, Delphic Oracle and also the deity of ritual purification. His oracles were often consulted for guidance in various matters. He was in general seen as the god who affords help and wards off e ...
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