May 8, 1971: The 1st Arsenal Double, Part II
https://unclemikesmusings.blogspot.com/2021/05/may-8-1971-1st-arsenal-double-part-ii.html Saturday, May 8, 2021 May 8, 1971, 50 years ago: Having won the Football League 5 days earlier, Arsenal Football Club of North London now prepared to take on Liverpool Football Club, at England's national stadium, the original Wembley Stadium in West London, for the FA Cup Final. This is what the world was like at the time: The monarch of both nations was Queen Elizabeth II -- that hasn't changed. The Prime Minister of Britain was Edward Heath, and of Canada, Pierre Trudeau. The President of the United States was Richard Nixon. The Pope was Paul VI. The current holders of those offices? Boris Johnson was about to turn 7. Pierre's son Justin wasn't born yet. Joe Biden was in his 1st year in public office, on the New Castle County Council in Delaware. Pope Francis, then Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was teaching at a seminary in his native Argentina. There have since been 10 Presidents of t...