at a terminal in Grand Central Station in New York City, for betting on horse races at Roosevelt Raceway. A bomb exploded in a Saigon club where the CBC band was performing, killing a GI and a female civilian, the drummer's girlfriend. The "Hughes 500-P", a modified Hughes OH-6 Cayuse chopper billed as "the quietest helicopter ever", because of its noise dampening technology and black paint that absorbed radar waves, was given its first public demonstration. The championship game of the Europe's FIBA European Champions Cup was held in Antwerp in Belgium. The league champions of 24 nations participated, and in the final, the Soviet Army team, CSKA Moscow, defeated Italy's Ignis Varese, 67 to 53. April 9, 1971 (Friday) The Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was enlarged from 11 members to 15 as the Central Committee voted to approve the promotion of four men to full Politburo status. Dinmukhamed A. Kunayev, Vladimir V. Scherbitsky and Viktor V. Grishin were promoted from candidate members to full members, and the CPSU's secretary in charge of agriculture Fyodor D. Kulakov was added to the group that held the de facto power in the U.S.S.R., while the original 11 were elected to new terms. Party General Secretary Leonid I. Brezhnev was re-elected as the CPSU General Secretary. Troops of the Pakistan Army invaded the home of Zakir Husain, a native Bengali and a former Governor of East Pakistan, killing most of his staff. Husain himself and his eldest son were almost executed on the scene until the unit's commanding officer realized what was happening and stopped the act. Born: Jacques Villeneuve, Canadian racing driver, 1995 CART World Series champ, 1995 Indianapolis 500 winner and 1997 Formula One world champion; in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec April 10, 1971 (Saturday) A provisional Bangladeshi government took its oath of office in Meherpur Kushtia. Sixteen members of the U.S. national table tennis team became the first contingent of Americans in more than 20 years to be welcomed to the People's Republic of China as nine players, four team officials and two wives walked across a bridge from British Hong Kong at the invitation of the Chinese government for an eight-day visit described as ping-pong diplomacy. The team and accompanying reporters were flown from Guangzhou to Tokyo seven days later after their historic visit. Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, opened with the home team, the Phillies, defeating