The 1970s

Explore 1298 historical events from 1970–1979.

1978

Brad Penny, American baseball player

Bradley Wayne Penny is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Penny played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida / Miami Marlins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Re…

Brad Penny, American baseball player

1978 brian urlacher american football player 05 25
1978

Brian Urlacher, American football player

Brian Urlacher is an American former professional football linebacker who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 13 seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played college foot…

Brian Urlacher, American football player

1978 jake johnson american actor 05 28
1978

Jake Johnson, American actor

Mark Jake Johnson Weinberger is an American actor. He has starred as Nick Miller in the Fox sitcom New Girl (2011–2018), for which he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Televisi…

Jake Johnson, American actor

1978

Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player

Sébastien René Grosjean is a French tennis coach and a former professional player. Grosjean reached the semifinals at the 2001 Australian and French Opens, and at Wimbledon in 2003…

Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player

1978

Adam Rickitt, English singer

Adam Peter Rickitt is an English actor and singer. He portrayed the part of Nick Tilsley on the British soap opera Coronation Street from 1997 to 1999, and again from 2002 to 2004.…

Adam Rickitt, English singer

1978

Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper

Antonietta Di Martino is a retired Italian high jumper. She currently holds the Italian national women's high jump record at 2.03 metres for outdoor events and 2.04 metres for indo…

Antonietta Di Martino, Italian high jumper

1978 dominic cooper english actor 06 02
1978

Dominic Cooper, English actor

Dominic Edward Cooper is an English actor known for his portrayal of comic book characters Jesse Custer on the AMC show Preacher (2016–2019) and young Howard Stark in the Marvel Ci…

Dominic Cooper, English actor

1978 nikki cox american actress 06 02
1978

Nikki Cox, American actress

Nikki Cox is an American actress, known for her roles on the television series Unhappily Ever After, Las Vegas, The Norm Show, and Nikki.

Nikki Cox, American actress

1978

Lucius D

Lucius Dubignon Clay was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General …

Lucius D

1978

Will Geer, American actor (born 1902)

Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and …

Will Geer, American actor (born 1902)