Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has won an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She was a…
Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Martin Reim is an Estonian football manager and former professional player.
Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
Karin Lušnic is a former tennis player from Slovenia.
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceiv…
Apollo program: On Apollo 15, David Scott and James Irwin in the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the…
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is a Japanese airline headquartered in Minato, Tokyo. ANA operates services to both domestic and international destinations and is Japan's largest airline,…
An All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 and a Japanese Air Force F-86 collide over Morioka, Iwate, Japan, killing 162.
Claire Jane Sweeney is an English actress, singer, and television personality. Known for her portrayal of Lindsey Corkhill on Channel 4's Brookside (1991–2003), she also played Rox…
Claire Sweeney, English actress
Ajith Kumar Subramaniam is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Tamil cinema. To date, he has starred in over 63 films, and won four Vijay Awards, three Cinema Express Awards…
Ajith Kumar, Indian actor and race car driver
Musashimaru Kōyō is an American-born Japanese-naturalized former professional sumo wrestler. He was born in American Samoa, before moving to Hawaii at the age of 10. At 18 he move…
Musashimaru Kōyō, Samoan-American sumo wrestler, the 67th Yokozuna
Mark Connors is an Australian rugby union footballer. He is currently the Queensland Reds third most capped player ever, playing 134 games for the side. He has played for Australia…
Mark Connors, Australian rugby player
Shaun Hart is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Hart played in Brisbane's Lions hat…
Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
Stella Jongmans is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the gold at the 1995 Summer Universiade and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. …
Stella Jongmans, Dutch athlete
Máxima is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch royal
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 40th United States secretary of commerce from 2021 to 2025. As a member of the Democratic Party, s…
Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island
Bradley Howard Friedel is an American professional soccer coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, manager and sportscaster
Mark Andrew Menzies is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire from 2010 to 2024. As a member of the Conservative Party, he was the par…
Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
Nobuteru 'NOB' Taniguchi is a Japanese racing driver and drifting driver who currently competes in the Super GT racing series. Taniguchi is commonly nicknamed "NOB" or "The Pimp" …
Nobuteru Taniguchi, Japanese race car driver
Philip Clarke is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. A Great Britain and England international representative back-rower or st…
Phil Clarke, English rugby league player and sportscaster
Rachel Ann Goswell is an English musician who rose to prominence as vocalist and guitarist of the shoegaze band Slowdive, which formed in 1989. When Slowdive disbanded in 1995, Gos…
Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Ross Katz is an American film producer, screenwriter and film director. He has executive produced films including In the Bedroom and Lost in Translation, and has directed the films…
Ross Katz, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Andres Salumets is an Estonian biologist, biochemist, and international infertility expert. He currently is Professor of Reproductive Medicine at the Karolinska Institute.
Andres Salumets, Estonian biologist, biochemist, and educator
Šárka Kašpárková is a Czech former track and field athlete who specialised in the triple jump.
Šárka Kašpárková, Czech triple jumper and coach
Hanne Beate Stenvaag is a Norwegian politician and member of the Storting. A member of the Red Party, she was elected to represent Troms at the 2025 parliamentary election.
Hanne Stenvaag, Norwegian politician
Anthony Wayne Stewart, nicknamed "Smoke", is an American professional auto racing driver, and former NASCAR team co-owner of Stewart–Haas Racing. He competes in the NHRA Top Fuel c…
Tony Stewart, American race car driver
Shane Cloete is a teacher and ex-Zimbabwean cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper. He was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Shane Cloete, Zimbabwean-British ex-cricketer and teacher