Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
Khaled Mahmud Sujon is a former Bangladeshi cricketer and current head coach of Noakhali Express. He is also a former Test and One Day International captain. A medium-pace bowler a…
Khaled Mahmud, Bangladeshi cricketer and coach
Christopher Bryan Harrison is an American television and game show host, best known for his role as the host of the ABC reality television dating show The Bachelor from 2002–2021. …
Chris Harrison, American television personality
Anna Menconi is an Italian Paralympic archer.
Anna Menconi, Italian Paralympic archer
Ibrahim Awwad Ibrahim Ali al-Badri, commonly known by his nom de guerre Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was an Iraqi militant leader and former teacher who was the founder and first leader o…
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Iraqi leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (died 2019)
Ludmilla Lacueva Canut is an Andorran writer of both fiction and non-fiction works, as well as an opinion columnist for the newspaper Bondia.
Ludmilla Lacueva Canut, Andorran writer
Matthew James Johns is an Australian rugby league media personality, commentator and former professional player. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin rep…
Matthew Johns, Australian rugby league player, sportscaster and television host
Stephen Andrew Lynch is an American comedian, musician and actor who is known for his satirical songs mocking daily life and popular culture. Lynch has released four studio albums …
Stephen Lynch, American singer-songwriter and actor
Annie Perreault is a Canadian short track speed skater, who won medals in the 500 m and 3000 m relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. She had already won a relay gold medal at the 1992…
Annie Perreault, Canadian speed skater
Andrea Philipp is a retired German sprinter. A three-time Olympian, she won a bronze medal in the 200 metres at the 1999 World Championships, and a gold medal in the 100 metres at …
Andrea Philipp, German sprinter
Elvis Crespo Díaz is an American merengue singer. He has won multiple awards, including a Grammy and a Latin Grammy Award in merengue music.
Elvis Crespo, American-Puerto Rican singer
Michael Thomas Green is a Canadian-American comedian, television personality, actor, podcaster, singer, songwriter, and rapper. After pursuing stand-up comedy and music as a young …
Tom Green, Canadian comedian and actor
Christine Joan Taylor is an American actress. She has played Marcia Brady in The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996), and appeared in The Craft (1996), The Wedd…
Christine Taylor, American actress
Luigi Piotti was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in nine Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on January 22, 1956. He scored no championship points.
Luigi Piotti, Italian race car driver (born 1913)
François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, was a Haitian politician and physician who served as president of Haiti from 1957 until his death in 1971.
François Duvalier, Haitian physician and politician, 40th President of Haiti (born 1907)
William Brown Meloney V was a journalist, novelist, short-story writer and theatrical producer.
William Brown Meloney, writer and theatrical producer (born 1902)
Violet Constance Jessop was an Irish-Argentine ocean liner stewardess and Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse in the early 20th century. She survived the sinking of both RMS Titanic in …
Violet Jessop, Argentinean-English nurse (born 1887)
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and t…
Tyrone Guthrie, English director, producer, and playwright (born 1900)
Aleksandr Gennadyevich Kurosh was a Soviet mathematician, known for his work in abstract algebra. He is credited with writing The Theory of Groups, the first modern and high-level …
Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (born 1908)
Henry Emmett Manush, nicknamed "Heinie", was an American baseball outfielder. He played professional baseball for 20 years from 1920 to 1939, including 17 years in Major League Bas…
Heinie Manush, American baseball player and coach (born 1901)
Frederic Ogden Nash was an American poet well known for his light verse, of which he wrote more than 500 pieces. With his unconventional rhyming schemes, he was declared by The New…
Ogden Nash, American poet (born 1902)
Waldo Goronwy Williams was one of the leading Welsh-language poets of the 20th century. He was also a notable Christian pacifist, anti-war campaigner, and Welsh nationalist. He is …
Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (born 1904)
Béla Juhos was a Hungarian-Austrian philosopher and member of the Vienna Circle.
Béla Juhos, Hungarian-Austrian philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1901)
Armando Picchi was an Italian football player and coach. Regularly positioned as a libero, he captained the Inter Milan side known as "La Grande Inter".
Armando Picchi, Italian footballer and coach (born 1935)
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as …
Audie Murphy, American soldier and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1925)