Explore 5304 historical events from 1970–1979.
Steve Roland Prefontaine was an American long-distance runner who set American records at every distance from 2,000 to 10,000 meters from a period of 1973 to 1975. He competed in t…
Steve Prefontaine, American runner (born 1951)
Tatsuo Shimabuku was an Okinawan, Japanese martial artist. He is the founder of Isshin-ryū style of karate.
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist, founded Isshin-ryū (born 1908)
Michel Simon was a Swiss actor of German origin active primarily in France. He appeared in many notable French films, including La Chienne (1931), Boudu Saved from Drowning (1932),…
Michel Simon, Swiss-born French actor (born 1895)
Oswald George Nelson was an American actor, filmmaker, musician, and bandleader. He originated and starred in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, a radio and television series wit…
Ozzie Nelson, American actor and bandleader (born 1906)
James Phinney Baxter III was an American historian, educator, and academic, who won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book Scientists Against Time (1946). He was also the…
James Phinney Baxter III, American historian and academic (born 1893)
Hugo Bergmann was an Israeli philosopher, born in Prague.
Hugo Bergmann, German-Israeli philosopher and author (born 1883)
Eisaku Satō was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972. He was the third longest-serving and longest-uninterrupted–serving Japanese prime mi…
Eisaku Satō, Japanese and politician, Prime Minister of Japan (born 1901)
Salvatore "Mooney" Giancana was an American mobster who was boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957 to 1966.
Sam Giancana, American mob boss (born 1908)
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was the first woman Haitian anthropologist. Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain was a student of Bronisław Malinowski who worked in 1949 with Alfred Métraux, and part…
Suzanne Comhaire-Sylvain, Haitian anthropologist (born 1898)
Wendell Larry Ladner was an American professional basketball player most notable for his playing time in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1970 to 1975.
Wendell Ladner, Professional Basketball Player in the ABA
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. …
Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and saint (born 1902)
Sir Geoffrey Ingram Taylor OM FRS FRSE was a British physicist, who made instrumental contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
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Constantinos A. Doxiadis, often cited as C. A. Doxiadis, was a Greek architect and urban planner, most widely known for being the lead architect and planner of Islamabad, the purpo…
Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Greek architect (born 1913)
Rodman Edward Serling was an American screenwriter and television producer, widely known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his anthology television series The Twiligh…
Rod Serling, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
Timothy Charles Buckley III was an American musician. He began his career based in folk rock, but subsequently experimented with genres such as psychedelia, jazz, the avant-garde, …
Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
James Robertson Justice was a British actor. He often portrayed pompous authority figures in comedies, including each of the seven films in the Doctor series. He also co-starred wi…
James Robertson Justice, English actor (born 1907)
Gilda Dalla Rizza was an important Italian soprano.
Gilda dalla Rizza, Italian soprano and actress (born 1892)
Reşad Ekrem Koçu was a Turkish writer and historian. His best known work is the unfinished Istanbul Encyclopedia, which recounts many tales of Istanbul from Ottoman times. Koçu and…
Reşat Ekrem Koçu, Turkish historian, scholar, and poet (born 1905)
James Ormsbee Chapin was an American painter and illustrator. He was the father of jazz musician Jim Chapin and grandfather of folk singer Harry Chapin.
James Ormsbee Chapin, American painter and illustrator (born 1887)
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia was a Georgian writer and public figure. Educated and first published in Germany, he married Western European influences to purely Georgian thematic to pro…
Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian author (born 1893)
Vaughn Bodē was an American underground cartoonist and illustrator known for his character Cheech Wizard and his artwork depicting voluptuous women. A contemporary of Ralph Bakshi,…
Vaughn Bodē, American illustrator (born 1941)
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter.
Lefty Frizzell, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1928)
John Alan Coey was a U.S. Marine who served in the Rhodesian Army as one of the "Crippled Eagles", a loosely organised group of U.S. expatriates fighting for the unrecognized gover…
John Alan Coey, American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War
Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as Mayor of Jaffna from 1970 until his assassination. He was also a Member of Parliament for Jaffna from 1960 to 19…
Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (born 1926)