Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
On May 6, 1975, a massive gathering took place in the Lebanese capital Beirut, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Some 100,000 people participated in the…
During a lull in fighting, 100,000 Armenians gather in Beirut for the 60th anniversary commemorations of the Armenian ge
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northw…
Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal
Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. was an American professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles in singles and two in doubles. Ashe was the first Black player selected to the Uni…
Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
The Mayor of Jaffna is the head of the Jaffna Municipal Council, the local authority for the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The seat is currently vacant.
Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
Five people, including three members of The Miami Showband, were killed by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), a loyalist paramilitary group, on 31 July 1975 on the A1 road at Buskhi…
The Troubles: Three members of a popular cabaret band and two gunmen are killed during a botched paramilitary attack…
During the aftermath of World War II and the Cold War, the Indochina wars were a series of wars which were waged in Indochina from 1945 to 1991, by communist forces against the opp…
Indochina Wars: Democratic Kampuchea naval forces capture the SS Mayaguez
Bangladeshis are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.
Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.
Takeo Miki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 to 1976.
Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of…
Portuguese Timor was a Portuguese colony on the territory of present-day Timor-Leste from 1702 until 1975. During most of this period, Portugal shared the island of Timor with the …
The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel…
The Sinai Interim Agreement, also known as the Sinai II Agreement, was a diplomatic agreement signed by Egypt and Israel on September 4, 1975, with the intention of peacefully reso…
The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
West Africa, also known as Western Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Th…
Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan is a centre-left regionalist political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describes its goals as self-d…
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others
The 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, also known variously as the Referendum on the European Community (Common Market), the Common Market referendum a…
The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC)
The State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain was an election case heard by the Allahabad High Court in 1975 that found the Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi guilty of electoral mal…
State of Uttar Pradesh v
Jaws is a 1975 American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg, based on the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley. It stars Roy Scheider as police chief Martin Brody, who, with the hel…
The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend o
The Mikoyan MiG-31 is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the MiG-25 "Foxbat", on which it is ba…
The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
Sara Jane Moore was an American accountant and FBI informant who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford in 1975.
Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 was a regularly scheduled flight from New Orleans to New York City that crashed on June 24, 1975, when a Boeing 727-225 went on approach to New York's J…
Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 encounters severe wind shear and crashes on final approach to New York's JFK Airport killing
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India'…
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the …
Two FBI agents and a member of the American Indian Movement are killed in a shootout on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservatio
Pope Paul VI was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding John XXIII, he continued the Second Vatica…
Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St
Cape Verde, also referred to in English by its Portuguese name Cabo Verde, and known officially as the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an archipelagic country in the central Atlantic Oc…
Cape Verde gains its independence from Portugal.
WWJ-TV, branded as CBS Detroit, is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is owned and operated by the CBS television network through its CBS News and Station…
WGPR becomes the first black-owned-and-operated television station in the US.
Rahima Banu Begum is the last known person to have been infected with naturally occurring Variola major smallpox, the more deadly variety of the disease.
Three-year-old Rahima Banu, from Bangladesh, is the last known case of naturally occurring smallpox.