Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Pontiac Silverdome was a multi-purpose stadium in Pontiac, Michigan, United States. It opened in 1975 and sat on 199 acres (51 ha) of land. When the stadium opened, it featured…
The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan
Rahul Verma is a humanitarian, spiritual worker, and a devoted follower of Neem Karoli Baba. He, along with his wife Tulika, founded the Uday Foundation—a nonprofit organization na…
Rahul Verma, Indian social worker and activist
Christopher John Carpenter is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays and St. Louis Cardinal…
Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
Pedro Julio Feliz, is a Dominican former professional baseball third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, Houston…
Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
Kazuyoshi Funaki is a Japanese former ski jumper. He ranked among the most successful sportsmen of its discipline, particularly in the 1990s. Funaki is known for his special varia…
Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper
The Tacnazo was a military coup launched by then Peruvian Prime Minister, General Francisco Morales Bermúdez against the administration of President Gen. Juan Velasco Alvarado in 1…
El Tacnazo: Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian Prime Minister carries out a coup d'état in the city of Tacna,…
Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California. The county seat of Sacramento County, it is located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in the S…
Sacramento, California: Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford.
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) personnel are able to serve in the armed forces of some countries around the world: the vast majority of industrialized, West…
Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in…
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was an American Catholic educator, known as a founder of the country's parochial school system. Born in New York and reared as an Episcopalian, she marri…
The first American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, is canonized by Pope Paul VI.
In the administrative divisions of France, the department is one of the three levels of government under the national level, between the administrative regions and the communes. Th…
The French department of "Corse" (the entire island of Corsica) is divided into two: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and…
Michael Walchhofer is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from Austria.
Michael Walchhofer, Austrian skier
April Amber Telek is a Canadian actress.
April Telek, Canadian actress
John Mark Galecki is an American actor. In television, he played Leonard Hofstadter on The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) and David Healy in Roseanne and The Conners (2018–2019). Gale…
Johnny Galecki, American actor
Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder.
Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (died 2003)
Nina Hossain is a British journalist and presenter employed by ITN as the lead presenter of the ITV Lunchtime News.
Nina Hossain, English journalist
Aleksey Gennadyevich Smertin is a Russian football official and a former player. He was a fairly versatile player and was able to play in defence as well as midfield. He works in t…
Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offsho…
Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
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 eastern Atlantic Oc…
Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces rather than along its ridges. In the post-m…
Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces,…
The last use of capital punishment in Spain took place on 27 September 1975 when two members of the armed left-wing Basque nationalist and separatist group ETA political-military a…
The last use of capital punishment in Spain sparks worldwide protests.
The Spaghetti House siege took place between 28 September and 3 October 1975. An attempted robbery of the Spaghetti House restaurant in Knightsbridge, London, went wrong and the po…
The Spaghetti House siege, in which nine people are taken hostage, takes place in London.
Sir David Robert Joseph Beckham is an English former professional footballer, the president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City F.C.. Primarily a right midf…
David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
Joseph Roland Wilkinson is an English comedian, actor, and screenwriter. He began his comedy career in 2004 and has supported Alan Carr and Russell Howard on tour. In 2006, Wilkins…
Joe Wilkinson, English comedian, actor and writer
William Russell Geist is an American television personality and journalist. He is co-anchor of MS NOW's Morning Joe and anchor of Sunday Today with Willie Geist. Geist also frequen…
Willie Geist, American television journalist and host