Explore 5304 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Italicus Express massacre was a terrorist bombing in Italy on a train of the public rail network. On 4 August 1974, the bomb attack killed 12 people and wounded 48. Responsibil…
A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000. …
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
Haile Selassie I was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia under Empress Zewditu between 1916 and 1930.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the…
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car
The City of Los Angeles Police Department, also known as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. …
Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been car…
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming th
Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until hi…
Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shar…
Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists
Air Vietnam Flight 706 was a Boeing 727 that crashed on September 15, 1974, after three hijackers detonated hand grenades as it was approaching Phan Rang Air Base in South Vietnam …
Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
Frank Wilson Jobe was an American orthopedic surgeon and co-founder of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic. Jobe pioneered both elbow ligament replacement and major reconstructive s…
Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on…
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Opeth. A former vocalist for the death metal …
Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
The Heimlich maneuver, also known as an abdominal thrust, is a first-aid procedure used to treat upper-airway obstructions by foreign objects. American doctor Henry Heimlich is oft…
The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the wor…
Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan
The 1974 Baltimore municipal strike was a strike action undertaken by different groups of municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was initiated by waste collect…
The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins
Turkey invaded Cyprus on 20 July 1974 in an operation that progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal violence between Greek…
Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece,…
The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels overthrew a caretaker governmen…
The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new…
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives assoc…
Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the…
Victoria Caroline, Lady Beckham, is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girl…
Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstr…
Madeleine Peyroux, American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives assoc…
Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of…
Spetsgruppa "A", also known as Alpha Group, officially Directorate "A" of FSB Special Purpose Center, is a sub-unit of Russian special forces within the Russian Special Purpose Cen…
Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives assoc…
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do…
There is an ongoing dispute between the Greek and Turkish communities in Cyprus, particularly in the north where Turkish troops are deployed. This is an example of a protracted soc…
Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus…
Carlos Andres Dengler is an American musician, actor, composer, and writer. He has performed in regional theaters, appeared in various short films, and released three albums. His e…
Carlos Dengler, American bass player