Explore 5304 historical events from 1970–1979.
Michael Kerr is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the Germany national rugby union team. He is originally from Ne…
Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
Stephen Wiltshire is a British architectural artist and autistic savant. He is known for his ability to draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once. His work has gained …
Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades, include an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goy…
Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
Małgorzata Teresa Dydek-Twigg, better known as Margo Dydek, was a Polish professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) tall, she was the tallest professional female b…
Margo Dydek, Polish basketball player and coach (died 2011)
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: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape,…
Philippe Petit is a French highwire artist who gained fame for his unauthorized highwire walks between the towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris in 1971 and of Sydney Harbour Bri…
Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in b…
President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the…
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…
As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first president of the United States to resign…
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…
Turkey launches the second phase of the invasion of Cyprus, which eventually resulted in the Turkish occupation of 37%…
Vernon Charles Kay is an English broadcaster and former model. He presented Channel 4's T4 (2000–2005) and has presented various television shows for ITV and BBC, including All Sta…
Vernon Kay, English radio and television host
Dominic Matteo is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder in a 17-year professional career from 1992 to 2009. He made a total of 366 leagu…
Dominic Matteo, Scottish footballer and journalist
Christian Tamminga is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the pole vault. His biggest success was the sixth place at the 2001 World Championships.
Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete
Sir Anthony Peter McCoy, commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former National Hunt horse racing jockey. Based in Ireland and Britain, McCoy rode a record 4…
Tony McCoy, Northern Irish jockey and sportscaster
Breckin Meyer is an American actor and podcaster. He is best known for his work on the Adult Swim animated sketch series Robot Chicken, which has earned him two Annie Awards and fi…
Breckin Meyer, American actor, writer, and producer
Yuk Young-soo was the wife of the 3rd South Korean president Park Chung Hee and the mother of the 11th South Korean president Park Geun-hye. She was the first lady when Park was in…
Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President Park Chung…
Belgrade is the capital and historic largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balk…
A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
The 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing was a terrorist bombing of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, on 30 August 1974, killing eight people and in…
A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378…
The first ever World Population Conference was held at the Salle Centrale, Geneva, Switzerland, from 29 August to 3 September 1927. Organized by the forerunner of the United Nation…
The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian…
The Lockheed SR-71 "Blackbird" is a retired long-range, high-altitude, Mach 3+ strategic reconnaissance aircraft that was developed and manufactured by the American aerospace compa…
The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of one hour, 54 minutes…
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: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed…
Korey Damont Stringer was an American professional football offensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) for six seasons. He played college football for the Oh…
Korey Stringer, American football player (died 2001)
Stanley Gene is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league Kumul player and Assistant Coach of Hull F.C. He previously coached Gateshead Thunder and assistant coach at Hull Kingston R…
Stanley Gene, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Charleston Municipal Airport, South Carolina to Chicago O'Hare, Illinois, with an intermediate stop in C…
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world with a population of almost 177.8 millio…
Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.