Explore 4927 historical events from 1970–1979.
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam, is a Senegalese-American singer, songwriter, record producer, businessman and philanthropist. An influential figure…
Akon, Senegalese-American singer, rapper and songwriter
Petra Charlotta Sörenstam is a retired Swedish professional golfer. As an amateur competing for the Texas Longhorns, she won the NCAA Division I Championship individual title. As a…
Charlotta Sörenstam, Swedish golfer
Teddy Cobeña Loor is a figurative expressionist sculptor with a surrealist component. He lives in Barcelona.
Teddy Cobeña, Spanish-Ecuadorian expressionist and representational sculptor
Aeroméxico Flight 229 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 that crashed into the side of a mountain while on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport in Puerto Valla…
Aeroméxico Flight 229 crashes on approach to Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport, killing all 27 people
Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino was an academic conference in northern Chile organized by the northern branch of the University of Chile in June 1973. Its subject was the Indigen…
The Primer Congreso del Hombre Andino is inaugurated in Arica, Chile
Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973), is a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court clarifying the legal definition of obscenity. The ruling was the origin of the three-part…
In its decision in Miller v
Kingston upon Hull, or simply shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence w…
A fire at a house in Hull, England, which kills a six-year-old boy is passed off as an accident; it later emerges as the
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack, sometimes called the UpStairs Lounge Fire, occurred on June 24, 1973, at a gay bar called the UpStairs Lounge located on the 2nd floor of the 3-st…
The UpStairs Lounge arson attack takes place at a gay bar located on the second floor of the three-story building at 141
Katrin Koov is an Estonian architect.
Katrin Koov, Estonian architect
Brett Steven Maher is an Australian retired professional basketball player. He played his entire seventeen-year career for his hometown Adelaide 36ers in the National Basketball Le…
Brett Maher, Australian basketball player and sportscaster
Theophalus Curtis Ratliff is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
Haile Gebrselassie is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,…
Haile Gebrselassie, Ethiopian runner
Julie Anne Powell was an American author known for her 2005 book Julie & Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen which was based on her blog, the Julie/Julia Project…
Julie Powell, American food writer and memoirist (died 2022)
The president of Uruguay, officially known as the president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is the head of state and head of government of Uruguay. The president presides over…
The President of Uruguay Juan María Bordaberry dissolves Parliament and establishes a dictatorship
The Northern Ireland Assembly was a legislative assembly set up by the Government of the United Kingdom on 3 May 1973 to restore devolved government to Northern Ireland with the po…
Elections are held for the Northern Ireland Assembly, which will lead to power-sharing between unionists and nationalist
David Robert Jones, known as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. Regarded as among the most influential musicians of the 20th century, he was known for his co…
David Bowie retires his stage persona Ziggy Stardust with the surprise announcement that it is "the last show that…
Barbados is an island nation in the Caribbean located in the Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies and is the southern and easternmost island of the …
Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago sign the Treaty of Chaguaramas in Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago…
A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that has attained a temperature sufficiently higher tha…
A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) in Kingman, Arizona, following a fire that broke out as propane was…
Stephen James Backshall is an English naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC TV's Deadly... franchise.
Steve Backshall, English naturalist, writer, and television presenter
Joseph Emelien Patrick Poulin is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 634 games in the National Hockey League between 1991 and 2002.
Patrick Poulin, Canadian ice hockey player
Gabrielle Nicole Logan is an English television and radio presenter, and a former rhythmic gymnast who represented Wales and Great Britain. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport fro…
Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
Damon Laurence Lindelof is an American screenwriter, comic book writer, and producer. Among his accolades, he has received three Primetime Emmy Awards, from twelve nominations. In …
Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
Brian Aubrey Marshall is an American musician best known as the bassist and co-founder of the rock bands Creed and Alter Bridge.
Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
Eric Snow is an American former basketball player and coach. He played the point guard position in the National Basketball Association from 1995 to 2008 and appeared in three NBA F…
Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach