Explore 4927 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: Nine-year-old Phan Thị Kim Phúc is burned by napalm, an event captured by Associated Press photographer Nic
Jure Košir is a Slovenian former alpine skier.
Jure Košir, Slovenian skier and singer
Jason Eric Bargwanna is an Australian motor racing driver. Best known as a Supercars Championship competitor, Bargwanna raced in the series for 25 years, the pinnacle of which was …
Jason Bargwanna, Australian racing driver
Francisco Miguel Narváez Machón, known as Kiko, is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, mostly for Atlético Madrid.
Kiko, Spanish footballer
Natrone Jermaine Means is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the San Diego Chargers, Jacksonville Jagu…
Natrone Means, American football player and coach
Avi Nimni is an Israeli former professional footballer and Maccabi Tel Aviv's highest ever scorer. He is regarded as one of Maccabi Tel Aviv's greatest players ever. Until 2006, he…
Avi Nimni, Israeli footballer and manager
The Black Hills are an outlying subrange of the greater Rocky Mountain system rising from the Great Plains of North America in western South Dakota and eastern Wyoming, United Stat…
Severe rainfall causes a dam in the Black Hills of South Dakota to burst, creating a flood that kills 238 people and cau
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 was a Japan Air Lines international flight from Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok, Thailand, to Palam International Airport in New Delhi, India…
Japan Air Lines Flight 471 crashes on approach to Palam International Airport (now Indira Gandhi International Airport)
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: Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committe
British European Airways Flight 548 was a scheduled passenger flight from London Heathrow to Brussels that crashed near Staines, England, United Kingdom, shortly after take-off on …
Staines air disaster: One hundred eighteen people are killed when a BEA H
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: An 18+1⁄2-minute gap appears in the tape recording of the conversations between U
Nigel Barker is an English reality TV show personality, fashion photographer, author, spokesperson, filmmaker, and former model. He is best known for his participation as a judge a…
Nigel Barker, English photographer and author
Joseph Frank Bruce, known by his stage name Violent J, is an American rapper, record producer, professional wrestler, actor, and part of the hip hop duo Insane Clown Posse (ICP). H…
Violent J, American rapper
Jacobus Johannes Martinus Paulus "Jean-Paul" van Gastel is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the head coach of Sup…
Jean-Paul van Gastel, Dutch footballer and manager
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…
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Title IX is a landmark federal civil rights law in the United States that was enacted as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. It prohibits sex-based discrimination in any scho…
Title IX of the United States Civil Rights Act of 1964 is amended to prohibit sexual discrimination to any educational p
The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cou…
The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v
The Convair CV-240 is an American airliner that Convair manufactured from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement for the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. Featuring a more modern…
A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing
In the context of LGBTQ culture, LGBTQ pride is the promotion of the rights, self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender an…
The first Gay pride march in England takes place.
Takako Tokiwa is a Japanese actress.
Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress
Ramzi Mohammed Abdullah bin al-Shibh is a Yemeni terrorist who served as al-Qaeda's communications officer. He has been detained by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detentio…
Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
Julie Benz is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Darla on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel (1997–2004), and as Rita Bennett on Dexter (2006–2010), for which she w…
Julie Benz, American actress
Stephen Paul Barclay is a British politician who served in various cabinet positions under prime ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak between 2018 and 2024, lastly …
Steve Barclay, English lawyer and politician
Michael Ryan Pritchard, better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of Gr…
Mike Dirnt, American bass player and songwriter