Explore 6419 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
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
The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic country in the Caribbean located within the Lucayan Archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean. The country compr…
The Bahamas gains full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
Varig Flight 820 was a scheduled flight of the Brazilian airline Varig that departed from Galeão International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 11 July 1973, for Orly Airport,…
Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA…
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: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators…
Mohammad Zahir Shah was the last king of Afghanistan, reigning from 8 November 1933 until he was deposed on 17 July 1973. Ruling for almost 40 years, Zahir Shah was the longest-ser…
King Mohammed Zahir Shah of Afghanistan, while having surgery in Italy, is deposed by his cousin Mohammed Daoud Khan.
The Lillehammer affair was the murder of Ahmed Bouchikhi, a Moroccan waiter, by Mossad agents in Lillehammer, Norway, on 21 July 1973. The Israeli agents had mistaken him for their…
In Lillehammer, Norway, Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in the 1972 Munich…
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)
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
Pan Am Flight 816 was an international flight from Auckland, New Zealand, to San Francisco, California, via Tahiti, French Polynesia, and Los Angeles, California. It was operated b…
Pan Am Flight 816 crashes after takeoff from Faa'a International Airport in Papeete, French Polynesia, killing 78.
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from its formation in 1922 until its dissol…
Soviet Mars 5 space probe is launched.
The Summer Jam at Watkins Glen was a July 1973 rock festival outside Watkins Glen, New York, that featured the Allman Brothers Band, the Grateful Dead and The Band. The July 28, 19…
Summer Jam at Watkins Glen: Nearly 600,000 people attend a rock festival at the Watkins Glen International Raceway.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a major airline in the United States headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, operating nine hubs, with Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport being it…
A Delta Air Lines jetliner, flight DL 723 crashes while landing in fog at Logan International Airport, Boston,…
1520 Sedgwick Avenue is a 102-unit apartment building in the Morris Heights neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Described in The New York Times as a long-time "haven for wo…
At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely…
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