Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
Thomas Piketty is a French economist who is a professor of economics at the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, associate chair at the Paris School of Economics (PS…
Thomas Piketty, French economist
Candice Night is an American singer and musician. She has been the vocalist/lyricist and multi-instrumentalist for the traditional folk rock project Blackmore's Night since its ori…
Candice Night, American singer-songwriter
The Pacific Islands Forum is an inter-governmental organisation which aims to enhance cooperation among countries and territories of Oceania, including formation of a trade bloc an…
The first Pacific Islands Forum (then known as the "South Pacific Forum") is held in Wellington, New Zealand, with 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: In Northern Ireland, the British authorities launch Operation Demetrius. The operation involves the mass…
The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) is a membership organization dedicated to fostering the research and dissemination of the history and statistical record of baseba…
The Society for American Baseball Research is founded in Cooperstown, New York.
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in the eastern part of Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. Situated near the western shore of the Persian Gulf, the cou…
Bahrain declares independence from Britain.
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 completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States…
Sofia Carmina Coppola is an American filmmaker and former actress. She has won an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Golden Lion, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She was a…
Sofia Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
Martin Reim is an Estonian football manager and former professional player.
Martin Reim, Estonian footballer and manager
Karin Lušnic is a former tennis player from Slovenia.
Karin Lušnic, Slovenian tennis player
Mark Connors is an Australian rugby union footballer. He is currently the Queensland Reds third most capped player ever, playing 134 games for the side. He has played for Australia…
Mark Connors, Australian rugby player
Shaun Hart is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League. Hart played in Brisbane's Lions hat…
Shaun Hart, Australian footballer, coach, and sportscaster
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in the eastern part of Arabian Peninsula in West Asia. Situated near the western shore of the Persian Gulf, the cou…
Bahrain gains independence from the United Kingdom.
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a pop…
Vietnam War: Australia and New Zealand decide to withdraw their troops from Vietnam.
John Edgar Hoover was an American law enforcement administrator who served as the fifth and final director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first director of the Federa…
J. Edgar Hoover and John Mitchell announce the arrest of 20 of the Camden 28.
A coup d'état, or simply a coup, is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent person or leadership. A self…
An attempted coup d'état fails in the African nation of Chad. The Government of Chad accuses Egypt of playing a role…
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Alaska Airlines from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, with several intermediate stops i…
Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
Stella Jongmans is a retired Dutch athlete who specialised in the 800 metres. She won the gold at the 1995 Summer Universiade and silver at the 1996 European Indoor Championships. …
Stella Jongmans, Dutch athlete
Máxima is Queen of the Netherlands as the wife of King Willem-Alexander.
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Dutch royal
Gina Marie Raimondo is an American politician and businesswoman who served as the 40th United States secretary of commerce from 2021 to 2025. As a member of the Democratic Party, s…
Gina Raimondo, Governor of Rhode Island
Bradley Howard Friedel is an American professional soccer coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper.
Brad Friedel, American international soccer player, manager and sportscaster
Mark Andrew Menzies is a British politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Fylde in Lancashire from 2010 to 2024. As a member of the Conservative Party, he was the par…
Mark Menzies, Scottish politician
Paninternational Flight 112 was a BAC One-Eleven operated by German airline Paninternational that crashed in Hamburg on 6 September 1971 while attempting to land on an autobahn fol…
Paninternational Flight 112 crashes on the Bundesautobahn 7 highway near Hamburg Airport, in Hamburg, Germany, killing…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, serving as a "living memorial" to Jo…
In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being…