Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
Imagine is the second solo studio album by the English musician John Lennon, released on 9 September 1971 by Apple Records. Co-produced by Lennon, his wife Yoko Ono and Phil Specto…
Imagine, the second solo album by John Lennon (pictured), was released.
Project 571 was the code name given to an alleged plot to execute a coup d'état against Chairman Mao Zedong in 1971 by the supporters of Lin Biao, then Vice Chairman of the Chinese…
Following a failed coup attempt, Mao Zedong's second-in-command Lin Biao died in a plane crash while attempting to…
Hurricane Irene–Olivia was the first actively tracked tropical cyclone to move into the eastern Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic basin. It originated as a tropical depression on Sep…
Hurricane Irene (satellite image pictured) moved into the Pacific Ocean from the Atlantic, making it the first…
The Apollo program, also known as Project Apollo, was the United States human spaceflight program led by NASA, which landed the first humans on the Moon in 1969. Apollo was conceiv…
Apollo program: The damaged Apollo 13 spacecraft returns to Earth safely
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globa…
The first Earth Day is celebrated
San Diego is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. It is the eighth-most populous city in the U.S. and second-most populo…
Chicano residents in San Diego, California occupy a site under the Coronado Bridge, leading to the creation of Chicano P
Dong Fang Hong 1, in the western world also known as China 1 or PRC 1, was the first space satellite of the People's Republic of China (PRC), launched successfully on 24 April 1970…
China launches Dong Fang Hong I, becoming the fifth nation to put an object into orbit using its own booster
The Gambia, officially the Republic of the Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, the Gambia is the smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senega…
The Gambia becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as its first President
The WIPO Convention is a multilateral treaty that established the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
The Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization enters into force
ALM Flight 980 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight that originated in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, to Princess Juliana International…
ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23
May 15 is the 135th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 230 days remain until the end of the year.
After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P
Qaboos bin Said Al Said was Sultan of Oman from 23 July 1970 until his death in 2020. A fifteenth-generation descendant of the founder of the Al Bu Said dynasty, he was the longest…
Qaboos bin Said al Said becomes Sultan of Oman after overthrowing his father, Said bin Taimur initiating massive…
The Venera program was a series of space probes developed by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1984 to gather information about the planet Venus. A total of eighteen probes were se…
Soviet Union Venera program: Venera 7 launched. It will become the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from…
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: US President Richard Nixon formally authorizes American combat troops to take part in the Cambodian campaig
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: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt
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: Protests erupt in response to U
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: Kent State shootings: The Ohio National Guard, sent to Kent State University after disturbances in the city
Salvador Guillermo Allende Gossens was a Chilean socialist politician who served as the 29th president of Chile from 1970 until his suicide in 1973. As a socialist committed to dem…
Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
Black September, also known as the Jordanian Civil War, was an armed conflict between Jordan, led by King Hussein, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), led by chairman …
Fighting begins between Arab guerrillas and government forces in Jordan.
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. A member of the Hashemite dynasty, he is regarded as a 40th-generation descendant of the Islamic prophet Muh…
King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as…
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most in…
The Beatles release their 12th and final studio album Let It Be
During the evening hours of May 11, 1970, an extremely violent multiple-vortex tornado struck a large portion of the city of Lubbock, located in the state of Texas, United States. …
The 1970 Lubbock tornado kills 26 and causes $250 million in damage
The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang, was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970, active until 1998, and formally desi…
Andreas Baader is freed from custody by Ulrike Meinhof, Gudrun Ensslin and others, a pivotal moment in the formation of
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 appoints Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P