Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
In September 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound for New York City and one for London. Three aircraft were force…
The Dawson's Field hijackers release 88 of their hostages. The remaining hostages, mostly Jews and Israeli citizens,…
In September 1970, members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) hijacked four airliners bound for New York City and one for London. Three aircraft were force…
Dawson's Field hijackings: Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorists blow up three hijacked airliners…
Kostas Georgakis was a Greek student studying geology in Italy. On 26 July 1970, while in Italy, he gave an interview denouncing the dictatorial regime of Georgios Papadopoulos. Th…
Kostas Georgakis, a Greek student of geology, sets himself ablaze in Matteotti Square in Genoa, Italy, as a protest…
Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez is a Filipino singer and actress. She is considered one of the most influential figures in Philippine popular culture and is known for her vocal…
Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer and actress
William Emerson Arnett is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development and the titular c…
Will Arnett, Canadian actor and producer
Naomi Klein is a Canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses, support of ecofeminism and organized labour, and criticism of corporate globaliza…
Naomi Klein, Canadian author and activist
Luis Enrique Martínez García, known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish football manager and former player. He is currently the head coach of Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain.
Luis Enrique, Spanish footballer and manager
Douglas Dale Christie is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Doug Christie, American basketball player and coach
Hao Haidong is a Chinese former international footballer. He holds the record for being China's top goalscorer.
Hao Haidong, Chinese footballer
Jason Michael Lee is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He is known for playing Earl Hickey in the television comedy series My Name I…
Jason Lee, American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer
Melania Knauss Trump is a Slovenian and American former model serving as the first lady of the United States since 2025, a role she previously held from 2017 to 2021 as the third w…
Melania Trump, Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States
Kristen Rogheh Ghodsee is an American ethnographer and Professor of Russian and East European Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. She is primarily known for her ethnographic…
Kristen R
Andre Kirk Agassi is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for 101 weeks…
Andre Agassi, American tennis player
Dawn Michelle Staley is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team. A point guard, she played col…
Dawn Staley, American basketball player
Michael Gwyl Bevan is an Australian former international cricketer. He played as a left-handed batsman and a slow left-arm wrist spin bowler. Bevan is widely considered as one of t…
Michael Bevan, Australian cricketer and coach
Harold Eugene Ford Jr. is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representa…
Harold Ford Jr
David Gillespie Weir is a Scottish football coach and former professional player who was most recently the technical director of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
David Weir, Scottish footballer
James Michael Furyk is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour Champions. In 2010, he was the FedEx Cup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year.…
Jim Furyk, American golfer
Dennis David Coles, better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough suc…
Ghostface Killah, American rapper and actor
Samantha Mathis is an American actress and trade union leader who served as the Vice President, Actors/Performers of SAG-AFTRA from 2015 to 2019. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch…
Samantha Mathis, American actress
Michael Richard Weir, is a Canadian professional golfer. He currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He spent over 110 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking betw…
Mike Weir, Canadian golfer
Peter Filandia is a former Australian rules footballer.
Peter Filandia, Australian footballer
Franciscus de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer and current manager. A former defender, De Boer spent most of his playing career with Ajax, winning five Eredivisie tit…
Frank de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager
Ronaldus de Boer is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a right or attacking midfielder or right winger. He played for the Netherlands national team as well as a h…
Ronald de Boer, Dutch footballer and manager