Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
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
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
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 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.
The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Sov…
The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris…
The Dhofar rebellion, also known as the Dhofar War, or the 9 June revolution, was a revolution that began in 1965 in the Dhofar region of the Arabian Peninsula against British impe…
Dhofar Rebellion: British SAS units help the Omani government against Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman rebels…
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
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: Bloody Friday: The Provisional IRA detonate 22 bombs in central Belfast, Northern Ireland, United…
Avianca S.A., stylized as avianca since October 2023, is the largest airline in Colombia. It has been the flag carrier of Colombia since December 5, 1919, when it was initially reg…
Two Avianca Douglas DC-3 airliners collide over Colombia, killing 38.
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 Operation Motorman, the British Army re-takes the urban no-go areas of Northern Ireland. It is the…
The president of the Republic of Uganda is the head of state and the head of government of Uganda. The president leads the executive branch of the government of Uganda and is the c…
Ugandan President Idi Amin announces that Uganda is no longer responsible for the care of British subjects of Asian…
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: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
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
Christopher Dwayne Tomlin is an American contemporary Christian music singer, songwriter, and worship leader from Grand Saline, Texas. He is signed to Universal's Capitol Christian…
Chris Tomlin, American singer-songwriter
James Edward Cracknell, is a British rowing and endurance athlete, double Olympic gold medalist and winner of six world championship titles. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "servic…
James Cracknell, English rower
Žigmund Pálffy, nicknamed "Ziggy" in English and "Žigo" in Slovak, is a Slovak former professional ice hockey player.
Žigmund Pálffy, Slovak ice hockey player
Interflug Flight 450 was a holiday charter flight to Burgas, Bulgaria operated by an Ilyushin Il-62 that crashed shortly after take-off from Berlin-Schönefeld Airport in Schönefeld…
An Ilyushin Il-62 airliner crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, East Germany killing 156 people.