Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
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…
In an unsuccessful coup d'état attempt, the Royal Moroccan Air Force fires upon Hassan II of Morocco's plane while he…
Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970 onwards, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979. Rhodesia was the de facto successor to…
Rhodesia is expelled by the IOC for its racist policies.
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germa…
The Games of the XX Olympiad open in Munich, West Germany.
Aeroflot Flight 558 was a scheduled Ilyushin Il-18V domestic passenger flight from Karaganda to Moscow that crashed into a field in the Abzelilovsky District on August 31st 1972 as…
Aeroflot Flight 558 crashes in the Abzelilovsky District in Bashkortostan, Russia (then the Soviet Union), killing all…
Mark Andrew Spitz is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, winning seven …
Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
Mikael Bo Renberg is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, last playing for Skellefteå AIK in Elitserien. He spent ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and ei…
Mikael Renberg, Swedish ice hockey player
Frank Trigg is an American retired mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler, MMA referee and TV host. Trigg is a veteran of the UFC, Pride Fighting Championships, BAMM…
Frank Trigg, American mixed martial artist and wrestler
Raymond D. Whitney is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was given the nickname "The Wizard" for his passing and playmaking sk…
Ray Whitney, Canadian ice hockey player
Deborah Rhea Seehorn is an American actress and director. She is best known for playing attorney Kim Wexler in the AMC legal crime drama series Better Call Saul (2015–2022) and nov…
Rhea Seehorn, American actress
The Price Is Right is an American television game show. A 1972 revival by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman of their 1956–1965 show of the same name, the new version adds many distincti…
The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black Sept…
Munich massacre: A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacks and takes hostage 11 Israeli athletes…
The Munich massacre was a terrorist attack during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, carried out by eight members of the Palestinian militant organisation Black Sept…
Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes die (along with a German policeman) at the hands of the Palestinian "Black…
Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West …
In Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park, a Cave Research Foundation exploration and mapping team discovers a link…
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) is a rapid transit system serving the San Francisco Bay Area in California. BART serves 50 stations along six routes and 131 miles of track, including…
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit system begins passenger service.
Darryl Marion Sydor is a Canadian-American former professional ice hockey defenseman. He won two Stanley Cups during his career: with the Dallas Stars in 1999, and with the Tampa B…
Darryl Sydor, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Eike Moriz, better known as Ike Moriz, is a German-South African singer, songwriter, musician, record producer and actor. He has released 20 albums in the indie rock, pop, Latin, e…
Ike Moriz, German-South African singer-songwriter, producer and actor
Kirstjen Michele Nielsen is an American attorney who served as United States secretary of homeland security from 2017 to 2019. She is a former principal White House deputy chief of…
Kirstjen Nielsen, American attorney, 6th United States Secretary of Homeland Security
David Franck Charvet is a French-American singer, actor, model, and television personality.
David Charvet, French actor and singer
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer, dictator, and kleptocrat who served as the tenth president of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. From 1972 to 1981, Mar…
Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos begins authoritarian rule by declaring martial law.
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was a flight from London to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Rome, Beirut, Tehran, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. On September 24, 1972, the Douglas DC-8 landed at J…
Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the…
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland, it is bordered to the west by the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okho…
Japan establishes diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China after breaking official ties with the…
Aeroflot Flight 217 was a non-scheduled international passenger flight from Orly Airport in Paris to Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, with a stopover at Shosseynaya Ai…
Aeroflot Flight 217 crashes outside Moscow, killing 174.
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 was the chartered flight of a Fairchild FH-227D from Montevideo, Uruguay, to Santiago, Chile, that crashed in the Andes mountains in Argentina on 13 …
Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes mountains. Twenty-eight survive the crash. All but 16 succumb…
Barrington Edward Hayles is a football coach and former player who played as a striker. Born in England, he was capped ten times by Jamaica at international level.
Barry Hayles, English born Jamaican international footballer