Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
Bennett Alfred Cerf was an American writer, publisher, and co-founder of the American publishing firm Random House. Cerf was also known for his own compilations of jokes and puns, …
Bennett Cerf, American publisher, co-founded Random House (born 1898)
Reuben Margolies was an Israeli author, Talmudic scholar and head of the Rambam library.
Reuvein Margolies, Israeli author and scholar (born 1889)
Margaret Bourke-White was an American documentary photographer and photojournalist. She was known as an architectural and commercial photographer for the first half of her career, …
Margaret Bourke-White, American photographer and journalist (born 1906)
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, together known as Leopold and Loeb, were two American murderers who kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago…
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American murderer (born 1904)
Paul Lukas was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, as well as a Photoplay Award and …
Paul Lukas, Hungarian-American actor (born 1894)
Ali Hadi Bara was a Turkish sculptor and one of the first artists of the Republican generation in Turkey.
Ali Hadi Bara, Iranian-Turkish sculptor (born 1906)
Brigadier Alan Ward Brown was a British Army tank officer of the Second World War.
Alan Brown, English soldier (born 1909)
Robert Mensah was a Ghanaian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. As a player, he was best known for his exploits at Asante Kotoko where he won the African Clubs Cup in 1970. He …
Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (born 1939)
Spring Dell Byington was an American actress. Her career included a seven-year run on radio and television as the star of December Bride. She was an MGM contract player who appeare…
Spring Byington, American actress (born 1886)
Ludwig Suthaus was a German operatic heldentenor.
Ludwig Suthaus, German tenor (born 1906)
Anna Maria Pierangeli, known internationally by the stage name Pier Angeli, was an Italian actress, model and singer. She won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress for her debut ro…
Pier Angeli, Italian-American actress and singer (born 1932)
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964. A…
Nikita Khrushchev, Russian general and politician (born 1894)
Walter Eugene Egan was an American golfer who competed in the late 1890s and early 1900s.
Walter Egan, American golfer (born 1881)
Lin Biao was a Chinese military commander and politician. Pivotal to the Communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, he commanded the Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns at the head of …
Lin Biao, Chinese general and politician, 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1907)
Giorgos or George Seferis, the pen name of Georgios Seferiadis, was a Greek poet and diplomat. He was one of the most important Greek poets of the 20th century, and a Nobel laureat…
Giorgos Seferis, Greek poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
Carlos Lamarca was a Brazilian Army Captain who deserted to join the armed struggle against the Brazilian military dictatorship. He was part of the Popular Revolutionary Vanguard a…
Carlos Lamarca, Brazilian captain (born 1937)
James A. Westerfield was an American character actor of stage, film, and television.
James Westerfield, American actor (born 1913)
Bernardo Alberto Houssay was an Argentinian physiologist. Houssay was a co-recipient of the 1947 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discovering the role played by pituitary…
Bernardo Houssay, Argentinian physiologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
James Waddell Alexander II was a mathematician of the pre-World War II era. He was part of an influential school of topology at Princeton University, along with Oswald Veblen, Solo…
James Waddell Alexander II, American mathematician and topologist (born 1888)
Hugo Lafayette Black was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Cour…
Hugo Black, American captain, jurist, and politician, Associate Supreme Court Justice (born 1886)
Jessie Hazel Arms Botke was an American painter in Illinois and California, noted for her bird images and use of gold leaf highlights.
Jessie Arms Botke, American painter (born 1883)
John Cawte Beaglehole was a New Zealand historian who is most known for the editing of James Cook's three journals of exploration, together with the writing of a widely praised bio…
John Cawte Beaglehole, New Zealand historian and scholar (born 1901)
Tamanoumi Masahiro was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Aichi. He was the sport's 51st yokozuna. Making his professional debut in 1959, he reached the top makuuchi divis…
Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (born 1944)
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served w…
Chesty Puller, American general (born 1898)