Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
JVC was a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as Victor Company of Japan, Ltd. , the company was best known…
JVC introduces its VHS videotape at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1977. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades thr…
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television
James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the as…
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.…
Convicted Martin Luther King Jr
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and curren…
Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry E
Bram Schmitz is a retired Dutch professional road cyclist.
Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
Lee Young-pyo is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a right-footed left back. Lee was recognized for his speed and dribbling skills. His former manager Mar…
Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
Diego Rodolfo Placente is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of the Argentina U20 national team and Argentina national …
Diego Placente, Argentine footballer
Constantinos Christophorou is a Greek Cypriot singer. He represented Cyprus in Eurovision Song Contest as a solo singer with "Mono Yia Mas" (1996) and "Ela Ela " (2005) and as part…
Constantinos Christoforou, Cypriot singer-songwriter
Marguerite Moreau is an American actress. She is known for her role as Jesse Reeves in the fantasy horror film Queen of the Damned, Katie in the comedy Wet Hot American Summer, and…
Marguerite Moreau, American actress and producer
Matthew Joseph West is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter. He has released five studio albums and is known for his songs "More", "You Are Everything", and "The Mo…
Matthew West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20t…
Elvis Presley holds what will prove to be his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana
A world constitution is a proposed framework or document aimed at establishing a system of global governance. It seeks to provide a set of principles, structures, and laws to gover…
Constitution for the Federation of Earth was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at In
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty si…
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands
The George Jackson Brigade, or GJB, was a militant group founded in the mid-1970s, based in Seattle, Washington, and named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Pant…
The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in…
The Pakistan Armed Forces are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's seventh-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed serv…
The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial…
Samantha Cristoforetti is an Italian European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, former Italian Air Force pilot and engineer. She is the second of two women sent into space by ESA and t…
Samantha Cristoforetti, Italian astronaut
Kosuke Fukudome is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He played as an outfielder in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league from 1999 to 2007 and in Major Leagu…
Kosuke Fukudome, Japanese baseball player
Roxana Saberi is an American journalist who works as a correspondent for CBS News. In 2009, she was held prisoner in Iran's Evin Prison for 101 days under accusations of espionage.…
Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
Thomas Joseph Welling is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as Clark Kent in The WB superhero drama Smallville (2001–2011). He also co-starred…
Tom Welling, American actor
An authoritarian military dictatorship ruled Chile for almost seventeen years, between 11 September 1973 and 11 March 1990. The dictatorship was established after the democraticall…
The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of…
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.…
Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibou…
Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world's greatest cities. However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city began to feel the effects o…
Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24…