Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
Daniel Browne is currently playing club rugby for London Welsh in the Aviva Championship. He previously played for Bath, Northampton Saints and Leeds Carnegie in the English Premie…
Daniel Browne, New Zealand rugby player
Eric Peter Brewer is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who was a defenceman for sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 2000 to 2015. He is an NHL A…
Eric Brewer, Canadian ice hockey player
Marija Šestak is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper.
Marija Šestak, Serbian-Slovenian triple jumper
Matt Cooper is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. A New South Wales State of Origin and Australia international representa…
Matt Cooper, Australian rugby league player
Kourtney Kardashian Barker is an American media personality, socialite and businesswoman. In 2007, she and her family began starring in the reality television series Keeping Up wit…
Kourtney Kardashian, American television personality
On 16 September 1979, eight people from two families escaped from East Germany by crossing the border into West Germany at night in a homemade hot air balloon. The unique feat was …
Eight people escape from East Germany to the west in a homemade hot air balloon.
The Vela incident was an atmospheric nuclear explosion that occurred on 22 September 1979, near the South African territory of Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, roughly mi…
A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause…
Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa and the only Spanish-speaking country in Africa. It has an area of…
Equatorial Guinean dictator Francisco Macías Nguema is executed by soldiers from Western Sahara.
The Sugarhill Gang is an American old-school hip-hop group formed in Englewood, New Jersey, in 1979. Their hit "Rapper's Delight", released the same year they were formed, was the …
The Sugarhill Gang released their first single, Rapper's Delight.
Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI …
Pope John Paul II begins his first pastoral visit to the United States.
Kate Garry Hudson is an American actress and singer-songwriter. Born to singer Bill Hudson and actress Goldie Hawn, Hudson made her film debut in the 1998 drama Desert Blue, which …
Kate Hudson, American actress
Virginie Basselot is a French chef de cuisine who held one Michelin star at the restaurant within the Saint James Paris hotel. She became the second woman to be named to the title …
Virginie Basselot, French chef
James McAvoy is a Scottish actor and director. He made his acting debut as a teen in The Near Room (1995) and appeared mostly on television until 2003, when his film career began. …
James McAvoy, Scottish actor
Zoltán Gera is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Fulham, Pécsi Mecsek and Harkány SE, as well as enjoying two spells at Ferencváros and West…
Zoltán Gera, Hungarian international footballer and manager
The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of railway transportation. Operated …
The MTR, Hong Kong's rapid transit railway system, opens.
Pope John Paul II was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI …
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant is one of Finland's two nuclear power plants, the other being the two-unit Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant. The plant is owned and operated by Teollis…
The Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant began operations in Eurajoki, Satakunta, Finland.
Typhoon Tip, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Warling, was the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded worldwide. The forty-third tropical depression, nine…
Typhoon Tip becomes the largest and most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded.
The 1979 Salvadoran coup d'état occurred on 15 October when junior officers of the Armed Forces of El Salvador's Military Youth Movement (MJM) bloodlessly overthrew General Carlos …
A coup d'état in El Salvador overthrows President Carlos Humberto Romero and begins the 12 year-long Salvadoran Civil…
Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player from Ditton, Kent. He turned professional in 1996, but only rose to prominence in the 2004–05 snooker season when he reached…
Barry Hawkins, English snooker player
Jaime Barbara King is an American actress and model best known for her roles in the TV series Hart of Dixie (2011–2015) and Black Summer (2019–2021), and in films such as Pearl Har…
Jaime King, American actress and model
Joanna Krupa is a Polish-born American model, actress, and television presenter. She is known internationally as the host and head judge of Polish Top Model (2010–present) and has …
Joanna Krupa, Polish-American model and television personality
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, internet, Wi-…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) begins allowing people to have home satellite earth stations without a…
Moshe Dayan was an Israeli military leader and politician. As commander of the Jerusalem front in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chief of the General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces…
Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin…