Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
Brett Keisel is an American former professional football player who was a defensive end for 13 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played…
Brett Keisel, American football player
Jorge López Montaña is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder.
Jorge López Montaña, Spanish footballer
Jason Raymond Bay is a Canadian-American former professional baseball left fielder who played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Initially drafted by the Montreal Expos, he…
Jason Bay, Canadian-American baseball player
Patrizio Franco Buanne is an Italian-Austrian baritone singer, songwriter, and producer. Buanne has recorded songs in Neapolitan, English, Italian, Spanish, French, German, Polish,…
Patrizio Buanne, Austrian-Italian singer-songwriter and producer
Héctor "Machito" Camacho Herrera is an American-born Puerto Rican and Mexican professional boxer and published writer residing in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. He started boxing…
Héctor Camacho Jr., Puerto Rican-American boxer
Sarit Hadad is an Israeli singer. She is one of the most popular ethnic singers in Israel, and named as the "best female singer of the 2000s decade" by the Israeli channel 24 in Oc…
Sarit Hadad, Israeli singer
Scott Minto is a former professional rugby league footballer who played on the wing in 14 games for the North Queensland Cowboys and 39 games for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
Scott Minto, Australian rugby league player
Charles Alan Weber Jr. is an American actor and former model. In 2014, Weber began starring as Frank Delfino in the ABC legal drama series, How to Get Away with Murder.
Charlie Weber, American actor
Lucius Dubignon Clay was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General …
Lucius D
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "arguably the pre-em…
Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Damieon Dante Hall is an American former professional football player who was a wide receiver and return specialist for nine seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is ni…
Dante Hall, American football player
Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil was a British soldier, Conservative politician and freelance journalist who was killed in Rhodesia whilst covering the country's Bush War. The…
Lord Richard Cecil, British soldier and journalist in the Rhodesian Bush War
Thomas Wyatt Turner was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. in botany, and helped found both the NAACP an…
Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and …
Will Geer, American actor (born 1902)
Mohammad Daoud Khan,, also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, a…
Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (born 1909)
Theodor Helfrich was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 August 1952, but scored no championship points. He was Ger…
Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (born 1913)
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (born 1903)
William Randall Downs, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He worked for CBS News from 1942 to 1962 and for ABC News beginning in 1963. He was one of th…
Bill Downs, American journalist (born 1914)
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato, was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978.
Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (born 1948)
Aldo Moro was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing. He served as prime minister of Italy for five terms from December 1963…
Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1916)
Albert Kivikas was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book Names in Marble, the subject of which is the Estonian War of Independence.
Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (born 1898)
Cybele Andrianou was a Greek actress.
Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (born 1887)
József Bozsik was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the l…
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925)
Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He als…
Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (born 1915)