Explore 4925 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Ohio State University Radio Observatory was a Kraus-type radio telescope located on the grounds of the Perkins Observatory at Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio from 19…
The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal…
Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-aparth…
Steve Biko is arrested at a police roadblock under Terrorism Act No. 83 of 1967 in King William's Town, South Africa.…
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable pla…
Voyager program: NASA launches the Voyager 2 spacecraft.
The Charter of the French Language, also known as Bill 101, is a law in the Canadian province of Quebec defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the o…
The Charter of the French Language is adopted by the National Assembly of Quebec.
The Golden Dragon massacre was a gang-related mass shooting that took place on September 4, 1977, inside the Golden Dragon Restaurant at 822 Washington Street in Chinatown, San Fra…
The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
Chantelle Lee Newbery is an Australian former diver.
Chantelle Newbery, Australian diver
Joseph Leonard Bonamassa is an American blues rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. He started his career at age twelve, when he opened for B.B. King. Since 2000, Bonamassa has re…
Joe Bonamassa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Theodoros Papaloukas, commonly known as Theo Papaloukas, is a retired Greek professional basketball player. He was selected to the All-EuroLeague Team four times, was a member of t…
Theodoros Papaloukas, Greek basketball player
Marek Jankulovski is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and bein…
Marek Jankulovski, Czech footballer
The Voyager program is an American scientific program that employs two interstellar probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2. They were launched in 1977 to take advantage of a favorable pla…
Voyager Program: NASA launches the Voyager 1 spacecraft.
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties are two treaties signed by the United States and Panama in Washington, D.C., on September 7, 1977, which superseded the Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 190…
The Torrijos–Carter Treaties between Panama and the United States on the status of the Panama Canal are signed. The…
Hamida Djandoubi was a Tunisian criminal who was executed by guillotine in France after having been convicted of the kidnapping, torture and murder of Élisabeth Bousquet, a 21-year…
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
Several independent sectors of South African society opposed apartheid through various means, including nonviolent resistance, civil disobedience, guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and…
South African anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko dies in police custody.
Voyager 1 is a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977, as part of the Voyager program, to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space beyond the Sun's helios…
Voyager I takes the first distant photograph of the Earth and the Moon together.
Svein Tuft is a Canadian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2019 for the Symmetrics, Garmin–Transitions, SpiderTech–C10, Mitchelton–Scott and Rally…
Svein Tuft, Canadian cyclist
Pablo Gabriel García Pérez is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the manager of Cypriot First Division club APO…
Pablo Gabriel García, Uruguayan footballer
Victor Matfield is a South African former professional rugby union player. He played for and captained the South Africa national team (Springboks) as well as the Blue Bulls in the …
Victor Matfield, South African rugby player, coach, and sportscaster
Robert Francis Roode Jr. is a Canadian retired professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he works as a producer.
Bobby Roode, Canadian professional wrestler
Adrian Paul Morley is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward. With a reputation as a tough, uncompromising competitor, Mo…
Adrian Morley, English rugby league player
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of Mainland Southeast Asia. With an area of about 331,000 square kilometres and a pop…
Vietnam is admitted to the United Nations.
Frederik Reesen Magle is a Danish composer, concert organist, and pianist. He writes contemporary classical music as well as fusion of classical music and other genres. His composi…
Frederik Magle, Danish composer, organist, and pianist
Andruw Rudolf Jones is a Curaçaoan former professional baseball center fielder who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), most notably for the Atlanta Braves. He also pl…
Andruw Jones, Curaçaoan baseball player
John William Oliver is a British and American comedian, political commentator and television personality. He hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and started his career …
John Oliver, English comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
Carlos Iván Beltrán Valdés is a Puerto Rican former outfielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for seven teams from 1998 to 2017. A nine-time All-Star, he hit 20 home run…
Carlos Beltrán, Puerto Rican-American baseball player