Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Him…
Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (born 1887)
Juan José Torres González was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a coup that r…
Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (born 1920)
Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota,…
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Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe was a Norwegian zoologist and comparative psychologist. He was the first person to describe a pecking order of hens, a discovery that contributed to under…
Thorleif Schjelderup-Ebbe, Norwegian zoologist and psychologist (born 1894)
Adolph Zukor was a Hungarian-American film producer best known as one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. He produced one of America's first feature-length films, The Pris…
Adolph Zukor, American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (born 1873)
Casimir James Konstanty was an American professional baseball relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and National League Most Valuable Player of 1950. He played for the Cincinnati…
Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (born 1917)
Gopinath Kaviraj was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, Indologist and philosopher. First appointed in 1914 a librarian, he was the Principal of Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi from…
Gopinath Kaviraj, Indian philosopher and scholar (born 1887)
James Joseph Dykes was an American professional baseball player, coach and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a third and second baseman from 1918 through 1939, most no…
Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1896)
Margaret Florence Herrick, also known professionally as Margaret Gledhill, was an American librarian and the executive director of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. …
Margaret Herrick, American librarian (born 1902)
Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator.
Minor White, American photographer, critic, and academic (born 1908)
John Herndon Mercer was an American lyricist, songwriter, and singer, as well as a record label executive who co-founded Capitol Records with music industry businessmen Buddy DeSyl…
Johnny Mercer, American singer-songwriter, co-founded Capitol Records (born 1909)
Ruby Short McKim was an American quilt designer, entrepreneur, teacher, writer and magazine editor. She developed an early interest in drawing, and graduated from the New York Scho…
Ruby McKim, American quilter (born 1891)
Frederick "Firpo" Marberry was an American right-handed starting and relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1936, most notably with the Washington Senators. The sport…
Firpo Marberry, American baseball player and umpire (born 1898)
Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu was an Israeli military officer who commanded Sayeret Matkal during the Entebbe raid. The raid was launched in response to the 1976 hijacking of an interna…
Yonatan Netanyahu, Israeli colonel (born 1946)
Antoni Słonimski was a Polish poet, artist, journalist, playwright and prose writer, president of the Union of Polish Writers in 1956–1959 during the Polish October, known for his …
Antoni Słonimski, Polish poet and playwright (born 1895)
Walter John Giesler was an American soccer administrator, and coach best known for coaching the United States men's national soccer team in the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
Walter Giesler, American soccer player and referee (born 1910)
Zhu De was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Zhu De, Chinese general and politician, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (born 1886)
Fritz Gottlieb Karl Lenz was a German geneticist, member of the Nazi Party, and influential specialist in eugenics in Nazi Germany.
Fritz Lenz, German geneticist and physician (born 1887)
Costas Georgiou, also known by his alias Colonel Callan, was a Greek Cypriot turned-mercenary who was executed following the Luanda Trial for activities during the Angolan Civil Wa…
Costas Georgiou, Cypriot-born British mercenary in the Angolan Civil War (born 1951)
Francisco de Asís León Bogislao de Greiff Haeusler, was a Colombian poet known for his stylistic innovations and deliberately eclectic use of obscure lexicon. Best known simply as …
León de Greiff, Colombian poet and educator (born 1895)
Frederick William Hawksworth, was the last Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (GWR).
Frederick Hawksworth, English engineer (born 1884)
Paul William Gallico was an American novelist and short story and sports writer. Many of his works were adapted for motion pictures. He is perhaps best remembered for The Snow Goos…
Paul Gallico, American journalist and author (born 1897)
Joseph John Rochefort was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst. He was a major figure in the United States Navy's cryptographic and intelligence operations from 1925 to 1946,…
Joseph Rochefort, American captain and cryptanalyst (born 1900)
Margarita Maria “Maggie” Gripenberg was a pioneer of modern dance in Finland. She was the first to introduce Dalcroze Eurhythmics to Finland and modeled her early works on the impr…
Maggie Gripenberg, Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881)