Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
Kristian Welhaven was a Norwegian police officer. He was chief of police of Oslo for 27 years, from 1927 to 1954. He was a leading force in establishing an organized Norwegian inte…
Kristian Welhaven, Norwegian police officer (born 1883)
James Benjamin Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his…
James Blish, American author and critic (born 1921)
John Alan Coey was a U.S. Marine who served in the Rhodesian Army as one of the "Crippled Eagles", a loosely organised group of U.S. expatriates fighting for the unrecognized gover…
John Alan Coey, American mercenary and medic in the Rhodesian Bush War
Khmer Rouge is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK), and by extension to Democratic Kampuchea, which ruled Cambodia between 1975 a…
The Khmer Rouge captured Phnom Penh, the capital of the Khmer Republic, ending the Cambodian Civil War and establishing
Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the astronomer of the same name. It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket launch and development site …
Aryabhata (pictured), India's first satellite, was launched from Kapustin Yar in the Soviet Union
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975. It first garnered recognition in 1949 as the associated State of …
South Vietnamese president Nguyễn Văn Thiệu resigned on hearing of the fall of Xuân Lộc, the last battle of the Vietnam
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Unio…
Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam
On May 6, 1975, a massive gathering took place in the Lebanese capital Beirut, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. Some 100,000 people participated in the…
About 100,000 Armenians gathered during a lull in fighting to mark the 60th anniversary of the Armenian genocide
The Kingdom of Sikkim officially Dremoshong until the 1800s, was a hereditary monarchy in the Eastern Himalayas that existed from 1642 to 16 May 1975, when it was annexed by India.…
Based on the results of a referendum held about one month earlier, the Kingdom of Sikkim (flag pictured) abolished its m
Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on…
Japanese climber Junko Tabei (pictured) became the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the takeover of the city by the Nort…
American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of U
The Mayaguez incident took place between Kampuchea and the United States from 12 to 15 May 1975, less than a month after the Khmer Rouge took control of the capital Phnom Penh oust…
The Cambodian navy seized the American container ship SS Mayaguez in what they claimed to be Cambodian territorial water
A bus is a motor vehicle that carries significantly more passengers than an average car or van, but fewer than the average rail transport. It is most commonly used in public transp…
The deadliest road accident in England took place when the brakes on a coach failed and it crashed in North Yorkshire, k
Edmund Gerald Brown Jr. is an American lawyer, author, and politician who served as the 34th and 39th governor of California from 1975 to 1983 and 2011 to 2019. A member of the Dem…
Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act, one of the first laws in the United States
Stanley Joseph Forman is an American photojournalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography two years in a row while working at the Boston Herald.
Stanley Forman (pictured) took the Pulitzer Prize–winning photo Fire Escape Collapse, which spurred action to improve…
James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 to 1971. He was alleged to h…
American labor-union leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared after last being seen outside a restaurant near Detroit.
The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the inaugural men's Cricket World Cup, and the first major tournament in the history of One Day International (ODI) cricket. Organised by the Interna…
The inaugural edition of the Cricket World Cup, the premier international championship of men's One Day International cr
Steven Allan Spielberg is an American filmmaker. A major figure of the New Hollywood era and pioneer of the modern blockbuster, Spielberg is widely regarded as one of the greatest …
Steven Spielberg's film Jaws was released; it became a summer blockbuster and the first film to earn $100 million in U
On 27 April 1974, an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-18, operating a scheduled passenger flight from Leningrad to Krasnodar via Zaporizhzhia, lost control and crashed after attempting to retu…
109 people are killed in a plane crash near Pulkovo Airport
LGBTI Rights in Finland Seta, founded in 1974, is the main LGBT rights organisation in Finland. It is a national organization with several member organizations around the country. …
SETA, a Finnish LGBT rights organisation, is founded in Helsinki
The Airbus A300 is Airbus' first production aircraft and the world's first twin-engine, wide-body airliner. It was developed by Airbus Industrie GIE, now merged into Airbus, and ma…
The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service
The Universal Product Code is a barcode symbology that is used worldwide for tracking trade items in stores.
The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Superma
The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government an…
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Pan Am Flight 812, operated by a Pan Am Boeing 707-321B registered N446PA and named Clipper Climax, was a scheduled international flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles, California, …
Pan Am Flight 812 crashes on approach to Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia, killing all 107