Explore 2973 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Carnation Revolution, code-named Operation Historic Turn, also known as the 25th of April, was a military coup in Portugal by officers that on 25 April 1974 overthrew Marcelo C…
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov is a Latvian and American dancer, choreographer, and actor. He was the preeminent male classical ballet dancer of the 1970s and 1980s. He subsequen…
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet
The 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash occurred on 10 July 1974, when an Egyptair Tupolev Tu-154 aircraft crashed during a training flight near Cairo International Airport. This re…
An EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes at Cairo International Airport, killing all six people on board.
Nicosia, also known as Lefkosia or Lefkoşa, is the capital of Cyprus. Its northern part is the de facto capital of Northern Cyprus. It is the southeasternmost capital city among Eu…
In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing Makarios III and installing…
The prime minister of the Hellenic Republic, usually referred to as the prime minister of Greece, is the head of government of the Hellenic Republic and the leader of the Greek Cab…
Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military…
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives assoc…
Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape
The Watergate scandal, or simply Watergate, was a political scandal in the United States involving the administration of President Richard Nixon. On June 17, 1972, operatives assoc…
Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings agai
The Ma'alot massacre was a Palestinian terrorist attack that occurred on 14–15 May 1974 and involved the hostage-taking of 115 Israelis, chiefly school children, which ended in the…
Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli
The Troubles were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland c…
The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car
The City of Los Angeles Police Department, also known as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. …
Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall
Lars Mikael Åkerfeldt is a Swedish musician. He is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Opeth. A former vocalist for the death metal …
Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Victoria Caroline, Lady Beckham, is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girl…
Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer
Madeleine Peyroux is an American jazz singer and songwriter who began her career as a teenager on the streets of Paris. She sang vintage jazz and blues songs before finding mainstr…
Madeleine Peyroux, American French jazz and blues singer-songwriter
Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of their explosion. Over 2,000 nuclear weapons tests have been car…
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming th
Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until hi…
Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shar…
Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists
The Heimlich maneuver, also known as an abdominal thrust, is a first-aid procedure used to treat upper-airway obstructions by foreign objects. American doctor Henry Heimlich is oft…
The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine
Isabel Martínez de Perón is an Argentine politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the first female republican heads of state in the wor…
Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan
Carlos Andres Dengler is an American musician, actor, composer, and writer. He has performed in regional theaters, appeared in various short films, and released three albums. His e…
Carlos Dengler, American bass player
Michael Kerr is a German international rugby union player, playing for the RG Heidelberg in the Rugby-Bundesliga and the Germany national rugby union team. He is originally from Ne…
Michael Kerr, New Zealand-German rugby player
Stephen Wiltshire is a British architectural artist and autistic savant. He is known for his ability to draw a landscape from memory after seeing it just once. His work has gained …
Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades, include an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goy…
Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and producer
The 1974 Baltimore municipal strike was a strike action undertaken by different groups of municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. It was initiated by waste collect…
The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins
Turkey invaded Cyprus on 20 July 1974 in an operation that progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of intercommunal violence between Greek…
Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece,…