Explore 1298 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Willow Island disaster was the collapse of a cooling tower under construction at the Pleasants Power Station at Willow Island, West Virginia, on April 27, 1978. Fifty-one const…
Willow Island disaster: In the deadliest construction accident in United States history, 51 construction workers are kil
Electronic mail is a method of transmitting and receiving digital messages using electronic devices over a computer network. It was conceived in the late–20th century as the digita…
The first unsolicited bulk commercial email (which would later become known as "spam") is sent by a Digital Equipment Co
The South African Defence Force (SADF) comprised the armed forces of South Africa from 1957 until 1994. Shortly before the state reconstituted itself as a republic in 1961, the for…
The South African Defence Force attacks a SWAPO base at Cassinga in southern Angola, killing about 600 people
Zaire, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971 and Republic of Zaire from 1971 to 1997, was a country in Central Africa headed by Mobutu Sese Seko from 19…
In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the loca
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer is a retired German alpine skier and gold medal winner at FIS Alpine World Ski Championships.
Monika Bergmann-Schmuderer, German skier
Lindsay Korman is an American actress. She first came to attention with three long-running soap opera roles: Theresa Lopez-Fitzgerald on Passions, Cara Castillo on All My Children,…
Lindsay Hartley, American actress
Daniel Hensel is a German composer, VJ, musicologist and music theorist. He is known as a composer of expressive works of all musical genres whose works can be dedicated to "a thre…
Daniel Hensel, German composer and musicologist
Jason Phillip Randall White is a Scottish former rugby union footballer. He was a utility forward who played in the second or back row of the scrum – lock, flanker, or number eight…
Jason White, Scottish rugby player
James Edward Franco is an American actor and filmmaker. He has starred in numerous films, including Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), Milk (2008), Eat Pray Love (2010), R…
James Franco, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Amanda Sage is an American painter who has studied and worked in Vienna, Austria, and Los Angeles, California. She trained and worked with Ernst and Michael Fuchs, a classical arti…
Amanda Sage, American-Austrian painter and educator
Carl Gary Greenidge is an English cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, the son of Gordon Greenidge.
Carl Greenidge, English cricketer
Paul Malakwen Kosgei is a Kenyan long-distance and marathon runner. He first came to prominence in athletics by taking the World Junior Record of 3000m steeple in 1997, and later w…
Paul Malakwen Kosgei, Kenyan runner and coach
Gezahegne Abera is an Ethiopian athlete and winner of the marathon race at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Gezahegne Abera, Ethiopian runner
Diego Jesús Quintana is an Argentine footballer who spent his career mostly playing for Skoda Xanthi in Greece.
Diego Quintana, Argentine footballer
Matthew "Matt" Benedict Walker MBE is a British swimmer who has participated in four Paralympic Games, winning eleven medals. He competes in the S7, SM7 (medley) and SB7 (breaststr…
Matt Walker, English swimmer
Stana Katić is a Canadian and American actress. She played Kate Beckett on the ABC television romantic crime series Castle (2009–2016) and FBI Special Agent Emily Byrne in the psyc…
Stana Katic, Canadian actress
Peter Planch Madsen is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Peter Madsen, Danish footballer
Lauren Cecilia Fisher, known professionally as Lauren Laverne, is an English radio and television presenter, author and singer. She was the lead singer and guitarist in the alterna…
Lauren Laverne, English singer and television and radio host
Tyler Labine is a Canadian actor. He is best known for starring in the film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, the television series Breaker High, Invasion, Reaper, Deadbeat and as Dr. Iggy F…
Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian
Liao Xiao Jie, also known as Xiao Jie or Liljay, is a member of a trio boyband, JPM, with Qiu Wang Zi and Qiu Mao Di.
Liljay, Taiwanese singer
James Badge Dale is an American actor. Frequently cast as law enforcement and military characters, he is known for his roles as Chase Edmunds in 24, Robert Leckie in The Pacific, T…
James Badge Dale, American actor
Michael Craig Russell is an American former professional tennis player, and tennis coach. He reached a career-high singles ranking of World No. 60 in August 2007. His 23 United Sta…
Michael Russell, American tennis player
Kumail Ali Nanjiani is a Pakistani and American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter. His accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations …
Kumail Nanjiani, Pakistani-American actor, stand-up comedian, and screenwriter
Robert Charles Bryan is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all time, Bryan was ranked as the world No. …
Bob Bryan, American tennis player