Explore 5304 historical events from 1970–1979.
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar was a Chilean Marxist and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A member of the Socialist Party of Chile, he fled from the military …
Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C., at the order of Augusto Pinochet.
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelagic country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is 1,500 kilome…
Seychelles joins the United Nations.
Petero Civoniceva, is a Fijian-Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Queensland State of Origin and Australian internat…
Petero Civoniceva, Fijian-Australian rugby league player
Daniel Cloutier is a Canadian ice hockey executive and former player. Previously a goaltender, he holds an executive position with the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) Guelph Storm, the…
Dan Cloutier, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Aaron Brooking Dessner is an American musician. He is best known as a founding member of the rock band the National, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums; a co-founder of th…
Aaron Dessner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Bradley David Walter Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who is currently the coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for H…
Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Christopher Michael Scott is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League (AFL) best known for being a dual premiership player with the Brisbane Lions and…
Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
Dieter Kirk Brummer was an Australian actor. He was best known for his roles in television soap operas, including playing Shane Parrish in Home and Away from 1992 to 1996 and Troy …
Dieter Brummer, Australian actor (died 2021)
Juan Pablo Sorín is an Argentine former footballer and current sports broadcaster, who played as a left-back or left midfielder. He had a successful club career in his native Argen…
Juan Pablo Sorín, Argentinian footballer and sportscaster
Iván de la Peña López is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
Iván de la Peña, Spanish footballer
Timothy Theodore Duncan is an American former professional basketball player and coach. He spent his entire 19-year career with the San Antonio Spurs in the National Basketball Ass…
Tim Duncan, American basketball player
God Shammgod, formerly known as Shammgod Wells, is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Orlando Magic of the National Baske…
God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach
Amanda MacKinnon Palmer is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and performance artist who was the lead vocalist, pianist, and lyricist of the duo the Dresden Dolls She perfor…
Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist
Victor Jerome Glover Jr. is an American naval officer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut of the 2013 class. A former F/A‑18 pilot and graduate of the United States Air Force Test Pilo…
Victor Glover, American astronaut
Calvin Lawrence Booth is a former NBA basketball player and team executive who most recently served as the general manager of the Denver Nuggets. He played 10 seasons for various N…
Calvin Booth, American basketball player and executive
Stacey William Jones is a New Zealand professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of New Zealand at international level. He is a former professional rugby league football…
Stacey Jones, New Zealand rugby league player
Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanist…
Michael P
Ayelet Shaked is an Israeli former politician, activist, and software engineer. She served as Minister of Interior from 2021 to 2022 and as Minister of Justice from 2015 to 2019. B…
Ayelet Shaked, former Israeli Minister of Justice
Martha Wainwright is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician. She has released seven critically acclaimed studio albums.
Martha Wainwright, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jason Drew Harrow, better known by his stage name Kardinal Offishall, is a Canadian rapper and record producer. Often credited as Canada's "hip-hop ambassador", he has been regarde…
Kardinal Offishall, Canadian rapper and record producer/executive
Bruno Miguel Silva do Nascimento, known as Bruno Lage, is a Portuguese football manager who last managed Primeira Liga club Benfica.
Bruno Lage, Portuguese football manager
Trajan Shaka Langdon is an American basketball executive and former professional player. He is the current president of basketball operations for the Detroit Pistons of the Nationa…
Trajan Langdon, American basketball player and executive
Hunter Burgan is an American multi-instrumentalist. He is the second and current bassist of AFI.
Hunter Burgan, American multi-instrumentalist and bassist of rock band AFI
Martine Kimberley Sherrie McCutcheon is an English former actress and singer. She began appearing in television commercials at an early age and made her television debut in the chi…
Martine McCutcheon, English actress and singer