Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
Wayne Lyman Morse was an American attorney and United States Senator from Oregon. Morse is well known for opposing the Democratic Party’s leadership and for his opposition to the V…
Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (born 1900)
Sir James Chadwick was a British experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1935 for his discovery of the neutron. In 1941, he wrote the final draft of the M…
James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett of Chelsea, was a British experimental physicist and life peer who received the 1948 Nobel Prize in Physics. In 1925, he was the fir…
Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Carl Andrew Spaatz, nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the …
Carl Spaatz, American World War II general; commander of the Strategic Air Forces in Europe (born 1891)
Ernő Schwarz or Schwarcz was a Hungarian American soccer player, coach and promoter who served as head coach of the United States men's national soccer team. He played professional…
Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer player and coach (born 1904)
Kamal Dasgupta (later Kamal Uddin Ahmed) (28 July 1911 – 20 July 1974), was a Bengali (later Bangladeshi) music director, lyricist, composer and folk artist active in Hindi and Ben…
Kamal Dasgupta, Bengali music director, composer and folk artist. (born 1912)
Ellen Naomi Cohen, known professionally by the stage name Cass Elliot, was an American singer-songwriter, actress, comedian, and television personality. A member of the singing gro…
Cass Elliot, American singer (born 1941)
Emil Erich Kästner was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Det…
Erich Kästner, German author and poet (born 1899)
Ildebrando Antoniutti was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as prefect of the Congregation for Religious from 1963 to 1973, and was elevated to the cardin…
Ildebrando Antoniutti, Italian cardinal (born 1898)
Wallace Douglas Hawkes was a British motor car designer, businessman and racing driver. He was born in Barton, Gloucestershire, married Gwenda Stewart in 1937, and died, aged 80, i…
Douglas Hawkes, English race car driver and businessman (born 1893)
Edgar Johan Kuusik was an Estonian architect and furniture and interior designer.
Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (born 1888)
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa was a Mexican poet and author. She wrote both fiction, often set in her home state of Chiapas, and nonfiction addressing issues of cultural and gender …
Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (born 1925)
Joseph Sylvio Theobald Mantha was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Brui…
Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1902)
Luise Wilhelmine Elisabeth Abegg was a German educator and resistance fighter against Nazism. She provided shelter to around 80 Jews during the Holocaust and was consequently recog…
Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1882)
Bill Chase was an American trumpeter and leader of the jazz-rock band Chase.
Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1934)
Vicente Emilio Sojo was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda.
Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (born 1887)
Ida McNeil was an American broadcaster and the designer of the first state flag of South Dakota. She and her husband, Dana McNeil, founded KGFX, in Pierre, South Dakota, one of the…
Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (born 1888)
Clay LaVergne Shaw was an American businessman, military officer, and part-time contact of the Domestic Contact Service (DCS) of the CIA. Shaw is best known for being the only pers…
Clay Shaw, American businessman (born 1913)
Buford Hayse Pusser was an American police officer, politician, and alleged murderer, who served as the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970 and constable of Adam…
Buford Pusser, American police officer (born 1937)
Kirpal Singh was a spiritual master (satguru) in the tradition of Radha Soami.
Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (born 1894)
Jacob Bronowski was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the presenter and writer of the thirtee…
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
Roberto Assagioli was an Italian psychiatrist in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology. Assagioli founded the psychological movement known as psychosynthesis, which…
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (born 1888)
Alexander Nikolayevich Prokofiev de Seversky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power. He was also a World War I flying ac…
Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (born 1894)
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, the first twin-engined wide-body airliner, went into service with Air France