Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
Sidney Franklin was the first American to become a successful matador, the most senior level of bullfighter.
Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (born 1903)
Sidney James was a South African–British actor and comedian whose career encompassed radio, television, stage and screen. Noted for his distinctive laugh, he was best known for num…
Sid James, South African-English actor (born 1913)
Armstrong Wells Sperry was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical fiction and biography, often set on sailing ships, and stories …
Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (born 1897)
Richard Arthur Warren Hughes was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays.
Richard Hughes, British author and poet (born 1900)
Theodore Roosevelt Mason Howard was an American civil rights leader, fraternal organization leader, entrepreneur and surgeon. He was a mentor to activists such as Medgar Evers, Cha…
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Alexandros Panagoulis was a Greek politician and poet. He took an active role in the fight against the Regime of the Colonels (1967–1974) in Greece. He became famous for his attemp…
Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (born 1939)
Frank Strahan was a senior Australian public servant. Between 1935 and 1949, he was Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department.
Frank Strahan, Australian public servant (born 1886)
Alison Jane Uttley was an English writer of over 100 books. She is best known for a children's series about Little Grey Rabbit and Sam Pig. She is also remembered for a pioneering …
Alison Uttley, English children's book writer (born 1884)
Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a Waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquen…
Jens Bjørneboe, Norwegian author, poet, and playwright (born 1920)
Ulrike Marie Meinhof was a German left-wing militant, journalist and founding member of the Red Army Faction (RAF) in West Germany, commonly referred to in the press as the "Baader…
Ulrike Meinhof, German militant, co-founded the Red Army Faction (born 1934)
William Keith Relf was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Ja…
Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and producer (born 1943)
Sydney Harris Howe was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Howe played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers, Toronto …
Syd Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1911)
Zelmar Raúl Michelini Guarch was a Uruguayan reporter and politician, assassinated in Buenos Aires in 1976 as part of Operation Condor.
Zelmar Michelini, Uruguayan journalist and politician (born 1924)
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz was a former President of the Chamber of Deputies of Uruguay who was assassinated in Operation Condor.
Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz, Uruguayan politician (born 1934)
Denise Pelletier, OC was a Canadian actress.
Denise Pelletier, Canadian actress (born 1923)
Martin Heidegger was a German philosopher whose work was central to the development of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and existentialism. He has had significant impact within subsequ…
Martin Heidegger, German philosopher and academic (born 1889)
Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff, Bulgarian‑American philosopher and author (born 1887)
Radoslav Andrea Tsanoff, Bulgarian‑American philosopher and author (born 1887)
Maximillian George Carnarius, also known as Max George Carey, was an American professional baseball center fielder and manager. Carey played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsb…
Max Carey, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1890)
Mitsuo Fuchida was a Japanese captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service and a bomber observer in the Imperial Japanese Navy before and during World War II. He is perhaps b…
Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain (born 1902)
Zainul Abedin, also known as Shilpacharya was a Bangladeshi painter. He became well known in 1944 through his series of paintings depicting some of the great famines in Bengal duri…
Zainul Abedin, Bangladeshi painter and sculptor (born 1914)
Jacques Lucien Monod was a French biochemist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with François Jacob and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic…
Jacques Monod, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Lieutenant-Colonel Kenneth Mason MC was a British soldier and explorer notable as the first statutory professor of Geography at the University of Oxford. His work surveying the Him…
Kenneth Mason, English soldier and geographer (born 1887)
Juan José Torres González was a Bolivian socialist politician and military leader who served as the 50th president of Bolivia from 1970 to 1971, when he was ousted in a coup that r…
Juan José Torres, Bolivian general and politician, 61st President of Bolivia (born 1920)
Jean Paul Getty Sr. was an American petroleum industrialist who founded the Getty Oil Company in 1942 and was the patriarch of the Getty family. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota,…
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