Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
Enrique Ángel Angelelli Carletti was a bishop of the Catholic Church in Argentina who was assassinated during the Dirty War for his involvement with social issues. Angelelli commit…
Enrique Angelelli, Argentinian bishop and martyr (born 1923)
Roy Herbert Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, was a Canadian-born British newspaper proprietor who became one of the moguls of Fleet Street in London.
Roy Thomson, 1st Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian-English publisher (born 1894)
Gregor Piatigorsky was a Ukrainian-born Russian and American cellist.
Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian-American cellist and educator (born 1903)
William Albert Stanley Oldfield was an Australian cricketer and businessman. He played for New South Wales and Australia as a wicket-keeper. Oldfield's 52 stumpings during his Test…
Bert Oldfield, Australian cricketer (born 1894)
Thomas Edward Neil Driberg, Baron Bradwell was a British journalist, politician, High Anglican churchman and possible Soviet spy, who served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 194…
Tom Driberg, British politician/journalist (born 1905)
Alastair George Bell Sim was a Scottish actor. He began his theatrical career at the age of thirty and quickly became established as a popular West End performer, remaining so unti…
Alastair Sim, Scottish-English actor (born 1900)
Kenneth John Wadsworth was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a wicket-keeper. Wadsworth played domestically for Central D…
Ken Wadsworth, New Zealand cricketer (born 1946)
Vera Constance Lutz,, was a British economist. She was married to the German economist Friedrich Lutz.
Vera Lutz, British economist (born 1912)
Gina Bachauer was a Greek classical pianist who toured extensively in the United States and Europe. Interested in piano at a young age, Bachauer graduated from the Athens Conservat…
Gina Bachauer, Greek pianist and composer (born 1913)
Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government pl…
Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazilian physician and politician, 21st President of Brazil (born 1902)
Eyvind Johnson was a Swedish novelist and short story writer. Regarded as the most groundbreaking novelist in modern Swedish literature he became a member of the Swedish Academy in…
Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1900)
Charlotte "Lotte" Pauline Sophie Lehmann was a German-American dramatic soprano noted for her successful performances with international opera houses, on the recital stage and in t…
Lotte Lehmann, German-American soprano (born 1888)
Mary Anissa Jones was an American child actress known for her role as Buffy Davis on the CBS sitcom Family Affair, which ran from 1966 to 1971. She died from a drug overdose, five …
Anissa Jones, American actress (born 1958)
Stanisław Antoni Grochowiak, pen-name "Kain" was a Polish poet and dramatist. His is often classified as a representative of turpism, because of his interest in the physical, ugly …
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (born 1934)
Joseph Armand Mondou was a Canadian ice hockey forward with the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of two Stanley Cup championship teams; with …
Armand Mondou, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1905)
Albert Tessier was a French-speaking Canadian priest, historian and a film maker.
Albert Tessier, Canadian priest, historian, and director (born 1895)
Benjamin Graham was an English-American financial analyst, economist, accountant, investor and professor. He is widely known as the "father of value investing", and wrote two of th…
Benjamin Graham, British-American economist, professor, and investor (born 1894)
Philip Comi Gbeho was a Ghanaian musician, composer and teacher. He was instrumental in the establishment of the Arts Council of Ghana and was a director of music and conductor of …
Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (born 1904)
Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and the founder of the People's Republic of China (PRC). He led China from the PRC's establishment in October 1…
Mao Zedong, Chinese philosopher, academic, and politician, 1st Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (born 1893)
James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), Roman Holiday (1953), Spartacus (1960), and Exod…
Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter and novelist (born 1905)
Bertha Maria Júlia Lutz was a Brazilian zoologist, politician, and diplomat. Lutz became a leading figure in both the Pan American feminist movement and human rights movement. She …
Bertha Lutz, Brazilian feminist and scientist (born 1894)
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, Chilean economist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Chile (born 1932)
Leopold Ružička was a Croatian-Swiss scientist and joint winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes" "including the first chemi…
Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1887)
Barbara Marie Nickerauer, known professionally as Barbara Nichols, was an American actress who often played brassy or comic roles in films in the 1950s and 1960s.
Barbara Nichols, American actress (born 1928)