Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
Vasyl Vsevolod Velychkovsky, CSsR was a Ukrainian religious priest of the Redemptorists and a prelate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. He is considered a martyr in the Catho…
Vasyl Velychkovsky, Ukrainian-Canadian bishop and martyr (born 1903)
Elizabeth Ruth Grable was an American actress, pin-up girl, dancer, model, and singer. Her 42 films during the 1930s and 1940s grossed more than $100 million, and for 10 consecutiv…
Betty Grable, American actress, singer, and dancer (born 1916)
Ferdinand Schörner was a German military commander and convicted war criminal, who held the rank of Generalfeldmarschall in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He wa…
Ferdinand Schörner, German field marshal and convicted war criminal (born 1892)
Otto Nossan Klemperer was a German conductor and composer, originally based in Germany, and then the United States, Hungary and finally, Great Britain. He began his career as an op…
Otto Klemperer, German-American conductor and composer (born 1885)
Max Horkheimer was a German philosopher and sociologist best known for his role in developing critical theory as director of the Institute for Social Research, commonly associated …
Max Horkheimer, German philosopher and sociologist (born 1895)
George Florian "Pinch" McBride was an American professional baseball shortstop for the Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals, and Washington Senators from 1901…
George McBride, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Constance Frances Marie Ockelman, known professionally as Veronica Lake, was an American film, stage, and television actress. Lake was best known for her femme fatale roles in film…
Veronica Lake, American actress (born 1922)
Eugene Lee Coon was an American screenwriter, television producer, and novelist. He is best remembered for his work on the original Star Trek as a screenwriter, story editor, and s…
Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
Ben-Zion Dinur was a Ukrainian-born Israeli historian, educator, and politician. He held the position of professor of Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and repre…
Ben-Zion Dinur, Russian-Israeli educator and politician, 4th Education Minister of Israel (born 1884)
Wilfred Rhodes was an English professional cricketer who played 58 Test matches for England between 1899 and 1930. In Tests, Rhodes took 127 wickets and scored 2,325 runs, becoming…
Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer and coach (born 1877)
Creighton Tull Chaney, known by his stage name Lon Chaney Jr., was an American actor known for playing Larry Talbot in the film The Wolf Man (1941) and its various crossovers, Coun…
Lon Chaney Jr., American actor (born 1906)
Willy Fritsch was a German theatre and film actor, a popular leading man and character actor from the silent-film era to the early 1960s.
Willy Fritsch, German actor and screenwriter (born 1901)
John Edward Hawkins was an English actor, who worked on stage and in film from the 1930s until the 1970s. He was known for his portrayal of military men, said to "endow the countle…
Jack Hawkins, English actor (born 1910)
Robert Smithson was an American artist known for sculpture and land art who often used drawing and photography in relation to the spatial arts. His work has been internationally ex…
Robert Smithson, American photographer and sculptor (born 1938)
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated Unit…
Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (born 1890)
Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American martial artist, actor, and filmmaker. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy, which was formed from his experie…
Bruce Lee, American actor and martial artist (born 1940)
Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey was a Jamaican-born journalist and activist. She was the second wife of Marcus Garvey. She was one of the pioneering female Black journalists and publis…
Amy Jacques Garvey, Jamaican-American journalist and activist (born 1895)
Louis Stephen St. Laurent was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 12th prime minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957.
Louis St. Laurent, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1882)
Norman Walter Smith was an Australian rules football player and coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL). After more than 200 games as a player with Melbourne and Fitzroy, Smit…
Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (born 1915)
Roger Williamson was a British racing driver and a two time British Formula 3 champion, who died during his second Formula One race, the 1973 Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit …
Roger Williamson, English race car driver (born 1948)
Azumafuji Kin'ichi was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Taitō, Tokyo. He was the sport's 40th yokozuna, and later a professional wrestler.
Azumafuji Kin'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 40th Yokozuna (born 1921)
Gian Francesco Malipiero was an Italian composer, musicologist, music teacher and editor.
Gian Francesco Malipiero, Italian composer and educator (born 1882)
Walter Ernst Paul Ulbricht was a German communist politician and revolutionary. Ulbricht played a leading role in the creation of the Weimar-era Communist Party of Germany (KPD) an…
Walter Ulbricht, German soldier and politician (born 1893)
Ismail bin Abdul Rahman was a Malaysian politician who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in August 1973. A member of the Unite…
Ismail Abdul Rahman, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (born 1915)