Explore 1718 historical events from 1970–1979.
Dirk Werner Nowitzki is a German former professional basketball player who is a special advisor for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA), with whom he …
Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
Zoë Yadira Saldaña-Perego, known professionally as Zoe Saldaña, is an American actress. The highest grossing actor in history, she is the recipient of many accolades, including an …
Zoe Saldaña, American actress
Claudio Vargas Almonte is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He has previously played for the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Br…
Claudio Vargas, Dominican baseball player
Frank James Lampard is an English football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of Premier League club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders…
Frank Lampard, English footballer
Tara Platt is an American actress and author who has provided voices for dozens of English-language versions of Japanese anime films, television series and video games. Her notable…
Tara Platt, American actress, producer, and screenwriter
Quinton Ramone Jackson is an American online streamer and former mixed martial artist, actor, kickboxer, and professional wrestler known by his ring name of Rampage Jackson. During…
Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist and actor
Jan-Paul Frederik Daniel Saeijs is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Jan-Paul Saeijs, Dutch footballer
Lucius Dubignon Clay was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General …
Lucius D
Lord Richard Valentine Gascoyne-Cecil was a British soldier, Conservative politician and freelance journalist who was killed in Rhodesia whilst covering the country's Bush War. The…
Lord Richard Cecil, British soldier and journalist in the Rhodesian Bush War
Alexandra Elene MacLean Denny was an English singer-songwriter who was lead singer of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention. She has been described as "arguably the pre-em…
Sandy Denny, English singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Thomas Wyatt Turner was an American civil rights activist, biologist, and educator. He was the first Black American to receive a Ph.D. in botany, and helped found both the NAACP an…
Thomas Wyatt Turner, American biologist and academic (born 1877)
Will Geer was an American actor, musician, and social activist who was active in labor organizing and communist movements in New York City and Southern California in the 1930s and …
Will Geer, American actor (born 1902)
Theodor Helfrich was a racing driver from Germany. He participated in three World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 3 August 1952, but scored no championship points. He was Ger…
Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (born 1913)
Aram Ilyich Khachaturian was a Soviet Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Soviet composers.
Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (born 1903)
William Randall Downs, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He worked for CBS News from 1942 to 1962 and for ABC News beginning in 1963. He was one of th…
Bill Downs, American journalist (born 1914)
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato, was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978.
Giuseppe Impastato, Italian journalist and activist (born 1948)
Mohammad Daoud Khan,, also romanized as Daud Khan or Dawood Khan, was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as prime minister of Afghanistan from 1953 to 1963 and, a…
Mohammed Daoud Khan, Afghan commander and politician, 1st President of Afghanistan (born 1909)
Mortimer Weisinger was an American magazine and comic book editor best known for editing DC Comics' Superman during the mid-1950s to 1960s, in the Silver Age of comic books. He als…
Mort Weisinger, American journalist and author (born 1915)
Aldo Moro was an Italian statesman and prominent member of Christian Democracy (DC) and its centre-left wing. He served as prime minister of Italy for five terms from December 1963…
Aldo Moro, Italian lawyer and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1916)
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966. He held office as the …
Robert Menzies, Australian lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia (born 1894)
Albert Kivikas was an Estonian writer and journalist. He is best known as the author of the book Names in Marble, the subject of which is the Estonian War of Independence.
Albert Kivikas, Estonian-Swedish journalist and author (born 1898)
Cybele Andrianou was a Greek actress.
Cybele Andrianou, Greek actress (born 1887)
Jean Deslauriers was a Canadian conductor, violinist, and composer. As a conductor he had a long and fruitful partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation; conducting orc…
Jean Deslauriers, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1909)
József Bozsik was a Hungarian footballer who played as a central midfielder. He spent his entire club career at his hometown club, Budapest Honvéd. Bozsik was a key member of the l…
József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1925)