Explore 1718 historical events from 1970–1979.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish FRS was a British chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1967.
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
Georg Siimenson was an Estonian international footballer who scored 13 goals in 42 games for the Estonian national side.
Georg Siimenson, Estonian footballer (born 1912)
Walter Clement Alvarez was an American physician of Spanish descent. He authored several dozen books on medicine, and wrote introductions and forewords for many others.
Walter C
Hussein bin Talal was King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999. A member of the Hashemite dynasty, he is regarded as a 40th-generation direct descendant of the Islamic prop…
King Hussein of Jordan married American Lisa Halaby, who became known as Queen Noor of Jordan (pictured)
Santiago Bernabéu de Yeste was a Spanish football player, coach, and administrator who played for Real Madrid as a forward, later serving as the club's manager and then president. …
Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, Spanish footballer and coach (born 1895)
Guo Moruo, courtesy name Dingtang, was a Chinese author, poet, historian, archaeologist, and government official. A prominent Chinese writer in the May Fourth Movement and later in…
Guo Moruo, Chinese historian, author, and poet (born 1892)
Mark Robson was a Canadian-American film director, producer, and editor. Robson began his 45-year career in Hollywood as a film editor. He later began working as a director and pro…
Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (born 1913)
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from Paris to Seoul via Anchorage. On 20 April 1978, the Soviet air defense shot down the aircraft serving the f…
Korean Air Lines Flight 902 was shot down after violating Soviet airspace and was forced to make an emergency landing
David Richard Berkowitz, also known as the Son of Sam, the .44 Caliber Killer and the Phantom of the Bronx, is an American serial killer, serial arsonist and former United States A…
American serial killer David Berkowitz, popularly known as the "Son of Sam", was sentenced to 25-years-to-life in prison
Annie is a musical with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and a book by Thomas Meehan. It is based on the 1924 comic strip Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray. The…
Annie opens on Broadway
An optical fiber, or optical fibre, is a flexible glass or plastic fiber that can transmit light from one end to the other. Such fibers are widely used in fiber-optic communication…
Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic
On the evening of May 28, 1977, a fire occurred at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky. With a total of 165 deaths and over 200 injuries, it is history's seventh-d…
The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky, is engulfed by fire, killing 165 people inside
Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain, died on 20 November 1975 from heart failure, at the age of 82. His designated successor, Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón, was proclaimed King …
After the death of dictator Francisco Franco in 1975, the first democratic elections take place in Spain
The Red Army Faction, also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang, was a West German far-left militant group founded in 1970, active until 1998, and formally desi…
The Red Army Faction trial ends, with Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin and Jan-Carl Raspe found guilty of four counts of m
Dan-Air was an airline based in the United Kingdom and a wholly owned subsidiary of London-based shipbroking firm Davies and Newman. It was started in 1953 with a single aircraft. …
A Dan-Air Boeing 707 leased to IAS Cargo Airlines crashes on approach to Lusaka International Airport in Lusaka, Zambia,
Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc., and the Chuck E. Cheese chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of F…
Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E
Likud, officially known as Likud – National Liberal Movement, is a major right-wing political party in Israel. It was founded in 1973 by Menachem Begin and Ariel Sharon in an allia…
Likud party wins the 1977 Israeli legislative election, with Menachem Begin, its founder, as the sixth Prime Minister of
Karl Fredrik Ljungberg is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a winger. He is also a former manager, and was most recently an assistant coach, and interim head c…
Freddie Ljungberg, Swedish footballer
Chad Hedrick is an American inline speed skater and ice speed skater. He was born in Spring, Texas.
Chad Hedrick, American speed skater
Gyula Koi is a Hungarian legal scholar and lecturer. His main research fields are administrative law, and theory of public administration. His Chinese name is Guo Yi.
Gyula Koi, Hungarian scholar and educator
Jamie Rae Salé is a Canadian former competitive pair skater. With her former husband David Pelletier, she is the 2002 Olympic Champion and 2001 World Champion. The Olympic gold med…
Jamie Salé, Canadian figure skater
John Felix Anthony Cena is an American actor, retired professional wrestler, and former rapper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all-time, he is sig…
John Cena, American professional wrestler and actor
David Kidwell is a New Zealand professional rugby coach and former rugby league player who is the defence coach for the Highlanders in Super Rugby. As a player, he represented New …
David Kidwell, New Zealand rugby league player and coach
Nolan Kay Bushnell is an American businessman and electrical engineer. He established Atari, Inc., and the Chuck E. Cheese chain. He has been inducted into the Video Game Hall of F…
Nolan Bushnell opens the first Chuck E