Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
Alexander Pavlovich Rodzyanko was an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil…
Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (born 1879)
Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor union…
Walter Reuther, American union leader (born 1907)
Nelly Sachs was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for t…
Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)
Mary William Ethelbert Appleton "Billie" Burke was an American actress who was famous on Broadway and radio, and in silent and sound films. She is best known to modern audiences as…
Billie Burke, American actress and singer (born 1884)
Elliot Lovegood Grant Watson was a writer and biologist. Among some 40 books and many essays and short stories he wrote six 'Australian' novels and several scientific-philosophical…
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Thomas Walton Patey was a Scottish climber, mountaineer, doctor and writer. He was a leading Scottish climber of his day, particularly excelling on winter routes. He died in a cl…
Tom Patey, Scottish mountaineer and author (born 1932)
John Gunther was an American journalist and writer.
John Gunther, American journalist and author (born 1901)
Eva Hesse was a German-born American sculptor known for her pioneering work in materials such as latex, fiberglass, and plastics. She is one of the artists who ushered in the postm…
Eva Hesse, American artist (born 1936)
Terrance Gordon Sawchuk was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 21 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Toront…
Terry Sawchuk, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1929)
Clare Consuelo Sheridan was an English sculptor, journalist and writer, known primarily for creating busts for famous sitters and keeping travel diaries. She was a cousin of Sir Wi…
Clare Sheridan, English sculptor and author (born 1885)
Orhan Kemal is the pen name of Turkish novelist Mehmet Reşit Öğütçü. He is known for his realist novels that describe the life of the poor in Turkey.
Orhan Kemal, Turkish author (born 1914)
Albert Lamorisse was a French filmmaker, film producer, and writer of short films which he began making in the late 1940s.
Albert Lamorisse, French director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Bruce Leslie McLaren was a New Zealand racing driver, automotive designer, engineer, and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1970. He won four Grands Prix…
Bruce McLaren, New Zealand race car driver and engineer, founded the McLaren racing team (born 1937)
Giuseppe Ungaretti was an Italian modernist poet, journalist, essayist, critic, academic, and recipient of the inaugural 1970 Neustadt International Prize for Literature. A leading…
Giuseppe Ungaretti, Italian soldier, journalist, and academic (born 1888)
Lucía Sánchez Saornil, was a Spanish poet and anarcha-feminist activist, best known for co-founding the Mujeres Libres organisation together with Mercedes Comaposada and Amparo Poc…
Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Spanish anarchist feminist (born 1895)
Horace Greeley Hjalmar Schacht was a German economist, banker, politician, and co-founder of the German Democratic Party. He served as the Currency Commissioner and President of th…
Hjalmar Schacht, Danish-German economist, banker, and politician (born 1877)
Bowen Charlton "Sonny" Tufts III was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is best known for the films he made as a contract star at Paramount in the 1940s, including S…
Sonny Tufts, American actor (born 1911)
Abraham Harold Maslow was an American psychologist who created Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory of psychological health predicated on fulfilling innate human needs in priority…
Abraham Maslow, American psychologist and academic (born 1908)
Frank Charles Laubach, from Benton, Pennsylvania was a Congregational Christian missionary educated at Union Theological Seminary and Columbia University, and a mystic known as "Th…
Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (born 1884)
Edward Morgan Forster was an English author. He is best known for his novels, particularly A Room with a View (1908), Howards End (1910) and A Passage to India (1924). He also wrot…
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Sydney Chapman was a British mathematician and geophysicist. His work on the kinetic theory of gases, solar-terrestrial physics, and the Earth's ozone layer has inspired a broad ra…
Sydney Chapman, English mathematician and geophysicist (born 1888)
Louis Brian Piccolo was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL) for four years. He played college fo…
Brian Piccolo, American football player (born 1943)
Sukarno was an Indonesian statesman, activist, and revolutionary who served as the first president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967.
Sukarno, Indonesian engineer and politician, 1st President of Indonesia (born 1901)
Piers Raymond Courage was a British racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1967 to 1970.
Piers Courage, English race car driver (born 1942)