Explore 1718 historical events from 1970–1979.
Riikka Katriina Purra is a Finnish politician, serving as the Deputy Prime Minister of Finland, and Finance Minister, since 2023. She is also a member of the Parliament of Finland …
Riikka Purra, Finnish politician
Hendrik Human Dippenaar, known as Boeta Dippenaar, is a former South African cricketer who played all formats of the game. He is also a member of ACA African XI. He has played as a…
Boeta Dippenaar, South African cricketer
Christopher James McAlister is an American former professional football player who was a cornerback for 11 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the defens…
Chris McAlister, American football player
Joseph Paul Richard Worsley, is a retired English rugby union player who played flanker for Wasps and England.
Joe Worsley, English rugby player and coach
Michael Scott Doleac is an American former professional basketball player.
Michael Doleac, American basketball player and manager
Craig Fitzgibbon is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NRL and a former professional rugby league footballer w…
Craig Fitzgibbon, Australian rugby league player and coach
Duncan John Hames is a Director of Policy at Transparency International UK and a former Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Chippenham constit…
Duncan Hames, English accountant and politician
Kerry Lee Wood is an American former baseball pitcher who played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first…
Kerry Wood, American baseball player
Bartosz Paweł Brożek is a Polish philosopher and jurist whose main research interests are in philosophy of law, philosophy of science, logic and cognitive science. He is currently …
Bartosz Brożek, Polish philosopher and jurist
Tjaša Jezernik is a Slovenian retired tennis player.
Tjaša Jezernik, Slovenian tennis player
Mark Tauscher is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 11-year career as an offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football Leagu…
Mark Tauscher, American football player and sportscaster
Gordan Giriček is a Croatian former professional basketball player. Standing at 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m), he played the shooting guard and small forward positions. Over eighteen years of…
Gordan Giriček, Croatian basketball player
William John Conway was an Irish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to …
William Conway, Irish cardinal (born 1913)
Milton "Gummo" Marx was an American vaudeville performer, theatrical agent and businessman. He was the fourth-born of the five Marx Brothers. Born in Manhattan, he worked with his …
Gummo Marx, American vaudevillian and talent agent (born 1892)
Ricardo Cortez was an American actor and film director. He was also credited as Jack Crane early in his acting career.
Ricardo Cortez, American actor (born 1900)
Josef "Sepp" Herberger was a German football player and manager. He is most famous for being the manager of the West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, a…
Sepp Herberger, German footballer and coach (born 1897)
Nicholas Magallanes was a Mexican-born American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet. Along with Francisco Moncion, Maria Tallchief, and Tanaquil Le Cler…
Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (born 1922)
James Ramon Jones was an American novelist renowned for his explorations of World War II and its aftermath. He won the 1952 National Book Award for his debut novel, From Here to Et…
James Jones, American novelist (born 1921)
Stanley Adams was an American actor and screenwriter. He appeared in several films, including Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and Lilies of the Field (1963). On television, he is pro…
Stanley Adams, American actor and screenwriter (born 1915)
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard was a German politician and economist who served as the second chancellor of West Germany from 1963 until 1966. Affiliated with the Christian Democratic Union…
Ludwig Erhard, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1897)
Joan Crawford was an American actress. She began her career as a dancer in traveling theatrical companies before debuting on Broadway. Crawford was signed to a motion-picture contr…
Joan Crawford, American actress (year of birth disputed)
Michael J. Spillane was an Irish-American mobster who controlled Hell's Kitchen in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. Spillane, the so-called “Gentleman Gangster", was a marked contr…
Mickey Spillane, American mobster (born 1934)
Charles Emery Rosendahl was a highly decorated vice admiral in the United States Navy, and an advocate of lighter-than-air flight.
Charles E
Modibo Keïta was a Malian politician who served as the first President of Mali from 1960 to 1968. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was deposed in a coup d'état in 1968 b…
Modibo Keïta, Malian politician, 1st President of Mali (born 1915)