Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister who was a prominent leader of the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.…
Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Somalia, officially the Federal Republic of Somalia, is the easternmost country in continental Africa. Stretching across the Horn of Africa, it borders Ethiopia to the west, Djibou…
Somalia declares war on Ethiopia, starting the Ogaden War.
Roxana Saberi is an American journalist who works as a correspondent for CBS News. In 2009, she was held prisoner in Iran's Evin Prison for 101 days under accusations of espionage.…
Roxana Saberi, American journalist and author
Thomas Joseph Welling is an American actor, director, and producer. He is best known for his role as Clark Kent in The WB superhero drama Smallville (2001–2011). He also co-starred…
Tom Welling, American actor
Thaddeus Michael Bullard is an American professional wrestler and former arena football player. He is signed to WWE as a Global Ambassador. Described by the company as "one of the …
Titus O'Neil, American wrestler and football player
Zuzana Hejdová is a former Czech tennis player.
Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player
Claus William Jensen is a Danish professional football manager, and former player. During his active playing career, he played as an attacking midfielder for homeland clubs Næstved…
Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager
Immediately after World War II, New York City became known as one of the world's greatest cities. However, after peaking in population in 1950, the city began to feel the effects o…
Amidst a period of financial and social turmoil, New York City experiences an electrical blackout lasting nearly 24…
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the glob…
The world's first Global Positioning System (GPS) signal was transmitted from Navigation Technology Satellite 2…
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States tasked with advancing national security through coll…
The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in…
Aeroflot Flight B-2 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight operated by Aeroflot from Vitim Airport in the Sakha Republic to Irkutsk International Airport near Irkutsk. On 20 Ju…
Aeroflot Flight B-2 crashes after takeoff from Vitim Airport in the Sakha Republic, killing 39.
The Egyptian–Libyan War, also known as the Four Day War, was a short border war fought between Libya and Egypt that lasted from 21 to 24 July 1977. The conflict stemmed from a dete…
The start of the four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
David Wade Sullivan is an American film and television actor.
David Sullivan, American film and television actor
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio is an American politician who served as the secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources from 2019 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, s…
Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, American politician
Meredith L. Patterson is an American technologist, science fiction writer, and journalist. She has spoken at numerous industry conferences on a wide range of topics. She is also a …
Meredith L
Kenneth Eric Church is an American singer-songwriter and minority owner of the Charlotte Hornets. He has released seven studio albums through Capitol Nashville since 2005. His debu…
Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
Deng Xiaoping was a Chinese statesman, revolutionary, and political theorist who served as the paramount leader of the People's Republic of China (PRC) from 1978 to 1989. Emerging …
Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping is restored to power.
The Egyptian–Libyan War, also known as the Four Day War, was a short border war fought between Libya and Egypt that lasted from 21 to 24 July 1977. The conflict stemmed from a dete…
End of a four-day-long Libyan–Egyptian War.
Quebec is Canada's largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, it is the only Francophone-majority province in the country, being home to Québécois French. It shares borde…
The National Assembly of Quebec imposes the use of French as the official language of the provincial government.
Yonkers is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States. With a population of 211,569 at the 2020 census, its highest decennial census count ever, Yonkers is the third-mos…
In Yonkers, New York, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") is arrested for a series of killings…
The Approach and Landing Tests were a series of sixteen taxi and flight trials of the prototype Space Shuttle Enterprise that took place between February and October 1977 to test t…
The first free flight of the Space Shuttle Enterprise.
Ryan Scott Dempster is a Canadian former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, Chicago Cubs, Texas Rang…
Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
Tyronn Jamar Lue is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He h…
Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach
Benjamin Robert Olsen is an American soccer executive, coach and former player who is the head coach of Houston Dynamo in Major League Soccer (MLS). He is best known for his long-t…
Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach