Explore 4009 historical events from 1970–1979.
American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727-100, crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, while on a domestic scheduled passenger flight originating at T. F. Gr…
Thirty-seven people are killed when American Airlines Flight 625 crashes at Cyril E
The Great American Revolution(formerly known as Revolution, The New Revolution and La Revolución) is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Califor…
The rollercoaster The New Revolution, the first steel coaster with a vertical loop, opens at Six Flags Magic Mountain
The Yuba City bus disaster occurred on May 21, 1976, in Martinez, California, United States. A chartered school bus transporting 52 passengers came off an elevated off ramp left th…
Twenty-nine people are killed in the Yuba City bus disaster in Martinez, California
The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, was a wine competition, to commemorate the United States Bicentennial, organized in Paris, France, on 24 May 1…
The Judgment of Paris takes place in France, launching California as a worldwide force in the production of quality wine
The Soweto uprising, also known as the Soweto riots or the Soweto rebellion, was a series of demonstrations and protests led by black school children in South Africa during aparthe…
Soweto uprising: A non-violent march by 15,000 students in Soweto, South Africa, turns into days of rioting when police
The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe was an international meeting of communist parties, held in the city of East Berlin, capital of the communist-governed East…
The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin
Madeira, officially the Autonomous Region of Madeira, is an autonomous region of Portugal, in the Atlantic Ocean about 805 km southwest of mainland Portugal. Together with the Azor…
Portugal grants autonomy to Madeira.
The chief minister of Sabah is the head of government of Sabah, Malaysia. Since September 2020, the position has been held by Hajiji Noor from the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah from t…
Chief Minister of Sabah Faud Stephens, Peter Joinud Mojuntin, and several other politicians are killed in a plane crash
Missouri is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States. Ranking 21st in land area, it borders Iowa to the north, Illinois, Kentucky and Tennessee to the east,…
Missouri Governor Kit Bond issues an executive order rescinding the Extermination Order, formally apologizing on behalf
Air France, stylised as AIRFRANCE, is the flag carrier of France, and is headquartered in Tremblay-en-France. The airline is a subsidiary of the Air France–KLM Group and is one of …
Air France Flight 139 (Tel Aviv-Athens-Paris) is hijacked en route to Paris by the PFLP and redirected to Entebbe, Ugand
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country after Brazil in bo…
The Angolan court sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial
Sagarmāthā National Park is a national park in the Himalayas of eastern Nepal that was established in 1976 and encompasses an area of 1,148 km2 (443 sq mi) in the Solukhumbu Distri…
Sagarmatha National Park in Nepal is created.
Lukas Daniel Haas is an American actor and musician. His acting career has spanned four decades, during which he has appeared in more than 50 feature films and a number of televisi…
Lukas Haas, American actor and musician
Kelli Christine O'Hara is an American actress and singer, most known for her work on the Broadway and opera stages.
Kelli O'Hara, American actress and singer
Maurice Andre Wignall is a Jamaican hurdling athlete.
Maurice Wignall, Jamaican hurdler and long jumper
Melissa Joan Hart is an American actress, director and producer. She had starring roles as the title characters in the sitcoms Clarissa Explains It All, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, …
Melissa Joan Hart, American actress
Seychelles, officially the Republic of Seychelles, is an archipelagic country consisting of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean. Its capital and largest city, Victoria, is 1,500 kilome…
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom
The Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam, was formed on 8 June 1969, by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, as an armed rival government opposing t…
End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic…
The Israel Defense Forces, alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym Tzahal (צה״ל), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service bra…
Israeli commandos raid Entebbe airport in Uganda, rescuing all but four of the passengers and crew of an Air France…
Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the western coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country after Brazil in bo…
Four mercenaries (one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial.
Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the …
East Timor is annexed and becomes the 27th province of Indonesia.
Michelle Feldman is an American right-handed female professional ten-pin bowler and former member of the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA). A native of Skaneateles, N…
Michelle Feldman, American bowler
Gabriel Damon Lavezzi is an American former child actor. His acting career involved providing the voices of Littlefoot in the 1988 film The Land Before Time and Little Nemo in the …
Gabriel Damon, American actor
Hedda Berntsen is a Norwegian sportsperson who has competed internationally in telemark skiing, alpine skiing, freestyle skiing and skicross. She is world champion in Telemark clas…
Hedda Berntsen, Norwegian skier