Explore 6419 historical events from 1970–1979.
The Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth II marked the 25th anniversary of the accession of Queen Elizabeth II on 6 February 1977. It was celebrated with large-scale parties and parades thr…
Five hundred million people watch the high day of the Silver Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II begin on television
James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the as…
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee
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.…
Convicted Martin Luther King Jr
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Co-founded in Santa Clara, California, in 1977 by Bob Miner, Ed Oates, and curren…
Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California, as Software Development Laboratories (SDL), by Larry E
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
Elvis Aaron Presley was an American singer and actor. Referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20t…
Elvis Presley holds what will prove to be his final concert at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana
A world constitution is a proposed framework or document aimed at establishing a system of global governance. It seeks to provide a set of principles, structures, and laws to gover…
Constitution for the Federation of Earth was adopted by the second session of the World Constituent Assembly, held at In
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was an international organization for collective defense in Southeast Asia created by the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty si…
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands
The George Jackson Brigade, or GJB, was a militant group founded in the mid-1970s, based in Seattle, Washington, and named after George Jackson, a dissident prisoner and Black Pant…
The George Jackson Brigade plants a bomb at the main power substation for the Washington state capitol in Olympia, in…
The Pakistan Armed Forces are the military forces of Pakistan. It is the world's seventh-largest military measured by active military personnel and consists of three uniformed serv…
The Pakistan Armed Forces under Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq seize power in Operation Fair Play and begin 11 years of martial…
William Mitchell is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He is known primarily as a physical defensive defenceman. Mitchell played Junior A in the British Columbia Hoc…
Willie Mitchell, Canadian ice hockey player
Kalpen Suresh Modi, known professionally as Kal Penn, is an American actor, author, and former White House staff member in the Barack Obama administration.
Kal Penn, Indian-American actor
Bram Schmitz is a retired Dutch professional road cyclist.
Bram Schmitz, Dutch cyclist
Lee Young-pyo is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a right-footed left back. Lee was recognized for his speed and dribbling skills. His former manager Mar…
Lee Young-pyo, South Korean international footballer
Diego Rodolfo Placente is an Argentine manager and former footballer who played as a left-back. He is the current manager of the Argentina U20 national team and Argentina national …
Diego Placente, Argentine footballer
An authoritarian military dictatorship ruled Chile for almost seventeen years, between 11 September 1973 and 11 March 1990. The dictatorship was established after the democraticall…
The Pinochet dictatorship in Chile organises the youth event of Acto de Chacarillas, a ritualised act reminiscent of…
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.
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…