Explore 1718 historical events from 1970–1979.
Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapte…
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (born 1911)
Arthur Shields was an Irish actor on television, stage and film.
Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)
Jacob (Jacques) Presser was a Dutch historian, writer and poet who is known for his book Ashes in the Wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during …
Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)
Inger Stevens was a Swedish-born American film, stage, and Golden Globe–winning television actress.
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)
Yi Un was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last Imperial Crown Prince of the Korean Empire. Before becoming the heir apparent t…
Yi Un, Korean prince (born 1897)
Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird …
Ed Begley, American actor (born 1901)
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk was a Turkish footballer and Sailplane pilot.
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (born 1918)
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)