People in History
The people behind the moments: leaders, scientists, explorers and ordinary people whose choices changed what came next.
1977
1977 · Technology
Concorde Begins Scheduled Service to New York
November 22, 19771977
1977 · Sport
Reggie Jackson’s Three Home Runs Seal a World Series
October 18, 19771976
1976 · Politics
Britain’s ambassador to Ireland is killed near Dublin
July 21, 19761975
1975 · Politics
Australia's Governor-General Dismisses the Whitlam Government
November 11, 19751974
1974 · Crime & Justice
The DeFeo Family Murders in Amityville
November 13, 19741974
1974 · Sport
Muhammad Ali Wins the Rumble in the Jungle
October 30, 19741974
1974 · Politics
Yuk Young-soo is killed in Seoul
August 15, 19741974
1974 · Art & Literature
Stephen King’s Carrie is published
April 5, 19741972
1972 · Politics
Writer Ghassan Kanafani is killed in Beirut
July 8, 19721971
1971 · Crime & Justice
The D. B. Cooper Hijacking
November 24, 19711971
1971 · Music
The Kennedy Center opens with Bernstein’s Mass
September 8, 19711971
1971 · Crime & Justice