1974 (original) (raw)

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century

Decades: 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s - 1970s - 1980s 1990s 2000s

Years: 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 - 1974 - 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

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Events

January - Dungeons & Dragons officially released.
February 4 - Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old daughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army
February 7 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
February 8 - After 84 days in space, the crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth
February 23 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demand $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
February 27 - People magazine is published for the first time.
March 8 - Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France
March 18 - Oil embargo: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
March 20- A failed kidnap attempt is made on Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
March 29 - Mariner 10 approaches Mercury
April 3 - The Super Outbreak, the largest series of tornadoes in history, hits 13 states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 148 tornadoes hit early the following morning, 315 died and over 5,000 were injured.
April 25 - Coup in Portugal restores democracy (see Carnation Revolution)
May 9 - The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.
May 17 - Los Angeles, California police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall
May 17 - Thirty-three people die from bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.
May 18 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
June 17- A bomb explodes at the Houses of Parliament in London damaging Westminster Hall. The bomb had been planted by the Irish Republican Army
July 17- A bomb planted by Irish Republican Army terrorists explodes in the White Tower at the Tower of London, killing one person and injuring 41. Another bomb explodes outside a government building in South London.
July 20 - War of July 1974: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus.
July 24 - Watergate Scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously rule that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.
July 27-30 - Watergate Scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Richard M. Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. He announces he will resign the next day, the first president to do so.
August 8 - Watergate scandal: US President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9).
August 9 - Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the Watergate scandal. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th president.
September 8 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
November 7 - Lord Lucan disappears
November 8 - In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.
November 17 - President Childers dies suddenly of a heart attack in the Republic of Ireland
November 21 - In Birmingham, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the Birmingham Six were later sentenced to life in prison for this).
November 22 - The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
December 1 - A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 25 miles northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on-board.
December 19 - Cearbhall � D�laigh becomes the fifth President of Ireland, in a state inauguration in Dublin Castle
December 24 - Darwin, Australia almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy
The Milgram experiment first described by Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram in his 1974 book Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.

Year in topic

1974 in film
- May - George Lucas creates the first draft of what would eventually become Star Wars.
- The Godfather, Part II
- Chinatown
- The Conversation
- The Towering Inferno
1974 in literature
- Carrie by Stephen King
1974 in music
1974 in politics
1974 in sports
1974 in television
- January 15 - Happy Days premieres on NBC
- Little House on the Prairie, starring Michael Landon.

Births

January 16 - Kate Moss, supermodel
January 23 - Tiffani-Amber Thiessen, actress
January 27 - Bridget Fonda, actress
January 30 - Christian Bale, actor
January 31 - Ian Huntley, responsible for the Soham murders
February 7 - Steve Nash, Canadian NBA star
February 8 - Seth Green, actor
February 11 - D'Angelo, singer
February 13 - Robbie Williams, singer
February 19 - Allison Boyer, poet
March 5 - Jens Jeremies, football player, national team of West Germany
March 20 - Carsten Ramelow, football player, national team of West Germany
March 20 - Paula Garces, actress
March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
April 4 - Dave Mirra, extreme sports champion
April 14 - Da Brat, rap singer
April 28 - Penelope Cruz, actress
June 1 - Alanis Morissette, singer
August 17 - Asad Makarevic, software engineer, chef, auto mechanic, epicurean
October 11 - Jens Moellenhoff
November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, actor
November 22 - Ken Mondschein, writer.
December 21 - Karrie Webb, golf champion
Ziad Jarrah, resident of Lebanon, hijacker and alleged terrorist.

Deaths

January 31 - Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive
February 11 - Anna Q Nilsson, actress.
February 21 - Tim Horton, NHL player, Hockey Hall of Famer, founder of Tim Hortons doughnut shops
February 23 - Harry Ruby, composer, writer
March 5 - Sol Hurok, impresario
March 20 - Chet Huntley, television journalist
April 2 - Georges Pompidou, President of France
April 24 - Bud Abbott, actor
June 10- His Royal Highness Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
June 22 - Darius Milhaud, composer
July 1 - Juan Domingo Per�n, Argentinean military and politician, president of the Republic 1946 - 1955 and 1973 until his death
September 2 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British author
September 3 - Harry Partch, microtonal composer
September 4 - Marcel Achard, play and scriptwriter
November 11 - Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer
November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian director
November 17 - Erskine Hamilton Childers, fourth President of Ireland
December 2 - Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (*1897)

Nobel Prizes

Physics - Sir Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish
Chemistry - Paul J Flory
Medicine - Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George E Palade
Literature - Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson
Peace - Séan MacBride Eisaku Sato
Economics - Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich von Hayek