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Events on the year of 1974 in history

Events
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01 Jan 1974 Lee MacPhail takes over as AL President, succeeding Joe Cronin
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01 Jan 1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead)
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01 Jan 1974 World Population Year begins
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02 Jan 1974 55 mph speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
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02 Jan 1974 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
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02 Jan 1974 United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo.
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03 Jan 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as Premier of Spain
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03 Jan 1974 Burma accepts its constitution
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03 Jan 1974 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London
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03 Jan 1974 New York Yankees sign Bill Virdon as manager
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04 Jan 1974 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee
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04 Jan 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
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05 Jan 1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother"
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05 Jan 1974 Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
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05 Jan 1974 An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses.
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06 Jan 1974 "CBS Mystery Theater, " premieres on radio
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06 Jan 1974 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike
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06 Jan 1974 In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States.
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07 Jan 1974 Dutch rations gasoline
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08 Jan 1974 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London
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08 Jan 1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed
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08 Jan 1974 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York
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11 Jan 1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style"
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12 Jan 1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
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12 Jan 1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic"
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12 Jan 1974 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1
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13 Jan 1974 Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
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13 Jan 1974 Super Bowl VIII Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston; Super Bowl MVP Larry Csonka, Miami, Running Back
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14 Jan 1974 World Football League founded
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15 Jan 1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
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15 Jan 1974 Dennis Rader a.k.a. the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.
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15 Jan 1974 24th NBA All-Star Game West beats East 134-123 at Seattle
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15 Jan 1974 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC
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15 Jan 1974 Expert panel reports 18
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16 Jan 1974 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
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16 Jan 1974 L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon
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16 Jan 1974 New York Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford elected to Hall of Fame
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16 Jan 1974 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published
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17 Jan 1974 Styne, Comdem & Green's musical "Lorelei" premieres in New York City NY
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18 Jan 1974 "$6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
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18 Jan 1974 A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
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18 Jan 1974 Israel & Egypt sign weapons accord
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19 Jan 1974 China gain control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
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19 Jan 1974 Belgium government of Leburton falls
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19 Jan 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak
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20 Jan 1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
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20 Jan 1974 Essex Community College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball
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20 Jan 1974 7th ABA All-Star Game East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia
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21 Jan 1974 Gold hits record $161.31 / silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
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21 Jan 1974 Gold hits record $161.31 an ounce in London
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21 Jan 1974 Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
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23 Jan 1974 1st edition of women's magazine "Story"
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25 Jan 1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
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25 Jan 1974 B
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25 Jan 1974 Ray Kroc, CEO (McDonald's), buys San Diego Padres for $12 million
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25 Jan 1974 South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard transplanted the first human heart without removal of the old one
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27 Jan 1974 "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 320 performances
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27 Jan 1974 The Brisbane River breaches its banks causing the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in the 20th century.
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27 Jan 1974 "Lorelei" opens at Palace Theater New York City NY for 320 performances
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28 Jan 1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, & Jocko Conlan elected to Hall of Fame
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29 Jan 1974 27th NHL All-Star Game West beat East 6-4 at Chicago
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30 Jan 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR
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31 Jan 1974 McDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres
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01 Feb 1974 "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV
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01 Feb 1974 Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory.
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01 Feb 1974 A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
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02 Feb 1974 Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary"
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02 Feb 1974 Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs. Golden State - 1,641)
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03 Feb 1974 "Pajama Game" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
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04 Feb 1974 Benzine rationing ends in the Netherlands
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04 Feb 1974 Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army
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04 Feb 1974 M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
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04 Feb 1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
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05 Feb 1974 British mine strike
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05 Feb 1974 Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win
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05 Feb 1974 Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 km/h
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05 Feb 1974 Patty Hearst kidnapped
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06 Feb 1974 Dutch speed limit set at 100km due to oil crisis
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06 Feb 1974 US House of Reps begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon
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07 Feb 1974 Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day)
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07 Feb 1974 Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
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08 Feb 1974 "Good Times, " debuts on CBS TV
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08 Feb 1974 Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run
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08 Feb 1974 Military coup in Upper Volta.
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08 Feb 1974 After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
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09 Feb 1974 "Daddy What If" by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
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09 Feb 1974 US female Figure Skating championship won by Dorothy Hamill
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09 Feb 1974 US male Figure Skating championship won by Gordon McKellen Jr
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10 Feb 1974 "Gigi" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
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10 Feb 1974 Silver futures hit record $4.81
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10 Feb 1974 Gail Denenber wins LPGA Sears Women's Golf Classic
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10 Feb 1974 Iran/Iraqi border fight breaks out
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10 Feb 1974 Judy Ikenberry wins 1st Us women's marathon (2:55:17)
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11 Feb 1974 Titan-Centaur test launch fails
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11 Feb 1974 1st baseball arbitration Twins pitcher Dick Woodson seeking $29,000 wins, Twins offered $23,000
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11 Feb 1974 Dick Woodson is 1st of 48 to invoke baseball's new arbitration rule
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12 Feb 1974 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
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13 Feb 1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens and closes at Music Box Theater, New York City
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13 Feb 1974 Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR
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13 Feb 1974 "Rainbow Jones" opens & closes at Music Box Theater NYC
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13 Feb 1974 James "Cool Papa" Bell is named to baseball's Hall of Fame
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17 Feb 1974 Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
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17 Feb 1974 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt
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17 Feb 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic
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18 Feb 1974 NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km)
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18 Feb 1974 US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan presents $2,046,700,000 check
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19 Feb 1974 1st American Music Award
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20 Feb 1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 million from Houston Aeros, WHA
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20 Feb 1974 Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
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21 Feb 1974 The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
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21 Feb 1974 Silver hits record $5.96
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21 Feb 1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez
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21 Feb 1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution
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22 Feb 1974 Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
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22 Feb 1974 The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
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22 Feb 1974 Ethiopian police shoot at demonstrators
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23 Feb 1974 Patty Hearst, Daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
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23 Feb 1974 Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth"
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23 Feb 1974 The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
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24 Feb 1974 Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh
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24 Feb 1974 Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round skater
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25 Feb 1974 Veronica & Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975
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26 Feb 1974 Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris
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27 Feb 1974 "People" magazine begins sales
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27 Feb 1974 "People" magazine begins sales
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27 Feb 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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28 Feb 1974 US and Egypt re-form diplomatic relations after 7 years
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28 Feb 1974 US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years
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28 Feb 1974 Ethiopian government of Makonnen forms
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28 Feb 1974 Labour Party wins British parliamentary election
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28 Feb 1974 Taiwan police shoot into crowd
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01 Mar 1974 George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
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01 Mar 1974 Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides
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01 Mar 1974 Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
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02 Mar 1974 16th Grammy Awards: Killing Me Softly, Bette Midler wins
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02 Mar 1974 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
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02 Mar 1974 Grand jury concludes President Nixon is involved in Watergate cover-up
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03 Mar 1974 "Sextet" opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances
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03 Mar 1974 George Foreman KOs Ken Norton
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03 Mar 1974 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic
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03 Mar 1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
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04 Mar 1974 Harold Wilson replaces resigning Ed Heath as British Premier
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04 Mar 1974 People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
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05 Mar 1974 "Candide" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances
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05 Mar 1974 Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot
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05 Mar 1974 Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
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06 Mar 1974 "Over Here" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 341 performances
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06 Mar 1974 An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo
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07 Mar 1974 "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina
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07 Mar 1974 1st general striking in Ethiopia
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08 Mar 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
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09 Mar 1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended
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10 Mar 1974 "Sextet" closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances
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10 Mar 1974 Carol Mann wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
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10 Mar 1974 Christian Democrats win Belgium parliamentary election
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10 Mar 1974 Lawrence Rowe completes 302 vs England Bridgetown, 36 fours 1 six
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11 Mar 1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupts
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11 Mar 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5
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12 Mar 1974 Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Washington
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13 Mar 1974 Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris France
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13 Mar 1974 Glenn Turner scores twin tons for New Zealand's 1st win against Australia
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15 Mar 1974 Brazilian President Garastazu M
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16 Mar 1974 1st performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville
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17 Mar 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International
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18 Mar 1974 Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
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18 Mar 1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end embargo against US
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19 Mar 1974 Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour
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20 Mar 1974 An unsuccessful attempt is made by a lone perpetrator to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
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21 Mar 1974 Attempt made to kidnap Princess Anne in London's Pall Mall
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24 Mar 1974 36th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship: NC State beats Marquette 76-64
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24 Mar 1974 36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64; this ends UCLA's 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions
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25 Mar 1974 Barbra Streisand records the album "Butterfly"
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26 Mar 1974 Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko movement in India.
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26 Mar 1974 George Foreman TKOs Ken Norton in 2 for heavyweight boxing title
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26 Mar 1974 Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President
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28 Mar 1974 Rock group Raspberries break up
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29 Mar 1974 Local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the third century BCE.
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29 Mar 1974 NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
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29 Mar 1974 Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
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01 Apr 1974 Ayatollah Khomeini calls for an Islamic Republic in Iran
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01 Apr 1974 Pioneer Hall opens
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01 Apr 1974 Yourdon, Inc forms
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01 Apr 1974 The metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England come into being.
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02 Apr 1974 46th Academy Awards - "Stng, " Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win
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02 Apr 1974 Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War
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02 Apr 1974 Tony Greig takes 8-86 vs. WI Port-of-Spain (later 5-70 in 2nd inn)
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03 Apr 1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
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03 Apr 1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
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03 Apr 1974 Tornadoes in the east, south and midwest killed approximately 315
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03 Apr 1974 The Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
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05 Apr 1974 Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories)
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06 Apr 1974 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam"
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06 Apr 1974 Firestone World Tournament of Champions won by Earl Anthony 11 / 16
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06 Apr 1974 Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1
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06 Apr 1974 The Swedish pop band ABBA wins the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Waterloo", launching their international career.
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08 Apr 1974 Discovery Island opens
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08 Apr 1974 At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record.
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10 Apr 1974 American Boccaccio Association forms
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10 Apr 1974 Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir
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10 Apr 1974 American Boccaccio Association is established
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10 Apr 1974 Magicians Penn & Teller 1st meet
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11 Apr 1974 WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
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13 Apr 1974 Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
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15 Apr 1974 3rd Boston Women's Marathon won by Miki Gorman of California in 2:47:11
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15 Apr 1974 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39
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15 Apr 1974 Military coup in Niger, President Diori Hamani deposed
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16 Apr 1974 "Words & Music" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
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16 Apr 1974 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam I in Ontario, California
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16 Apr 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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17 Apr 1974 Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, Washington
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17 Apr 1974 Ted Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from Central Washington State College, Ellensburg WA
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17 Apr 1974 Moslem fundamentalists assault military academy in Heliopolis Egypt
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18 Apr 1974 The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port.
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18 Apr 1974 Red Brigade kidnaps Italian Attorney General Mario Sossi
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19 Apr 1974 Baltimore Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park homerun against the New York Yankees
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20 Apr 1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
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20 Apr 1974 Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run"
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21 Apr 1974 28th Tony Awards River Niger & Raisin win
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21 Apr 1974 3rd Colgate Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Jo Ann Prentice
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22 Apr 1974 Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
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23 Apr 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Sary Shagan USSR
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24 Apr 1974 NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers
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24 Apr 1974 Dutch women hockey team becomes world champion
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25 Apr 1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution)
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25 Apr 1974 Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the fascist Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
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25 Apr 1974 NFL moves the goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff
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25 Apr 1974 Chancellor Willy Brandt Secretary G
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25 Apr 1974 Leo Tindemans forms Belgium government
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25 Apr 1974 Marcello Caetano overthrown in Portugal; he is exiled to Madeira and later to Brazil (Carnation revolution)
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26 Apr 1974 Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam
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26 Apr 1974 Nw York Yankees trade Peterson, Beene, Kline & Buskey to Cleveland Indians for Chambliss, Tidrow & Upshaw
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26 Apr 1974 Malta adopts constitution
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27 Apr 1974 Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon
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27 Apr 1974 Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107
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28 Apr 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
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29 Apr 1974 Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
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29 Apr 1974 President Richard Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
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30 Apr 1974 President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
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01 May 1974 The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
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02 May 1974 Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
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04 May 1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr. aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04
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04 May 1974 An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.
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05 May 1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic
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06 May 1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
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06 May 1974 Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London
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06 May 1974 W German chancellor W Brandt resigns
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07 May 1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin)
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08 May 1974 50 mph speed limit in Britain lifted
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08 May 1974 Canada government of Trudeau falls
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08 May 1974 FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II
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09 May 1974 House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment
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09 May 1974 Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
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10 May 1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1
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11 May 1974 "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" by Frank Sinatra hits #83
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11 May 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
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11 May 1974 "Tubular Bells" by Mike Oldfield hits #7
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11 May 1974 Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number"
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12 May 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3
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12 May 1974 Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic
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14 May 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed
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15 May 1974 Ma'alot massacre: Members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine attack and take hostages at an Israeli school; a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren.
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15 May 1974 Mail truck terrorists take school in Ma
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15 May 1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president
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16 May 1974 Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.
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16 May 1974 Helmut Schmidt becomes West German chancellor
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16 May 1974 USSR performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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17 May 1974 The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. It is the deadliest attack of the Troubles and the deadliest terrorist attack in the Republic's history. There are allegations that British state forces were involved.
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17 May 1974 Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
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17 May 1974 Bayern M
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17 May 1974 Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 15th String quartet
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18 May 1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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18 May 1974 Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
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18 May 1974 Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991.
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18 May 1974 "The Streak" by Ray Stevens hits #1
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18 May 1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6
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18 May 1974 India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb
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19 May 1974 Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
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19 May 1974 Stanley Cup: Philadelphia Flyers beat Boston Bruins, 4 games to 2
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19 May 1974 Valeri Giscard d'Estaing wins French presidential election
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20 May 1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth
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22 May 1974 Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later
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22 May 1974 Soccer team Veendam forms
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22 May 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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23 May 1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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23 May 1974 Italian Red Brigade officer Mario Sossi freed
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24 May 1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
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26 May 1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
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26 May 1974 Joanne Carner wins Hoosier LPGA Golf Classic
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27 May 1974 Pirates Ken Brett no-hits Padres until 9th inning
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28 May 1974 "Magic Show" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
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28 May 1974 Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
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28 May 1974 26th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win
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28 May 1974 Emmy 1st Daytime Award presentation
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28 May 1974 Italians fascist bomb demonstrators in Brescia, 6 killed
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28 May 1974 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Magic Show" premieres at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
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29 May 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
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30 May 1974 The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
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30 May 1974 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yankees beat Mets 9-4
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31 May 1974 Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights
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31 May 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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01 Jun 1974 "My Girl Bill" by Jim Stafford hits #12
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01 Jun 1974 Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Washington
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01 Jun 1974 Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in the UK
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01 Jun 1974 Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
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01 Jun 1974 The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
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02 Jun 1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
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02 Jun 1974 Mali adopts constitution
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03 Jun 1974 Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
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04 Jun 1974 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
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04 Jun 1974 Never-to-be-repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland Stadium occurs
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04 Jun 1974 NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks
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04 Jun 1974 During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.
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06 Jun 1974 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
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06 Jun 1974 A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
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07 Jun 1974 Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
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08 Jun 1974 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2
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08 Jun 1974 Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes"
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08 Jun 1974 US and Saudi Arabia sign military-economic contract
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09 Jun 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
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09 Jun 1974 Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
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10 Jun 1974 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
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11 Jun 1974 Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Washington
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13 Jun 1974 Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives
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15 Jun 1974 "Streak" by Ray Stevens hit #1 on UK pop chart
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16 Jun 1974 74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
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16 Jun 1974 Homer Simpson and Marge Bouvier wed
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17 Jun 1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2997 & #3083
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18 Jun 1974 Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
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19 Jun 1974 Kansas City Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0
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19 Jun 1974 Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
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20 Jun 1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen
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23 Jun 1974 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
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23 Jun 1974 20th LPGA Championship won by Sandra Haynie
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23 Jun 1974 Sandra Haynie wins the LPGA byh 2 strokes over JoAnne Carner
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24 Jun 1974 Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
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26 Jun 1974 The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio
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26 Jun 1974 Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton)
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27 Jun 1974 "Flip Wilson Show, " last airs on NBC-TV
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27 Jun 1974 US President Nixon visits USSR
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27 Jun 1974 U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
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28 Jun 1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" and"Zoo Gang" in the UK
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28 Jun 1974 Fall of earth & rocks kill 200. (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Columbia)
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28 Jun 1974 Wings release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK
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29 Jun 1974 Military coup in Ethiopia
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29 Jun 1974 Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Perón, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
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29 Jun 1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
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30 Jun 1974 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala
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30 Jun 1974 Soviet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to west
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30 Jun 1974 Petty thief Peter Leonard sets fire to cover burglary that
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01 Jul 1974 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens (San Francisco)
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01 Jul 1974 General Pinochet becomes President of Chile
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01 Jul 1974 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales
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02 Jul 1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)
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03 Jul 1974 Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
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03 Jul 1974 Soyuz 14 carries 2 Cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
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04 Jul 1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
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05 Jul 1974 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova (60 64)
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06 Jul 1974 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall (61 61 64)
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07 Jul 1974 Brewer Don Money sets record of consecutive errorless games at 3rd (78)
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07 Jul 1974 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Niagara Frontier Golf Classic
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08 Jul 1974 Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inn game
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10 Jul 1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
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11 Jul 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
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11 Jul 1974 World Football League plays 1st games
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13 Jul 1974 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
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14 Jul 1974 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by ump from 2 games in 1 day
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14 Jul 1974 Bundy victims Janice Ott and Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, Washington
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14 Jul 1974 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Borden Golf Classic
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15 Jul 1974 Military coup on Cyprus: Archbishop / President Makarios flees
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15 Jul 1974 In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
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16 Jul 1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2964
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17 Jul 1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
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17 Jul 1974 1st quadrophinic studio in UK is open by the Moody Blues
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17 Jul 1974 John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days
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18 Jul 1974 World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed
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19 Jul 1974 Cleveland Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland Athletics, 4-0
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19 Jul 1974 Soyuz 14 lands
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19 Jul 1974 David Bowie's Diamond Dog tour ends in NYC
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19 Jul 1974 Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3118
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20 Jul 1974 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
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20 Jul 1974 Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
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20 Jul 1974 Turkey invades Cyprus
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21 Jul 1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
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21 Jul 1974 House Judiciary approves 2 Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon
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23 Jul 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
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23 Jul 1974 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)
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23 Jul 1974 The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
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23 Jul 1974 Greek military dictatorship collapses
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23 Jul 1974 NL beats AL 7-2 in 45th All Star Game (3 Rivers, Pittsburgh)
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24 Jul 1974 Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled 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.
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24 Jul 1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
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25 Jul 1974 T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2345 Fucik
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26 Jul 1974 Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
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26 Jul 1974 USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
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27 Jul 1974 Kanhai and Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire vs. Gloucs
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27 Jul 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
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28 Jul 1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
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28 Jul 1974 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil)
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29 Jul 1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests
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29 Jul 1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee
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29 Jul 1974 St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
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30 Jul 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of "high crimes and misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
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30 Jul 1974 Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
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30 Jul 1974 Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.
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30 Jul 1974 House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon
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01 Aug 1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to New York Nets
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01 Aug 1974 Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones.
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03 Aug 1974 "Little Night Music" closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances
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03 Aug 1974 "Words & Music" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 127 performances
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03 Aug 1974 Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan and joins Doobie Brothers
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04 Aug 1974 Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own Governor
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04 Aug 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
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04 Aug 1974 A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
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05 Aug 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
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05 Aug 1974 President Nixon admits he withheld information about Watergate break-in
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05 Aug 1974 Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam.
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06 Aug 1974 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice
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06 Aug 1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Washington
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07 Aug 1974 Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J Geils Band
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07 Aug 1974 Philippe Petit walks tightrope strung between twin towers
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07 Aug 1974 Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air.
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08 Aug 1974 President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.
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09 Aug 1974 Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th President
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09 Aug 1974 As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
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10 Aug 1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
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11 Aug 1974 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood, North Carolina
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11 Aug 1974 Coup in East-Timor under UDT
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11 Aug 1974 Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
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11 Aug 1974 Lee Trevino wins PGA championship
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12 Aug 1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
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12 Aug 1974 Nolan Ryan strikes-out 19 Red Sox
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12 Aug 1974 Yankees Mickey Mantle & Whitey Ford become 1st teammates elected to hall of fame on the same day
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14 Aug 1974 Turkish army attacks Nicosia Cyprus
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14 Aug 1974 The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. Around 6,000 massacred, 1,619 missing.
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14 Aug 1974 Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold
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15 Aug 1974 Hurricane / floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
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15 Aug 1974 Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee.
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15 Aug 1974 Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days))
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15 Aug 1974 South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination
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18 Aug 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA St. Paul Keller Golf Open
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20 Aug 1974 Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat
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20 Aug 1974 Nelson Rockefeller becomes VP
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20 Aug 1974 Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph)
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23 Aug 1974 John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City
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24 Aug 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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25 Aug 1974 LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup
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26 Aug 1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
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26 Aug 1974 Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
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27 Aug 1974 NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat
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28 Aug 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth
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29 Aug 1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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30 Aug 1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
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30 Aug 1974 A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
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30 Aug 1974 A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
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30 Aug 1974 Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153
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31 Aug 1974 Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
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01 Sep 1974 Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect
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01 Sep 1974 Jane Blalock / Sue Roberts wins LPGA Southgate Ladies Golf Open
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01 Sep 1974 Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed
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01 Sep 1974 The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h).
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02 Sep 1974 Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act
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03 Sep 1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
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03 Sep 1974 NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires
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03 Sep 1974 US and German DR establish diplomatic relations
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04 Sep 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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07 Sep 1974 "Irene" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
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07 Sep 1974 Shirley Cothran (Texas), 21, crowned 47th Miss America 1975
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08 Sep 1974 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75)
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08 Sep 1974 94th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61)
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08 Sep 1974 Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)
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08 Sep 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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08 Sep 1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes
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08 Sep 1974 Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
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09 Sep 1974 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley (36 63 75)
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10 Sep 1974 New York Dolls disband
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10 Sep 1974 Portugal recognizes independence of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
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10 Sep 1974 Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 miles in 24 hours
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10 Sep 1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
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10 Sep 1974 Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark
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11 Sep 1974 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
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11 Sep 1974 Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan & John Milner come to bat 12 times each
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12 Sep 1974 Jeff "Skunk" Baxter joins Doobie Brothers
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12 Sep 1974 Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
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12 Sep 1974 Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
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12 Sep 1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day)
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13 Sep 1974 1st broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC-TV
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13 Sep 1974 Phillies set NL record, using 27 players in a game, St Louis uses 24, tying record of 51. Phils win 7-3 in 17
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14 Sep 1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter
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15 Sep 1974 Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens
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15 Sep 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
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15 Sep 1974 Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
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16 Sep 1974 Bob Dylan records Blood on the Tracks
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16 Sep 1974 President Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters
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16 Sep 1974 US General Haig becomes NATO-supreme commander in Europe
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16 Sep 1974 BART begins regular transbay service
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17 Sep 1974 Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
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17 Sep 1974 Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
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18 Sep 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
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21 Sep 1974 US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
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23 Sep 1974 "Gypsy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 120 performances
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23 Sep 1974 BBC Ceefax begins 1st teletext service
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24 Sep 1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
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24 Sep 1974 Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title
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24 Sep 1974 Al Kaline gets his 3,000th career hit
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25 Sep 1974 The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John.
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28 Sep 1974 "Live It Up Part 1" by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
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28 Sep 1974 "Rock Me Gently" by Andy Kim peaks at #1
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28 Sep 1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0
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28 Sep 1974 Mick Ronson joins Mott the Hoople
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28 Sep 1974 1st lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy
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28 Sep 1974 John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC)
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29 Sep 1974 5th NYC Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30
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29 Sep 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Portland Ladies Golf Classic
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01 Oct 1974 Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington DC
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03 Oct 1974 Pele retires as soccer player
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03 Oct 1974 Watergate trial begins
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04 Oct 1974 John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album
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04 Oct 1974 Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece.
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05 Oct 1974 Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
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06 Oct 1974 "Mack & Mabel, " opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 66 performances
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06 Oct 1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Sacramento Union Ladies Golf Classic
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07 Oct 1974 German DR amends constitution
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08 Oct 1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
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09 Oct 1974 Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleveland Indians)
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09 Oct 1974 Race riot in Boston due to "busing"
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09 Oct 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden - Capitals begin a 37 game road losing streak
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10 Oct 1974 Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles
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10 Oct 1974 10101975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt
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12 Oct 1974 1st time Washington Capitals are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota
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14 Oct 1974 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich
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15 Oct 1974 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules)
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15 Oct 1974 National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing
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15 Oct 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 tie
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17 Oct 1974 NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
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17 Oct 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL home victory, beating Chicago 4-3
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17 Oct 1974 Oakland A's beat LA Dodgers, 4 games to 1 in 71st World Series, makes A's the only team other than Yanks to win 3 straight series
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18 Oct 1974 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
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18 Oct 1974 Wings (Country Hams) release "Walking in the Park with Eloise"
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18 Oct 1974 Chicago Bull Nate Thurmond becomes 1st in NBA to complete a quadruple double-22 pts, 14 rebounds, 13 assists & 12 blocks
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19 Oct 1974 Detroit Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Washington Capitals
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19 Oct 1974 Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
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19 Oct 1974 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90)
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20 Oct 1974 1st broadcast of "Derrick" on ZDF
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21 Oct 1974 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cubic Corp Golf Classic
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21 Oct 1974 1st Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps
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22 Oct 1974 Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
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24 Oct 1974 Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Texas Rangers)
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25 Oct 1974 Air Force fires 1st ICBM
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25 Oct 1974 Wings release "Junior's Farm"
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26 Oct 1974 Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch
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27 Oct 1974 Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon (2:46:24)
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28 Oct 1974 Luna 23 launched (landing on Moon)
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28 Oct 1974 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall
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29 Oct 1974 Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
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30 Oct 1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 mph)
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30 Oct 1974 Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award
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30 Oct 1974 The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.
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30 Oct 1974 As a member of the California Angels, Major League Baseball player Nolan Ryan throws the fastest recorded pitch, at 100.9 miles per hour (162.4 kilometers per hour).
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30 Oct 1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Za
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31 Oct 1974 Marines terminate gijzelingsactie in strafgevangenis Scheveningen
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31 Oct 1974 Bundy victim (?) Laura Aime disappears in Utah
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01 Nov 1974 Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil)
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01 Nov 1974 UN affirms independence of Cyprus
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02 Nov 1974 Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs
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02 Nov 1974 Braves trade Hank Aaron to Milwaukee Brewers for OF Dave May
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02 Nov 1974 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
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03 Nov 1974 "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
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03 Nov 1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
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05 Nov 1974 Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
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05 Nov 1974 Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman US gov not related to previous gov
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05 Nov 1974 Walter E Washington, becomes 1st elected Mayor of Washington, DC
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06 Nov 1974 Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
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07 Nov 1974 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in (w / o)
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08 Nov 1974 British Lord Lucan disappears
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10 Nov 1974 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win
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10 Nov 1974 Montreal Candiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0
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12 Nov 1974 South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies
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13 Nov 1974 Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
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15 Nov 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" and"Only You" in the UK
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15 Nov 1974 Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK
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16 Nov 1974 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away
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16 Nov 1974 John Lennon's #1 solo "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
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16 Nov 1974 Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record)
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17 Nov 1974 Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
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17 Nov 1974 Union of Banana Exporting Countries (UPEB) forms
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20 Nov 1974 The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
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22 Nov 1974 UN General Assembly recognizes Palestine right to sovereignty
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22 Nov 1974 Lake Buena Vista Club opens
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23 Nov 1974 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
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24 Nov 1974 2 truck hijackers freed (3 / 3 / 1974)
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24 Nov 1974 62nd CFL Grey Cup: Montreal Alouettes defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 20-7
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24 Nov 1974 Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev signs SALT-2-treaty
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24 Nov 1974 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Lady Errol Golf Classic
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25 Nov 1974 Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
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26 Nov 1974 Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration
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26 Nov 1974 Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal)
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27 Nov 1974 Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
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28 Nov 1974 Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
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30 Nov 1974 "Good Evening" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances
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30 Nov 1974 "Mack & Mabel" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 66 performances
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30 Nov 1974 Miss Teenage America Pageant
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30 Nov 1974 Most complete early man skeleton found (Johanson & Gray in Ethiopia)
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30 Nov 1974 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks)
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01 Dec 1974 Boeing 727 crashes in Upperville Virginia, 92 died
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01 Dec 1974 Jacqueline Hansen runs female world record marathon (2:43:54.5)
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01 Dec 1974 LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
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01 Dec 1974 TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
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01 Dec 1974 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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02 Dec 1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
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02 Dec 1974 Giant Baba beats Jack Brisco in Kagoshimi, to become NWA champ
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02 Dec 1974 Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days
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04 Dec 1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims
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04 Dec 1974 Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison
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05 Dec 1974 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs. Buff Sabres
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05 Dec 1974 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida
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05 Dec 1974 Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran)
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05 Dec 1974 Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
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05 Dec 1974 Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Washington Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
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06 Dec 1974 George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
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08 Dec 1974 Greek monarchy rejected by referendum
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08 Dec 1974 Irish Republican Socialist Party forms
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08 Dec 1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
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08 Dec 1974 Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
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08 Dec 1974 A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
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09 Dec 1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01
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09 Dec 1974 Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
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09 Dec 1974 Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
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10 Dec 1974 Space probe Helios 1 launched
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10 Dec 1974 Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
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10 Dec 1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
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13 Dec 1974 Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations.
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13 Dec 1974 Malta becomes a republic
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13 Dec 1974 Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
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14 Dec 1974 Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
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14 Dec 1974 Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 vs India 20 fours 6 sixes
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15 Dec 1974 A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
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16 Dec 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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16 Dec 1974 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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18 Dec 1974 San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens
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19 Dec 1974 "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US
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19 Dec 1974 Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st VP
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19 Dec 1974 Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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19 Dec 1974 Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal
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19 Dec 1974 Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as the 41st Vice-President
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19 Dec 1974 "The Man With the Golden Gun" premieres in US
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20 Dec 1974 George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in the UK
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20 Dec 1974 Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
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22 Dec 1974 Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
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22 Dec 1974 The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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22 Dec 1974 Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals
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22 Dec 1974 Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French
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22 Dec 1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA & British; lasts until approximately April 1975
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23 Dec 1974 "Good News" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 16 performances
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23 Dec 1974 Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's Michelangelo-liederen
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24 Dec 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
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24 Dec 1974 Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
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25 Dec 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
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25 Dec 1974 Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
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25 Dec 1974 Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia
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26 Dec 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
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27 Dec 1974 FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
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27 Dec 1974 FSLN (Frente Sandinista de Liberaci
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27 Dec 1974 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
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27 Dec 1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
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28 Dec 1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
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29 Dec 1974 Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town" premieres in New York NY
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30 Dec 1974 Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
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31 Dec 1974 New York Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million
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31 Dec 1974 Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panam
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31 Dec 1974 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10
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31 Dec 1974 Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs record $3.75 million 5 year New York Yankee contract
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31 Dec 1974 Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac
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31 Dec 1974 Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer
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