Date: February 22, 1974
In response to the 1973 oil crisis, the United States implements the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act, switching to permanent daylight saving time for a trial period. Date: January 6, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day…
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. Date: May 18, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Local Government Act 1972…
Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. Date: March 5, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Sunningdale Agreement Collapses in Northern Ireland Loyalist Strike, May 28, 1974Sterling…
Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. Date: September 17, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 17 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Aeroflot Flight H-75 Crashes Near Mukachevo, 24 Killed, January 6, 1974Watergate Smoking Gun Tape Revealed, Nixon Support…
Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations. Date: December 13, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 13 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Exiled from Soviet Union February 12, 1974Philippe Petit Twin Towers High Wire Walk, August…
Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. Date: September 18, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 18 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Third World Population Conference Ends in Bucharest, UN Center Inaugurated, August 30, 1974Disgruntled U.S. Army…