Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. Date: February 7, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 7 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: February 4, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On…
The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. Date: February 4, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 4 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293. Date: February 1, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 1 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97. Date: January 30, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 30 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashes during takeoff from Izmir Cumaovası Airport (now İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport), killing 66 of the 73 people on board the Fokker F28 Fellowship. Date: January 26, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 26 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam. Date: January 20, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 20 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. Date: January 18, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 18 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
Aeroflot Flight H-75 crashes near Mukachevo, killing 24. Date: January 6, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 6 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)
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…