Date: January 18, 1974
The first California Jam festival takes place at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. Co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history. Date: April 6, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia…
Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter. Date: February 17, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 17 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Pan Am Flight 812 Crashes in Bali, 107 Killed,…
Sierra Pacific Airlines Flight 802 crashes into the White Mountains near Bishop, California, killing 36. Date: March 13, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 13 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Comoros Independence Vote in Grande Comore, Anjouan, Mohéli, December 22,…
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…
Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. Date: September 11, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 11 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974India’s First Nuclear Weapon Test, Smiling Buddha, May 18,…
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. Date: June 29, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 29 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Ma’alot Massacre: DFLP Attack on Israeli School, 31 Killed,…