Date: February 22, 1974
The Birmingham pub bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but are later exonerated. Date: November 21, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 21 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Yom Kippur…
Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. Date: November 24, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 24 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅…
Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed. Date: July 28, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 28 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Isabel Perón Becomes Acting President of Argentina, June 29, 1974Carnation Revolution Topples Portugal’s Estado Novo Regime, April…
Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal. Date: April 29, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 29 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Josip Broz Tito…
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 1974The Troubles: UVF Car Bombings Kill 33 in Dublin…
The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era. Date: July 23, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 23 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Bangladesh, Grenada, Guinea-Bissau…