Date: August 9, 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. Date: February 22, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 22 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime. Date: April 25, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 25 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Los Angeles Police Raid SLA Headquarters, Killing Six Members, May 17,…
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 1974Symbionese Liberation Army…
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 1974Israeli-Egyptian Disengagement…
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. Date: December 19, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 19 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. Date: February 12, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 12 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Symbionese Liberation Army Kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley,…