Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Crashes Near Paris, 346 Killed March 3, 1974
Date: March 3, 1974
Date: March 3, 1974
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 β π Other events on February 4 π Events on this day in 1974 π On…
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 β π Other events on February 12 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Richard Nixon Resigns Amid Watergate Scandal, Gerald Ford…
Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime. Date: April 25, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 25 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Samuel Byck Attempts Nixon Assassination Hijacking at BWI Airport, February 22,…
Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'Γ©tat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. Date: July 20, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on July 20 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Skylab 4 Crew…
The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. Date: February 23, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 23 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Watergate Supreme Court Orders Nixon to Surrender Tapes, July 24, 1974British…
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. Date: June 29, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on June 29 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Lucy Fossil Discovered in Ethiopia by Johanson and Gray,…