Watergate: House Opens Nixon Impeachment Hearings May 9, 1974
Date: May 9, 1974
Date: May 9, 1974
Carrie, the first novel by American author Stephen King, is published for the first time with a print run of 30,000 copies. Date: April 5, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on April 5 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Sunningdale Agreement Collapses…
Nuclear weapons testing: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. Date: May 18, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 18 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Los Angeles Police Raid…
The first fatal crash of a Boeing 747 occurs when Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes while attempting to takeoff from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya, killing 59 out of the 157 people on board. Date: November 20, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on November 20 π Events on this day…
A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities. Date: August 30, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on August 30 π Events on this day in 1974 π On…
The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland. Date: May 17, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on May 17 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Mars…
Pan Am Flight 806 crashes near Pago Pago International Airport in American Samoa, killing 97. Date: January 30, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on January 30 π Events on this day in 1974 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Symbionese Liberation Army Kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, February 4,…