Date: July 30, 1974
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 → 📅 Other events on May 18 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Israeli-Egyptian Disengagement Agreement Ends…
The Third World Population Conference ends in Bucharest, Romania. At the end of the ceremony, the UN-Romanian Demographic Centre is inaugurated. Date: August 30, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 30 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Organisation of Islamic Conference…
The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars. Date: March 9, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 9 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974Guildford Pub Bombings Kill Five, October 5, 1974Cyclone Tracy Devastates Darwin, Australia,…
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…
The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. Date: June 1, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1974US Implements Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Act, January 6, 1974Stephen…
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…