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- Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects
- Terracotta Army Discovered in China
- Turkey invades Cyprus. NATO allies Greece and Turkey, on the
brink of war
- Encouraged by
Chairman Mao
Zedong, the
Cultural
Revolution begins in
China
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OPEC ends the oil embargo
begun in 1973 during the
Yom Kippur
War (Mar. 18).
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Additional Memories from 1974:
President - Richard Nixon
Vice President - Gerald Ford
Minimum Wage - $2.00
Dow Jones average 759
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-
Nixon and
Brezhnev
meet in
Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background:
nuclear
disarmament
- Leftist revolution
ends almost 50 years of dictatorial rule in
Portugal
(launched Apr. 25).
-
India successfully tests
an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth
nuclear
power (May 18).
- Emperor
Haile
Selassie of
Ethiopia
is deposed. A collective military dictatorship assumes power
(Sept. 12).
U.S. EVENTS
- Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher
Randolph
Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
- House Judiciary Committee
adopts three
articles of impeachment charging
President
Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and
refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
-
Richard M. Nixon
announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do
so (Aug. 8).
- Vice President
Gerald R.
Ford of
Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US (Aug. 9).
- Ford grants
"full, free,
and absolute pardon" to ex-President
Nixon
(Sept. 8).
U.S. Statistics
President: Richard M. Nixon
Vice President: Gerald R. Ford
Population: 213,853,928
SPORTS
Super Bowl
Miami d. Minnesota (24-7)
World Series
Oakland A's d. LA Dodgers (4-1)
NBA Championship
Boston d. Milwaukee (4-3)
Stanley Cup
Philadelphia d. Boston (4-2)
Wimbledon
Women: Chris Evert d. O. Morozova (6-0 6-4)
Men: Jimmy Connors d. K. Rosewall (6-1 6-1 6-4)
Kentucky Derby Champion
Cannonade
NCAA Basketball Championship
N.C. State d. Marquette (76-64)
NCAA Football Champions
Oklahoma (AP) (11-0-0) & USC (UPI, FW, NFF) (10-1-1)
World Cup
W. Germany d. Holland (2-1)
ENTERTAINMENT
Events
-
Patti Smith releases what
is considered to be the first punk rock single, "Hey Joe."
- People
magazine debuts, with
Mia Farrow
gracing the cover.
- Premier Russian
dancer
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects and joins the
American
Ballet Theatre.
Movies
- Chinatown, The
Godfather Part II, Day for Night, Blazing Saddles, The Towering
Inferno
Entertainment
Awards
Pulitzer Prizes
Music: Notturno, Donald Martino
Oscars awarded in 1974
Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sting, Tony Bill,
Michael Phillips and Julia Phillips, producers (Universal)
Nobel Prize for
Literature: Eyvind Johnson and Harry
Martinson (both Sweden)
1974 Emmy Awards
1974 Tony Awards
Grammys awarded in 1974
Record of the Year: "Killing Me Softly With His Song,"
Roberta Flack
Album of the Year: Innervisions, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: "Killing Me Softly With His Song," Norman
Gimbel and Charles Fox, songwriters
Miss America:
Rebecca Ann King (CO)
NOTABLE
DEATHS
Bud Abbott
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Dizzy Dean
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Duke
Ellington -
Charles
Lindbergh -
Ed Sullivan
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