1974 in History

Scores West Germany's winning goal in the final against the Netherlands.

Is recognized as the tournament's outstanding player after leading the Netherlands to the final.

The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) , the Treaty limits nuclear test explosion to under 150 kilotons (over ten times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb)

The United States and the Soviet Union agree to the Protocol to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Agreement, which limits ABM deployment to a single area.

Reviews the limited Jordanian military role and the diplomatic consequences of the October War.

Faces the growing Lebanese repercussions of the Arab-Israeli conflict after the October War.

Holden Roberto, Agostinho Neto, and Jonas Savimbi met in Bukavu, Zaire agree to negotiate with the Portuguese as one political entity

Holden Roberto, Agostinho Neto, and Jonas Savimbi met in Bukavu, Zaire agree to negotiate with the Portuguese as one political entity

Holden Roberto, Agostinho Neto, and Jonas Savimbi met in Bukavu, Zaire agree to negotiate with the Portuguese as one political entity

Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights

Directs Ali: Fear Eats the Soul.

Directs Alice in the Cities.

Releases Apostrophe ('), one of the most commercially successful albums of his career.

II participates in arab summit connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Contributes electronic percussion to Autobahn during the band's breakthrough period.

Releases Autobahn, the album that brings Kraftwerk major international attention.

Shapes Autobahn's electronic textures, vocoder effects and minimalist travel concept.

Releases the live album Before the Flood.

Saunders begins a tenure that produces promotion, domestic cups and a league championship.

The inverted-ziggurat Central Library opens in Chamberlain Square.

Directs the Home Office response after the Birmingham pub bombings.

Two bombs explode in Birmingham pubs, killing twenty-one people and injuring many others.

Protestant car bombs in Dublin kill 22

Writes that he has seen rock and roll future after watching Springsteen perform in Cambridge.

Healey raises the top rates on earned and unearned income while increasing food and pension subsidies for poorer households.

Denis Healey presents the Government's first Budget after Labour returns to office.

Healey presents a second 1974 Budget after Labour wins a narrow majority in the October election.

Enters Harold Wilson's cabinet as Secretary of State for Employment.

Calls his Cabinet, "the most experienced & talented this century"

Rotates prime ministers as the republic faces military and economic decline

Returns to the Home Office when Labour forms a minority government.

The Government announces capital transfer tax to replace estate duty and tax lifetime transfers.

Healey is appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1st term.

Healey continues as Chancellor of the Exchequer after Labour wins the October 1974 general election.

Appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury, most powerful position outside the Cabinet

CIA records include a January 31, 1974, memorandum concerning a telephone call from Frank Sturgis during the period of renewed assassination speculation.

Announces conditional clemency for Vietnam-era draft evaders and military deserters

Presides over a new coalition cabinet including Pathet Lao ministers

Presides over a coalition cabinet including Pathet Lao ministers

Attempts coalition talks with the Liberal Party after the hung parliament.

Re-establishes collective bargaining as the central mechanism for regulating industrial relations.

John Lennon makes his last ever concert appearance when he appears onstage at Madison Square Garden with Elton John, that night Lennon is reunited with Ono and, in his words, "the separation failed"

Attends EC Summit where "the British problem" & the "European Council" are discussed

Attends EC Summit where "the British problem" & the "European Council" are discussed

Isabel served as president from July 1, 1974 to March 24, 1976, the first non-royal female head of state and head of Government in the Western Hemisphere

The SDLP is one of the parties involved in the negotiations that result in the Sunningdale Agreement, which in turn resulted in the establishment of a power-sharing executive

Announces the new Government will implement the Northern Ireland Constitution

The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal assent providing direct rule from Westminster

Traore's government submits a new constitution establishing presidential and single-party institutions.

Scores the opening goal as Real Madrid defeat Barcelona 4-0 in the Spanish Cup final.

The Greek-Cypriot National Guard overthrow Makarios & seeks a union with Greece

Leads the EOKA terrorist group to power, they are backed by the Greek Junta

Establishes the National Intelligence Directorate as the regime's principal secret police organization.

Supports the Paris decision creating the European Council and advancing direct European Parliament elections.

Supports the agreement creating the European Council and advancing direct European Parliament elections.

Represents Germany at the Paris summit where leaders establish regular meetings under the name European Council.

The Great National Assembly creates the office of President of Romania.

Jiang Qing promotes the campaign to criticise Lin Biao and Confucius

Yao Wenyuan writes propaganda linking attacks on Confucius with current political struggles

Releases album, "Dark Horse" in the US

Releases album, "Dark Horse" in the UK

George Harrison founds Dark Horse Records, its 1st hit is "Costafine Town" by Splinter

Records concerts in Philadelphia that are released as David Live, documenting his Diamond Dogs tour.

The first occasion in apartheid South Africas history where the principles of peaceful transition and equality had been enshrined in a document which had been jointly signed by acknowledged black and white political leaders. Meets Mangosuthu Buthelezi and signed a five-point plan for racial peace in South Africa, which came to be known as the Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith

The military government publishes principles defining its proposed political and institutional reconstruction.

Releases Diamond Dogs, moving from glam rock toward dystopian themes and a more theatrical stage presentation.

Pakistan recognizes Bangladesh during the Islamic Summit in Lahore.

Giscard supported the decision to move toward direct elections to the European Parliament.

Supports the Paris summit decision to advance direct elections to the European Parliament.

Accepts the Syrian-Israeli disengagement agreement after prolonged postwar diplomacy.

Helps negotiate the Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement after the war.

Monitors postwar disengagement diplomacy after the Egyptian-Israeli ceasefire.

Participates in diplomacy leading to the Syrian-Israeli disengagement agreement.

Helps mediate the Egyptian-Israeli disengagement agreement after the October War.

Parliament adjourns for the last time until the election Octoberober 10

Gaddafi and Habib Bourguiba announce a proposed union between Libya and Tunisia.

Healey announces further economic measures as inflation, borrowing and industrial costs remain under pressure.

In The Times Healey says that he would "squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak".

Healey promises to squeeze property speculators until the pips squeak and attacks profits made from rapidly appreciating agricultural land.

Trade figures show a defict of 383 pounds million, the largest on record. The RPI shows that fod prices had risen + 20% over the last year

Japan suffers its 1st "oil shock" as prices increase 4 fold over 4 months

Addresses a public meeting on Labour's proposed renegotiation of Britain's EEC membership.

Links the EEC question to the coming general election in a public speech in Norwich.

Powell makes a speech asking the electorate to vote Labour because of their EC policy

Loses his Commons majority after the February general election produces a hung parliament.

The RPI shows that fod prices had risen + 20% over the last year. The elections main issues are the miners strike & "who governs Britain". The Conservative Party win 37.9% of votes cast & 297 MPs. Enoch Powell decides he cannot stand for the Conservatives because of their EU policy. An error is reported in the NCBs claim miners earn +8% national average, it is -8%

Enoch Powell decides he cannot stand for the Conservatives because of their EU policy

Attempts unsuccessfully to form a coaltion with the Liberals

No Party wins an election majority & negotiations with the Liberals break down

Leads the Conservatives in the October election but Labour gains a small majority.

New Democracy wins the first parliamentary election after the dictatorship.

Enoch Powell decides he cannot stand for the Conservatives because of their EU policy

Enoch Powell decides he cannot stand for the Conservatives because of their EU policy

The Liberals win 19.3% of votes cast & 14 MPs & hold the balance of power

Refuses to join a co-altion with the Conservatives & the Labour Party comes to power

Wilson compares himself to Cromwell prior to Marston Moor

Wilson wins is 3rd election out of 4. The Labour Party wins 37.2 percent of votes cast & 301 MPs. No party can form a majority even with the support of the Liberals

The RPI shows that food prices had risen by 20 percent over the last year. Labour 301, Conservatives 296 & others 37

Says he will call an election if the opposition makes it impossible to govern

Parliament adjourns for the last time until the election Octoberober 10

The general election date is announced for October 10

Addresses Unionists on the EEC, Northern Ireland and inflation as the October general election approaches.

ERISA establishes federal standards for private pension and employee-benefit plans.

Provides rules for employers associations alongside the law governing trade unions.

The Edmond Leburton Government ends in Brussels, concluding this period as Prime Minister of Belgium.

The First Olafur Johannesson Government ends, concluding this term as Prime Minister of Iceland.

The Budget package includes energy conservation measures after the oil shock and pressure on imports.

Giscard hosted the Paris summit that created the European Council as a regular forum for national leaders.

Solzhenitsyn is deported from the Russia to Frankfurt, West Germany and stripped of his Soviet citizenship, Solzhenitsyn lives in Heinrich Bulls house

Scores twice as Liverpool beat Newcastle United 3-0 in the FA Cup final.

John Lennon performs three songs with Elton John at Madison Square Garden, it will turn out to be his last public performance

Finance Act 1974 receives Royal Assent, implementing tax changes from Healey's first Budget.

Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article charging Nixon with obstruction of justice in the Watergate investigation.

Healey delivers his first Budget shortly after Labour returns to office.

Pioneer 11 returns the first close spacecraft views of Jupiter's polar regions.

Meets United States President Gerald Ford for the first time at Vladivostok.

Orchestrates Barcelona's celebrated 5-0 league victory over Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu.

The Government uses food subsidies as part of its policy to protect household living standards.

Appointed Foreign Minister

Begins the Geir Hallgrimsson Government and serves as Prime Minister of Iceland.

Powell urges Birmingham voters to support Labour because of its European Community policy.

Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Captains West Germany to victory over the Netherlands in the final.

Elected onto the executive of the Greater London Labour Party (GLLP), responsible for drawing up the manifesto for the GLC Labour group and the lists of candidates for council and Parliamentary seats

Presents the military government as a programme of national reconstruction.

Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Wilson condemns the Birmingham attacks and supports urgent counterterrorism legislation.

Norman Derek Matthews becomes Governor of Montserrat

Elected onto the executive of the Greater London Labour Party (GLLP), responsible for drawing up the manifesto for the GLC Labour group and the lists of candidates for council and Parliamentary seats

John Lennon is ordered to leave the US in 60 days

Presents arguments for workplace safety legislation built around recognised trade unions.

Produces Holiday for America, including the hit Tin Man.

Appointed Home Secretary, 2nd term

Pink Floyd abandon most of the Household Objects project and move toward new material

The February election produces a hung parliament and leads to a Labour minority government.

The House voted to authorized the Judiciary Committee to investigate grounds for impeaching president Nixon

Begins formal House Judiciary Committee hearings on evidence gathered in the Nixon impeachment inquiry.

Leads the House Judiciary Committee after the House authorizes a formal investigation into whether grounds exist to impeach President Nixon.

Immediately sworn in after Nixons resignation

The Budget raises direct taxation as part of an emergency response to inflation and borrowing.

Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh

The island nation of Grenada wins independence from Britain, includes the northern islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique

The island nation of Grenada wins independence from Britain, includes the northern islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Former White House counsel specializing in political affairs;

pleaded nolo contendere on June 3, 1974 to one charge of obstruction of justice, having persuaded prosecution to change the charge from one of which he believed himself innocent to another of which he believed himself guilty, in order to

testify freely.; sentenced to 1 to 3 years of prison and fined $5,000; Colson served seven months

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Former assistant to Nixon in charge of domestic affairs; faced a maximum of 25 years in prison and $40,000 in fines. Ehrlichman was convicted of conspiracy, obstruction of justice, perjury and other charges; he served 18 months in prison

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October. Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury

Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C. Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N. Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October. Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury

Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C. Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N. Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Former White House Counsel John Dean had taken a plea bargain back in October.

This record states: Haldeman, former Nixon aide John Ehrlichman, former White House counsel Charles Colson, White House Aide to Haldeman Gordon C.

This record states: Indictments were handed down for what the press dubs "the Watergate Seven": Former Attorney General and Nixon campaign manager John N.

This record states: Mitchell, former White House Chief of Staff H.R.

This record states: Nixon was named an "unindicted co-conspirator" by the grand jury.

This record states: Strachan, aide to Mitchell and CREEP counsel Robert Mardian, and CREEP counsel Kenneth Parkinson.

Repeals Edward Heath's Industrial Relations Act and restores Labour's preferred voluntary industrial relations framework.

Maintains industrial tribunals as the forum for key employment disputes after repeal of the 1971 Act.

Sets out institutional objectives intended to guide the military government.

Israel and Egypt sign a weapons accord

Attends talks with Wilson & Callaghan in London. Asks Britain to invade Cyprus & protect the Turkisk population but is refused support

Turkish establish beach-heads along the northern coast & near Nicosia

Ecevit asks Britain to support the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, no support is given

Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

The Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21, IRA bombs in British pubs killed 28 and wounded over 200 in the last 2 months

Government record concerning the IRA: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Government record concerning the IRA: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Historical IRA record under Labour Party Government: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

IRA context for Harold Wilson: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Government record concerning the IRA: The Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21, IRA bombs in British pubs killed 28 and wounded over 200 in the last 2 months

Historical IRA record under Labour Party Government: The Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21, IRA bombs in British pubs killed 28 and wounded over 200 in the last 2 months

IRA context for Harold Wilson: The Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21, IRA bombs in British pubs killed 28 and wounded over 200 in the last 2 months

Government record concerning the IRA: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Historical IRA record under Conservative Party Government: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

IRA context for Edward Richard George Heath: Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Government record concerning the IRA: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Historical IRA record under Labour Party Government: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

IRA context for Harold Wilson: Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Orders Nixon to comply with Jaworski's subpoena for sixty-four White House recordings and allows the president time to appeal.

Issues the House Judiciary Committee's subpoena to Nixon for recordings and materials considered necessary to the impeachment inquiry.

Peter Lorenz, the CDU candidate for Mayor of Berlin, is kidnapped

Mick Taylor announces his departure from the Rolling Stones.

The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal consent & for direct rule from Westminster

Tunisia held a legislative election under the Socialist Destourian Party government.

Begins the Leo Tindemans Government in Brussels and serves as Prime Minister of Belgium.

Saunders is appointed manager and begins rebuilding Aston Villa.

Elected onto the executive of the Greater London Labour Party (GLLP), responsible for drawing up the manifesto for the GLC Labour group and the lists of candidates for council and Parliamentary seats

Healey presents an emergency Budget combining tax increases with food subsidies and pension support.

Mariner 10 uses Venus for the first interplanetary gravity assist, placing the spacecraft on course for its first Mercury encounter.

Mariner 10 makes the first spacecraft flyby of Mercury, validating the trajectory that permits later repeat encounters.

Liz Taylors 5th divorce (Richard Burton)

Liz Taylors 5th divorce (Richard Burton)

Marries Margaret Sinclair, in secret

Elected Member of Parliament for Eastbourne

Elected Member of Parliament for South Down

Mariner 10 magnetometer observations reveal that Mercury possesses an intrinsic magnetic field strong enough to form a magnetosphere.

Faces a full national miners strike that deepens the Three Day Week and election crisis.

Appointed Secretary of State for Energy

Appointed Minister of Trade & Industry

Concludes the Nixon summit with a joint communiqué covering strategic arms, trade and international security.

Constitutional revisions formally identify the ruling movement with the state.

II participates in national development connected with Jordanian political and historical developments.

Abolishes the National Industrial Relations Court created under the Conservative industrial relations system.

Heads the National Political Consultative Council under the coalition settlement

Heads the National Political Consultative Council in the coalition arrangement

New constitution formalizes BSPP one-party socialist rule

Meets Nixon with Republican congressional leaders and makes clear that the president lacks sufficient support to survive the approaching impeachment process.

Delivers a nationally noted Judiciary Committee statement explaining the constitutional responsibility to judge evidence and determine whether Nixon committed impeachable offenses.

Hosts Richard Nixon for another summit focused on arms control, economic cooperation and détente.

Grants Richard Nixon a full, free and absolute pardon for federal offenses he committed or may have committed while president.

Defends Nixon before the Supreme Court, arguing that presidential confidentiality protects the subpoenaed Watergate recordings from judicial compulsion.

Gerry Fitt, the SDLP party leader, takes office as Deputy chief executive, taking Government alongside the Ulster Unionist Party (led by Brian Faulkner) and the Alliance Party but the Assembly and Executive are short-lived, collapsing after only four months due to sustained opposition from within the unionist community

SDLP leader Gerry Fitt became deputy chief executive in a power-sharing government with Brian Faulkner's Ulster Unionist Party and the Alliance Party.

The Assembly and Executive collapsed after four months because of sustained unionist opposition.

The SDLP is one of the parties involved in the negotiations that result in the Sunningdale Agreement, which in turn resulted in the establishment of a power-sharing executive.

Addresses a Unionist rally in Enniskillen and argues for Northern Ireland's place within the United Kingdom.

Healey introduces a second Budget to address inflation, taxation and the deteriorating economic position.

A simulated missile attack accidentally fed into the American early warning system fools operators, during the six minutes it takes to discover that the attack is not authentic, fighters from bases in the United States and Canada take off

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

India conducts its first nuclear test at Pokhran during Indira Gandhi's premiership.

India detonates a nuclear device underground at Pokhran in the test later known as Smiling Buddha.

France performs nuclear tests at Muruora Island

Brazil signs an agreement with West Germany to obtain significant nuclear technology, the United States objects, but can only persuade West Germany to impose safeguards

Bhutto accelerates Pakistan's nuclear-weapons effort after India's first nuclear test.

The IAEA launches the NUSS programme to develop internationally agreed safety standards for nuclear power plants.

Pleads guilty to obstruction of justice in a Watergate-related case, removing himself from the forthcoming cover-up trial.

Release the outtakes collection Odds and Sods.

Continues to face domestic political and economic consequences of the oil crisis after the war.

Releases On the Beach, a bleak and influential album from his mid-1970s period.

India conducts its first nuclear explosive test at Pokhran under the code name Smiling Buddha.

Holds extended discussions with Richard Nixon at the Soviet leadership residence in Crimea.

Given a pardon by Gerald ford for involvement in Watergate

Receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford

Accepts President Ford's pardon and states that he hopes the decision will help lift the burden of Watergate from the country.

Represents Ireland as leaders agree to establish regular meetings under the title European Council.

Represents Italy at the summit that establishes regular meetings under the title European Council.

Opens Parliament

Appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary

Takes responsibility for employment policy as Labour seeks voluntary wage restraint.

Healey becomes Chancellor as inflation and wage pressure dominate economic policy.

Created a life peer as Baron Gordon-Walker, of Leyton in Greater London

Created Baroness Falkender

PFLP terrorists take a school in Maalot, Israel, 26 people are killed including 21 children after an unsuccessful rescue attempt

Pioneer 11 obtains the most detailed spacecraft images then available of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.

Pioneer 11 passes closer to Jupiter than Pioneer 10 and surveys high latitudes.

Mission planners retarget Pioneer 11 to use Jupiter's gravity for a later encounter with Saturn.

Releases Planet Waves with the Band.

Raja Ramanna plays a leading scientific role in India's first underground nuclear test at Pokhran.

Asked by Wilson to create the Policy Unit, Wilson's "eyes & ears"

Founds the Policy Unit, Wilson's "eyes & ears"

Becomes increasingly isolated from Sirik Matak, Cheng Heng, and In Tam

Banzer bans major party and union activity as his dictatorship hardens

Ecevit asks Britain to support the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, no support is given

Asks Britain to invade Cyprus & protect the Turkisk population but is refused support

The Kinks release Preservation Act 2.

Isabel served as president from July 1, 1974 to March 24, 1976, the first non-royal female head of state and head of Government in the Western Hemisphere

Appointed President of Argentina after the death of Juan Domingo Peron

Appointed President of Austria

Appointed President of Austria

Appointed President of Brazil

Assumes the title President of the Republic while retaining command of the army.

Nominated Prime Minister of France by Giscard dEstaing

Appointed President of France

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed takes office as the fifth President of India.

Ceausescu is elected Romania's first president.

Appointed President of the USA, 38th President

Ne Win becomes President under the 1974 socialist constitution

Formally resigns the presidency in a letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, becoming the first United States president to leave office by resignation.

Is sworn in as president after Nixon's resignation and declares that the long national nightmare is over.

The Government maintains price controls and subsidies while seeking agreement on wage restraint.

Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection

Appointed Prime MInister of Ethiopia

Takes up office as the leader of the Northern Ireland Assembly

Appointed Prime Minister of Iceland

Golda Meir announces her resignation as Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin replaces Golda Meir. Appointed Prime Minister of Israel

Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli Government

Appointed Prime Minister of Japan

Manescu becomes prime minister after the presidency is created.

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey, 1st term

Appointed Prime Minister of Turkey

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 3rd term

Appointed Prime Minister of Great Britain, 4th term

Sein Win becomes Prime Minister under the new socialist constitution

Releases Rebel Rebel, a guitar-driven single that becomes one of his last major glam rock statements.

Bhutto's government establishes formal relations with independent Bangladesh.

Pakistan officially recognizes Bangladesh

Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation

Promises a referendum after renegotiating European Community membership.

Reforms the Government after the famine of 1973

At the Paris summit, Giscard supported creation of a Community fund to reduce regional economic disparities.

Plays keyboards on Relayer, the only Yes studio album featuring him.

Announces in a televised address that he will resign the presidency at noon the following day as congressional support collapses.

Resigns as Prime Minister after coalition talks fail and Labour forms a minority government.

No Party wins an election majority & negotiations with the Liberals break down. Coalition negotiations with leaders of the Liberal Party fail & Heath resigns as Prime Minister & is replaced by Harold Wilson & a minority Labour Government

Golda Meir announces her resignation as Prime Minister of Israel, Yitzhak Rabin replaces Golda Meir

Wilson announces his resignation

Resigns over the Lockheed scandal. Resigns as Prime Minister & Leader of the LDP but keeps his seat in the Diet

In total Best had made 466 appearances for Manchester United in all competitions from 1963 to 1974, and scored 178 goals (including six in one game against fourth division Northampton Town). Bests last competitive igame for Manchester United against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road

Moore plays his last game for West Ham in an FA Cup tie against Hereford United.

Retires from the House of Commons

Leaves the House of Commons after deciding not to contest the February general election.

It is announced that Mick Taylor will be leaving the Rolling Stones

Releases Roxy & Elsewhere, combining live performances with extensive studio editing and overdubbing.

Israel and Syria sign an agreement on the Golan Heights

The island nation of Grenada wins independence from Britain, includes the northern islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinique

The United Nations gives South Africa 6 months to transfer authority to South West Africa

Announces in Parliament will continue policies of the previous Government

The Northern Ireland Bill gets Royal consent & for Direct Rule from Westminster

Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster

Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"

Uses the Ali-Foreman heavyweight championship in Kinshasa to promote Zaire internationally.

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article accusing Nixon of abuse of presidential power.

Parliament adopts the Second Amendment defining the constitutional status of Ahmadis.

Begins his second period as Home Secretary in Harold Wilson's government.

Issues an additional subpoena for presidential conversations after concluding Nixon's earlier response did not satisfy the committee's evidentiary needs.

Pakistan hosts leaders of Muslim states at the Lahore Islamic Summit.

Mariner 10 returns to Mercury for a second flyby because its solar orbit is resonant with Mercury's orbital period.

Appointed Secretary of State for Trade & Industry

Appointed Secretary of State for Prices & Consumer Protection

Appointed Employment Secretary

Appointed Minister of Health & Social Security

Appointed Secretary of State for Social Services

Appointed Minister of the Environment

Scores seven goals as Poland finish third at the 1974 World Cup.

PFLP terrorists take a school in Maalot, Israel, 26 people are killed including 21 children after an unsuccessful rescue attempt

Issues a subpoena seeking sixty-four additional White House recordings for the Watergate grand jury and criminal prosecution.

Releases Smiler, his final Mercury-era studio album of the early 1970s.

India conducts the Smiling Buddha nuclear test at Pokhran on 18 May 1974.

India conducts its first nuclear explosive test, known as Smiling Buddha.

Releases transcripts of June 23, 1972 conversations showing his early participation in efforts to limit the FBI's Watergate funding investigation.

Begins implementing Labour's industrial relations programme with trade union support.

Helps deliver the Health and Safety at Work Act during the Social Contract period.

Uses workplace safety reform to show the social side of Labour's union bargain.

Healey frames his first Budget around inflation, subsidies and cooperation with unions.

Wilson forms a Labour government committed to a Social Contract with the trade unions.

Returns to office promising a different relationship with organised labour.

Wins the October election while relying on continued union cooperation.

Appointed Speaker of the House of Commons

Calls a state of emergencey after violence & strikes by the Ulster Workers Council

The 3 day week & the state of emergency ends

Paisley is subdued and thrown out of the Stormont Assembly by members of the RUC

Issues a joint statement with Gerald Ford setting prospective limits on strategic nuclear delivery systems.

The elections main issues are the miners strike & "who governs Britain". An error is reported in the NCBs claim miners earn +8% national average, it is -8%

Calls a state of emergencey after violence & strikes by the Ulster Workers Council

Says in Parliament road blocks cause supplies not to get to some Catholic areas

The miners strike is brought to an end by agreeing to their terms

The 3 day week & the state of emergency ends

The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland

Hosts the EC Paris Summit. Declares Heads of State should meet more frequently

The SDLP is one of the parties involved in the negotiations that result in the Sunningdale Agreement, which in turn resulted in the establishment of a power-sharing executive

Unionist opposition, Provisional IRA violence & finally a loyalist general strike cause the collapse of the Agreement

Leads a deputation of the Ulster Workers Council to wishing to destroy the agreement

The Ulster Workers Union will strike if the North Ireland Assembly supports Sunningdale

The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland

John Denver reaches the top spot on the US charts with, "Sunshine On My Shoulders"

Assumes executive power under the title Supreme Chief of the Nation.

Helps establish Swan Song Records for Led Zeppelin and allied artists.

Launches Swan Song Records as Led Zeppelin's own label.

Announces that edited transcripts of subpoenaed Watergate conversations will be released while refusing to surrender all original recordings demanded by the House committee.

1st visit to Ulster, asseses power sharing, the extent of terrorism & local support

Makes a report to the Commons about the IRAs intentions to take over parts of Belfast

Directs The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser.

Contributes keyboards and composition to the ambitious double album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Leads the concept and story for The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

Adds guitar textures to The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway and its demanding stage presentation.

Plays bass and guitar on The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway during the Gabriel-era peak.

Chairs the Judiciary Committee as it approves an article charging Nixon with contempt of Congress for defying committee subpoenas.

Implements the Three Day Week as Britain limits commercial electricity use to conserve power during the miners dispute.

Implements the Three Day Week to conserve electricity during the miners dispute.

Commercial electricity use is restricted to three consecutive days during the miners' dispute.

Signs the Threshold Test Ban Treaty limiting underground nuclear weapon tests.

Signs the Threshold Test Ban Treaty limiting underground nuclear weapon tests to yields of 150 kilotons or less.

Restores statutory immunities for trade unions acting in contemplation or furtherance of trade disputes.

Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 receives Royal Assent, repealing the Industrial Relations Act 1971.

Restores a legal framework recognising trade unions and employers associations outside the 1971 registration system.

Healey becomes Chancellor of the Exchequer when Labour returns to government.

The Threshold Test Ban Treaty (TTBT) , the Treaty limits nuclear test explosion to under 150 kilotons (over ten times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb)

The House Judiciary Committee opens impeachment hearings on Nixon

Shaw was engaged in a $5 million suit against Garrison and members of an organization, Truth and Consequences Inc., that financed Garrisons investigation. With no surviving relatives, the United States Supreme Court dismissed the suit in 1978

Coaches Real Madrid to a 4-0 Spanish Cup final victory over Barcelona.

Addresses a public meeting in Banbridge on Ulster's constitutional position within the United Kingdom.

The Ulster Workers Union will strike if the North Ireland Assembly supports Sunningdale

The Ulster Workers Union calls for a total stoppage in Northern Ireland

Is secretly named by the Watergate grand jury as an unindicted co-conspirator in the alleged cover-up while still serving as president.

Announces the Supreme Court's unanimous decision requiring Nixon to provide subpoenaed recordings, rejecting an absolute presidential privilege against judicial process.

Argues before the Supreme Court that the criminal justice process requires access to subpoenaed presidential recordings despite Nixon's executive privilege claim.

Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"

President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union

Agrees with Gerald Ford on a framework for a future SALT II treaty.

Vorster declares in the Senate South Africa will not interfere in other African nations. Declares in the Senate South Africa is prepared to enter into non-aggression pacts

Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges", a duet with Elton John on the #1 hit "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night", the album is released under the name "the Plastic Ono Band". John Lennon records his Walls and Bridges album, he claims to have written ten of the songs in a single week

The House voted to authorized the Judiciary Committee to investigate grounds for impeaching president Nixon

The US Grand Jury says Nixon is involved in the Watergate cover-up

Faced with the threat of impeachment

Submits the Senate Watergate Committee's final report with recommendations on campaign finance, a permanent special prosecutor and congressional legal authority.

Is indicted with senior former Nixon aides in the Watergate cover-up case brought by the federal grand jury.

Is indicted with senior former administration officials as prosecutors bring charges over the Watergate cover-up.

Is indicted by the Watergate grand jury for alleged participation in the conspiracy and cover-up following the Democratic headquarters burglary.

Is indicted in the Watergate cover-up case alongside former administration and campaign officials.

Is indicted with other former Nixon aides on charges arising from the Watergate cover-up and conspiracy to obstruct the investigation.

Is indicted in the federal Watergate cover-up case with other former Nixon administration and campaign figures.

Is indicted as one of the defendants in the federal Watergate cover-up prosecution involving senior Nixon administration and campaign officials.

Joins a unanimous committee decision to end public Watergate hearings and complete remaining work privately while criminal and impeachment proceedings continue.

Refers to the seven advisors and aides to United States President Richard M. Nixon who were indicted by a grand jury on March 1, 1974 for their role in the Watergate scandal.

The grand jury also named Nixon an unindicted conspirator. The indictments marked the first time in U.S. history that a president was so named

A member of the Watergate Seven, who were indicted by a federal grand jury on March 1, 1974

Pursues Nixon's appeal against Judge Sirica's order requiring production of subpoenaed recordings sought by Special Prosecutor Jaworski.

Provides more than twelve hundred pages of edited presidential conversation transcripts to the House Judiciary Committee and makes them public.

Lennon releases "Walls and Bridges", a duet with Elton John on the #1 hit "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night", the album is released under the name "the Plastic Ono Band". John Lennon records his Walls and Bridges album, he claims to have written ten of the songs in a single week

The White House releases more than 1,200 pages of edited transcripts of the Nixon tapes to the House Judiciary Committee, but the committee insists that the tapes themselves must be turned over

Calls a general election asking voters who governs Britain amid union confrontation.

Karamanlis withdraws Greece from NATO's integrated military command after the Cyprus crisis.

Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"

Guides the Netherlands to the World Cup final, where West Germany wins 2-1.

Scores a second-minute penalty before West Germany have touched the ball.

Youngest head of State in France since Louis Napoleon, 1848

Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow is released and reaches number 12 in Britain.

Birth of Nicole Marie Appleton-Gallagher

Birth of Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams

Birth of Robert Peter Williams, later singer with Take That and a major British solo artist.

Birth of sextuplets, worlds 1st sextuplets

Death of Clay Shaw

Death of Creighton Abrams

Death of Fritz Zwicky

Death of Georges Pompidou

Death of Holger Meins, dies of self-induced starvation

Death of Juan Peron

Former president Mamerto Urriolagoitia Harriague dies in Sucre.

Dies from liver cancer at the age of sixty-six.