Pardon
Given a pardon by Gerald ford for involvement in Watergate
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Historical records for United States of America in 1974
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September
Pardon
Receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford.
Pardon Accepted
Accepts President Ford's pardon and states that he hopes the decision will help lift the burden of Watergate from the country.
Watergate
Nixon receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford.
Watergate
Nixon receives a "full, complete & absolute pardon" from Gerald Ford.
Roxy & Elsewhere
Releases Roxy & Elsewhere, combining live performances with extensive studio editing and overdubbing.
Clemency Program
Announces conditional clemency for Vietnam-era draft evaders and military deserters
October
Rumble In The Jungle
Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"
Victory-Ali
Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"
World Champion
Ali regains his title by defeating champion George Foreman in their bizarre bout in Kinshasa, Zaire, hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle"
November
Watergate Conviction Appeal Decision
The United States Court of Appeals rejects Liddy's arguments and affirms his convictions arising from the Democratic National Committee burglary and wiretapping.
Nuclear Power
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
Nuclear Power
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
SALT
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
Vladivostok Accord
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
J-Psi Discovery
Leads the team that discovers the J/psi particle using high-energy particle interactions.
December
First Jupiter Polar Images
Pioneer 11 returns the first close spacecraft views of Jupiter's polar regions.
Pioneer 11 Great Red Spot Imaging
Pioneer 11 obtains the most detailed spacecraft images then available of Jupiter's Great Red Spot.
Pioneer 11 Jupiter Flyby
Pioneer 11 passes closer to Jupiter than Pioneer 10 and surveys high latitudes.
Private Gold Ownership Legalised
Federal restrictions on private ownership of monetary gold end, allowing Americans to hold bullion again without restoring any obligation to redeem dollars in gold.
Other events (month unknown)
ABM Treaty
The 1974 Protocol reduces the number of sites to one per party, largely because neither country had developed a second site, the sites are Moscow for the USSR and Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota
Adoption
His father leaves his mother when Lance is two years old, his mother marries Terry Keith Armstrong, who adopts Lance in 1974
Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore
Directs, Alice Doesnt Live Here Anymore
All the President's Men Publication
Bernstein and Bob Woodward publish All the President's Men, their account of reporting the Watergate investigation and the development of the scandal.
Apostrophe Reaches Billboard Top Ten
Reaches the Billboard album Top Ten with Apostrophe ('), his highest-charting album in the United States.
BAFTA
Wins the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
Best of My Love
Sings Best of My Love, giving Eagles their first number one single in the United States.
Binary Pulsar
Discovers the Hulse-Taylor binary pulsar, a strong-field test of relativistic gravity.
Binary Pulsar
Hulse discovers a binary pulsar that provides an indirect test of gravitational wave emission
Binary Pulsar
Analyzes the binary pulsar whose orbital decay later confirms gravitational wave emission.
Binary Pulsar
Taylor studies the binary pulsar whose orbital decay later confirms energy loss by gravitational waves
Binary Pulsar Radar Analogy
Arecibo observations extend precision timing methods beyond radar astronomy.
Blazing Saddles
Stars in Blazing Saddles
Blood on the Tracks
Releases Album, "Blood on the Tracks"
Budget
The House of Representatives rejects Nixon's $474M increase in military aid to Saigon
California Split Film
Robert Altman directed California Split in 1974, a comedy-drama following gamblers and friendship around poker tables.
Caloris Basin
Mariner 10 imagery reveals the immense Caloris impact basin and surrounding tectonic terrain on Mercury.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
In a Time article, Sturgis claims that the Watergate burglars had been instructed to find a particular document in the Democratic Party offices.
Chief of Staff
Appointed White House Chief of Staff
Commander in Chief
Appointed Commander in Chief of the US forces in Europe
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