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  • Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
    1974
    Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

    The Head of The Beyoğlu youth branch of The Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP)

    Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey
    1974

    Erdoğan engaged in politics by joining the National Turkish Student Union, an anti-communist action group. In 1974, he wrote, directed and played the lead role in the play Maskomya, which presented Freemasonry, Communism and Judaism as evil. In 1976, he became the head of the Beyoğlu youth branch of the Islamist National Salvation Party (MSP). and was later promoted to chair of the Istanbul youth branch of the party.




  • Israel
    1974
    Shimon Peres

    Information Minister

    Israel
    1974

    In 1974, after a period as Information Minister.




  • Cairo, Egypt
    1974
    Ayman al-Zawahiri

    Graduation

    Cairo, Egypt
    1974

    Ayman al-Zawahiri was reportedly a studious youth. Ayman excelled in school, loved poetry, and "hated violent sports" — which he thought were "inhumane." Al-Zawahiri studied medicine at Cairo University and graduated in 1974 with gayyid giddan, then earned a master's degree in surgery In 1978.




  • Barcelona, Spain
    1974
    Johan Cruyff

    European Footballer of the Year

    Barcelona, Spain
    1974

    In 1974 Cruyff was crowned European Footballer of the Year.




  • Kosovo
    Tuesday Jan 1, 1974
    Kosovo War

    Kosovo was declared a Province

    Kosovo
    Tuesday Jan 1, 1974

    In 1974 Kosovo's political status improved further when a new Yugoslav constitution granted an expanded set of political rights. Along with Vojvodina, Kosovo was declared a province and gained many of the powers of a fully-fledged republic: a seat on the federal presidency and its own assembly, police force and national bank.




  • North America
    1974
    BMW

    The Ultimate Driving Machine

    North America
    1974

    The slogan ’The Ultimate Driving Machine’ was first used in North America in 1974.




  • Brazil
    1974
    Lula da Silva

    Second Marriage

    Brazil
    1974

    In 1974, Lula married Marisa Letícia Rocco Casa, a widow with whom he then had three sons.


  • U.S.
    1974
    Visa Inc.

    International Bankcard Company (IBANCO), a multinational member corporation, was founded in order to manage the international BankAmericard program

    U.S.
    1974

    As a result, in 1974, the International Bankcard Company (IBANCO), a multinational member corporation, was founded in order to manage the international BankAmericard program.


  • Jamaica
    1974
    Bob Marley

    The Wailers disbanded

    Jamaica
    1974

    The Wailers disbanded in 1974, with each of the three main members pursuing a solo career. Despite the break-up, Marley continued recording as "Bob Marley & The Wailers".


  • Colombia
    1974
    Colombian conflict

    The 19th of April Movement

    Colombia
    1974

    By 1974, another challenge to the state's authority and legitimacy had come from the 19th of April Movement (M-19), leading to a new phase in the conflict. The M-19 was a mostly urban guerrilla group, founded in response to an electoral fraud during the final National Front election of Misael Pastrana Borrero (1970–1974) and the forced removal of former president Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.


  • Paris, France
    1974
    Bernard Arnault

    Férinel

    Paris, France
    1974

    Using the name Férinel, the new company developed a specialty in holiday accommodation. Arnault Named the Director of Company Development in 1974.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974
    World Bank

    Bank concentrated on meeting the basic needs of people in the developing world

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974

    From 1974 to 1980 the bank concentrated on meeting the basic needs of people in the developing world. The size and number of loans to borrowers was greatly increased as loan targets expanded from infrastructure into social services and other sectors.


  • France
    1974
    The Great Pyramid

    Joseph Davidovits

    France
    1974

    In 1974, a French scientist Joseph Davidovits gave a theory and stated that the pyramid blocks had been poured into the site using a type of concrete and the cover stones were also man-made. But the sample analysis of the stone does not support this theory.


  • South Vietnam
    Friday Jan 4, 1974
    Vietnam War

    President Thieu announced that the war had restarted

    South Vietnam
    Friday Jan 4, 1974

    After two clashes that left 55 South Vietnamese soldiers dead, President Thieu announced on 4 January 1974, that the war had restarted and that the Paris Peace Accord was no longer in effect. This was despite there being over 25,000 South Vietnamese casualties during the ceasefire period.


  • California, U.S.
    Jan, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Ted abruptly broke off all contact

    California, U.S.
    Jan, 1974

    In January 1974, however, Ted abruptly broke off all contact. Her phone calls and letters went unreturned. Finally reaching him by phone a month later, Brooks demanded to know why Bundy had unilaterally ended their relationship without explanation. In a flat, calm voice, he replied, "Stephanie, I have no idea what you mean" and hung up. She never heard from him again. He later explained, "I just wanted to prove to myself that I could have married her". Brooks concluded in retrospect that he had deliberately planned the entire courtship and rejection in advance as vengeance for the breakup she initiated in 1968.


  • Washington, U.S.
    Friday Jan 4, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Karen Sparks

    Washington, U.S.
    Friday Jan 4, 1974

    Shortly after midnight on January 4, 1974 (around the time that he terminated his relationship with Brooks), Bundy entered the basement apartment of 18-year-old Karen Sparks (identified as Joni Lenz, Mary Adams, and Terri Caldwell by various sources), a dancer and student at UW. After bludgeoning Sparks senseless with a metal rod from her bed frame, he sexually assaulted her with either the same rod, or a metal speculum, causing extensive internal injuries. She remained unconscious for 10 days, but survived with permanent physical and mental disabilities.


  • U.S.
    Sunday Jan 6, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Year-round daylight saving time was implemented

    U.S.
    Sunday Jan 6, 1974

    Year-round daylight saving time was implemented from January 6, 1974, to October 27, 1975, with a break between October 27, 1974, and February 23, 1975, when the country observed standard time. Parents complained loudly that it forced many children to travel to school before sunrise. The prior rules were restored in 1976.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Monday Jan 7, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC decides to freeze prices until April 1

    Vienna, Austria
    Monday Jan 7, 1974

    OPEC decides to freeze prices until April 1.


  • U.S.
    1974
    Halloween

    New York Halloween Parade

    U.S.
    1974

    The yearly New York Halloween Parade, begun in 1974 by puppeteer and mask maker Ralph Lee of Greenwich Village, is the world's largest Halloween parade and America's only major nighttime parade, attracting more than 60,000 costumed participants, two million spectators, and a worldwide television audience of over 100 million.


  • Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 22, 1974
    Nike, Inc.

    Registering The Swoosh With The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

    Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
    Tuesday Jan 22, 1974

    The Swoosh was registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on January 22, 1974.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974
    Library of Congress

    Mumford retired

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974

    Mumford retired in 1974.


  • New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 28, 1974
    Muhammad Ali Clay

    Super Fight II

    New York, U.S.
    Monday Jan 28, 1974

    The second of the three Ali–Frazier bouts, it took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 28, 1974. Ali won in 12 rounds.


  • Kuwait
    Tuesday Jan 29, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Kuwait announces 60 percent government participation in BP-Gulf concession

    Kuwait
    Tuesday Jan 29, 1974

    Kuwait announces 60 percent government participation in BP-Gulf concession; Qatar follows on February 20.


  • Nigeria
    Thursday Jan 31, 1974
    Magdi Yacoub

    Performing The First Open Heart Surgery in Nigeria

    Nigeria
    Thursday Jan 31, 1974

    As a visiting professor to the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Yacoub, Fabian Udekwu, C. H Anyanwu, FRCS and others performed the first open heart surgery in Nigeria in 1974.


  • Washington, U.S.
    Friday Feb 1, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Lynda Ann Healy

    Washington, U.S.
    Friday Feb 1, 1974

    In the early morning hours of February 1, Bundy broke into the basement room of Lynda Ann Healy, a UW undergraduate who broadcast morning radio weather reports for skiers. He beat her unconscious, dressed her in blue jeans, a white blouse, and boots, and carried her away.


  • United Kingdom
    1974
    Internet

    X.25 formed the basis for the SERCnet network between British academic and research sites

    United Kingdom
    1974

    Based on international research initiatives, particularly the contributions of Rémi Després, packet switching network standards were developed by the International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (ITU-T) in the form of X.25 and related standards. X.25 is built on the concept of virtual circuits emulating traditional telephone connections. In 1974, X.25 formed the basis for the SERCnet network between British academic and research sites, which later became JANET. The initial ITU Standard on X.25 was approved in March 1976.


  • U.S.
    1974
    Internet

    Stemming from the first specifications of TCP

    U.S.
    1974

    Stemming from the first specifications of TCP in 1974, TCP/IP emerged in 1978 in nearly its final form, as used for the first decades of the Internet. which is described in IETF publication RFC 791 (September 1981).


  • U.S.
    Monday Feb 11, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Kissinger unveils the Project Independence plan for US energy independence

    U.S.
    Monday Feb 11, 1974

    Kissinger unveils the Project Independence plan for US energy independence.


  • Middle East
    Feb, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Heads of the state of Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia discuss oil strategy in view of the progress in Arab-Israeli disengagement

    Middle East
    Feb, 1974

    Heads of the state of Algeria, Egypt, Syria, and Saudi Arabia discuss oil strategy in view of the progress in Arab-Israeli disengagement.


  • U.S.
    Feb, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Washington Energy Conference opens

    U.S.
    Feb, 1974

    Washington Energy Conference opens. Attended by 13 industrial and oil-producing nations. Called by the U.S. to resolve the international energy problems through economic cooperation among nations. Henry Kissinger unveils Nixon Administration's seven-point "Project Independence" plan to make the U.S. energy independent. Libya nationalizes three U.S. oil companies that had not agreed to 51 percent nationalization in September.


  • Les Jolies Eaux St Vincent and the Grenadines
    1974
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Margaret invited him as a guest to Les Jolies Eaux

    Les Jolies Eaux St Vincent and the Grenadines
    1974

    Llewellyn was 17 years her junior. In 1974, Margaret invited him as a guest to Les Jolies Eaux, the holiday home she had built on Mustique. It was the first of several visits. Margaret described their relationship as "a loving friendship". Once, when Llewellyn left on an impulsive trip to Turkey, Margaret became emotionally distraught and took an overdose of sleeping tablets. "I was so exhausted because of everything", she later said, "that all I wanted to do was sleep". As she recovered, her ladies-in-waiting kept Lord Snowdon away from her, afraid that seeing him would distress her further.


  • U.S.
    1974
    1973 oil crisis

    National maximum speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h)

    U.S.
    1974

    To help reduce consumption, in 1974 a national maximum speed limit of 55 mph (89 km/h) was imposed through the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act. Development of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve began in 1975, and in 1977 the cabinet-level Department of Energy was created, followed by the National Energy Act of 1978.


  • U.S.
    1974
    1973 oil crisis

    NASCAR reduced all race distances by 10%

    U.S.
    1974

    Although not regulated by the new legislation, auto racing groups voluntarily began conserving. In 1974, NASCAR reduced all race distances by 10%; the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring race were canceled.


  • United Kingdom
    Thursday Feb 28, 1974
    Brexit

    Labour Party won the February 1974 general election

    United Kingdom
    Thursday Feb 28, 1974

    The opposition Labour Party won the February 1974 general election without a majority and then contested the subsequent October 1974 general election with a commitment to renegotiate Britain's terms of membership of the EC, believing them to be unfavorable, and then hold a referendum on whether to remain in the EC on the new terms.


  • Oise, North East of Paris, France
    Sunday Mar 3, 1974
    Plane Accidents

    Turkish Airlines Flight 981

    Oise, North East of Paris, France
    Sunday Mar 3, 1974

    The Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, crashed in a forest northeast of Paris, France On March 3, 1974. The London-bound plane crashed shortly after taking off from Orly airport. All 346 people on board died. It was later determined that the cargo door detached, which caused an explosive decompression; this caused the floor just above to collapse. The collapsed floor severed the control cables, which left the pilots without control of the elevators, the rudder, and the second engine. The plane entered a steep dive and crashed. It is currently the deadliest single-aircraft crash with no survivors.


  • West of Suez Canal, Egypt
    Tuesday Mar 5, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Israel withdraws the last of its troops from the west side of the Suez Canal

    West of Suez Canal, Egypt
    Tuesday Mar 5, 1974

    Israel withdraws the last of its troops from the west side of the Suez Canal.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 8, 1974
    Freddie Mercury

    Queen II

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Friday Mar 8, 1974

    Mercury also wrote six songs from Queen II which deal with multiple key changes and complex material. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", on the other hand, contains only a few chords. Although Mercury often wrote very intricate harmonies, he claimed that he could barely read music.


  • Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 12, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Donna Gail Manson

    Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 12, 1974

    During the first half of 1974, female college students disappeared at the rate of about one per month. On March 12, Donna Gail Manson, a 19-year-old student at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, 60 miles (95 km) southwest of Seattle, left her dormitory to attend a jazz concert on campus but never arrived.


  • Tokyo and Moscow
    1974
    Mona Lisa

    The painting was exhibited in Tokyo and Moscow

    Tokyo and Moscow
    1974

    In 1974, the painting was exhibited in Tokyo and Moscow.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 18, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    All except Libya

    Vienna, Austria
    Monday Mar 18, 1974

    Arab oil ministers announced the end of the embargo against the United States, all except Libya.


  • Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
    1974
    Hillsborough events

    High steel fencing

    Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom
    1974

    At the time of the disaster, most English football stadiums had high steel fencing between the spectators and the playing field in response to pitch invasions. Hooliganism had affected the sport for some years, and was particularly virulent in England. From 1974, when these security standards were put in place, crushes occurred in several English stadiums.


  • U.S.
    Mar, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    The crisis eased when the embargo was lifted in March 1974

    U.S.
    Mar, 1974

    The crisis eased when the embargo was lifted in March 1974 after negotiations at the Washington Oil Summit, but the effects lingered throughout the 1970s. The dollar price of energy increased again the following year, amid the weakening competitive position of the dollar in world markets.


  • California, U.S.
    Apr, 1974
    Microprocessor

    The Intel 8080

    California, U.S.
    Apr, 1974

    The 8008 was the precursor to the successful Intel 8080 (1974), which offered improved performance over the 8008 and required fewer support chips. Federico Faggin conceived and designed it using high voltage N channel MOS.


  • Geneva, Switzerland
    Apr, 1974
    United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

    Gamani Corea

    Geneva, Switzerland
    Apr, 1974

    Gamani Corea was the Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development and Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1974 to 1984.


  • Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Apr, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy had stopped attending classes at law school

    Seattle, Washington, U.S.
    Apr, 1974

    By then, Bundy had begun skipping classes at law school. By April, he had stopped attending entirely, as young women began to disappear in the Pacific Northwest.


  • Odessa, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Apr 8, 1974
    American Sniper: Christopher Scott Kyle

    Birth

    Odessa, Texas, U.S.
    Monday Apr 8, 1974

    Kyle was born in Odessa, Texas, the first of two boys born to Deby Lynn (née Mercer) and Wayne Kenneth Kyle, a Sunday school teacher and deacon.


  • Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 17, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Susan Elaine

    Ellensburg, Washington, U.S.
    Wednesday Apr 17, 1974

    On April 17, Susan Elaine Rancourt disappeared while on her way to her dorm room after an evening advisors' meeting at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg, 110 miles (175 km) east-southeast of Seattle. Two female Central Washington students later came forward to report encounters—one on the night of Rancourt's disappearance, the other three nights earlier—with a man wearing an arm sling, asking for help carrying a load of books to his brown or tan Volkswagen Beetle.


  • Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Sunday Apr 21, 1974
    Mona Lisa

    The painting was on display at the Tokyo National Museum

    Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan
    Sunday Apr 21, 1974

    On 21 April 1974, while the painting was on display at the Tokyo National Museum, a woman sprayed it with red paint as a protest against that museum's failure to provide access for disabled people.


  • Portugal
    Thursday Apr 25, 1974
    Xanana Gusmão

    The Coup In Portugal

    Portugal
    Thursday Apr 25, 1974

    It was in 1974 that a coup in Portugal resulted in the beginning of decolonisation for Portuguese Timor, and shortly afterwards the Governor Mário Lemos Pires announced plans to grant the colony independence.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    1974
    Freddie Mercury

    Kenny Everett met Mercury in 1974

    London, England, United Kingdom
    1974

    Radio disc jockey Kenny Everett met Mercury in 1974, when he invited the singer onto his Capital London breakfast show.


  • Olympia, Washington, U.S.
    1974
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy met and dated Carole Ann Boone

    Olympia, Washington, U.S.
    1974

    Bundy was working in Olympia as the Assistant Director of the Seattle Crime Prevention Advisory Commission (where he wrote a pamphlet for women on rape prevention). Later, he worked at the Department of Emergency Services (DES), a state government agency involved in the search for the missing women. At DES he met and dated Carole Ann Boone, a twice-divorced mother of two who, six years later, would play an important role in the final phase of his life.


  • Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
    Monday May 6, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Roberta Kathleen Parks

    Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.
    Monday May 6, 1974

    On May 6, Roberta Kathleen Parks left her dormitory at Oregon State University in Corvallis, 85 miles (135 km) south of Portland, to have coffee with friends at the Memorial Union, but never arrived.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 9, 1974
    Richard Nixon

    Opening The Impeachment Hearings against The President

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Thursday May 9, 1974

    The House Judiciary Committee opened impeachment hearings against the President on May 9, 1974, which were televised on the major TV networks. These hearings culminated in votes for impeachment.


  • Yugoslavia
    Thursday May 16, 1974
    Josip Broz Tito

    The new Constitution was passed

    Yugoslavia
    Thursday May 16, 1974

    On 16 May 1974, the new Constitution was passed, and the 82-year old Tito was named president for life, a status that he would enjoy for the rest of his life.


  • India
    Saturday May 18, 1974
    Nuclear Power

    First nuclear weapon test in India

    India
    Saturday May 18, 1974

    India has conducted nuclear weapons tests in a pair of series namely Pokhran I and Pokhran II. India has signed neither the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty nor the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, considering both to be flawed and discriminatory.


  • U.S.
    May, 1974
    Joe Biden

    Biden voted to table a proposal containing anti-busing

    U.S.
    May, 1974

    In May 1974, Biden voted to table a proposal containing anti-busing and anti-desegregation clauses but later voted for a modified version containing a qualification that it was not intended to weaken the judiciary's power to enforce the 5th Amendment and 14th Amendment.


  • U.S.
    Friday May 31, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Diplomacy by Kissinger produces a disengagement agreement on the Syrian front

    U.S.
    Friday May 31, 1974

    Diplomacy by Kissinger produces a disengagement agreement on the Syrian front.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Jun, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Arab oil ministers decide to end most restrictions on exports of oil to the United States

    Vienna, Austria
    Jun, 1974

    Arab oil ministers decide to end most restrictions on exports of oil to the United States but continue embargo against the Netherlands, Portugal, South Africa, and Rhodesia.


  • Burien, Washington, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 1, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Brenda Carol Ball

    Burien, Washington, U.S.
    Saturday Jun 1, 1974

    On June 1, Brenda Carol Ball, 22, disappeared after leaving the Flame Tavern in Burien, near Seattle–Tacoma International Airport. She was last seen in the parking lot, talking to a brown-haired man with his arm in a sling.


  • K.S.A.
    Tuesday Jun 11, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Saudi Arabia announces that it will increase its participation in Aramco to 60 percent

    K.S.A.
    Tuesday Jun 11, 1974

    Saudi Arabia announces that it will increase its participation in Aramco to 60 percent. Abu Dhabi and Kuwait follow in September. Increases are retroactive to January 1.


  • Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 11, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Georgann Hawkins

    Washington, U.S.
    Tuesday Jun 11, 1974

    In the early hours of June 11, UW student Georgann Hawkins vanished while walking down a brightly lit alley between her boyfriend's dormitory residence and her sorority house. The next morning, three Seattle homicide detectives and a criminalist combed the entire alleyway on their hands and knees, finding nothing. After Hawkins' disappearance was publicized, witnesses came forward to report seeing a man that night who was in an alley behind a nearby dormitory. He was on crutches with a leg cast and was struggling to carry a briefcase. One woman recalled that the man asked her to help him carry the case to his car, a light brown Volkswagen Beetle.


  • U.S.
    Jun, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    IMF establishes its "oil facility"

    U.S.
    Jun, 1974

    IMF establishes its "oil facility," a special fund for loans to nations whose balance of payments has been severely affected by high oil prices.


  • London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Jun 17, 1974
    The palace of Westminster England

    Bomb planted by the Provisional IRA

    London, England, United Kingdom
    Monday Jun 17, 1974

    On 17 June 1974, a 9-kilogram (20 lb) bomb planted by the Provisional IRA exploded in Westminster Hall. The explosion and the resulting fire, which was fed by a ruptured gas main, injured 11 people and caused extensive damage.


  • Yalta, U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Jun 27, 1974
    Richard Nixon

    The Second visit to The Soviet Union

    Yalta, U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Jun 27, 1974

    During the previous two years, Nixon had made considerable progress in U.S.-Soviet relations, and he embarked on a second trip to the Soviet Union in 1974. He arrived in Moscow on June 27 to a welcome ceremony, cheering crowds, and a state dinner at the Grand Kremlin Palace that evening. Nixon and Brezhnev met in Yalta, where they discussed a proposed mutual defense pact, détente, and MIRVs. Nixon considered proposing a comprehensive test-ban treaty, but he felt that he would not have time to complete it during his presidency. There were no significant breakthroughs in these negotiations.


  • Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Oregon banned Christmas and commercial lighting altogether

    Oregon, U.S.
    Jun, 1974

    The average US retail price of a gallon of regular gasoline rose 43% from 38.5¢ in May 1973 to 55.1¢ in June 1974. State governments asked citizens not to put up Christmas lights. Oregon banned Christmas and commercial lighting altogether. Politicians called for a national gasoline rationing program.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974
    Library of Congress

    Gerald Ford appointed Daniel J. Boorstin as librarian

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    1974

    Gerald Ford appointed Daniel J. Boorstin as librarian.


  • Houston, Texas, U.S.
    1974
    Juneteenth

    Houston began holding large-scale celebrations again

    Houston, Texas, U.S.
    1974

    In 1974, Houston began holding large-scale celebrations again.


  • Munich, Germany
    Sunday Jul 7, 1974
    Johan Cruyff

    1974 World Cup

    Munich, Germany
    Sunday Jul 7, 1974

    Cruyff led the Netherlands to a runners-up medal to West Germany in the 1974 World Cup and was named player of the tournament.


  • Kuwait
    Jul, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    OAPEC lifts the embargo against the Netherlands

    Kuwait
    Jul, 1974

    OAPEC lifts the embargo against the Netherlands.


  • Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 14, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Two women from Issaquah

    Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
    Sunday Jul 14, 1974

    The Pacific Northwest murders culminated on July 14, with the broad daylight abductions of two women from a crowded beach at Lake Sammamish State Park in Issaquah, a suburb 20 miles (30 km) east of Seattle. Five female witnesses described an attractive young man wearing a white tennis outfit with his left arm in a sling, speaking with a light accent, perhaps Canadian or British. Introducing himself as "Ted," he asked their help in unloading a sailboat from his tan or bronze-colored Volkswagen Beetle. Four refused; one accompanied him as far as his car, saw that there was no sailboat, and fled. Three additional witnesses saw him approach Janice Anne Ott, 23, a probation caseworker at the King County Juvenile Court, with the sailboat story, and watched her leave the beach in his company. About four hours later, Denise Marie Naslund, a 19-year-old woman who was studying to become a computer programmer, left a picnic to go to the restroom and never returned. Bundy told both Stephen Michaud and William Hagmaier that Ott was still alive when he returned with Naslund—and that he forced one to watch as he murdered the other—but he later denied it in an interview with Lewis on the eve of his execution.


  • The Supreme Court, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jul 24, 1974
    Richard Nixon

    The Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Wednesday Jul 24, 1974

    On July 24, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the full tapes, not just selected transcripts, must be released.


  • Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Aug, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy received a second acceptance from the University of Utah Law School

    Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Aug, 1974

    In August 1974, Bundy received a second acceptance from the University of Utah Law School and moved to Salt Lake City, leaving Kloepfer in Seattle. While he called Kloepfer often, he dated "at least a dozen" other women.


  • Washington, U.S.
    1974
    Ted Bundy

    A Suspect

    Washington, U.S.
    1974

    King County police, finally armed with a detailed description of their suspect and his car, posted fliers throughout the Seattle area. A composite sketch was printed in regional newspapers and broadcast on local television stations. Elizabeth Kloepfer, Ann Rule, a DES employee, and a UW psychology professor all recognized the profile, the sketch, and the car, and reported Bundy as a possible suspect; but detectives—who were receiving up to 200 tips per day—thought it unlikely that a clean-cut law student with no adult criminal record could be the perpetrator.


  • The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Aug 9, 1974
    Richard Nixon

    Resignation

    The White House, Washington D.C., U.S.
    Friday Aug 9, 1974

    In light of his loss of political support and the near-certainty that he would be impeached and removed from office, Nixon resigned the presidency on August 9, 1974, after addressing the nation on television the previous evening.The resignation speech was delivered from the Oval Office and was carried live on radio and television. Nixon stated that he was resigning for the good of the country and asked the nation to support the new president.


  • Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Wednesday Aug 21, 1974
    Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan

    The Treaty of Jeddah

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
    Wednesday Aug 21, 1974

    In 1974, Zayed settled the outstanding border dispute with Saudi Arabia by the Treaty of Jeddah by which Saudi Arabia received the output of the Shaybah oilfield and access to the lower Persian Gulf in return for recognizing the UAE.


  • Idaho, U.S.
    Monday Sep 2, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Bundy raped and strangled a still-unidentified hitchhiker in Idaho

    Idaho, U.S.
    Monday Sep 2, 1974

    A new string of homicides began the following month, including two that would remain undiscovered until Bundy confessed to them shortly before his execution. On September 2, Bundy raped and strangled a still-unidentified hitchhiker in Idaho, then either disposed of the remains immediately in a nearby river, or returned the next day to photograph and dismember the corpse.


  • Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
    Friday Sep 6, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Two grouse hunters stumbled across the skeletal remains of Ott and Naslund near a service road in Issaquah

    Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
    Friday Sep 6, 1974

    On September 6, two grouse hunters stumbled across the skeletal remains of Ott and Naslund near a service road in Issaquah, 2 miles (3 km) east of Lake Sammamish State Park. An extra femur and several vertebrae found at the site were later identified by Bundy as Georgann Hawkins'.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Sep 8, 1974
    Richard Nixon

    Full, Free, and Absolute Pardon

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Sep 8, 1974

    The Ford White House considered a pardon of Nixon, even though it would be unpopular in the country. Nixon, contacted by Ford emissaries, was initially reluctant to accept the pardon, but then agreed to do so. Ford insisted on a statement of contrition, but Nixon felt he had not committed any crimes and should not have to issue such a document. Ford eventually agreed, and on September 8, 1974, he granted Nixon a "full, free, and absolute pardon", which ended any possibility of an indictment.


  • Vienna, Austria
    Friday Sep 13, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls

    Vienna, Austria
    Friday Sep 13, 1974

    OPEC instructs its Secretary-General to "carry out a study of supply and demand in relation to possible production controls."


  • U.S.
    Saturday Sep 14, 1974
    Bob Marley

    "I Shot the Sheriff" Reached Number 1 On The Billboard Hot 100

    U.S.
    Saturday Sep 14, 1974

    "I Shot the Sheriff" became his first US hit since "Layla" two years earlier and reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on 14 September 1974.


  • U.S.
    1974
    IBM

    Universal Product Code

    U.S.
    1974

    In 1974 IBM engineer George J. Laurer developed the Universal Product Code.


  • K.S.A.
    Tuesday Sep 17, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Saudi Arabia increases its buy-back price from 93 percent to 94.9 percent of the posted price

    K.S.A.
    Tuesday Sep 17, 1974

    Saudi Arabia increases its buy-back price from 93 percent to 94.9 percent of the posted price.


  • Holladay, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 2, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Nancy Wilcox

    Holladay, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 2, 1974

    On October 2, Bundy seized 16-year-old Nancy Wilcox in Holladay, a suburb of Salt Lake City. Her remains were buried near Capitol Reef National Park, some 200 miles (320 km) south of Holladay, but were never found.


  • Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974
    Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)

    Death

    Jerusalem, Israel
    Wednesday Oct 9, 1974

    He died on 9 October 1974 and is buried in Jerusalem on Mount Zion, the only member of the Nazi Party to be honored in this way.


  • Midvale, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Oct 18, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Melissa Anne Smith

    Midvale, Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Oct 18, 1974

    On October 18, Melissa Anne Smith—the 17-year-old daughter of the police chief of Midvale (another Salt Lake City suburb)—disappeared after leaving a pizza parlor. Her nude body was found in a nearby mountainous area nine days later. Postmortem examination indicated that she may have remained alive for up to seven days following her disappearance.


  • Caracas, Venezuela
    1974
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix was raped

    Caracas, Venezuela
    1974

    Phoenix was raped at the age of four.


  • England, United Kingdom
    1974
    3D printing

    David E. H. Jones laid out the concept of 3D printing

    England, United Kingdom
    1974

    In 1974, David E. H. Jones laid out the concept of 3D printing in his regular column Ariadne in the journal New Scientist.


  • Kinshasa, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1974
    Muhammad Ali Clay

    The Rumble in the Jungle

    Kinshasa, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1974

    The defeat of Frazier set the stage for a title fight against heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974—a bout nicknamed The Rumble in the Jungle. Ali won by knockout in the 8th round.


  • Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Laura Ann Aime

    Lehi, Utah, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 31, 1974

    On October 31, Laura Ann Aime, also 17 years old girl, disappeared 25 miles (40 km) south in Lehi after leaving a café just after midnight. Her naked body was found by hikers 9 miles (14 km) to the northeast in American Fork Canyon on Thanksgiving Day.


  • K.S.A.
    Nov, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    Saudi Arabians raise tax rate to 85 percent and royalty rate to 20 percent

    K.S.A.
    Nov, 1974

    Saudi Arabians raise tax rate to 85 percent and royalty rate to 20 percent.


  • Washington, U.S.
    Nov, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Elizabeth Kloepfer called King County police a second time

    Washington, U.S.
    Nov, 1974

    In November, Elizabeth Kloepfer called King County police a second time after reading that young women were disappearing in towns surrounding Salt Lake City. Detective Randy Hergesheimer of the Major Crimes division interviewed her in detail. By then, Bundy had risen considerably on the King County hierarchy of suspicion, but the Lake Sammamish witness considered most reliable by detectives failed to identify him from a photo lineup.


  • Murray, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Nov 8, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Carol DaRonch

    Murray, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Nov 8, 1974

    In the late afternoon of November 8, Bundy approached 18-year-old telephone operator Carol DaRonch at Fashion Place Mall in Murray, less than a mile from the Midvale restaurant where Melissa Smith was last seen. He identified himself as "Officer Roseland" of the Murray Police Department and told DaRonch that someone had attempted to break into her car. He asked her to accompany him to the station to file a complaint. When DaRonch pointed out to Bundy that he was driving on a road that did not lead to the police station, he immediately pulled to the shoulder and attempted to handcuff her. During their struggle, he inadvertently fastened both handcuffs to the same wrist, and DaRonch was able to open the car door and escape.


  • Bountiful, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Nov 8, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Debra Jean Kent

    Bountiful, Utah, U.S.
    Friday Nov 8, 1974

    Later that evening (8 November), Debra Jean Kent, a 17-year-old student at Viewmont High School in Bountiful, 20 miles (30 km) north of Murray, disappeared after leaving a theater production at the school to pick up her brother. The school's drama teacher and a student told police that "a stranger" had asked each of them to come out to the parking lot to identify a car. Another student later saw the same man pacing in the rear of the auditorium, and the drama teacher spotted him again shortly before the end of the play. Outside the auditorium, investigators found a key that unlocked the handcuffs removed from Carol DaRonch's wrist.


  • Paris, France
    Nov, 1974
    1973 oil crisis

    International Energy Agency was formed

    Paris, France
    Nov, 1974

    International Energy Agency was formed in Paris within the OECD framework. Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and United Arab Emirates announced a slight reduction in posted prices and tax rates.


  • Texas, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 21, 1974
    George W. Bush

    Physical exam failure

    Texas, U.S.
    Thursday Nov 21, 1974

    In 1972, Bush was suspended from flying for failure to take a scheduled physical exam. He was honorably discharged from the Air Force Reserve on November 21, 1974.


  • U.S.
    1974
    1973 oil crisis

    U.S. Crude Oil Entitlements Program enacted

    U.S.
    1974

    U.S. Crude Oil Entitlements Program enacted, retroactive to November 1974.


  • Japan
    Dec, 1974
    KFC

    Traditional Christmas Eve Dinner

    Japan
    Dec, 1974

    In December 1974, KFC Japan began to promote fried chicken as a Christmas meal. Eating KFC at Christmas time has become a traditional Christmas Eve Dinner.


  • Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S.
    Dec, 1974
    Ted Bundy

    Kloepfer called the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and repeated her suspicions

    Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S.
    Dec, 1974

    In December, Kloepfer called the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office and repeated her suspicions. Bundy's name was added to their list of suspects, but at that time no credible forensic evidence linked him to the Utah crimes.


  • U.S.
    Dec, 1974
    Internet

    TCP was published as RFC 675

    U.S.
    Dec, 1974

    The specification of the resulting protocol, the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), was published as RFC (Request of Comments) 675 by the Network Working Group in December 1974. It contains the first attested use of the term internet, as a shorthand for internetworking.


  • U.S.
    Dec, 1974
    Internet

    Internet Transmission Control Program

    U.S.
    Dec, 1974

    The term "internet" was reflected in the first RFC published on the TCP protocol (RFC 675: Internet Transmission Control Program, December 1974) as a short form of internetworking, when the two terms were used interchangeably. In general, an internet was a collection of networks linked by a common protocol. In the time period when the ARPANET was connected to the newly formed NSFNET project in the late 1980s, the term was used as the name of the network, Internet, being the large and global TCP/IP network.


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