The Year 1974 From The People History

1974 Inflation continues to spiral out of control around the world reaching 11.3% in the USA and 17.2% in the UK and the global recession deepens. The famous skeleton "Lucy" is discovered in Ethiopia which lived between 3.9 to 3 million years ago. More and more smaller digital based consumer products appear in the shops and the earliest forms of Word Processors appear which resemble a typewriter more than a computer. After the findings of the Watergate Scandal Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign from office.

What Events Happened in 1974

• IRA begins bombing campaign on mainland Britainand bombs The Tower of London on July 17th and the Houses of parliament and pubs in Birmingham

• Richard Nixonbecomes the first US president forced to resign after the Watergate Scandal

• President Gerald Ford gives unconditional pardon to Richard Nixon

• A major US Bank Franklin National Bank is declared insolvent

• 55 MPH Speed Limit imposed to preserve gas usage US wide

• Worldwide Inflationhelps to cause dramatic increases in the cost of fuel, food and manufacturing

• Sears Tower in Chicago becomes the worlds tallest building

• President Ford announces an amnesty program for Vietnam War deserters and draft evaders

• The Global Recession Deepens

• Gasoline shortages and price increases throughout the world help to cause problems in most of the western worlds economies

• Governments and people around the world spend more time debating the use of Nuclear Energy to combat problems with Oil Prices and Supply

• Estimate of The Worlds Populationreaches 4 billion

• Smallpox Epidemic in India causes the deaths of between 10,000 and 20,000 people

• Henry Kissenger convinces Syria and Israel agree to a ceasefire on the Golan Heights

• Turkey Invades Northern Cyprus

• Patricia Hearst Kidnappers Demand $70 of food be given to every needy Californian

• In response to the energy crisis, daylight saving timecommences nearly four months early in the United States..

• Charles de Gaulle Airportopens in Paris, France.

• The largest series of tornadoesin history, hits 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 148 tornadoeshit early the following morning, 315 died and over 5,000 were injured.

• British Coal Miners join many other unions striking for higher wages

• India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

• Cyclone Tracy strikes on 25th December almost completely destroys Darwin, Australia

• Famine caused by drought threatens millions in Africa

• The French President Georges Pompidou dies while in Office

• Following a crippling strike, Northern Ireland's first power-sharing assembly collapses

• Work begins on the 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline

• Bloodless Military coup led by General Antoniio de Spinola, in Portugal

• President Isabela Peron ( Evita ), Juan Peron's third wife, becomes President of Argentina when her husband died.

• West Germany Wins 1974 World Cup in West Germany

• Soviet authorities expel Alexander Solzhenitsyn revoking his Russian citizenship

Technology

• MRI Scanner( Magnetic Resonance Imaging } developed USA



• Australopithecus afarensis was discovered in Ethiopia and is a hominid which lived between 3.9 to 3 million years ago belonging to the genus Australopithecus, They named the skeleton "Lucy"



• After 84 days in space, the last crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth



• Pocket calculators start to appear in shops



• Offices start using a very primitive word processor that resembles a typewriter



• Lucy an almost complete hominid skeleton over 3 million years old is discovered in Africa



• The first use of UPC or Universal product Code BAR CODE UPC scanner installed in Marshes Supermarket in Troy Ohio ( check 1952 for first bar code use not UPC ) or the standard used today




Invention Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Kevlar USA by Stephanie Kwolek )

Popular Culture 1974

• Actor Jon Pertwee makes his final regular appearance as the Third Doctor in Doctor Who and Tom Baker becomes the fifth doctor Who

Popular Films

• The Sting
• The Exorcist
• Papillon
• Herbie Rides Again
• Blazing Saddles
• The Great Gatsby
• Serpico
• Death Wish
• The Godfather, Part II
• Murder on the Orient Express

Popular Musicians

• ABBA
• Beach Boys
• David Bowie
• Carpenters
• Eric Clapton with " I Shot The Sheriff "
• Alice Cooper
• Deep Purple
• Donovan
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Genesis
• Grateful Dead
• Joni Mitchell
• Van Morrison
• Dolly Parton
• Queen
• Minnie Riperton
• Roxy Music
• Sparks
• Supertramp
• Jethro Tull
• The Velvet Underground
• Barry White
• Paul McCartney with " Band on the Run "
• Stevie Wonder

What do you remember ? was this the year you graduated ?, what music was being played the year you were born?

Popular TV Programmes

• Kung Fu
• The Price Is Right
• The Waltons
• Kojak
• Last of the Summer Wine
• The Six Million Dollar Man

Born This Year 1974

Leonardo DiCaprio November 11th

Alanis Morissette June 1st

Jimmy Fallon September 19th

Victoria Beckham April 17th

Major World Political Leaders 1974

Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam

Brazilian President Emilio Medici Till 15 March
Brazilian President Ernesto Geisel From 15 March

Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau

Chinese Chairman of the People's Republic of China Dong Biwu

French President Georges Pompidou Till 3 April
French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing From 27 May

German Chancellor Willy Brandt Till 7 May
German Chancellor Walter Scheel From 7 May
German Chancellor Walter Scheel Till 16 May

German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt From 16 May
Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

Italian Prime Minister Mariano Rumor Till 23 November
Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro From 23 November

Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka Till 9 December
Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki From 9 December

Mexican President Luis Echeverría

Russian / Soviet Union
First Secretary of the CPSU Leonid Brezhnev

South African Prime Minister Balthazar Johannes Vorster

United States President Richard Nixon Till August 9,
United States PresidentGerald Ford From August 9,

United Kingdom Prime Minister Edward Heath Till 4 March
United Kingdom Prime Minister Harold Wilson From 4 March

Political Elections xxxx

British General Election 2nd in 74 due to hung parliament 1974 Harold Wilson ( Labour ) defeats Edward Heath ( Conservative ) and Jeremy Thorpe ( Liberal )


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