Apr 18 John Lennon releases "Stand by Me"

Apr 29 Operation Frequent Wind evacuation from Vietnam begins

Apr 21 Bill Rodgers wins his first Boston Marathon in 2 9 55

Apr 05 Soyuz 18A launch aborted short of orbit; cosmonauts return safely

Apr 13 Jack Nicklaus wins his 5th Masters golf tournament

Apr 15 C Torres discovers asteroid #2784 Domeyko

Apr 21 Last South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu resigns after 10 years

Apr 17 Khmer Rouge captures Phnom Penh, Cambodia (Kampuchea Natl Day)

Apr 12 Operation Eagle Pull evacuation from Cambodia

Apr 03 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend

Apr 30 Saigon falls to North Vietnamese forces

Apr 19 India launches first satellite with help of USSR

Apr 04 USAF transport carrying orphans from Saigon crashes killing 155

Apr 28 John Lennon appears on "Tonight" & Ringo on "Smother Brothers"

Apr 03 James Rupers kills his family to inherit

Apr 04 C5A Galaxy on military charter crashes, taking 155 lives (Saigon)

Apr 15 First appearance of the San Diego Chicken

Apr 03 Statistics Canada reports record $2.19 billion paid out in 1974 for unemployment insurance benefits.

Apr 17 The government of Cambodia surrends to the Khmer Rouge

Apr 25 The first Boeing Jetfoil revenue service, Hong Kong to Macao

Apr 04 Steve Miller is arrested for burning his girlfriend's clothes

Nov 10 UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism

Nov 10 PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses UN in NYC

Nov 10 The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling freighter with a crew of 29, disappears without a trace on Lake Superior during a storm.

Nov 11 Angola gains independence from Portugal (National Day)

Nov 22 Juan Carlos proclaimed king of Spain

Nov 29 Kilauea Volcano erupts in Hawaii

Nov 25 Netherlands grants Surinam independence (National Day)

Nov 22 King Juan Carlos II sworn in as head of state, two days after the death of Spanish dictator General Franco

Nov 21 Linda McCartney drug charges in US are dropped

Nov 18 The province of Ontario pass a manditory seatbelt law and lowers the speed limit on highways to conserve energy

Nov 29 The Microsoft name appears in writing for the first time, in a letter between Bill Gates and Paul Allen about their new company

Nov 10 Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald & crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior

Nov 14 Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara

Nov 28 Wings release "Venus and Mars/Rock Show" medley

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »