WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO JUNE 1974
Find out what all happened March to June 1974

During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers. (4. June 1974)

The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service. (30. May 1974)

The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio (26. June 1974)

Local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the 3rd century BCE. (29. March 1974)

The Super Outbreak occurs, the second biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history (after the April 25–28, 2011 tornado outbreak). The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured. (3. April 1974)

The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón. (1. May 1974)

An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak. (4. May 1974)

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. (5. March 1974)

Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal. (29. April 1974)

In the United Kingdom, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being. (1. April 1974)

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. (1. March 1974)

Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. (13. April 1974)

Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. (17. May 1974)

The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore's dry port. (18. April 1974)

Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations ended a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. (18. March 1974)

Thirty-three civilians are killed and over 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. It is the highest number of casualties in any one day during The Troubles. An Irish parliament committee, and others, allege that British security forces were involved. (17. May 1974)

NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. (29. March 1974)

Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. (16. May 1974)

Flixborough disaster: an explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people. (1. June 1974)

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France. (8. March 1974)

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