WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO MAY 1974
Find out what all happened April to May 1974

West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns. (7. May 1974)

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

Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991. (18. May 1974)

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

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

Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. (18. May 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)

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

Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. (15. May 1974)

Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon. (9. May 1974)

10,000 march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon (27. April 1974)

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

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. (28. May 1974)

Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the fascist Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government. (25. April 1974)

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

At Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth's 39-year-old record. (8. April 1974)

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

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