WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened October to November 1974

78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started. (2. November 1974)

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System. (20. November 1974)

The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted. (21. November 1974)

Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. (8. October 1974)

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status. (22. November 1974)

Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. (19. October 1974)

Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece. (4. October 1974)

Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror. (13. November 1974)

Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian. (5. October 1974)

Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. (24. November 1974)

60 Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government. (23. November 1974)

The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire. (30. October 1974)

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