WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened January to November 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)

An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses. (5. January 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)

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. (18. September 1974)

Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. (22. February 1974)

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

A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy. (6. June 1974)

After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth. (8. February 1974)

M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed. (4. February 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)

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

In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. (15. July 1974)

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

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

President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. (8. August 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)

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. (11. September 1974)

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

The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California. (4. February 1974)

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