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

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. (12. February 1974)

Dennis Rader aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house. (15. January 1974)

Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko Movement in India. (26. March 1974)

A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in Sao Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293. (1. February 1974)

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

Military coup in Upper Volta. (8. February 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)

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

Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom. (7. February 1974)

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

United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. (4. January 1974)

Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station (5. January 1974)

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

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)

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

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

A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War. (18. January 1974)

Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece. (13. January 1974)