WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JULY 1974
Find out what all happened January to July 1974

The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time. (2. February 1974)

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

China gain control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) (19. January 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)

Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London. (20. March 1974)

Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later. (29. June 1974)

U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. (27. June 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)

United States President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo. (2. January 1974)

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

Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. (29. June 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)

Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. (20. July 1974)

Watergate scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon. (27. July 1974)

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

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

In response to the 1973 oil crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly four months early in the United States. (6. January 1974)

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

Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp. (30. July 1974)

Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States. (30. July 1974)