WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened January to September 1974

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

Kuala Lumpur is declared a Federal Territory. (1. February 1974)

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

People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly. (4. March 1974)

Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board. (15. September 1974)

Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. (8. September 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)

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)

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

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

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard. (3. March 1974)

Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. (17. May 1974)

Juventude Africana Amilcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau. (12. September 1974)

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

The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). (1. September 1974)

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

A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. 8 are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities. (30. August 1974)

The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. (1. June 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)

An earthquake in Lima, Peru, kills six people, and damages hundreds of houses. (5. January 1974)