WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO MAY 1974
Find out what all happened February to May 1974

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

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

Ma'alot massacre: In an Arab terrorist attack and hostage taking at an Israeli school, a total of 31 people are killed, including 22 schoolchildren. (15. May 1974)

Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations ended a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan. (18. March 1974)

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

Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. (16. May 1974)

Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. (18. May 1974)

The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh. (22. February 1974)

The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst. (23. February 1974)

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

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

Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1. (13. April 1974)

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. (28. May 1974)

The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. (21. February 1974)

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

In the United Kingdom, the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties come into being. (1. April 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)

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