WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO SEPTEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened February to September 1974

Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor. (24. July 1974)

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

U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union. (27. June 1974)

Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air. (7. August 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)

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

Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It collapsed on August 8, 1991. (18. May 1974)

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

The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government. (23. July 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)

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)

The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins. (30. 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)

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

The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. (1. June 1974)

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

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

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

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