WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened July to November 1974

Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule. (26. July 1974)

The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. 6,000 massacred, 1,619 missing. (14. August 1974)

Vietnam War: The U.S. Congress places a $1 billion limit on military aid to South Vietnam. (5. August 1974)

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T Corporation. This suit later leads to the breakup of AT&T and its Bell System. (20. November 1974)

60 Ethiopian politicians, aristocrats, military officers, and other persons are executed by the provisional military government. (23. November 1974)

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

Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President, Park Chung-hee. (15. August 1974)

The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted. (21. November 1974)

Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States. (8. October 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)

A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22. (4. August 1974)

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years. (12. September 1974)

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. (18. September 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)

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)

Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations. (17. September 1974)

As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. (9. August 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)

Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand. (19. October 1974)

Founding of the New Democracy party in Greece. (4. October 1974)