WHAT ALL HAPPENED AUGUST TO NOVEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened August to November 1974

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

Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew. (11. September 1974)

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status. (22. November 1974)

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

Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. (10. September 1974)

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

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

Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the "Green Line", dividing Cyprus into two zones. (1. August 1974)

78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started. (2. November 1974)

Donald Johanson and Tom Gray discover the 40% complete Australopithecus afarensis skeleton, nicknamed "Lucy" (after The Beatles song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"), in the Awash Valley of Ethiopia's Afar Depression. (24. November 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)

A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers. (30. August 1974)

President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. (8. August 1974)

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

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 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)