WHAT ALL HAPPENED SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER 1974
Find out what all happened September to December 1974

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

A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece. (8. December 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)

TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board. (1. December 1974)

The first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (Tommy John surgery) performed, on baseball player Tommy John. (25. September 1974)

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration. (22. December 1974)

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

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

Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff. (25. December 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)

Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people. (18. September 1974)

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

Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian. (5. October 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)

Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport. (1. December 1974)

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

The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA. (22. December 1974)

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

Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror. (13. November 1974)

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