World Events of 1974
Chairman Mao began the Cultural revolution in China.
OPEC ended the oil embargo of Western countries which began as a result of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973
India became the world's sixth nuclear power.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was deposed.
American newspaper heiress Patty hearst was kidnapped by terorist group the Symbionese Liberation army.
US President Richard Nixon becomes the first American President to resign following the fallout from the 1972 Watergate break-in.
Gerald Ford becomes the 38th President of the United States and immediately pardons Richard Nixon.
Main movies were Blazing Sadles, The Towering Inferno and The Godfather Part II.
The main books were Stephen King's Carrie and Robert Pirsig's Zena nd the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Comedian Bud Abbott died.
Jazz legend Duke Ellington died.
The man who introduced the Beatles to American television, Ed Sullivan, died.
OPEC ended the oil embargo of Western countries which began as a result of the Arab-Israeli war of 1973
India became the world's sixth nuclear power.
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was deposed.
American newspaper heiress Patty hearst was kidnapped by terorist group the Symbionese Liberation army.
US President Richard Nixon becomes the first American President to resign following the fallout from the 1972 Watergate break-in.
Gerald Ford becomes the 38th President of the United States and immediately pardons Richard Nixon.
Main movies were Blazing Sadles, The Towering Inferno and The Godfather Part II.
The main books were Stephen King's Carrie and Robert Pirsig's Zena nd the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
Comedian Bud Abbott died.
Jazz legend Duke Ellington died.
The man who introduced the Beatles to American television, Ed Sullivan, died.
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