1974
Nixon resigns
Facing impeachment over Watergate, Richard Nixon appeared on national television to announce that he would resign the presidency the next day at noon.
Lucy discovered in Ethiopia
In the Afar triangle, paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson found a forty percent complete skeleton of an early hominid 3.2 million years old.
Carnation Revolution in Portugal
Army officers tired of fighting colonial wars in Africa staged a coup in Lisbon that toppled the forty-year Estado Novo dictatorship.
Turkey invades Cyprus
Responding to a Greek-backed coup on the island that aimed at unification with Athens, Turkey sent troops into northern Cyprus and established a de facto…
Haile Selassie deposed
After eight hundred years of Ethiopian monarchy, a Marxist military committee called the Derg deposed the eighty-two-year-old emperor Haile Selassie.
Hank Aaron breaks the home run record
On an April night in Atlanta, Hank Aaron hit his seven hundred fifteenth career home run off Al Downing…
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Frequently asked
What happened in the year 1974?
Saeculum lists 6 events from 1974. The most significant is Nixon resigns: Facing impeachment over Watergate, Richard Nixon appeared on national television to announce that he would resign the presidency the next day at noon.
What era was 1974 part of?
1974 falls within the Modern Era (1901-2000). World wars, cold war, and the splitting of the atom.
Which regions saw notable events in 1974?
The events from 1974 span North America, Africa, Europe and Middle East.