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Remembering 1974
These were the events that we saw as well as some
notable people we said farewell to in ‘74
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The Miami Dolphins defeat Minnesota 24-7 for
their 2nd straight Super Bowl Victory
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Construction permit for the Alaskan
Pipeline is issued by the Dept. of Interior
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President Richard Nixon submits a $304.4
billion budget to congress
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Patty Hearst is kidnapped by the SLA
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The Final Skylab mission comes to an end
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn is deported from the
USSR in response to his book
Gulag Archipelago
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Watergate grand jury indicts several aides and
members of the Nixon administration as well as naming Nixon himself as an
“unindicted co-conspirator”
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Seven Arab countries agree to lift their
oil embargo against the U.S.
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The Academy Awards are given to The
Sting as best picture, Glenda Jackson as best actress and Jack Lemmon as
best actor.
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The minimum wage is raised from $1.60 to
$2.30 by January 1976
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A series of tornadoes struck an 11-state
area in the Southeast and Ohio
Valley, killing a total of 336 people, 88 in Alabama alone.
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Hank Aaron hits home run number 715,
breaking Babe Ruth’s long-time record
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Impeachment hearings regarding President
Nixon begin in Washington DC
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Bangladesh is hit with floods, then cholera
& smallpox.
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President Nixon goes to Moscow for summit with Communist Party
Secretary Leonid Brezhnev
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The Supreme Court rules 8-0 that turn over
evidence subpoenaed documents and tape recordings.
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President Nixon announces that he will
resign
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Nixon Resigns and Gerald R. Ford is sworn
in as President
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Ford nominates Nelson Rockefeller to be
Vice-President
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Ford grants “full, free, and absolute”
pardon to Richard Nixon
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The Wounded Knee trial ends with all charges
dismissed against Americans Indian leaders Dennis Banks & Russell Means
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Oakland A’s defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers
4 games to 1 to claim their third consecutive World Series title.
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The problem of inflation becomes a
nationwide focus
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Muhammad Ali defeats George Forman to
re-claim the heavyweight boxing title.
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Oklahoma won the AP national championship
while UPI picked Southern California.
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Ohio State tailback Archie Griffin won the
Heisman Trophy
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The Pittsburgh Steelers qualified for the Super
Bowl by upsetting the Oakland Raiders to win the AFC championship. The
Minnesota Vikings eliminated The Los Angeles Rams to win the NFC title. The
Steelers would defeat the Vikings in the Super Bowl on Jan 12, 1975.
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United States automakers announce
widespread layoffs due to sagging sales
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We bade
farewell to the following: |
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Jack Benny Walter Brennan |
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Dizzy
Dean Duke Ellington |
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Cass Elliott Samuel Goldwyn |
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Chet
Huntley Anne Klein |
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Charles Lindbergh Don McCafferty |
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Agnes Moorehead
Peter Revson |
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Tex
Ritter Ed Sullivan |
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Amy
Vanderbilt Earl Warren |
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