Historical Events
The following events took place on . The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 47 events. Showing 31 - 47.
- A United States Air Force F-100 Super Sabre from Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, crashes into a nearby elementary school, killing 11 students plus six residents from the local neighborhood.
- Congo gains independence from Belgium.
- Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven police officers and military personnel near Palermo.
- The National Organization for Women, the United States’ largest feminist organization, is founded.
- Pope Paul VI issues the Credo of the People of God.
- The crew of the Soviet Soyuz 11 spacecraft are killed when their air supply escapes through a faulty valve.
- Ohio ratifies the 26th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, reducing the voting age to 18, thereby putting the amendment into effect.
- The first leap second is added to the UTC time system.
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- The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
- The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization disbands.
- Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bowers v. Hardwick that states can outlaw homosexual acts between consenting adults.
- East Germany and West Germany merge their economies.
- The United Kingdom transfers sovereignty over Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China.
- Mass protests are held in Egypt.
- 19 firefighters die controlling a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona.
- A Hercules C-130 military aircraft with 113 people onboard crashes in a residential area in the Indonesian city of Medan, resulting in at least 116 deaths.
