WHAT ALL HAPPENED FEBRUARY TO OCTOBER 1974
Find out what all happened February to October 1974

Turkish occupation of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'etat, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios. (20. July 1974)

In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek Junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president. (15. July 1974)

The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government. (23. July 1974)

The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt. (21. February 1974)

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

The SR-71 Blackbird sets (and holds) the record for flying from New York to London in the time of 1 hour, 54 minutes and 56.4 seconds at a speed of 1,435.587 miles per hour (2,310.353 km/h). (1. September 1974)

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

Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so. (18. May 1974)

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal. (5. March 1974)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union. (12. February 1974)

The second Turkish invasion of Cyprus begins; 140,000 to 200,000 Greek Cypriots become refugees. 6,000 massacred, 1,619 missing. (14. August 1974)

Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp. (30. July 1974)

Police in Los Angeles, California, raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall. (17. May 1974)

Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life. (16. May 1974)

The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine. (1. June 1974)

Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon. (22. February 1974)

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

Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor. (24. July 1974)

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