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‘I have never been a quitter. To leave office before my term is completed is abhorrent to every instinct in my body.’ Richard Nixon 37th. U.S. President Served Jan. 20, 1969 – Aug. 9, 1974 Ford Gran Turino
1974 COST OF LIVING
Gerald Ford
40th. U.S. Vice President Served Dec. 6, 1963 – Aug. 9, 1974
World events
• Most OPEC nations end their 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan on March 18. • Under Project Smiling Buddha, India detonates its first nuclear weapon May 18, becoming the sixth nation to do so. • Turkey invades Cyprus on July 20 (and again on Aug. 14). • A civilian government replaces the Greek military junta July 23, ending seven years of military rule.
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• The “Rumble in the Jungle” takes place Oct. 30 in Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman to regain the Heavyweight title. • The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message toward the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules on Nov. 16. The message will reach the cluster around the year 27,000. • The U.N. General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status Nov. 22. • Malta becomes a republic Dec. 13.
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• Former British Prime Minister John Stonehouse, who faked his own drowning in Florida, is arrested Dec. 23 in Melbourn, Australia. • Cyclone Tracy almost completely destroys Darwin, Australia on Dec. 24 and 25. • The last Japanese World War II soldier, Private Teruo Nakamura, surrenders in Indonesia on Dec. 30, 34 years after beginning his service in the Imperial Japanese Army.
U.S. News
• The U.S. begins Daylight Savings Time on Jan. 6, nearly four months early in response to an ongoing energy crisis. • The F-16 Fighting Falcon makes its first flight Jan. 20 at Edwards Air Force Base. • The Symbionese Liberation Army
ident to resign.
kidnaps heiress Patty Hearst outside her apartment Feb. 4 in Berkeley. • People magazine publishes its first issue March 4, featuring Mia Farrow on the cover. • After 23 years on television, Lucille Ball airs the series finally of “Here’s Lucy” on March 18, ending her weekly television appearances. • A massive tornado outbreak kills 319 in the central United States April 3 and 4, known as the “1974 Super Outbreak.” In total, 148 tornadoes hit 13 states and Canada. • Stephen King publishes his first novel, “Carrie,” on April 5. • Hank Aaron becomes the all-time MLB home fun leader with his 715th on April 8. • The House Judiciary Committee opens formal impeachment hearings against President Nixon on May 9. The committee would adopt three articles of impeachment in July. • The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night on June 4. Cleveland is forced to forfeit to the visiting Texas Rangers after
h’s home run record.
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alcohol-fueled mayhem spreads from the stands to the field. • The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time on a pack of Wrigley’s gum June 26 in Troy, Ohio. • Alberta Williams King, mother of Martin Luther King, Jr., is killed June 30 during a church service in Atlanta. • President Nixon announces his resignation from office Aug. 8. Vice President Ford will succeed him Aug. 9. • President Ford pardons now-former President Nixon on Sept. 8. • Ronald DeFeo, Jr., murders his entire family in their home in Amityville on Long Island on Nov. 13. The massacre inspires “The Amityville Horror.” • The Pioneer 11 probe passes Jupiter on Dec. 4, capturing images of the planet’s Great Red Spot. • Former New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President on Dec. 19. • Depression-era restrictions on holding private gold in the U.S., put in place in 1933, are removed Dec. 31.
BORN THIS YEAR: Chris Kyle, Navy SEAL (April 8). Above left: Victoria Bekham, pop singer (April 17); Derke Jeter, baseball player (June 26); Hilary Swank, actress (July 30); Jimmy Fallon, talk show host (Sept. 19).
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“Young Frankenstein” “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” “Chinatown” “The Towering Inferno” “The Great Gatsby” “Earthquake” “The Man with the Golden Gun” “Death Wish”
• Income per year ... $13,900 • Minimum wage ................. $2 • New house ........... $34,900 • Rent ................................ $185 • New car..................... $3,500 • Gallon of gas ................... 55¢ • Gallon of milk . .............. $1.57 • Loaf of bread .................. 28¢ • First-class stamp ............ 10¢ • Movie ticket ................. $1.89
• “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet,” Bachman-Turner Overdrive • “Sugar Baby Love,” The Rubettes • “The Joker,” Steve Miller Band • “The Way We Were,” Barbra Streisand • “The Air That I Breathe,” The Hollies • “The Night Chicago Died,” Paper Lace
Music • • • •
“Kung Fu Fighting,” Carl Douglas “Seasons in the Sun,” Terry jacks “Waterloo,” Abba “Rock Your Baby,” George McCrae
Movies
• “The Godfather: Part II” • “Blazing Saddles”
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