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1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash
The 1973 Paris Air Show Tu-144 crash destroyed a Soviet supersonic airliner at Le Bourget on 3 June 1973, killing all six crew and seven people on the ground.
1973 Rwandan coup d'état
The 1973 Rwandan coup d'état was a bloodless military takeover on 5 July 1973 in which Major-General Juvénal Habyarimana overthrew President Grégoire Kayibanda, ending the First Republic.
1973 Summer Universiade (Летняя универсиада 1973)
The 1973 Summer Universiade (Летняя универсиада 1973) was the seventh World University Games, held in Moscow in August 1973, a rehearsal for the 1980 Olympics won by the USSR.
1973 Swaziland constitutional crisis
The 1973 Swaziland constitutional crisis was King Sobhuza II's abrogation of the Independence Constitution on 12 April 1973, which vested all powers in the King, dissolved Parliament, and banned political parties.
1973 Thai popular uprising
The 1973 Thai popular uprising, known in Thailand as 14 October, was a mass student-led protest in Bangkok that ended Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn's military government.
1973 Veracruz earthquake
The 1973 Veracruz earthquake, also called the Orizaba earthquake, struck Veracruz and Puebla in southeast Mexico on 28 August 1973, killing roughly 400 to 1,200 people.
1973–1975 recession
The 1973–1975 recession was a severe economic contraction in the United States and much of the industrialized world, lasting sixteen months and combining deep output decline with double-digit inflation, a pattern called stagflation.
1973–74 United States network television schedule
1973–74 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC primetime lineups, September 1973 to August 1974; CBS Saturday's All in the Family-led comedy block topped the Nielsen ratings.
1974
1974: the year the 1973 oil embargo's tripled prices drove global inflation, Nixon resigned on August 9 after Watergate, Brandt fell in West Germany, Portugal's Carnation Revolution ended its dictatorship, Skylab 4 returned, and Hawking proposed black hole radiation.
1974 Balakot earthquake
The 1974 Balakot earthquake, also known as the Pattan earthquake, struck the Indus Kohistan region of northern Pakistan on 28 December 1974, killing about 5,300 people.
1974 Comorian independence referendum
The 1974 Comorian independence referendum was a vote organized by France on 22 December 1974, in which most Comorian voters chose independence but two-thirds of Mayotte's voters did not.
1974 Davis Cup final
The 1974 Davis Cup final was scheduled for whites-only Ellis Park in Johannesburg, but India's government boycotted apartheid-era South Africa, and the title was awarded by walkover.
1974 FIFA World Cup
The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the tenth edition, held in West Germany, where the hosts beat the Netherlands 2-1 in the Munich final for their second title.
1974 Formula One season
The 1974 Formula One season was won by Emerson Fittipaldi of McLaren, who beat Ferrari's Clay Regazzoni in a title showdown decided at the final race.
1974 in film
1974 in film: the year of The Godfather Part II, Chinatown, and The Conversation; Coppola won the Palme d'Or and Best Picture for two different films, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre launched the slasher era.
1974 Lima earthquake
The 1974 Lima earthquake was a magnitude 7.7 offshore earthquake that struck Lima and Callao, Peru, on 3 October 1974, killing 252 people and generating tsunami waves over 5 meters high.
1974 Nigerien coup d'état
The 1974 Nigerien coup d'état, on 15 April 1974, was Niger's first military coup: Colonel Seyni Kountché overthrew the country's first president, Hamani Diori, ending fourteen years of civilian rule.
1974 Super Outbreak
The 1974 Super Outbreak was a tornado outbreak on April 3–4, 1974, when 148 tornadoes struck 13 US states and Ontario, killing 335 people and injuring more than 6,000.
1974 United States Senate elections
1974 US Senate elections, held November 5, 1974 for 34 Class 3 seats after Nixon's Watergate resignation; Democrats won 61 seats to 38, and the New Hampshire Durkin-Wyman race, decided by two votes, forced a September 1975 rerun.
1974 Yunnan And Sichuan Provinces earthquake
The 1974 Yunnan and Sichuan Provinces earthquake, also called the Daguan earthquake, was a magnitude 7.1 quake in Yunnan, China, that killed at least 1,423 people.
1974–1975 drought in Tanzania
The 1974–1975 drought in Tanzania was a two-season rainfall failure that forced large grain imports and nearly drained the country's foreign exchange reserves, becoming a turning point in agricultural policy.
1974–75 United States network television schedule
The 1974–75 United States network television schedule: ABC, CBS, and NBC prime-time grids for fall 1974, reshuffled by the Prime Time Access Rule, with All in the Family as the season's top-rated show and 24 new series.
1975
1975 (Shōwa 50) was the year the Vietnam War ended with the fall of Saigon in April, and the deepest postwar recession hit its trough.
1975 Atlantic hurricane season
The 1975 Atlantic hurricane season produced eight named storms and six hurricanes, the most since 1969, with Hurricane Eloise striking the Florida panhandle as a major hurricane.
1975 Australian constitutional crisis
The 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, or the Dismissal: Governor-General Sir John Kerr sacked Prime Minister Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975 after the Senate blocked supply for 27 days; Fraser won the December election.
1975 Banqiao Dam failure
The 1975 Banqiao Dam failure was the collapse of the Banqiao Dam on the Ru River in Henan, China, after record Typhoon Nina rainfall, killing up to 230,000 people.
1975 Comorian coup d'état
The 1975 Comorian coup d'état was the armed overthrow of Ahmed Abdallah, the first president of independent Comoros, on 3 August 1975, with French mercenary Bob Denard's help.
1975 Cricket World Cup
1975 Cricket World Cup, inaugural men's ODI World Cup, held 7-21 June 1975 in England; eight teams, 60-over format, 15 matches; West Indies led by Clive Lloyd beat Australia by 17 runs in the Lord's final.
1975 East Timorese declaration of independence
The 1975 East Timorese declaration of independence was FRETILIN's unilateral proclamation of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on 28 November 1975, never internationally recognized, restored on 20 May 2002.
1975 Ethiopian land reform
The 1975 Ethiopian land reform nationalized all rural land under the Derg, abolishing tenancy and private ownership; state ownership remains the basis of Ethiopian land tenure.