1974

End of OPEC oil embargo
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn expelled from the USSR
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects to the West
Experts determine that the 18.5 minute gap found in the Watergate tape was not an accident
President Nixon impeached
President Nixon resigns - succeeded by Gerald R. Ford
Nixon pardoned by President Ford
Patty Hearst abducted by Symbionese Liberation Army - later joins captors
Wreck of the USS Monitor found off the coast of North Carolina
Hirshorn Museum opens
Bar-code scanners introduced
Hank Aaron breaks "Babe" Ruth's all-time home run record of 714
Beverly Johnson the 1st black model to appear on the cover of a major fashion magazine ("Vogue")
Frank Robinson becomes the 1st black manager of a major league baseball team
Congress passes the Freedom of Information Act
Peter Benchley's Jaws
"Streaking" is the latest campus craze
Post-it notes
Songs - "The Way We Were", "Sunshine on My Shoulders", "I Shot the Sheriff"
Films - "The Great Gatsby", "Chinatown", "The Godfather II", "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
TV - "Happy Days", "The Waltons","Little House on the Prairie", "The Rockford Files"
Leonardo DiCaprio, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Bryan White born
U Thant, Bud Abbott, Juan Peron, "Dizzy" Dean, Charles Lindbergh, Ed Sullivan, Jack Benny, Duke Ellington and "Mama Cass" Elliot die