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1974

March 4th

Soviet space pioneer Mikhail Klavdievich Tikhonravov died. He was a Soviet aerospace engineer, one of the founders of the Soviet space programme. Involved with Sputnik and Vostok, among others.

August 8th

Richard M. Nixon resigned as President, and Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the new President of the United States of America.

September 8th

President Gerald Ford announced the pardon of former President Richard Nixon.

Zhukov (Georgi Konstantinvich) died. He defended Moscow in 1941 from the Nazis. Took charge and defeated the Nazis at Stalingrad in 1942, the siege of Leningrad, and eventually conquered Berlin.

The Conservatives lost the general election due to an economic and industrial crisis. The Labour party won the election and its leader James Callaghan replaced Edward Heath as the new Prime Minister.

Turkey clashed with Greece when Turkish troops invaded Cyprus.

The dictatorship in Portugal was ended.

Isabelita Perón became the President of Argentina.

Emperor of Ethiopia Haile Selassie was deposed from power by Marxists.

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