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The following events occurred in '''April 1974''':

== [[April 1]], 1974 (Monday) ==
*The Communist nation of [[North Korea]] officially abolished the levying of [[Taxation in North Korea|income taxes]], with national leader [[Kim Il-sung]] calling taxes "remnants of an antiquated society", raising revenue instead through user fees and deductions from profits on all of the nation's state-owned enterprises.<ref>{{cite book |first=Hy-Sang |last=Lee |title=North Korea: A Strange Socialist Fortress |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |year=2001 |page=70}}</ref>
*Five days after the ''[[Mariner 10]]'' inteprlanetary probe made findings that suggested that the planet [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]] had a satellite, tentatively named "Charley" by astronomer A. Lyle Broadfoot of the [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]], Broadfoot declared that the change in ultraviolet radiation intensity turned out to have been from a distant star, [[31 Crateris]], located 3,000 light years from Earth.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mercury's 'Moon' Was Just a Gleam in Mariner 10's Eye |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 1974 |page=I-3}}</ref>
*'''Died: '''[[Hal Boyle]], 63, U.S. journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner<ref>{{cite news |title=Columnist Hal Boyle, Pulitzer Winner, Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 1974 |page=I-24}}</ref>

== [[April 2]], 1974 (Tuesday) ==
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*The day after ''[[Newsweek]]'' magazine's April 8 issue revealed that [[Georges Pompidou]], [[President of France]] since 1969, was ill with cancer and might soon be resigning,<ref>{{cite news |title=Pompidou has cancer: U.S. magazine |newspaper=The Age (Melbourne) |date=April 2, 1974 |page=6}}</ref> the President's office abruptly canceled that day's scheduled meeting with the [[President of Rwanda]], [[Juvénal Habyarimana]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Pompidou Health Cancels Meeting |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 2, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref> followed by a cancellation of all engagements for the rest of the week because of illness.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pompidou sick, engagements off |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=April 2, 1974 |page=14}}</ref> Pompidou stayed home at his private apartment on Quai de Bethune on the [[Île Saint-Louis]] in [[Paris]], and was found dead at 9:00 in the evening. The [[Agence France-Presse]] news agency sent a bulletin at 9:58 announcing "M. Pompidou c'est mort."<ref>{{cite news |title=President Pompidou of France, Ill for Months, Dies at 62 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 3, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Pompidou, who was later found to have complications from [[Waldenström macroglobulinemia]], a form of [[leukemia]], was 62. Before becoming president, he had served as [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister]] from 1962 to 1968. The President of the French Senate, [[Alain Poher]], became the Acting President of France until [[1974 French presidential election|an election could be held to determine a new President]]. Poher had previously served as acting president after the death of President Charles de Gaulle, until Pompidou's election as president.
*The [[Agranat Commission]], chaired by the President of the Supreme Court of Israel, issued its report assessing blame for Israel's failures in the 1973 [[Yom Kippur War]], with recommendations for dismissal of General David Elazar (Chief of Staff of the [[Israeli Defense Forces]]); Major General [[Eli Zeira]], [[Military Intelligence Directorate (Israel)|director of the military intelligence]] for the agency ''Agaf HaModi'in''), Brigadier-General Aryeh Shalev (head of research at the Agaf HaModi'in), and Major General [[Shmuel Gonen]], leader of the Southern Front defense against Egypt. Following the report, the government of Prime Minister Golda Meir would fall.
*The [[46th Academy Awards]] ceremony was held in the U.S. at the [[Dorothy Chandler Pavilion]] in [[Los Angeles]]. ''[[The Sting]]'' won seven awards, including Best Picture, Best Director ([[George Roy Hill]]), and Best Original Screenplay ([[David S. Ward]]). Best Actor and Actress awards were given to [[Jack Lemmon]] and [[Glenda Jackson]], while the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards went to 71-year-old [[John Houseman]] and 10-year-old [[Tatum O'Neal]], who became the youngest actress ever to receive an Oscar.<ref>{{cite news |title=Glenda Jackson, Lemmon Win Oscars; 'Sting' Is Best Picture— John Houseman, Tatum O'Neal Voted Awards for Supporting Roles |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 3, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Håkan Hellström]], Swedish pop musician; in [[Gothenburg]]
*'''Died:'''
**[[Douglass Dumbrille]], 84, Canadian stage, film and TV actor (b. [[1889]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/douglass-r-dumbrille-56830 |title=Douglass R. Dumbrille – Broadway Cast & Staff |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
**[[Olga Burgoyne]], 95, African-American choreographer and actress

== [[April 3]], 1974 (Wednesday) ==
*A system of 148 confirmed [[tornado|tornadoes]] [[1974 Super Outbreak|killed 319 people and injured 5,484 others]] in 13 of the U.S. states (Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Ohio, Georgia, North Carolina, Illinois, Michigan, Virginia and West Virginia) and the Canadian province of Ontario.<ref>{{cite news |title=At Least 237 Killed as Twisters Rip Midwest, South and Canada |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 4, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Twister Toll at 310; Thousands Seek Aid=Los Angeles Times |date=April 5, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Hardest hit was the city of [[Xenia, Ohio]], where [[1974 Xenia tornado|36 residents were killed]] after the tornado struck at 4:40 p.m. local time. Other areas struck were [[Brandenburg, Kentucky]] (31 dead) and [[Guin, Alabama]] (28 dead). The area in and around [[Tanner, Alabama]], was struck by two tornadoes 30 minutes apart, killing 44 people.
*The [[1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup|FIBA European Champions Cup]], emblematic of the [[professional basketball]] championship of Europe, was won by Spain's [[Real Madrid Baloncesto]] in an 84 to 82 defeat of Italy's [[Pallacanestro Varese]] in a final before a sellout crowd at the [[Palais des Sports de Beaulieu]] in France. [[Wayne Brabender]] was the high scorer for Madrid with 28 points while [[Bob Morse]] of Varese had 24 points.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pearlbasket.altervista.org/CC74.htm |title=Champions Cup 1973–74 |website=Pearlbasket.org}}</ref>
*The [[White House]] Press Office announced that the Internal Revenue Service had determined that U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] owed $432,787.13 in back taxes and an additional $43,644 in penalties and interest, an amount almost half of Nixon's stated net worth. The ruling by the IRS disallowed deductions including a declaration one for $576,000 for the claimed worth of Nixon's vice-presidential papers.<ref>{{cite news |title=NIXON WILL PAY $432,787 IN BACK TAXES— Decision Follows Findings of IRS and Congressional Staff; Bill Is Half His Stated Worth |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 4, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*Two months after being kidnapped, [[Patty Hearst]] announced in an audiotape that she had joined her captors at the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] and that she had adopted the name "Tania" for the SLA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/guerrilla-timeline-guerrilla-taking-patty-hearst/ |title=Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst |department=[[American Experience]] |website=[[pbs.org]]}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Juliana Awada]], Argentine businesswoman who served as [[First ladies and gentlemen of Argentina|First Lady of the Argentine Nation]] from 2015 to 2019; in [[Villa Ballester]]
*'''Died:''' [[Andor Kertész (mathematician)|Andor Kertész]], 45, Hungarian mathematician, died of a chronic illness

== [[April 4]], 1974 (Thursday) ==
*In Northern Ireland, the 1966 ban against the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] was lifted by order of [[Merlyn Rees]], [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Peter |last=Taylor |author-link=Peter Taylor (journalist) |title=Loyalists: War and Peace in Northern Ireland |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |year=1999 |page=124}}</ref>
*The crash of a Wenela Air Services flight in southern Africa killed 78 of the 84 people on board. The Douglas DC-4 went down shortly after takeoff from [[Francistown]] in [[Botswana]] after departing toward [[Blantyre]] in [[Malawi]].<ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740404-0 Aviation Safety Database]</ref> Most of the dead were Malawian gold miners who were returning home.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miners' Plane Crashes; 77 Die |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 5, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*In [[Cincinnati]], baseball player [[Hank Aaron]] of the [[1974 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] hit his 714th home run on the first swing of his bat to open the 1974 [[Major League Baseball]] season and tied the career record set by [[Babe Ruth]], in a 7 to 6 loss to the [[1974 Cincinnati Reds season|Cincinnati Reds]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aaron Hits 714th Home Run to Tie Babe Ruth's Record |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 5, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> While the Braves wanted to keep him out of the opening three-game series against the Reds so that the record could be tied and broken at home in Atlanta, [[Commissioner of Baseball]] [[Bowie Kuhn]] had ruled that Aaron was required to play at least two of the three Cincinnati games. On April 7, Aaron came up to bat three times in a 5 to 3 win over the Reds, striking out twice and grounding out once.<ref>{{cite news |title=No. 715 Still Is a Swing Away— Henry Aaron plays, as ordered, but strikes out twice, grounds out in 5–3 victory over Reds |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 8, 1974 |page=III-1}}</ref>
*Women in Jordan were granted the right to vote in elections for the first time. However, the suspension of parliamentary democracy prevented the right of suffrage from being exercised except in local elections.
*[[1974 Gilbert and Ellice Islands general election|Voting was held for 28 of the 31 seats]] of the new House of Assembly of the British colony of the [[Gilbert and Ellice Islands]], now the nations of [[Kiribati]] (Gilbert Islands) and [[Tuvalu]] (Ellice Islands).
*'''Born: '''
**[[Dave Mirra]], American bicycle motocross (BMX) rider last inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame; in [[Chittenango, New York]] (committed suicide, 2016)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.23mag.com/gens/mirra.htm |title=DAVE MIRRA @ 23MAG BMX |website=23mag.com}}</ref>
**[[Glenn Lyse]], Norwegian pop music singer; in [[Stavanger]]

== [[April 5]], 1974 (Friday) ==
*A major development in [[x-ray astronomy]] was achieved with discovery of "the first indication of strong coronal emission from stars"<ref name=PACFDS>Philip A. Charles and Frederick D. Seward, ''Exploring the X-Ray Universe'' (Cambridge University Press, 1995) p.7</ref> when astronomer Richard Catura detected x-ray luminosity from the star [[Capella]] (Alpha Aurigae), almost 43 light years from Earth, that was more than 10,000 times as much as the x-ray luminosity of the Sun. The detection was made by accident, in that the intended mission of a rocket-borne launch of instruments was simply to calibrate the directional accuracy of the stellar sensors.<ref name=PACFDS/>
*In [[Vientiane]], the capital of [[Laos]], a new government was formed giving power for the first time to the Communist [[Pathet Lao]], led by Prince [[Souphanouvong]], chairman of the powerful new 48-person National Political Council, and his older half-brother, Prime Minister [[Souvanna Phouma]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Coalition Partners Vow Loyalty to Laos King |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 6, 1974 |page=I-3}}</ref> Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong were two of the 24 children of [[Bounkhong|Chao Maha Oupahat Bounkhong]], the late Uparaja of Luang Prabang. After having spent years in hiding during a fight against the Western-backed regime of Souvanna Phouma, Souphanouvong made his first public appearance in Laos, with his half-brother, at a ceremony at the Buddhist [[Ong Tu Temple]], where both took a pledge to work together for the benefit of the Lao people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crowds in Vientiane Hail Souphanouvong |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 7, 1974 |page=I-19}}</ref>
*''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]'', the debut novel by high school teacher [[Stephen King]], was published by [[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]], launching his career as the "King of Horror".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stephenking.com/works/novel/carrie.html |title=Carrie |website=stephenking.com |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/04/carrie-stephen-king-horror |title=How Carrie changed Stephen King's life, and began a generation of horror |first=Alison |last=Flood |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 April 2014 |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
*'''Died:'''
**[[Jennifer Vyvyan]], 49, British opera soprano, died of a bronchial illness.
**[[Richard Crossman]], 66, British M.P. and [[Leader of the House of Commons]], 1966 to 1968 
**[[Fred Snodgrass]], 86, retired American MLB baseball outfielder, later known for being the mayor of [[Oxnard, California]], remembered for his crucial error in the [[1912 World Series]] that cost the [[1912 New York Giants season|New York Giants]] the championship.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00614F93D541A7493C4A9178FD85F408785F9 |title= Fred Snodgrass, 86, Dead; Ball Player Muffed 1912 Fly|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 6, 1974}}</ref>
**[[A. Y. Jackson]], 91, Canadian landscape painter and a founding member of the "[[Group of Seven (artists)|Group of Seven]]"
**[[S. P. Kodandapani]], 42, Indian film score composer

== [[April 6]], 1974 (Saturday) ==
*A massive fire, started accidentally by "a 10-year-old boy playing with matches" swept through the [[Lincoln National Forest]] in the U.S. state of [[New Mexico]] and the small towns of [[Weed, New Mexico|Weed]] and [[Sacramento, New Mexico]], causing $38 million worth of damage, including 21 homes and buildings, and scorching {{convert|14469|acre}} of land.<ref>{{cite news |title=Boy, 10, Blamed for $38 Million Forest Fire |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 10, 1974 |page=I-4}}</ref>
*The [[California Jam]], a rock festival held at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in the Los Angeles suburb of [[Ontario California]], attracted 250,000 paying spectators who came to see headliners [[Deep Purple]] and [[Emerson Lake & Palmer]], along with the [[Eagles (band)|Eagles]], [[Earth, Wind & Fire]], [[Black Sabbath]], [[Seals and Crofts]], [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]] and [[Black Oak Arkansas]].<ref>{{cite news |title='California Jam' Is Just That— but 200,000 Have a Nice Day |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 7, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*The [[Sweden|Swedish]] pop group [[ABBA]]'s song ''[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]'' won the [[1974 Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Brighton]], [[England]].
*'''Born:''' [[Robert Kovač]], West German-born Croatian footballer with 84 caps for the Croatia national team; in [[West Berlin]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Kovac |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/robert-kovac/ |website=fussballdaten.de |language=de |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
* '''Died:''' 
**Sir [[Hudson Fysh]], 79, Australian aviator and founder of the Australian airline [[Qantas]]
**Cardinal [[Štěpán Trochta]], 69, the only Roman Catholic Cardinal for [[Czechoslovakia]], died of a cerebral hemorrhage. Trochta, who had survived years in a Nazi concentration camp and later in a Czechoslovakian prison from 1953 to 1963 under Communist rule, had secretly been elevated to the cardinalate in 1969 by [[Pope Paul VI]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Czech Cardinal Dies; Survived Nazi Terror |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 7, 1974 |page=I-A-7}}</ref>
**[[Willem Marinus Dudok]], 89, Dutch modernist architect

== [[April 7]], 1974 (Sunday) ==
*The last goalkeeper in the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) to play without a mask, the [[1973–74 Pittsburgh Penguins season|Pittsburgh Penguins]]' [[Andy Brown (ice hockey)|Andy Brown]], played his final NHL game. Brown would play for three more seasons in the [[World Hockey Association]] (WHA) for the [[1976–77 WHA season|Indianapolis Racers]] in 1976.
*'''Died: '''[[Bobby Buntrock]], 21, American child actor known for portraying Harold Baxter on the TV sitcom ''[[Hazel (TV series)|Hazel]]'' starting in 1961 as a 9-year-old, was found dead inside his overturned car which had fallen into Battle Creek in the city limits of [[Keystone, South Dakota]], the victim of a drowning.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/rapid-city-journal/32564979/ "Hills area people die in accidents"], ''Rapid City (SD) Journal'', April 8, 1974, p.1</ref>

== [[April 8]], 1974 (Monday) ==
[[File:Hank Aaron 1974.jpg|100px|thumb|Hank Aaron]]
*[[Hank Aaron]] of the [[1974 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta Braves]] hit his 715th career home run in a 7 to 4 win over the [[1974 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles Dodgers]], breaking the record held by [[Babe Ruth]] since Ruth's retirement in 1935.<ref>{{cite news |title=Aaron Belts 715th on First Swing to Break Ruth's Mark |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Earlier in the game, Aaron had broken another mark set by another Hall of Fame player, [[Willie Mays]]'s National League record of 2,062 runs scored in a career. Aaron would retire in 1976 with a career record of 755 home runs.
*U.S. President Richard Nixon signed legislation raising the [[Minimum wage in the United States|federal minimum wage]], effective May 1, 1974, from $1.60/hour to $2.00/hour, to reach $2.10/hour in 1975 and $2.30 in 1976.<ref>{{cite news |title=President Signs Bill Increasing Minimum Pay to $2.30 by 1976 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1974 |page=I-5}}</ref><ref>[https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/minimum-wage/history/chart "History of Federal Minimum Wage Rates Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 – 2009"], U.S. Department of Labor</ref>
*In [[France]], ''[[Socialist Party (France)|Parti socialiste]]'' Chairman [[François Mitterrand]] and incumbent Finance Minister [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] filed on the same day to be candidates for [[1974 French presidential election|the May 5 presidential election]]. Giscard became the third member of the [[Gaullist Party]] (officially the ''[[Union of Democrats for the Republic|Union des Démocrates pour la République]]'' or UDR) to enter the race, after former Prime Minister [[Jacques Chaban-Delmas]] and [[National Assembly (France)|Assemblée nationale]] president [[Edgar Faure]]. Mitterrand was endorsed as well by the [[French Communist Party|Parti communiste français]] (PCF) and the ''[[Unified Socialist Party (France)|Parti socialiste unifié]]''(PSU), both of which announced that they would not field a separate candidate. Giscard declared his candidacy in the town of [[Chamalières]], where he was Mayor in addition to being Finance Minister. <ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-two-more-frenchmen/138858135/ |title=Two More Frenchmen in Presidential Race – Giscard d'Estaing Becomes 3rd Gaullist to Enter; Mitterrand Has Leftist Backing |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1974 |page=I-18 |place=Paris |agency=AP |access-date=2024-01-16 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> Faure dropped out of the race after Giscard's entrance.
*The U.S. Senate voted, 55 to 21, to make the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November— election day in the United States— as a paid federal holiday in even-numbered years, starting in 1976. The measure came as a bipartisan amendment offered by Republican [[Barry Goldwater]] and Democrat [[Hubert H. Humphrey]], both of whom had lost presidential elections in 1964 and 1968, respectively.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Day Voted as Holiday by Senate |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 9, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Despite passing the Senate, however, the bill did not make it to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives.
*'''Born:''' [[Chris Kyle]], American [[sniper]] for the [[United States Navy SEALs|U.S. Navy SEALs]], later a best-selling author; in [[Odessa, Texas]]. In the course of his career, he had 160 confirmed kills of targets between 2003 and 2009 during the [[Iraq War]]. Kyle was [[Murders of Chris Kyle and Chad Littlefield|shot and killed with his own .45 caliber pistol]] by another retired Navy SEAL in 2013. 
*'''Died:''' [[K. A. C. Creswell]], 94, English architectural historian

== [[April 9]], 1974 (Tuesday) ==
*Australia's Prime Minister [[Gough Whitlam]] announced that "[[Advance Australia Fair]]" would replace "[[God Save the Queen]]" as the national anthem, based on a survey of 60,000 people (0.05% of Australians at the time)<ref>{{cite news |title=Advance Australia Fair— it's official |newspaper=The Age (Melbourne) |date=April 9, 1974 |page=1}}</ref> The choice quickly became unpopular because of the lyrics, although Whitlam said that the tune would be used and that the words would go unsung.<ref>{{cite news |title=Australia's New Chosen Anthem Goes Unsung |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 5, 1974 |page=IA-1}}</ref> The melody would remain and the lyrics would be modified effective April 19, 1984.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aph.gov.au/library/handbook/national_symbols/index.htm |title=Parliamentary Handbook of the Commonwealth of Australia – National Symbols |publisher=[[Parliament of Australia]] |date=21 September 2005 }} </ref>
*The first [[1973–1974 Whitbread Round the World Race]], which had started on September 8, 1973 as 17 yachts departed the English port of [[Portsmouth]], was won by [[Ramón Carlin]] and his 11-man crew from [[Mexico]] on the ''[[Sayula II]]''. The yacht arrived in Portsmouth 152 days after it had departed.<ref>[https://www.mexconnect.com/articles/1231-did-you-know-mexico-yachtsman-won-the-first-round-the-world-yacht-race/ "Did You Know? Mexico yachtsman won the first round-the-world yacht race"], by Tony Burton, MexConnect.com</ref>
*The explosion of the Greek oil tanker ''Elias'' killed 13 people at [[Fort Mifflin]] port in [[Philadelphia]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Tanker Explodes Off S. Phila.; One Dead, 12 Hurt, 9 Missing |newspaper=Philadelphia Inquirer |date=April 10, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>A U.S. Coast Guard investigation would note that as of 1977, "Nine members of the crew and four visitors (relatives of the master) perished or are missing," with eight bodies recovered and five others never found, but could not find a cause for the disaster.<ref>[https://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/5p/CG-5PC/INV/docs/boards/elias.pdf "Marine Casualty Report: M/V Elias; Explosion and Fire at Fort Mifflin, Pennsylvania with Loss of Life"], U.S. Coast Guard, September 9, 1977</ref>
*'''Born:''' 
**[[Alexander Pichushkin]], Russian serial murderer known as "The Chessboard Killer" for at least 49 homicides between 1992 and his arrest in 2006; in [[Mytishchi]], [[Russian SFSR]], [[Soviet Union]]
**[[Jenna Jameson]] (stage name for Jenna Marie Massoli), American adult film actress and model who bills herself as "The Queen of Porn"; in [[Las Vegas]]
**'''Died:''' [[Emelie Hooke]], 61, Australian opera soprano

== [[April 10]], 1974 (Wednesday) ==
[[File:GoldaMeir.jpg|120px|thumb|Prime Minister Golda Meir]]
*Israel's Prime Minister, [[Golda Meir]], announced her resignation as Premier and as leader of the Israeli Labor Party, nine days after the release of the Agranat Commission report. Meir's decision came after a meeting of the 51 members of her Alignment party coalition, when she told reporters "I've had enough." Her colleague, Yitzhak Aharon, then told the group "The prime minister has announced her resignation."<ref>{{cite news |title=Mrs. Meir Resigns, Calls Move Final— Dayan's Future Unclear |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 11, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Rather than schedule new elections, the Israeli Labor Party announced on April 21 that they would try to form a new government of ministers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Israel's Labor Party Will Shun Elections, Try to Form Regime |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 22, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*[[Australia]]'s [[list of prime ministers of Australia|Prime Minister]], [[Gough Whitlam]], announced that he had asked the Governor-General to dissolve the Australian House of Representatives and to schedule new elections at the same time as an already-scheduled Senate election. Whitlam's request for a "double dissolution" came hours after the Australian Senate refused to approve a $170 million spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down. After the announcement of double dissolution, the Senate approved further government funding.<ref>{{cite news |title=New General Election Ordered in Australia— Whitlam Dissolves Parliament to Test His Social Reform, Independent Foreign Policy |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 11, 1974 |page=I-23}}</ref>
*[[Akbar Etemad]], known for founding Iran's nuclear energy and weapons program, was appointed as the first president of the new [[Atomic Energy Organization of Iran]] and given an additional post as Deputy Prime Minister.<ref>{{cite book|last=Alvandi|first=Roham|title=Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=132|date=2014}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Eric Greitens]], U.S. politician who served as Governor Missouri for 16 months in 2017 and 2018 before resigning in disgrace; in [[St. Louis]]
*'''Died:''' [[Patricia Collinge]], Irish-born American stage and film actress; in [[Dublin]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/patricia-collinge-8010 |title=Patricia Collinge – Broadway Cast & Staff |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

== [[April 11]], 1974 (Thursday) ==
*[[Kiryat Shmona massacre|A terrorist attack killed 18 people]], including eight children, as three members of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) crossed from Lebanon into the town of [[Kiryat Shmona]] in [[Israel]]. The PFLP guerrillas had originally invaded the town's elementary school, but the school was closed for the Passover holiday.<ref>{{cite news |title=3 Arab Terrorists Massacre 18 in Raid on Israel Border Town|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 12, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*The bipartisan Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives voted, 33 to 3, to subpoena U.S. President Nixon to submit the actual tape recordings of 42 specific conversations in the Oval Office, after the repeated refusal by the White House to comply with previous requests.<ref>{{cite news |title=Panel Subpoenas Nixon for Tapes |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 12, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*A jury in Pennsylvania convicted former United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) president [[W. A. Boyle|W. A. "Tony" Boyle]] of the 1969 murder of his union rival, [[Joseph Yablonski|Joseph "Jock" Yablonski]] and Yablonski's wife and daughter.<ref>{{cite news |title=Boyle Convicted in Yablonski Murder |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 12, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*Police in The Hague arrested Jacobus P. Phillipps, a Netherlands native who had served as an officer for the Nazi German SS during World War II, after Phillips had spent more than 29 years hiding in his parents home. Since 1945, Phillips had stayed inside the home and had been given a death sentence after being convicted of war crimes ''[[Trial in absentia|in absentia]]'' in 1950. Phillipps was taken to Scheveninger Prison and then transferred to Assen, where his conviction had taken place.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dutchman Who Hid for 29 Years Found |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Àlex Corretja]], Spanish tennis player and winner of the 1998 [[ATP Finals]]; in [[Barcelona]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Alex Corretja |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/C344/overview |website=atptour.com}}</ref>
**[[Tricia Helfer]], Canadian actress and model known for the U.S. TV series ''[[Lucifer (TV series)|Lucifer]]''; in [[Donalda]], [[Alberta]]
**[[Trot Nixon]], American baseball player; in [[Durham, North Carolina]]

== [[April 12]], 1974 (Friday) ==
*After a siege of more than a year by [[North Vietnam]]'s [[People's Army of Vietnam]] (PAVN), the 92nd Ranger Battalion of South Vietnam's [[Army of the Republic of Viet Nam]] (ARVN) surrendered the [[Tonle Cham Camp]], only {{convert|60|mi}} from the South Vietnamese capital, [[Saigon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=S. Viet Bombers Strike Base Overrun by Reds— Saigon Command Says Post Was Leveled Only Hours After Falling to Hanoi Troops |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 1974 |page=I-8}}</ref>
*The collision of the 999-ton South Korean freighter ''Hae Yung'' and the 21,467-ton American container ship ''President Pierce'' killed 15 of the freighter's 24-man crew, when the vessel split in half and sank quickly in the [[Sea of Japan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=29 Feared Dead In 2 Collisions |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=April 13, 1974 |page=7-C}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Marley Shelton]], American film and TV actress best known for the TV series ''[[Eleventh Hour (American TV series)|Eleventh Hour]]''; in [[Los Angeles]]
**[[Sylvinho]] (Sylvio Mendes Campos Júnior), Brazilian footballer with six caps for the Brazil national team, later coach of the [[Albania national football team]]; in [[São Paulo]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Sylvinho |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=16824 |website=soccerbase.com}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[Arthur Krock]], 87, U.S. newspaper journalist known for his syndicated column "In the Nation", and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes<ref>{{cite news |title=Arthur Krock Dies at 87; Won Two Pulitzers |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 13, 1974 |page=I-5}}</ref>

== [[April 13]], 1974 (Saturday) ==
*[[Westar 1]], the first commercial geostationary satellite, was launched from Cape Canaveral in the United States by [[NASA]] on behalf of the [[Western Union]] communications company.<ref>{{cite news|title=Satellite Launched By Western Union For Communication|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/14/archives/satellite-launched-by-western-union-for-communication.html|date=April 14, 1974|work=New York Times |page=60}}</ref>
*'''Born: '''[[Ahmed Ghailani]], Tanzanian conspirator convicted for the [[1998 United States embassy bombings|bombing of the U.S. embassies in Tanzania]] on August 7, 1998; in [[Zanzibar City]]

== [[April 14]], 1974 (Sunday) ==
*[[Australia]]'s [[list of governors-general of Australia|Governor-General]], Sir [[Paul Hasluck]], ordered that [[1974 Australian federal election|elections take place on May 18]] for a new parliament.
*Ethiopia's Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] announced that his 20-year-old grandson, [[Zera Yacob Amha Selassie]], would be the heir to the throne.<ref>{{cite news |title=Haile Selassie Chooses Grandson as Successor |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 1974 |page=I-24}}</ref> The Emperor made the nomination after Crown Prince [[Amha Selassie]] became ill. Haile Selassie would be overthrown five months later, on September 12, 1974.
*Golfer [[Gary Player]] of South Africa won the [[1974 Masters Tournament]] by two shots over Dave Stockton and Tom Wieskopf.<ref>{{cite news |title=Player Stops By to Win Masters— $35,000; Near-Perfect 9-Iron Shot on 17th Clinches 2nd Victory in Event |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 1974 |page=III-1}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' 
**[[Quentin Dupieux]], French film director best known for ''[[Wrong Cops]]'', and as a musician who performs under the stage name "Mr. Oizo"; in [[Paris]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Douglas|first1=Edward|title=Interview: Quentin (Mr. Oizo) Dupieux Can't Do Wrong - ComingSoon.net|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/features/101632-interview-quentin-mr-oizo-dupieux-cant-do-wrong|website=ComingSoon.net|access-date=15 May 2017|date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
**[[Da Brat]] (stage name for Shawntae Harris), American rap artist and the first female rapper to sell over one million copies of an album; in [[Chicago]] 
*'''Died:''' 
**[[Howard Pease]], 79, American paperback writer known for his series of Tod Moran mysteries published from 1926 to 1961
**[[Jefferson Caffery]], 87, American diplomat who served at different times as the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador, Colombia, Cuba, Brazil, France and Egypt.<ref name="JCObit1974">{{cite news|title=Jefferson Caffery Dean of Diplomatic Service, Dies|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/14/archives/jefferson-caffery-dean-of-diplomatic-service-dies-44-years-in.html|access-date=24 January 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=14 April 1974}}</ref>

== [[April 15]], 1974 (Monday) ==
*A [[1974 Nigerien coup d'état|coup d'etat]] led by Lieutenant Colonel [[Seyni Kountché]] overthrew the government of the West African nation of [[Niger]] and its first president, [[Hamani Diori]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Bodes Ill for Sikkim King and Queen |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 1974 |page=III-17}}</ref> As the second President of Niger, Kountché would rule for 13 years until his death in 1987.<ref name=1974Niger>{{cite journal |title=The 1974 Coup d'État in Niger: Towards an Explanation |first1=Richard |last1=Higgott |first2=Finn |last2=Fuglestad |author2-link=Finn Fuglestad |journal=[[Journal of Modern African Studies]] |date=September 1975 |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=383–398|doi=10.1017/S0022278X00052332 |s2cid=155017564 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Army Coup Topples Government In Black African Nation of Niger |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 1974 |page=I-13}}</ref>
*Voters in the tiny Himalayan mountain kingdom of [[Sikkim]] went to the polls [[1974 Sikkimese general election|for the first, and last democratic election in the nation]] to select a [[State Council (Sikkim)|32-member assembly]] from 121 candidates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election Bodes Ill for Sikkim King and Queen |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 15, 1974 |page=III-17}}</ref> After runoff elections on April 22 for 18 seats where no candidate had won a majority, the Sikkim Congress Party, won a majority of the votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sikkim Voters End Rule by Divine Right |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 23, 1974 |page=I-17}}</ref>
*[[Ivor Bell]], the leader of the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] terrorist group in [[Northern Ireland]], walked out of [[Maze Prison]] in [[Belfast]], only seven weeks after he had been captured.<ref>{{cite news |title=IRA chief escapes from jail— Guards bluffed by parole switch |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=April 16, 1974 |page=1}}</ref> Bell took a release order from, and posed as, another prisoner, Jimmy Walsh,<ref>{{cite news |title=Man in Jail Swap 'Tied and Beaten' |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=April 29, 1974 |page=1}}</ref> who was being given a four-day furlough for a scheduled wedding. Bell was recaptured 13 days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=IRA chief Ivor Bell is recaptured |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=London |date=April 29, 1974 |page=1}}</ref>
[[File:Hearst-hibernia-yell.jpg|150px|thumb|Kidnap victim turned bank robber, Patty Hearst, aka Tania]]
*Kidnapping victim [[Patricia Hearst]], who had recently announced that she was joining the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] that had been her captors for two months, turned to crime and aided in a bank robbery. Hearst, who had adopted the SLA alias "Tania", was photographed holding an automatic weapon while inside a branch of the Hibernia Bank at 1450 Noriega Street in [[San Francisco]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Patricia Hearst at Holdup, FBI Says— Identified With 3 SLA Members in Bank Photos |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 16, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> 
* '''Born:'''
**[[Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974)|Tim Thomas]], American ice hockey goaltender, winner of the NHL's [[Vezina Trophy]] in 2009 and 2011, and the 2011 [[Conn Smythe Trophy]]; in [[Flint, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Tim Thomas {{!}} #30 |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tim-thomas-8460703 |website=nhl.com}}</ref>
**[[Leilani Rorani]], New Zealand [[Squash (sport)|squash]] player, British Open winner in women's singles 1999 and 2000, ranked No. 1 in the world by the [[Women's International Squash Players Association]] (WISPA) November 2000 to September 2001; in [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]]
**[[Danny Pino]], American TV and stage actor, known for the series ''[[Cold Case]]''; in [[Miami]]
*'''Died:''' 
**[[Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta]], 70, former member of Greek royalty as the daughter of [[Constantine I of Greece|King Constantine I]], sister of [[George II of Greece|George II]], [[Alexander of Greece|Alexander I]], and [[Paul of Greece|King Paul I]] 
**[[Aissa Diori]], First Lady of Niger since 1960 as the wife of President Hamani Diori, was shot and killed during the coup d'etat that ended the Diori government.<ref name=1974Niger/>

== [[April 16]], 1974 (Tuesday) ==
[[File:Aspirin1.jpg|150px|thumb|"Push down and turn to open"]]
*In the U.S., a federal law took effect requiring that nearly all prescription medicines from pharmacies would be distributed in bottles with [[child-resistant packaging|"child-proof" caps]]. The law made exceptions, including for medicines that needed to be used quickly. The legislation followed reports of accidents involving children opening household packaging and ingesting the contents.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-april-16-1974-c/133014019/ "Child-Proof Bottle for Drugs to Be Required— Law Effective Tuesday"], ''Los Angeles Times'', April 14, 1974, p.I-13</ref>
*The British rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] played their first concert in the United States, appearing at the auditorium at [[Regis University]] in [[Denver]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theknow.denverpost.com/2018/11/05/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-first-us-show-denver/200342/|title=Queen's first U.S. performance was right here in Denver|date=November 5, 2018|website=Denver Post}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Xu Jinglei]], Chinese film actress and director, known for starring in ''[[Spring Subway]]'' and directing ''[[My Father and I]]''; in [[Beijing]]
*'''Died:''' 
**[[Johnston Murray]], 71, the first Native American to be elected a Governor of U.S. state as the son of a mother from the [[Chickasaw Nation]] and a father who was a Chickasaw citizen, having [[List of governors of Oklahoma|governed Oklahoma]] from 1951 to 1955<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=MU013 |title=Murray, Johnston|author=Erin Dowell|access-date=August 26, 2019|publisher=Oklahoma Historical Society}}</ref> 
**[[Gustave Daladier]], 86, French [[flying ace]] who had 12 shootdowns in aerial combat in World War I<ref> Norman L. R. Franks and Frank W. Bailey, ''Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914–1918'' (Grub Street, 1992) p.138</ref>

== [[April 17]], 1974 (Wednesday) ==
*The public court-martial of 63 Chilean Air Force officers and enlisted men began in the chapel of the Air Force War College in [[Santiago]] on accusations of sedition or treason. Prosecutors asked that six of the defendants be sentenced to death for espionage.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chile Begins Mass Military Trial for 63 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 18, 1974 |page=I-1-9}}</ref>
*A group of rebels in the Egyptian military, including 16 cadets, attacked the Technical Military Academy in Cairo, killing 11 people and wounding 27 others as part of an alleged plot, financed by Libya, to overthrow President Anwar Sadat. Although the Egyptian government initially described reports about the incident as false<ref>{{cite news |title=Attempt to Kill Sadat Told by Arab Paper |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 24, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>, 75 members of the military would be arrested over the next 10 days, including the alleged leader, Dr. Saleh Abdullah Sariya of the Islamic Liberation Organization.<ref>{{cite news |title=Libya Role in Cairo Academy Attack Hinted |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 22, 1974 |page=I-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=75 Reported Arrested in Egypt Plot |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 27, 1974 |page=I-13}}</ref>
*Three days after leading a coup d'detat, [[Seyni Kountché]] named a 12-man council to run the West African nation and proclaimed himself the Chief of State as Chairman of the Council.<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 18, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Victoria Beckham]], English singer best known as "Posh Spice" for the [[Spice Girls]]; in [[Goff's Oak]], [[Hertfordshire]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |author=((Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia)) |title=Victoria Beckham |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia Britannica]] |date=16 September 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Victoria-Beckham |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
**[[Mikael Åkerfeldt]], Swedish heavy metal guitarist; in [[Stockholm]]<ref name="Mikael Åkerfeldt">{{cite web |url=http://www.opeth.com/home/about-opeth/item/4-mikael-%C3%A5kerfeldt |title=Mikael Åkerfeldt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924074706/http://www.opeth.com/home/about-opeth/item/4-mikael-%C3%A5kerfeldt |archive-date=24 September 2011 |website=[[Opeth]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' 
**[[Frank McGee (journalist)|Frank McGee]], 52, American TV journalist and co-host of the NBC ''[[Today (American TV program)|Today]]'' show since 1971, died of [[multiple myeloma]] six days after his last newscast.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frank McGee, Host of TV's Today Show, Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 18, 1974 |page=I-10}}</ref>
**[[Blossom Seeley]] (stage name for Minnie Guyer), 87, American singer and dancer billed as the "Queen of Syncopation"<ref>{{cite news |title=Blossom Seeley, Vaudevillian, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/18/archives/blossom-seeley-vaudevillian-is-dead |work=The New York Times |date=April 18, 1974 |page=44}}</ref>
**[[Vincent Taylor (musician)|Vinnie Taylor]] (stage name for Christopher H. Donald), 25, guitarist for the group [[Sha Na Na]], was found in a motel at [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], dead of an accidental heroin overdose, two days after a concert at the University of Virginia.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/21/archives/vinnie-taylor-25-guitarist-for-shanana-found-dead.html?_r=0 "Vinnie Taylor, 25, Guitarist For Sha-Na-Na, Found Dead"], ''The New York Times'', April 21, 1974, p.52</ref>

== [[April 18]], 1974 (Thursday) ==
*In response to the [[Zebra murders]] that had claimed 14 lives in California since October 20, [[San Francisco]] Mayor [[Joseph Alioto]] and the San Francisco City Police instituted "Operation Zebra", stopping African-American men throughout the city for interrogations and the recording of identifying information.<ref>{{cite news |title=S.F. Police to Stop Any Blacks Fitting 'Zebra' Description |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 18, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=All-out hunt for random slayers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114584873/all-out-hunt-for-random-slayers/ |newspaper=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |date=April 18, 1974 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> Over the next six days, 567 black men were stopped and 181 interrogated without yielding any information helpful to finding the Zebra murderers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zebra effort ineffective, judge is told |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114586937/zebra-effort-ineffective-judge-is-told/ |newspaper=[[San Francisco Examiner]] |date=April 24, 1974 |page=1 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=December 13, 2022}}</ref> U.S. District Judge [[Alfonso Zirpoli]] ruled that stopping suspects without probable cause was unconstitutional. 
*U.S. District Judge [[John J. Sirica]] ordered President Nixon to release 64 specific tape recordings that had been subpoenaed by the Watergate special prosecutor, [[Leon Jaworski]], and to do so by May 2. The White House declined to comment on whether it would comply with the order.<ref>{{cite news |title=Sirica Orders Nixon to Surrender Tapes |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 19, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Edgar Wright]], English film director known for ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''; in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Oscar Wright|url=https://www.artofthetitle.com/designer/oscar-wright/|access-date=2022-02-14|website=www.artofthetitle.com|language=en}}</ref> 
**[[Mark Tremonti]], American rock guitarist and singer, co-founder of the band [[Creed (band)|Creed]]; in [[Detroit]]
**[[Lorraine Pilkington]], Irish actress known for ''[[Human Traffic]]''; in [[Dublin]]
*'''Died:'''
**[[Betty Compson]], 77, American actress known for ''[[The Barker]]''<ref>{{cite book|last1=Wilson|first1=Scott|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|date=2016|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9781476625997|page=150|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=%22Eleanor%20Luicime%20Compson%22&pg=PA150|access-date=10 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>
**[[Marcel Pagnol]], 79, French novelist, playwright and filmmaker

== [[April 19]], 1974 (Friday) ==
*The government of [[Sri Lanka]], led by Prime Minister [[Sirimavo Bandaranaike]] closed down 13 newspapers in the Asian nation under the Emergency Defence Regulations, after their editors had criticized the government. Shut down until further notice were ''[[Chinthamani (newspaper)|Chinthamani]]'', ''[[Dawasa]]'', ''[[Dinapathi]]'', ''[[Gitanjali (Ceylonese newspaper)|Gitanjali]]'', ''[[Iranama]]'', ''[[Rasakatha]]'', ''[[Riviresa]]'', ''[[Sawasa]]'', ''[[Sundari (newspaper)|Sundari]]'', ''[[Sun (Ceylon)|The Sun]]'', ''[[Thanthi (Ceylon)|Thanthi]]'', ''[[Tikiri (Ceylonese newspaper)|Tikiri]]'' and ''[[Visitura]]'', all printed in [[Colombo]]. Most of the papers would remain closed for almost three years.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Richardson|first1=John|title=Paradise Poisoned: Learning about Conflict, Terrorism, and Development from Sri Lanka's Civil Wars|date=2005|publisher=International Center for Ethnic Studies|isbn=955-580-094-4|page=362|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-sIRxpjfd-EC}}</ref>
*All eight Israeli Defense Force members on a [[Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion]] helicopter were killed when it collided with another CH-53 over an airport in [[Rosh Pinna]], a town located near the [[Golan Heights]] and the border with Syria. The other helicopter was able to land safely.
*TMI-1, the first of three units of the [[Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station]] near [[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]] in the U.S., came online<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.exeloncorp.com/powerplants/threemileisland/Pages/profile.aspx |title=Three Mile Island |publisher=Amerigen&nbsp;— Exelon Corporation }}</ref> and would begin supplying electrical power on September 2. The second unit, TMI-2, would begin operating in late 1978 but become involved in a [[Three Mile Island accident|nuclear accident]] on March 28, 1979.
*'''Born:''' 
**[[G. R. Indugopan]], Indian [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]] novelist; in [[Valathungal]], [[Kerala]] state
**[[Akara Amarttayakul]], Thai film actor; in [[Bangkok]]
*'''Died:''' 
**General [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]], 66, [[List of heads of state of Pakistan|President of Pakistan]] from 1958 to 1969<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan's Ayub Khan Dies at 67 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 21, 1974 |page=I-8}}</ref>
**Major [[Stephen Price (RAF officer)|Stephen Price]], 80, British Royal Air Force officer and flying ace in World War I.

== [[April 20]], 1974 (Saturday) ==
*French archaeologist [[Françoise Claustre]] was taken hostage by rebels led by future Chadian president [[Hissène Habré]] in the north African nation of [[Chad]], at the town of [[Bardaï, Chad|Bardaï]], beginning an ordeal that would last almost three years.<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 21, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref> Captured with her was Dr. [[Christophe Staewen]] of West Germany (who would be released on June 11 following payment of a ransom), and Frenchman Marc Combe, who would escape his captors. Françoise's husband Pierre would be captured by the same rebels 16 months later while trying to negotiate his wife's release. The two would finally be released on February 1, 1977.
*Former [[List of presidents of South Korea|South Korean President]] [[Yun Posun]] was secretly arrested at his home for donating more than US$1,000 to a Christian minister for delivery to a student group calling for a return to democracy. Yun, who had been president from 1960 to 1962, had run as a candidate against President Park Chung Hee in elections in 1963 and 1967, was detained without any announcement of his arrest from the government or in the government-regulated South Korean press, and his arrest would not be discovered by the Western press until June 10.<ref>{{cite news |title=South Korea's Political Dragnet Catches Ex-President Yun Posun |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 11, 1974 |page=I-18}}</ref>
*The U.S. state of Louisiana adopted its 11th state constitution since attaining statehood, upon a 58 percent approval by voters in a referendum. The new document, at 35,000 words, was more than one-eighth the size of the previous 250,000-word size document.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Nation |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 21, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[Peter Lee Lawrence]] (stage name for Karl Hyrenbach), 30, German film actor known for [[Spaghetti Western|spaghetti western]] films, including ''[[Fury of Johnny Kid]]'', died of [[glioblastoma]] following surgery.

== [[April 21]], 1974 (Sunday) ==
*In the [[1974 Colombian general election|first multiparty elections since 1958]] in the South American nation of [[Colombia]], Liberal Party candidate [[Alfonso López Michelsen]], whose father [[Alfonso López Pumarejo]] had been president twice (1934—1938 and 1942—1946), won 56% of the vote.<ref>{{cite news |title=Liberal Elected as Colombia President |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 22, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Each of the three major candidates had had a father who had been a president, with the Conservative Party's [[Álvaro Gómez Hurtado]] (son of [[Laureano Gómez]], president 1950—1953) receiving 31% of the vote, and [[María Eugenia Rojas Correa]] (daughter of [[Gustavo Rojas Pinilla]], president 1953—1957) of [[National Popular Alliance|ANAPO]] receiving less than 10%.
*[[Israeli occupation of the West Bank#Arrests and administrative detention|Taisir al-Arouri]], a Palestinian professor of mathematics at [[Birzeit University]] on the [[West Bank]], was arrested by Israeli police. He would be detained, without any charges brought against him, for the night on 21 April 1974 and released on January 18, 1978, after [[Amnesty International]]'s bringing of his case to worldwide attention.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Amnesty International Administrative Detention in Israel/Occupied Territories |last=Amnesty International |author-link=Amnesty International |journal=[[Middle East Journal]] |date=Summer 1978 |volume=32 |issue=3 |page=339 |jstor=4325772}}</ref>
*Professional soccer football competition in [[Austria]] was reorganized with the founding of [[Austrian Football Bundesliga|Österreichische Fussball-Bundesliga]], composed of the top 10 clubs in the former ''Bundesliga'' in the First Division, and a 10-team second division. Each team played each of the nine others four times for a 36-match season, with the two with the worst record to be relegated to the second division and the top two of the second division being promoted.
*''[[That Championship Season]]'', the [[Tony Award for Best Play|Tony Award]]-winning play by [[Jason Miller (playwright)|Jason Miller]], closed on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] after exactly 700 performances. It began its run at the [[Booth Theatre]] on September 14, 1972.
*'''Born:''' 
**[[Oleksiy Zhuravko]], Ukrainian member of parliament from 2006 to 2012, who later became a Russian citizen and politician and joined in Russia's 2022 war against Ukraine; in [[Zhovti Vody]], [[Ukrainian SSR]] (killed in missile attack, 2022)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://meduza.io/en/news/2022/09/25/in-kherson-former-mp-oleksiy-zhuravko-dies-following-missile-strike |title=In Kherson, former MP Oleksiy Zhuravko dies following missile strike |website=[[Meduza]] |access-date=December 18, 2022}}</ref>
**[[Craig Joiner]], Scottish rugby union player with 25 caps for the Scotland national team; in [[Glasgow]]

== [[April 22]], 1974 (Monday) ==
*All 107 passengers and crew on [[Pan Am Flight 812]] were killed in a crash in [[Indonesia]] when the Boeing 707 crashed into the side of a mountain while approaching [[Denpasar]] as a stop on a flight from [[Hong Kong]] to [[Sydney]] in [[Australia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Most of 107 on Pan Am Jet Reported Dead in Bali Crash |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 23, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref><ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740422-0 Aviation Safety Database]</ref> The remains of all the non-Asian victims were cremated, while those of Westerners, including 28 Americans, were buried in a mass grave.<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*A group of five employees at "The Hi-Fi Shop", a home audio store in [[Ogden, Utah]], were taken hostage by six robbers and tortured. [[Hi-Fi murders|One man and two women were brutally murdered]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Holdup Men Torture, Shoot 5 Utah Victims |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 24, 1974 |page=I-8}}</ref> Three active duty airmen of the U.S. Air Force would be arrested,<ref>{{cite news |title=2 Airmen Charged in Utah Torture Deats |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 25, 1974 |page=I-4}}</ref> while three others would never be identified. Two of the arrested would be convicted of murder and executed, while the third would be convicted of robbery and spend 13 years in prison. The story would become the basis of a best-selling book, ''[[Victim: The Other Side of Murder]]'', by [[Gary Kinder]], published in 1982 and later adapted to a television film, ''Aftermath: A Test of Love''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.abc4.com/content/news/special/special_assignment/story/Ogden-Hi-Fi-murders-revisited/9-ox6q5C_0i5cIRVz_zJVQ.cspx |title=Ogden Hi-Fi murders revisited |work=ABC4 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723041911/http://www.abc4.com/content/news/special/special_assignment/story/Ogden-Hi-Fi-murders-revisited/9-ox6q5C_0i5cIRVz_zJVQ.cspx |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1974 Suez Canal Clearance Operation#Operation Nimbus Star|Operation Nimbus Star]], the U.S. Navy's assistance in clearing the [[Suez Canal]] of explosive mines, began with minesweeping helicopters dispatched from amphibious assault ship {{USS|Iwo Jima|LPH-2}}.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=April 7, 2024 |url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/nimbus-star.htm |title=Nimbus Star / Nimbus Moon / Nimrod Spar |website=[[GlobalSecurity.org]] |department=Military |date=July 5, 2011}}</ref>{{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=According to [[Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Perennial sources]], "globalsecurity.org is an unreliable user-contributed and scraper site given to plagiarism... The site should not be used to back factual claims on Wikipedia."|date=June 2024}}

== [[April 23]], 1974 (Tuesday) ==
*Following the resignation of [[Golda Meir]] as Prime Minister of Israel and as leader of the ruling [[Israeli Labor Party]], the Labor Party's 552-member central committee chose between Labor Minister [[Yitzhak Rabin]] and Information Minister [[Shimon Peres]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Israeli Labor Party Picks Rabin, 52, to Succeed Mrs. Meir |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 23, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> Rabin won the election, 298 to 254, and would take office as Prime Minister on June 3.
*'''Died:''' [[Cy Williams]], 86, American MLB baseball [[outfielder]] known for having led the National League in home runs during four different seasons (1916, 1920, 1923, 1927)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1974/04/25/archives/cy-williams-ball-player-who-hit-251-homers-dies-special-to-the-new-.html|"Cy Williams, Ball Player Who Hit 251 Homers, Dies"], ''The New York Times'', April 25, 1974, p.42</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cy Williams Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/w/willicy01.shtml |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=5 April 2024}}</ref>

== [[April 24]], 1974 (Wednesday) ==
*[[Günter Guillaume]], a personal adviser to [[West Germany]]'s Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]], was [[Guillaume Affair|arrested on charges of espionage]], after West German intelligence discovered that Guillaume was a spy for East Germany's [[Stasi]] security service.<ref>{{cite news |via=[[Google News]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vc5dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f14NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5274%2C5720303 |title=Aide to Willy Brandt arrested for spying |newspaper=[[Observer–Reporter]] |issue=7499 |date=April 26, 1974 |page=A5}}</ref> Brandt would resign as Chancellor 12 days later.
*[[1974 South African general election|Elections were held in South Africa]] for 169 of the 171 seats of the [[House of Assembly (South Africa)|Volksraad]], called in English the House of Assembly.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ruling Party Leads in S. Africa Election |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 25, 1974 |page=I-7}}</ref> Voting was limited to White voters, with non-White citizens not allowed suffrage in the white-minority ruled nation. The [[National Party (South Africa)|National Party]] of [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] [[John Vorster]] increased its majority, winning 122 seats compared to only 41 for the [[United Party (South Africa)|United Party]] of [[De Villiers Graaff]], whose party won a majority only in the [[Natal (province)|province of Natal]]. 
* '''Born:''' 
**[[Stephen Wiltshire]], British architectural artist and autistic savant; in [[London]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Philby |first=Charlotte |date=23 January 2009 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/my-secret-life-stephen-wiltshire-artist-34-1488487.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/my-secret-life-stephen-wiltshire-artist-34-1488487.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=My secret life: Stephen Wiltshire, artist, 34 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=22 January 2022}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
**General [[Muhoozi Kainerugaba]], Ugandan military officer, former commander of the [[Uganda People's Defence Force]] (UPDF) and son of President [[Yoweri Museveni]] and First Lady [[Janet Museveni|Janet Kataaha Museveni]]; in [[Dar es Salaam]] in [[Tanzania]]
* '''Died:'''
[[File:Bud Abbott in a crop from a promotional photograph for Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein in 1948.png|120px|thumb|Bud Abbott]]
**[[Bud Abbott|William "Bud" Abbott]], 76, American comedian and film actor who served as the straight man in the duo of [[Abbott and Costello]]; his co-star, [[Lou Costello]], had died in 1959.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bud Abbott, Straight Man of Famed Comedy Team, Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 25, 1974 |page=I-3}}</ref>
** [[Franz Jonas]], 74, [[List of presidents of Austria|President of Austria]] since 1965; Chancellor [[Bruno Kreisky]] would serve as acting president until a [[1974 Austrian presidential election|presidential election]] on June 23 and the inauguration of [[Rudolf Kirchschläger]] on July 8.<ref>{{cite news |title=President Franz Jonas of Austria Dies at 74 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 24, 1974 |page=I-13}}</ref>

== [[April 25]], 1974 (Thursday) ==
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*The "[[Carnation Revolution]]" (in Portuguese, ''Revolução dos Cravos'') began at 12:20 a.m. throughout [[Portugal]] after a pre-arranged signal— the playing of the song "[[Grândola, Vila Morena]]"— was broadcast on the [[Lisbon]] radio station [[Rádio Renascença]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Broadcast of a Popular Song Signaled Start of Lisbon Coup |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> The [[Armed Forces Movement|Movimento das Forças Armadas]] (MFA), a group of Portuguese military officers led by recently-fired General [[António de Spínola]], carried out a [[coup d'état]] to end 41 years of dictatorial rule by the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]]. Thousands of Portuguese civilians joined the military insurgents in a popular revolution.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rebels Seize Portugal Radio Station |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 25, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Portugal's Regime Overthrown; Rebels Vow Democratic Reforms— Deposed Premier and Top Officials Forced Into Exile; Government Placed in Hands of War Hero Gen. Spinola |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Prime Minister]] [[Marcelo Caetano]] relented at 6:00 in the morning and he fled the country for political asylum in Brazil.
*The [[National Intelligence Service (South Korea)|Korean Central Intelligence Agency]] (KCIA) carried out [[People's Revolutionary Party Incident#The second incident|the arrest, without warrants, of 1,024 dissidents]] throughout [[South Korea]] on charges of violation of the [[National Security Act (South Korea)|National Security Act]]. Of those, 253 would be imprisoned and eight would be executed on April 9, 1975.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 2005 |url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/04/08/2005040861025.html |title=Executions Still Smart 30 Years After |website=[[Chosun.com]]}}</ref>
*[[List of landslides#1951–1975|A landslide killed more than 450 people]] in the valley of the [[Mantaro River]] in [[Peru]], including at least 43 near [[Huancayo]].<ref>{{cite news |title=43 Confirmed Dead in Peru Quake, Slides |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 28, 1974 |page=I-5}}</ref><ref name=Mantaro>{{cite web |url=https://nehrpsearch.nist.gov/static/files/NSF/PB297287.pdf |title=Landslide of April 25, 1974, on the Mantaro River, Peru |first1=Kenneth L. |last1=Lee |first2=J. M. |last2=Duncan |publisher=[[National Academy of Sciences]] |year=1975}}</ref> After burying the village of Mayunmarca, the landslide dammed the river and formed a lake that would reach a depth of {{convert|107|m}} and a length of {{convert|31|km}} after submerging the towns of Pururo and La Esmeralda, as well as numerous large farms.<ref name=Mantaro/>
*The value of the [[Canadian dollar]] reached its highest point ever on exchange markets, becoming worth slightly more than $1.04 in [[United States dollar]]s (US$ 1.0443); the U.S. dollar was worth slightly less than 96 cents (C$ 0.95758).<ref>{{cite news |title=Dollar hits new high |newspaper=Ottawa Citizen |date=April 25, 1974 |page=9}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Powell |first=James |title=A History of the Canadian Dollar |publisher=[[Bank of Canada]] |year=2005}}</ref> The value of the Canadian dollar would reach its low point on January 21, 2002, worth US$ 0.6179<ref>{{cite web |archive-date=July 11, 2007 |url=http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory?lang=en&result=1&date1=12%2F21%2F01&date=02%2F21%2F02&date_fmt=us&exch=USD&exch2=CAD&expr=EUR&expr2=USD&margin_fixed=0&format=HTML&SUBMIT=Get+Table |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070711215846/http://www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory?lang=en&result=1&date1=12%2F21%2F01&date=02%2F21%2F02&date_fmt=us&exch=USD&exch2=CAD&expr=EUR&expr2=USD&margin_fixed=0&format=HTML&SUBMIT=Get+Table |title=FXHistory: historical currency exchange rates |website=OANDA.com}}</ref> but would briefly surpass the U.S. dollar again on September 28, 2007.<ref>{{cite news |title=Topsy-turvy world last time loonie was on par with greenback |url=http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCO65bVpbfPeEB0a5iAt7A2gFNnQ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070609092030/http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jCO65bVpbfPeEB0a5iAt7A2gFNnQ |archive-date=June 9, 2007 |publisher=[[Canadian Press]] |date=September 20, 2007}}</ref>
*[[National Football League]] owners voted to make nine changes to NFL rules, including sudden-death overtime for regular season games tied at the end of regulation, moving the goal posts, returning missed field goals to the line of scrimmage, after the new [[World Football League]] (WFL) had announced that it would have similar rules. One WFL owner told reporters, "It looks like they went right down the line and copied our book."<ref>{{cite news |title=Mod NFL: Sudden Death, Fewer Field Goals, More TDs |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 26, 1974 |page=III-1}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' 
**[[Grant Achatz]], American chef and restaurateur; in [[St. Clair, Michigan]]<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Shepherd |first=Melinda C. |title=Grant Achatz |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |date=11 August 2023 |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grant-Achatz |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
**[[Ivonne Montero]], Mexican television actress, star of the [[telenovela]] ''[[¡Anita, no te rajes!]]''; in [[Mexico City]]
*'''Died:''' [[Pamela Courson]], 27, former companion of singer [[Jim Morrison]] and heir to his fortune, was found dead of a heroin overdose, less than three years after his death.

== [[April 26]], 1974 (Friday) ==
*By a vote of 247 to 233, the lower house of [[West Germany]]'s parliament, the [[Bundestag]], narrowly passed [[Abortion in Germany|a law allowing abortion]] of a pregnancy in the first trimester. The bill repealed paragraph 218 of the 1871 German penal code.<ref>{{cite news |title=West Germany Approves Abortion Bill |newspaper=Tampa Tribune |date=April 27, 1974 |page=3-A}}</ref> The nation's supreme court suspended the law on June 21,<ref>Christina Gerhardt, ''Screening the Red Army Faction: Historical and Cultural Memory'' (Bloomsbury, 2018) p.179</ref> and would strike it down as unconstitutional on February 25, 1975.<ref>"W. German Court Strikes Down Abortion Law", ''Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune'', February 4, 1975, p3</ref>
*In [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia's Army arrested more than 200 high-ranking government ministers and military officers on charges of corruption. The former government ministers had resigned on the day after an attempted coup d'etat on February 25 but had been blocked from leaving the capital.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Ministers Seized in Ethiopian Roundup |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 27, 1974 |page=I-19}}</ref>
*The day after the overthrow of Portugal's Premier Marcelo Caetano, the seven-member [[National Salvation Junta|Junta de Salvação Nacional]], chaired by General Spinola, announced that it would govern Portugal until further notice, but that it would restore democracy and bring an end to Portugal's colonial rule of Mozambique, Angola and other colonies.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lisbon Throng Hails New Ruler's Pledge on Elections, Peace |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 27, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref> The first act of the Junta was to announce amnesty for all political prisoners (except for those with prior criminal records) jailed during the Estado Novo regime; 172 were released on the same day, including [[Hermínio da Palma Inácio]] and 76 others imprisoned at the [[Fort of King Luís I|Fortress of Caxias]] outside of Lisbon.<ref>{{cite news |title=77 Political Prisoners Set Free by Junta |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 27, 1974 |page=I-22}}</ref>

== [[April 27]], 1974 (Saturday) ==
*[[1974 Leningrad Aeroflot Il-18 crash|All 109 passengers and crew on an Aeroflot flight were killed]] in the Soviet Union, shortly after the Ilyushin Il-18 turboprop took off from [[Leningrad]] to [[Zaporozhye]]. In accordance with practice at the time, the Soviet news media made no mention of the crash.<ref>{{cite news |title=Soviet Airliner Crashes— 100 Fear Dead |newspaper=Atlanta Constitution |date=April 28, 1974 |page=1A}}</ref><ref>[https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19740427-1 Aviation Safety Database]</ref> According to a Western source, "The crash could be clearly seen from the airport and pandemonium broke out in the terminal with relatives and friends of the passengers screaming and crying."<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
*The [[Anglo-Australian Telescope]] (AAT), a {{convert|390|cm|in|adj=on}} optical telescope, located at the [[Siding Spring Observatory]] on Mount Woorat in New South Wales, was first used.
*The shelling of an Israeli fortress in the Golan Heights by Syrian artillery led to the deaths of 14 IDF soldiers in the [[Bashan salient]], former Syrian property conquered by the Israeli Army in the 1973 war. Eight IDF soldiers were killed when a shell hit their fortress, while six more died in the crash of a helicopter that was on its way to rescue the survivors. Israel retaliated with airstrikes of Syrian army camps. The battle marked the last major fighting in the "[[War of Attrition in the Bashan Salient|War of Attrition]] that lasted for three months before a disengagement agreement signed between the two nations on May 31.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jonathan B. A. |last=Bailey |title=Field Artillery and Firepower |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |year=2004 |page=398}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' U.S. Navy Admiral [[Jesse B. Oldendorf]], 87, known for his command in the 1944 [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf, 87; Naval Hero |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 1, 1974 |page=I-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uboat.net/allies/commanders/5008.html |title=Jesse Barrett Oldendorf, USN}}</ref>

== [[April 28]], 1974 (Sunday) ==
*[[Mário Soares]], the exiled leader of Portugal's banned Socialist Party, returned to [[Lisbon]] by train after years of living in from [[Paris]], and was greeted by 4,000 people. He would become Prime Minister of Portugal in 1976, serving twice (1976–1978 and 1983–1985) and President from 1986 to 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=Portuguese Cheer Socialist Leader's Return From Exile |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 29, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*The short-lived [[Bangsamoro Republik]] was proclaimed by the [[Moro National Liberation Front]] (MNLF) and its chairman, [[Nur Misuari]], at [[Talipao]] on [[Jolo Island]] in the [[Philippines]].<ref>W.K. Che Man. ''Muslim Separatism: The Moros of Southern Philippines and the Malays of Southern Thailand'' (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1974)</ref>
*The [[Women's FA Cup]], championship of the [[Women's Football Association]] in England was played at [[Bedford]] and was won, 2 to 1, by [[Fodens Ladies F.C.]], over [[Southampton Women's F.C.]], on the second of two goals by [[Alison Leatherbarrow]] before 800 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Laverty |first=Richard |date=November 29, 2021 |title=When Fodens Ladies won the FA Cup |url=https://www.ourgamemag.com/2021/11/29/when-fodens-ladies-won-the-fa-cup/}}</ref> 
*The U.S. television series ''[[The F.B.I. (TV series)|The F.B.I.]]'', starring [[Efrem Zimbalist Jr.]], broadcast its 241st and final original episode after nine seasons on the ABC network.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058801/episodes/?season=9&ref_=tt_eps_sn_9 IMDB.com]</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Penélope Cruz]], Spanish film actress, 2008 winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in ''[[Vicky Cristina Barcelona]]''; in [[Alcobendas]]
*'''Died: '''[[Yu Chin-san]], 68, South Korean politician and leader of the opposition [[New Democratic Party (South Korea)|New Democratic Party]], died of cancer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seoul Party Head Dies |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 29, 1974 |page=I-18}}</ref>

== [[April 29]], 1974 (Monday) ==
[[File:Nixon edited transcripts.jpg|200px|thumb|Nixon announcing that he will release transcripts]]
*In a nationally-televised speech, U.S. President Nixon announced that, instead of releasing tape recordings, requested by the House Judiciary Committee, of key conversations, he had instead arranged to have some of them, but not all, transcribed by his staff. The transcripts began with a recording taken on September 15, 1972, and did not include the June 23, 1972 tape that would ultimately show that Nixon had ordered the halting of further FBI investigation into the burglary. The edited 1,200 pages of transcripts were known for using the phrase "[[expletive deleted]]" in place of [[profanities]] used during the conversations by the President and his staff. In lieu of presenting the tapes, Nixon said that the leaders of the Judiciary panel would be invited to come to the White House to listen to recordings.<ref>{{cite news |title=TAPES WILL PROVE HIS INNOCENCE— NIXON; He Will Make Edited Transcripts Public, Contradicts Dean|newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
*Argentine terrorists released U.S. oil executive Victor Samuelson following five months of captivity, after Esso Argentina, a subsidiary of the Exxon Corporation, had paid a record ransom of $14,200,000 on March 11 to guerrillas of the [[People's Revolutionary Army (Argentina)|People's Revolutionary Army]] (ERP).<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Executive Freed in Argentina; Guerrillas Got Record $14.2 Million |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=April 30, 1974 |page=I-5}}</ref> Samuelson, who had been kidnapped on December 6 from a dining room at the company's refinery where he had been the manager, dropped Samuelson off at the home of the family's pediatrician, Dr. Federico Pfister, in the town of Acasusso, outside of [[Buenos Aires]].
*'''Born:''' [[Anggun|Anggun Cipta Sasmi]], Indonesian-born French singer and TV personality, known for her best-selling song "[[Snow on the Sahara (song)|Snow on the Sahara]]"; in [[Jakarta]]

== [[April 30]], 1974 (Tuesday) ==
*In West Germany, nine construction workers were killed and 11 seriously injured in the collapse of a new overpass, being constructed over an [[autobahn]] between [[Kempten]] and [[Ulm]] in [[Bavaria]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Autobahn Bridge Collapses— Nine Killed, 11 Hurt|newspaper=(AP report) Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel |date=April 30, 1974 |page=22}}</ref>
*The last of the Phase III wage and price controls implemented by U.S. President Nixon came to an end with the expiration of the statutory authority, after failing to stop the increase of inflation.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hetzel |first=Robert L. |year=2008 |title=The Monetary Policy of the Federal Reserve |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0-521-88132-6 |page=92}}</ref>
*[[Luis Acevedo Andrade]], the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Chile and former mayor of the Chilean town of [[Coelemu]], was arrested by Coelemu police and then transferred to the custody of the police in the larger city of [[Concepción, Chile|Concepción]]. Acevedo would never be seen in public again, becoming one of the "[[enforced disappearance|desaparecidos]]" during the rule of dictator [[Augusto Pinochet]].
[[File:Agnes Moorehead Bewitched 1969.JPG|100px|thumb|Moorehead in 1969 as Endora]]
*'''Died:''' 
**[[Agnes Moorehead]], 73, American stage, film and TV actress best known as "Endora" on the popular TV series ''[[Bewitched]]'', died of uterine cancer.<ref>{{cite news |title=Agnes Moorehead Dies at 67; Acclaimed in a Variety of Roles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/01/archives/agnes-moorehead-dies-at-67-acclaimed-in-a-variety-of-roles.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=May 1, 1974}}</ref>
**[[Pál Szécsi]], 30, Hungarian popular music singer, committed suicide.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rnrmedia.hu/?muvesz_id=46rne&page=muveszek%2Fmuvesz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305083802/http://rnrmedia.hu/?muvesz_id=46rne&page=muveszek%2Fmuvesz |archive-date=5 March 2016 |title=Pál Szécsi |publisher=RNR Media}}</ref>

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