December 1974

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The following events occurred in December 1974:

December 1, 1974 (Sunday)

The TWA Flight 514 accident aircraft

December 2, 1974 (Monday)

  • In Addis Ababa, the City Hall and the Webi Shebeli Hotel were bombed, carried out (according to the international press) by Eritrean nationalists. The Derg (revolutionary council) used the bombings as a pretext for hardened repression against the notables of the negus' regime.[9]
  • British
    commercial diver David Keane drowned at the age of 17 after his umbilical was cut through while conducting a bell dive in the Celtic Sea.[10][11]
  • Died:
    • Lucio Cabañas, 35, Mexican schoolteacher and union and guerilla leader, died in combat, killed himself to avoid capture or was executed by the Mexican military.[12]
    • Sylvi Kekkonen, 74, First Lady of Finland

December 3, 1974 (Tuesday)

  • The Pioneer 11 probe entered the shadow of Jupiter (27,000 miles (43,000 km) from the planet's atmosphere) and captured famous images of the Great Red Spot.

December 4, 1974 (Wednesday)

December 5, 1974 (Thursday)

  • In Argelato (Bologna), the brigadier of carabinieri Andrea Lombardini, on a routine patrol, was murdered with gunfire by five terrorists, who were preparing a robbery on a security officer. The killers, quickly arrested, were members of Lavoro Illegale ("Illegal work"), a terrorist organization come out of Potere Operaio, under the inspiration of Toni Negri, and later merged into the Red brigades. One of them, Bruno Valli, hanged himself in jail four days later. The month in Italy also saw a series of demonstrative attacks by the Red Brigades against industrial managers.[14]
  • Died: Pietro Germi, 60, actor and director, author of many masterpieces of neo-realism and Italian comedy.

December 6, 1974 (Friday)

  • Died:
    Nikolaj Gerasimovič Kuznecov
    , 70, Soviet admiral

December 7, 1974 (Saturday)

  • In Arcore, the self-styled prince Luigi D'Angerio, leaving Silvio Berlusconi's villa, escaped a kidnapping. The probable organizer of the abduction was the Mafioso Vittorio Mangano, Berlusconi's groom, arrested for fraud twenty days later. The episode, never fully explained, would raise many suspicions in the following decades about the presumed links between the Milanese businessman and organized crime.[15]
  • Born: Nicole Appleton, British-Canadian singer, member of All Saints; in Hamilton, Ontario[16]

December 8, 1974 (Sunday)

  • In
    Greek republic referendum
    , 1974) confirmed the end of the monarchy and the republican form of the state, with 69.4% of votes.
  • The Sistina Theatre in Rome debuted Aggiungi un posto a tavola (Add a seat at the table), a musical comedy by Garinei and Giovannini with music by Armando Trovajoli. The piece, a modern version of the Noah story, with Johnny Dorelli in the leading role of a witty country priest, was extremely successful, staying on stage for a whole season, and became a classic of the Italian light theater.[17]

December 9, 1974 (Monday)

December 10, 1974 (Tuesday)

December 11, 1974 (Wednesday)

December 12, 1974 (Thursday)

  • The
    SID
    , by the Milan Procure, for the false leads fulfilled by the secret services.

December 13, 1974 (Friday)

December 14, 1974 (Saturday)

  • The enquiry of the Padua procure about the "Compass Rose", an extreme-right secret society planning a military coup, led to the arrest of General Ugo Ricci, charged with conspiracy against the state. Two weeks later (on December 30), the Supreme Court of Cassation transferred the enquiry to Rome, a decision widely seen as a cover-up.
  • The Italian ministry of Cultural Heritage and Environment (now the
    Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism) was instituted by decree; its first holder was Giovanni Spadolini
    .
  • Died: Walter Lippmann, 85, American journalist

December 15, 1974 (Sunday)

  • In Nicaragua, the constitution of the UDEL (Union Democratica de Liberacion, Democratic liberation Union), representing the moderate and non-violent wing of the opposition to the Somoza regime.
  • Born: P. J. Byrne, American actor; in Maplewood, New Jersey[20]
  • Died: Anatole Litvak, 72, American director of Ukrainian origin

December 16, 1974 (Monday)

December 17, 1974 (Tuesday)

December 18, 1974 (Wednesday)

December 19, 1974 (Thursday)

December 20, 1974 (Friday)

  • In France, the Veil law, legalizing abortion, with the favorable vote of UDF and leftist parties and the blackball of UDR.

December 21, 1974 (Saturday)

December 22, 1974 (Sunday)

December 23, 1974 (Monday)

December 24, 1974 (Tuesday)

December 25, 1974 (Wednesday)

December 26, 1974 (Thursday)

December 27, 1974 (Friday)

  • In Managua, Nicaragua, an FSLN commando unit, headed by Eden Pastora, burst into the house of Josè Maria Castillo, president of the Banco Central, and took his guests hostage (including two relatives of the dictator Somoza). Three days later, thanks to the Managua archbishop's intermediation, the hostages were released, in exchange for a million dollars and the freedom of some political prisoners. Castillo was the only victim of the action.[32]
  • An explosion and a fire in a coal mine near Liévin, France, killed 41 and injured a further six in the worst mining disaster in France since World War II.[33]
  • The Constitutional Court of Italy abolished the articles of the penal code forbidding strikes for political reasons. The law, enacted by the Fascist regime, was by then mostly no longer applied, though formally in force.
  • Born:
    Shibuya, Tokyo

December 28, 1974 (Saturday)

December 29, 1974 (Sunday)

December 30, 1974 (Monday)

  • The
    Government of Honduras introduced, through Decree Law No. 170-74, a new Agrarian Reform.[40]
  • 1974 Olean High School shooting: 17-year-old Anthony F. Barbaro, an honor student and member of the school's rifle team, indiscriminately shot at people on the street from windows at the third floor of the school building. Four people, including an unborn child, were killed and another 11 people were injured during the shooting.

December 31, 1974 (Tuesday)

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  4. ^ "Gas Kills 6 Men in Texas As They Repair a Pipeline". The New York Times. AP. 2 December 1974. Page 65, column 4. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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  9. ^ "Attentati terroristici ad Addis Abeba. - Forse sono nazionalisti dell'Eritrea" [Terrorist attacks in Addis Ababa. - Perhaps they are Eritrean nationalists]. La Stampa (in Italian). 4 December 1974.
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  27. ^ "Ford ritiene probabile il collasso di un alleato" [Ford believes the collapse of an ally is likely]. La Stampa (in Italian). 24 December 1974.
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  31. ^ "William H. Draper Jr. Is Dead; Served on Population Panels". The New York Times. December 27, 1974. Page 34, columns 1-2. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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  33. ^ "41 French Coal Miners Killed by Explosion and Fire". The New York Times. AP. December 28, 1974. Page 2, columns 5-7. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  34. ^ "M 6.2 - 42 km NNW of Shingli Bala, Pakistan". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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