Video: 'Vietnam The Ten Thousand Day War 10of13 The Village War DivX521 AC3 www MVGroup org' (Mar. 29, 1974, at 444:33)
(Friday, March 29, 1974, 12:35 p.m. EDT; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — U.S. President Richard Nixon said today the Americans who served in Vietnam can be proud that the “American effort … was in good conscience, honorably undertaken and honorably ended.”
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Video: 'Kidnap Attempt on Princess Anne 20/3/74'
(Wednesday, March 20, 1974) — Britain’s Princess Anne, the second child and only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, was the target of a kidnapping attempt near Buckingham Palace today. The would-be abductor, Ian Ball, was captured.
Video: 'Dan Rather vs. Richard Nixon, 1974'
(Tuesday, March 19, 1974, evening; during the Watergate scandal) — At a news conference at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Houston this evening, U.S. President Richard Nixon fielded a question from CBS White House correspondent Dan Rather, who said, “Thank you, Mr. President. Dan Rather, of CBS News.”
The room filled with jeers and applause, prompting Nixon to joke, “Are you running for something?” Rather replied, “No, sir, Mr. President. Are you?”
(Monday, March 18, 1974; during the 1973 oil crisis — Most of the Arab oil-producing nations today ended their 5-month-old embargo against the United States that had been sparked by American support for Israel in the Yom Kippur War.
(Saturday, March 16, 1974; during the Watergate scandal) — The Grand Ole Opry House opened in Nashville tonight with a concert attended by President Richard Nixon and his wife, Pat (click here to watch video; Mar. 16, 1974, at 2:31:42 and click here for more video options).
(Tuesday, March 12, 1974, 12:20 a.m. PST) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon got into a fight with a photographer outside a club this morning in Los Angeles. Lennon and Harry Nilsson had been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and had been thrown out of the club.
(Monday, March 4, 1974) — The first issue of People magazine, then called People Weekly, was published today by Time-Life Inc. On the cover was actress Mia Farrow, then co-starring in The Great Gatsby.
Video: 'Plane Crash Turkish Airlines flight 981 Dc 10'
(Sunday, March 3, 1974, at around 12:30 p.m. CET) — A Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed shortly after takeoff from Orly Airport in Paris today, killing all 346 people on board. A faulty cargo door had blown open, resulting in sudden decompression that caused part of the jetliner’s floor to collapse, severely damaging the plane’s control cables
Video: '16th Grammy Awards 1973' (7 videos)
(Saturday, March 2, 1974, 10:00 p.m. EST) — Stevie Wonder, the blind young singer-songwriter who survived a near-fatal auto accident in the summer of 1973, capped his recording career tonight winning four times at the 16th Annual Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year for Innervision.
Singer Roberta Flack shared with Wonder the top honors, winning the Song of the Year category with her popular “Killing Me Softly With His Song.”
Video: 'AMAs 1974' (17-video playlist; second and third videos are from 1976)
(Tuesday, February 19, 1974, 8:30 p.m. EST) — Dick Clark staged the first American Music Awards tonight as an alternative to the industry-dominated Grammy Awards. The winners of the American Music Awards are determined by the votes of music fans. “Tie A Yellow Ribbon” by Tony Orlando and Dawn won for favorite pop single that year.
