Timeline August 1974

Events in August 1974 8

• 1902 – 1974 Lindbergh Transatlantic solo flight Charles Lindbergh completed the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927, flying from New York to Paris in 33.5 hours.
• 1969 – 1974 Nixon presidency 37th President — resigned 1974 Richard Nixon served as the 37th President from January 20, 1969 until his resignation on August 9, 1974 — the only US president to resign. He opened relations with China, ended the Vietnam War, and created the EPA before Watergate destroyed his presidency.
• 1973 – 1974 Watergate scandal Nixon resigns The break-in at the Watergate complex and subsequent cover-up led to the only resignation of a sitting US President, Richard Nixon, in August 1974.
• 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus Turkey lands troops after a Greek-backed coup Turkey invaded northern Cyprus days after a coup backed by the Greek military junta tried to unite the island with Greece. The conflict left Cyprus partitioned, with a ceasefire line still dividing the island today.
• 1974 US Open 1974 Men: Jimmy Connors · Women: Billie Jean King
• 1974 Philippe Petit walks between the Twin Towers High-wire artist crosses the World Trade Center French high-wire artist Philippe Petit illegally rigged a cable between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center and walked between them, roughly 1,350 feet above the street. The stunt was later chronicled in the documentary Man on Wire.
• 1974 – 1977 Ford presidency 38th President — 1974 to 1977 Gerald Ford assumed the presidency on August 9, 1974 after Nixon's resignation, serving until January 20, 1977. His pardon of Nixon cost him re-election. He presided over the end of US involvement in Vietnam.
• 1974 Nixon resigns Nixon resigns Richard Nixon resigned on 9 August 1974, the only American president to do so, three days after the release of a tape proving he had ordered the FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in to be obstructed. Impeachment and conviction were by then certain. Gerald Ford pardoned him a month later.