Timeline Tuesday 31 December 1974

Events on Tuesday 31 December 1974 12

• 1971 – 1974 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Joined Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York, where he began working on the molecular biology of tumour viruses. This period laid the groundwork for his Nobel Prize-winning research on gene structure.
• 1972 – 1974 Barry McKenzie Films Co-wrote and appeared in the cult Australian films The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) and Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974), directed by Bruce Beresford.
• 1973 – 1974 The Three Musketeers Won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her performance as Constance Bonacieux in The Three Musketeers (1973), reprising the role in The Four Musketeers (1974).
• 1974 1974: Emerson Fittipaldi McLaren Fittipaldi won his second title, this time with McLaren, edging out Ferrari's Clay Regazzoni in a tight championship battle.
• 1974 Duke Ellington Tribute in Grant Park Following Duke Ellington's death in May 1974, organised a tribute concert in Grant Park that united Chicago's jazz community. The event became an annual tradition and laid the foundation for what would become the Chicago Jazz Festival.
• 1974 First Arrest Arrested after resigning from her position as a producer at National Iranian Radio and Television in protest against the execution of two political dissidents. This was the first of four imprisonments.
• 1974 I Will Always Love You Wrote and recorded I Will Always Love You as a farewell to her mentor Porter Wagoner, leaving his television show to pursue a solo career. The song reached number one on the country chart. She famously turned down Elvis Presley's request to record it when his manager demanded half the publishing rights.
• 1974 Joined MIT Joined the faculty of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at the Center for Cancer Research (now the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research), where he would spend the rest of his career.
• 1974 Prostitution Scandal and Comeback Resigned from Cincinnati City Council after admitting to writing a personal cheque to a prostitute. Won re-election at the next opportunity, his honesty earning public respect.
• 1974 Shuttle Diplomacy Pioneered shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, flying repeatedly between capitals to negotiate disengagement agreements between Israel, Egypt and Syria following the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
• 1974 The Dog and the Long Winter Published her first adult novel, The Dog and the Long Winter, becoming only the second woman in Iranian literary history to publish a novel, after Simin Daneshvar.
• 1974 Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac New line-up The Californian duo transforms the band.