Timeline Wednesday 24 July 1974

Events on Wednesday 24 July 1974 2

• 1891 – 1974 James Chadwick (1891-1974) Died 24 July 1974, aged 82 James Chadwick was a British physicist who discovered the neutron in 1932, earning the Nobel Prize in Physics. He later led the British contribution to the Manhattan Project.
• 1974 Greek military junta collapses Metapolitefsi restores Greek democracy Facing disaster in Cyprus, Greece's ruling colonels handed power to civilian politician Konstantinos Karamanlis. The transition ended seven years of dictatorship and began Greece's return to parliamentary democracy.