1974 CE

The Watergate scandal forces Richard Nixon to resign; the Turkish invasion of Cyprus divides the island after a Greek-backed coup; the Ethiopian Revolution ends Haile Selassie's monarchy; the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany sees the host nation win their second title; the Ma'alot massacre leaves dozens dead in a school hostage crisis; Portugal's Carnation Revolution peacefully ends the Estado Novo dictatorship; the Bangladesh famine of 1974 kills hundreds of thousands; the Guillaume affair triggers political turmoil in West Germany; and the Joelma Building fire in São Paulo kills 179 people.

In the 1970s, the 20th century.