July 30 – House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment, charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee
August 8 – Richard Nixon addresses the nation, announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so
December 30 – The last Japanese World War II soldier, Taiwan-born Private Teruo Nakamara, surrenders on the Indonesian island of Morota, 34 years after beginning service in the Imperial Japanese Army
Sports
NFL Super Bowl – Miami d. Minnesota (24-7)
MLB World Series – Oakland A’s d. LA Dodgers (4-1)
NBA Championship – Boston d. Milwaukee (4-3)
NHL Stanley Cup – Philadelphia d. Boston (4-2)
Wimbledon
Women: Chris Evert d. O. Morozova (6-0 6-4)
Men: Jimmy Connors d. K. Rosewall (6-1 6-1 6-4)
NCAA Basketball Championship – N.C. State d. Marquette (76-64)
NCAA Football Champions – Oklahoma (AP) (11-0-0) & USC (UPI, FW, NFF) (10-1-1)
Entertainment Awards
Academy Award, Best Picture: The Sting
Grammy Awards
Record of the Year: “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Roberta Flack
Album of the Year: Innervisions, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
Song of the Year: “Killing Me Softly With His Song,” Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox, songwriters
Movies
The Godfather: Part II
Blazing Saddles
Young Frankenstein
Chinatown
The Great Gatsby
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Man With The Golden Gun
Death Wish
The Towering Inferno
Murder On The Orient Express
Music – Notable Albums
Joni Mitchell – Court and Spark
Bob Dylan – Planet Waves
Gordon Lightfoot – Sundown
Deep Purple – Burn
Badfinger – Badfinger
Merle Haggard – If We Make It Through December
Dolly Parton – Jolene
Lou Reed – Rock ‘n’ Roll Animal
Doobie Brothers – What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
Frank Zappa – Apostrophe
Robin Trower – Bridge of Sighs
Johnny Cash – Ragged Old Flag
Lynyrd Skynyrd – Second Helping
Eric Clapton- 461 Ocean Boulevard
Little Feat – Feats Don’t Fail Me Now
Randy Newman – Good Old Boys
Fleetwood Mac – Heroes Are Hard To Find
Electric Light Orchestra – Eldorado
Waylon Jennings – The Ramblin’ Man
John Lennon – Walls & Bridges
Billy Joel – Streetlife Serenade
Rolling Stones – It’s Only Rock & Roll
Linda Ronstadt – Heart Like A Wheel
Eagles – On The Border
Paul McCartney – Band On The Run
Supertramp – Crime Of The Century
Willie Nelson – Phases and Stages
Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic
Jackson Browne – Late For The Sky
Bad Company – Bad Company
Biggest Hit Singles of 1974
Karl Douglas – Kung Fu Fighting
ABBA – Waterloo
Steve Miller Band – The Joker
George McRae – Rock Your Baby
The Hollies – The Air That I Breathe
Rolling Stones – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
John Denver – Annie’s Song
Eagles – Already Gone
Eagles – Best of My Love
Paul McCartney – Band On The Run
Doobie Brothers – Black Water
Barry White – Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love
Electric Light Orchestra – Can’t Get It Out Of My Head
Harry Chapin- Cat’s In The Cradle
The Guess Who – Clap For The Wolfman
Elton John – Don’t Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Carly Simon- Haven’t Got Time For The Pain
Billly Swan – I Can Help
Blue Swede – Hooked On A Feeling
Eric Clapton – I Shot The Sheriff
Paul McCartney – Junior’s Farm
Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis
Pink Floyd – Money
Ray Stevens – The Streak
Barbra Streisand – The Way We Were
Bachman Turner Overdrive – You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Glen Campbell- Southern Nights
Notable Deaths
Bud Abbott
Dizzy Dean
Charles Lindbergh
Duke Ellington
Ed Sullivan
Mama Cass Elliot
Walter Brennan
Oskar Schindler
Jack Benny
