What happened in 1974, the year our Triumph TR6 was built?
If you want to know more about 1974 then go to Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia
| January 1 | 50 mph speed limit introduced on Britain’s roads to conserve fuel supplies. |
| January 17 | Our Triumph TR6 PVF 255M was registered. |
| January 28 | Ceasefire signed ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. |
| February 4 | Heiress Patricia Hearst kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army. |
| March 1 | Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. |
| March 8 | Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris opens. |
| April 28 | The last Americans were evacuated from Saigon, Vietnam. |
| May 18 | India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world’s sixth nuclear power. |
| June 17 | A bomb explodes at the Houses of Parliament in London damaging Westminster Hall.
The bomb had been planted by the Irish Republican Army. |
| July 20 | Turkish forces invade Cyprus. |
| July 30 | President Nixon Impeached. |
| August 8 | President Nixon announces he will resign the following day. |
| September 12 | Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia deposed. |
| October 5 | The Guildford pub bombings. |
| November 7 | Lord Lucan disappears. |
| November | Jaguar stopped making the E-Type although it took until 1975 to sell the last ones. |
| December 24 | Darwin, Australia almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. |
| Wimbledon Champions | Chris Evert beat O Morozova
Jimmy Connors beat Ken Rosewall |
| Films | The Godfather Part II
Blazing Saddles The Towering Inferno |
| Music | Patti Smith releases the first Punk Rock single – Hey Joe
Olivia Newton John – I Honestly Love You |
