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Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.

Take a look back at what happened on this date, 50 years ago.

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December 1974. MAD Salutes The Big Con.

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2024/12/01
10:36 UTC

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December 1974. America - "Lonely People" released.

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2024/12/01
10:33 UTC

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December 1974. Daryl Hall & John Oates - "Can't Stop the Music (He Played It Much Too Long)"

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2024/12/01
10:31 UTC

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November 30, 1974. Northern Irishman Gerry Conlon is arrested in relation to the IRA's Guildford pub bombings. He spent 15 years in prison after being wrongly convicted. (Portrayed by Daniel Day-Lewis in In the Name of the Father)

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2024/11/30
09:47 UTC

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[29 November 1974] The album "Relayer" by Yes is released.

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2024/11/29
16:15 UTC

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November 28, 1974. Elton John is joined at Madison Square Garden by a surprise guest after winning a bet: if John Lennon's 'Whatever Gets You Thru The Night' (which Elton played on) reached #1 in the US, Lennon would join Elton on stage. It did, and he did.

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2024/11/28
06:48 UTC

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November 25, 1974. Newsweek - The New Hollywood: Francis Ford Coppola And the 'Godfathers'.

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2024/11/25
07:51 UTC

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November 24, 1974. Lucy—the first identified individual from the species now known as Australopithecus afarensis—is discovered in Ethiopia.

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2024/11/24
09:28 UTC

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November 24, 1974. Murder on the Orient Express released.

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2024/11/24
09:26 UTC

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November 23, 1974. Gerald Ford and Leonid Brezhnev meet in Vladivostok.

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2024/11/23
11:03 UTC

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November 22, 1974. The UN General Assembly adopts Resolution 3236, recognizing the Palestinian people's right to self-determination.

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2024/11/22
10:39 UTC

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November 21, 1974. The IRA sets bombs off in Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. Six innocent Irishmen were arrested within hours of the blasts in an episode seen as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.

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2024/11/21
07:03 UTC

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November 21, 1974. President Gerald Ford plays a traditional Japanese game with a geisha, while on a state visit to Kyoto, Japan.

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2024/11/21
06:50 UTC

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November 19, 1974. President Ford meets with his staff at Tokyo's Akasaka Palace State Guest House.

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2024/11/19
09:25 UTC

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November 19, 1974. Freddie Mercury performs at London's Rainbow Theatre during Queen's 'Sheer Heart Attack' tour.

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2024/11/19
09:24 UTC

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November 19, 1974. President Ford greeted by a crowd during his visit to Japan.

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2024/11/19
09:22 UTC

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November 19, 1974. Arnold Schwarzenegger guest stars on Happy Anniversary and Goodbye.

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2024/11/19
08:23 UTC

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November 17, 1974. Gerald Ford becomes the first incumbent US President to visit Japan.

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2024/11/18
07:39 UTC

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November 17, 1974. Pink Floyd performed the last of four nights at the Empire Pool, Wembley in London.

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2024/11/17
15:38 UTC

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November 16, 1974. The Arecibo message is sent with hopes of being found by intelligent alien life.

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2024/11/16
09:27 UTC

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November 15, 1974. The Doobie Brothers - "Black Water" released.

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2024/11/15
07:31 UTC

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November 15, 1974. Genesis - "Counting Out Time" released.

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2024/11/15
07:23 UTC

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November 14, 1974. Dick Van Dyke talks about his alcoholism on the Dick Cavett Show.

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2024/11/14
06:43 UTC

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November 13, 1974. Ronald DeFeo kills his family in the infamous Amityville murders.

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2024/11/13
07:11 UTC

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November 13, 1974. Yasser Arafat speaks at the UN General Assembly.

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2024/11/13
07:09 UTC

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November 12, 1974. The last known photo of George Harrison and John Lennon together - taken in Los Angeles, California, after George's performance at the Felt Forum following the "Dark Horse" concert tour.

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2024/11/12
06:49 UTC

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November 11, 1974. Time - The Palestinians.

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2024/11/11
07:56 UTC

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