December 1974

Sunday 01:

A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on-board.

Thursday 05:

The last new episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus is broadcast on the BBC.

Friday 13:

Malta becomes a republic

Thursday 19:

The Altair 8800, the first personal computer, goes on sale

Sunday 22:

Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.

Tuesday 24:

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Wednesday 25:

Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia

Thursday 26:

Salyut 4 launched

Saturday 28:

Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.