June 1974

Saturday 01:

Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK, kills 28 people.

Tuesday 04:

Baseball: The Cleveland Indians host "Ten Cent Beer Night", but have to forfeit the game to the Texas Rangers due to drunken and unruly fans.

Thursday 06:

A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.

Saturday 08:

An F4 tornado strikes the U.S. city of Emporia, Kansas, killing six.

Monday 24:

The UPC label is used for the first time to ring up purchases at a supermarket.

Wednesday 26:

The first retail product (a pack of chewing gum) was sold using a barcode reader.

Thursday 27:

U.S president Richard Nixon visits the U.S.S.R.