March 1974

Friday 01:

Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.

Sunday 03:

Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials reach an agreement for eventual reconciliation into one communion, marking the first agreement between the two churches since the Reformation.

Tuesday 05:

Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdrew from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

Friday 08:

Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.

Monday 18:

Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a five-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.

Wednesday 20:

1974 – A failed kidnap attempt is made on Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.

Friday 29:

NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.

Saturday 30:

The Ramones play their first ever gig as a trio at the Performance Studio in New York City.