May 1974

Saturday 04:

An all-female Japanese team reaches the summit of Manaslu, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000-meter peak.

Thursday 09:

Watergate Scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.

Friday 17:

Thirty-three people are killed by terrorist bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland.

Saturday 18:

Completion of the Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built at the time. It later collapses on August 8, 1991.

Friday 24:

After a nine-year run, the Dean Martin Show airs for the last time.

Monday 27:

Jacques Chirac becomes Prime Minister of France.

Tuesday 28:

Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.

Friday 31:

Syria and Israel sign a disengagement agreement to resolve the Yom Kippur War