November 1974

Saturday 02:

78 die as the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after club official barred the doors after the fire started.

Friday 08:

In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.

Wednesday 13:

PLO leader Yasser Arafat gives a landmark address to the United Nations General Assembly.

Wednesday 20:

The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and its Bell System.

Thursday 21:

1974 - George W. Bush is discharged from the US Air Force Reserve.

Friday 22:

The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

Saturday 30:

The skeleton of "Lucy", a 3.18 million years old female hominid, of the genus Australopithecus, was discovered in the Afar Triangle of Ethiopia.