| The Year was 1974 |
   • Mama Cass dies after choking on a sandwich, she was 30 • Films: "American Graffiti" and "The Excorcist" released • The Beatles partnnership legally dissolved • Eight hour battle between hippies and police at illegal Windsor Pop Festival • Pink Floyd debuts "Shine on You Crazy Diamond" • President Nixon resigns before Congress impeaches him over his role in the Watergate affair • Britain's first McDonald's restaurant opens in South London • Five die and 65 injured by IRA bombs in twi Guildford pubs • Iraq launches new assault on Kurdish rebels • "Jaws" is US top grosser • Bay City Rollers inspire hysteria in the UK • Rembrandt's "The Night Watch" is slashed a dozen times in Amsterdam • Saigon surrenders to the North Vietnamese, bringing an end to the war • Suez Canal reopens eight years after Egypt defeated by Isreal • Civil War breaks out in Beirut between Christians and Moslems • The Sex Pistols play their first ever gig at the St. Martins College of Art • Queen go to number one in the UK charts with 'Bohemian Rhapsody' • Muhammed Ali beats Joe Frazier in Minneapolis to retain his world heavyweight title • Steamboat Springs RFC debuts the Cowpie Classic Rugby Tournament |