Timeline April 1974

Events in April 1974 12

• 1895 – 1974 Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) Died 18 April 1974, aged 79 Marcel Pagnol was a French novelist, playwright and filmmaker known for works including the Marseille trilogy and the Jean de Florette novels. He was the first filmmaker elected to the Académie française.
• 1897 – 1974 Bud Abbott (1897-1974) Died 24 April 1974, aged 76 Bud Abbott was an American comedian and the straight man of the duo Abbott and Costello, famed for the "Who's on First?" routine. The pair were among the most popular film and radio comedy acts of the 1940s.
• 1900 – 1974 Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974) American actress of Orson Welles's Mercury Theatre, famous as Endora in Bewitched.
• 1911 – 1974 Georges Pompidou (1911-1974) Died 2 April 1974, aged 62 Georges Pompidou served as president of France from 1969 until his death from a blood disorder while still in office. He had previously been prime minister under Charles de Gaulle.
• 1974 Intel 8080 — the Altair chip Intel introduces the 8080 microprocessor in April 1974 — a major architectural advance over the 8008, with a larger instruction set, more registers and the ability to address 64KB of memory. The 8080 is the processor in the MITS Altair 8800 (1975) — the first personal computer kit, which spawns the hobbyist computing movement. Bill Gates and Paul Allen write the first Altair BASIC interpreter for the 8080, founding Microsoft. The 8080 contains 6,000 transistors and establishes Intel's dominance of the nascent personal computer market.
• 1974 1974 Super Outbreak Record tornado outbreak strikes the US Midwest and South A record 148 tornadoes touched down across 13 US states and Canada over 18 hours, killing over 300 people. It stood as the largest tornado outbreak on record until 2011.
• 1974 ABBA wins Eurovision with Waterloo Swedish pop group launches to international stardom ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England with the song "Waterloo." The victory launched the group to global fame and is widely seen as a turning point for the contest's prestige.
• 1974 Hank Aaron breaks the home run record Aaron hits his 715th career home run Hank Aaron hit his 715th career home run in Atlanta, surpassing Babe Ruth's long-standing record. Aaron had endured racist threats in the lead-up to breaking the record.
• 1974 1974 World Snooker Championship Reardon Title 3 Winner: Ray Reardon; Runner-up: Graham Miles. Score: 22–12.
• 1974 Carnation Revolution 25 de Abril The peaceful military coup that overthrew the dictatorship and brought democracy and decolonization.
• 1974 – present Penelope Cruz Academy Award Actress The first Spanish actress to win an Oscar and a global film icon.
• 1974 Agnes Moorehead dies in Rochester Agnes Moorehead dies aged 73.