Turkish troops invade Cyprus by air and sea.

14 Aug.

 Greece withdraws from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

15 Aug.

Mrs. Park Chung Hee, wife of South Korea's president, is killed in an assassination attempt on her husband.

19 Aug.

United States ambassador Rodger P. Davies, fifty-three, is killed in Cyprus.

4 Sept.

The United States and East Germany establish formal diplomatic relations.

10 Sept.

The Republic of Guinea-Bissau, formerly Portuguese Guinea, is granted independence by Portugal.

12 Sept.

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia (1930-1934,1941-1974) is deposed in a military coup.

17 Sept.

Abdelaziz Bouteflika, foreign minister of Algeria, is elected president of the twenty-ninth General Assembly of the United Nations.

8 Oct.

Eisaku Sato, former prime minister of Japan, and Sean MacBride of Ireland, United Nations commissioner for South-West Africa, win the 1974 Nobel Peace Prize.

10 Oct.

Prime Minister Harold Wilson wins a three-seat majority for the Labour Party in Great Britain's second general...