Editing 1974 (section)

===July–August===
{{Main|July 1974}}
{{Main|August 1974}}
* [[July 7]] – [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] beats [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] 2–1 to win the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]. The West German football team is awarded the new [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]].
* [[July 15]] &ndash; The [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|Greek military junta]] sponsors a [[1974 Cypriot coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Cyprus]], replacing President [[Makarios III]] with [[Nikos Sampson]].
* [[July 19]] – [[Railcar]] explosion in [[Decatur, Illinois]]. A tanker car collides with a [[Norfolk and Western Railway|Norfolk & Western]] boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18&nbsp;million in property damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/13000/decatur-il-tank-cars-explode-july-1974 |title=Decatur, IL Tank Cars Explode, July 1974 |work=GenDisasters |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016171747/http://www3.gendisasters.com/illinois/13000/decatur-il-tank-cars-explode-july-1974 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] – The [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] occurs.
* [[July 23]] – The [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|Greek military junta]] is replaced by a civilian government, the ''[[metapolitefsi]]''.
* [[August 4]] – [[Italicus Express bombing 1974|A bomb explodes]] in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blasts and Fire Kill 12 On Train Near Bologna |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/04/archives/blasts-and-fire-kill-12-on-train-near-bologna.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UPI |date=4 August 1974 |at=Page 5, column 1 |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[Watergate scandal]]: 
** [[August 8]] – U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/09/archives/the-37th-president-is-first-to-quit-post-speaks-of-pain-at-yielding.html |last=Herbers |first=John |title=The 37th President Is First to Quit Post |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 August 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 3–8; page 69, columns 1-8 |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[August 9]] – Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] becomes the 38th president of the United States upon Nixon's resignation. President Gerald Ford is [[Inauguration of Gerald Ford|sworn in]] at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald R. Ford's Remarks Upon Taking the Oath of Office as President |department=Key Presidential Speeches of Gerald R. Ford |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740001.asp |website=[[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum]] |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 14]]
** [[Turkey]] [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|invades Cyprus for the second time]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Giniger |first=Henry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/14/archives/turkish-planes-resume-hostilities-with-dawn-air-attack-on-nicosia.html |title=Turkish Planes Resume Hostilities With Dawn Air Attack on Nicosia |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 August 1974 |at=Page 2, columns 4–8 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> occupying 37% of the island's territory.
** [[Greece]] withdraws its forces from [[NATO]]'s military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Nan |title=Greeks Still at Desks in NATO Despite Pullout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/16/archives/greeks-still-at-desks-in-nato-despite-pullout.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 August 1974 |at=Page 2, columns 5–8 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 30]]
** An express train bound for Germany from [[Belgrade]] [[Zagreb train disaster|derails]] in [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (now [[Croatia]]), killing more than 150 passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Train Crash Kills 100 in Yugoslavia |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/31/archives/train-crash-kills-100-in-yugoslavia-coaches-jumped-tracks-and-hit.html |date=31 August 1974 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>
** The [[1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing|Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] building in Tokyo is bombed by radical far-left terrorists, killing 8 and wounding more than 376.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blast at Noon Hits Downtown Tokyo |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 August 1974 |at=Page 1, column 8 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/30/archives/blast-at-noon-hits-downtown-tokyo-blast-hits-tokyo-business-area-at.html |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>