~Flashback Saturday - 1974~

Patricia Hearst, 19-year-old daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).

Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so (Aug. 8).
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US (Aug. 9).
Ford grants "full, free, and absolute pardon" to ex-President Nixon (Sept. 8).

Movies:
Chinatown, The Godfather Part II, Day for Night, Blazing Saddles, The Towering Inferno

Books:
Robert Creeley, Sitting Here
Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Gail Godwin, The Odd Woman
Stephen King, Carrie
Toni Morrison, Sula
Grace Paley, Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Gary Snyder, Turtle Island