February 7, 1974: "Blazing Saddles" Premieres
I love that movie.
Mel Brook's great comedic spoof Western movies remains one of the all-time greats. It could not be made today.
Grenada became independent.
Prime Minister Edward Heath called for a dissolution of Parliament and new elections due to the governments' inability to resolve a coal miner's strike.
Coal mining had once been a major industry in the UK but was on its decline by the 1970s. The labor victory would be short lived as the Thatcher government of the 80s began to close coal mines down in a direction that indicated the industry was clearly done for, something she could do because of the nationalization of mines. The trend had been going on since World War Two in any event.
Eight coal fired power plants remain in operation in the UK, all of which are slated to be closed this year. Six underground mines remain in operation, and two open pit mines. Mining communities have not been able to adjust to the change, something which should concern Wyoming.
The Nixon Administration entered into an agreement to revise the 1903 Panama Canal Treaty.
Moro rebels killed 25 civilians on a raid on Pikit, Mindanao.
The Laju Incident in Singapore ended as the combined terrorist attackers from the Japanese Red Army and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine released hostages in exchange for safe passage to the Middle East.
Supposedly the small Japanese Red Army disbanded in 2001, but Japanese authorities maintain a successor organization was founded, and Japanese police have continued to maintain that known members of the group should be arrested. The PFLP still exists. Both groups were/are Communist in nature.
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