Monday, April 15, 1974. The Hibernia Bank Robbery.

The Symbionese Liberation Army committed an armed robbery on the Hibernia bank in San Francisco.  "Tania", aka Patty Hearst, was, a member of the group, carrying a cut down Iver Johnson M1 Carbine "Enforcer".

A coup overthrew the government of Niger.  Aissa Diori, the First Lady of Niger, was killed in the event.

Ivor Bell, leader of the Provisional Irish Republican Army, escaped from the Maze Prison in Belfast.  In the facility for only seven weeks, he posed as another prisoner who was getting a furlough to attend a wedding.  He was captured thirteen days later.

Bell was a hardliner was expelled from the IRA in 1984.  He remains alive today, suffering from dementia.

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Thursday, April 4, 1974. I wanted to note Hank Aaron. . .

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