1974.
Highlights....***
(1) Dungeons and Dragons was officially released (forever condeming me to a lifetime of blissful nerditude)
(2) The Patty Hearst fiasco
(3) WATERGATE!1!!!!1
(4)
13 states suffered 148 tornadoes Lots of other crap, I refer you to this
link. Oh, and I was born, but no one is happy about that^^
***Thanks to wikpedia for the links and info