1973 ); Charles Berlitz ( The Bermuda Triangle, 1974 ); Richard Winer ( The Devil's Triangle, 1974 ), and many others, all keeping to some of the same supernatural elements outlined by Eckert.

Since the introduction of the first commercially available microprocessor ( the Intel 4004 ) in 1970, and the first widely used microprocessor ( the Intel 8080 ) in 1974, this class of CPUs has almost completely overtaken all other central processing unit implementation methods.

This Swedish quartet — with such hits as " Waterloo " ( 1974 ), " Fernando " ( 1976 ), " Take a Chance on Me " ( 1978 ), and their signature smash " Dancing Queen " ( 1976 )— ranks as the eighth best-selling act of all time.

* 1974 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport killing all 92 people on board.

The first version was ready in 1974 / 5, and work then started on multi-table systems in which the data could be split so that all of the data for a record ( some of which is optional ) did not have to be stored in a single large " chunk ".

In 1974, the 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematise all human knowledge.

A general index of all articles was included for the first time in the 7th edition, a practice maintained until 1974.

Under Mortimer J. Adler ( member of the Board of Editors of Encyclopædia Britannica since its inception in 1949, and its chair from 1974 ; director of editorial planning for the 15th edition of Britannica from 1965 ), the Britannica sought not only to be a good reference work and educational tool but to systematise all human knowledge.

Following the coup d ' état in Portugal in 1974, the new left-wing revolutionary government of Portugal began to negotiate with the PAIGC and decided to offer independence to all the overseas territories.

Malaysia has had regular elections since 1974, and although campaigning is reasonably free at election time, it is in effect a one-party state, with the UMNO-controlled National Front usually winning nearly all the seats, while the DAP wins some Chinese urban seats and the PAS some rural Malay ones.

In the Georgian era, patronage of such seaside places ( such as nearby Brighton ) gave it a new lease of life so that, when the time came with the reform of English local government in 1888, Hastings became a County Borough, responsible for all its local services, independent of the surrounding county, then Sussex ( East ); less than one hundred years later, in 1974, that status was abolished.

" Though Barth, in a 1974 interview, stated, " irrealism — not antirealism or unrealism, but irrealism — is all that I would confidently predict is likely to characterize the prose fiction of the 1970s ," this did not prove to be the case.

In 1974, Jeffry Hyman co-founded the punk rock band the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin, upon which point all three adopted stage names using " Ramone " as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone, Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, and Hyman became Joey Ramone.

The Jain symbol that was agreed upon by all Jain sects in 1974.

Exports to the West began in 1974 ; under the original agreement with Fiat, the car could not be sold in competition with the 124 until its replacement ( the Fiat 131 Mirafiori ) had been released and all Fiat production of the 124 had ceased.

* 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.

The combined efforts of all of these expeditions have produced more than 23, 000 classified meteorite specimens since 1974, with thousands more that have not yet been classified.

President Diori signed legislation to end the employment of expatriate military officers in 1965, some continued to serve until the 1974 coup, when all French military presence was evacuated.

By 1970, Dot had become an all-country label and in 1974, Paramount sold all of its record holdings to ABC Records, which in turn was sold to MCA ( now Universal Music Group ) in 1979.

China and South Vietnam both occupied portions of the Paracel Islands until 1974, when the Battle of the Paracel Islands occurred ; China took over and has controlled all of the Paracel Islands since then.

in Mathematics from the University of Rochester ( 1974 ), and a masters degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics, a masters degree in Nuclear Engineering, and a Ph. D. in Nuclear Engineering — all from the University of Washington.

In his books The Book Which Tells the Truth ( 1974 ) and Extraterrestrials Took Me to their Planet ( 1975 ), Vorilhon alleges that he had alien encounters with beings who gave him knowledge of the origins of all major religions.

Following the adoption of the 1974 Instrument of Government on January 1, 1975, the Swedish Monarch ( King Carl XVI Gustaf since September 15, 1973 ) is no longer vested any executive authority at all, and is neither part of the executive branch nor of the legislature.

At the April 1974 elections, the DP increased its majority in the Legislative Assembly by three seats, gaining all but two of the fifteen seats with only 52 % of the popular vote.

From 1974 to 1984 Vaxholm was united with Österåker Municipality, making up a municipality called Vaxholm, but with the seat in Åkersberga.

From 1974 to 1982 Österåker was part of Vaxholm Municipality.

Since the complete division of Nicosia following the Turkish Invasion in 1974, the Nicosia Turkish Municipality has become the de facto local authority of northern Nicosia.

The next reform placed Bollebygd within Borås Municipality from 1974.

In 1974 it was dissolved and part of Vara Municipality up until 1983, when it was reestablished within the boundaries of 1952.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 when " old " Färgelanda Municipality ( which in 1967 had absorbed Ödeborg ) was amalgamated with Högsäter.

In 1974 a minor part ( situated on the island of Hisingen ) was transferred to Gothenburg Municipality.

Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included.

Ale Municipality was created in 1974, when the former municipalities of Nödinge, Skepplanda and Starrkärr were amalgamated.

In 1974 the municipalities of Räng, Vellinge and Månstorp ( all three created through amalgamation of even smaller units in 1952 ) amalgamated with the former Town of Skanör med Falsterbo to form a new Vellinge Municipality.

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The present municipality was formed in 1974 when " old " Bräcke Municipality was amalgamated with Kälarne and Revsund.

The municipality was created in 1974 and is one of two in Sweden with the name of a province ( Gotland Municipality is the other ).

The present municipality was formed in 1974, when " old " Ragunda Municipality was amalgamated with the municipalities of Fors and Stugun.

Strömsund Municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of the former municipalities of Fjällsjö, Frostviken, Hammerdal and Ström.

The present municipality was formed in 1974 through the amalgamation of " old " Åre Municipality with the surrounding municipalities Hallen, Kall, Mörsil and Undersåker.

The old City of Vadstena was during the nation-wide local government reform of the 1970s merged into Motala Municipality in 1974.

The present municipality was created in 1992, when Nyköping Municipality ( of which it had been a part since 1974 ) was split up.

The present municipality was created as recently as 1992, when Nyköping Municipality, which Trosa had been a part of since 1974, was split in three parts.

Between 1974 and 1983 it was, however, part of Vännäs Municipality.

In 1974 it was merged into Åsele Municipality.

Between 1974 and 1982 Malå Municipality was included in Norsjö Municipality.

In 1974 Norsjö and Malå municipalities were amalgamated, forming the new Norsjö Municipality.

In 1974 Bjurholm Municipality was added.