Timeline November 1974

Events in November 1974 7

• 1901 – 1974 Vittorio De Sica (1901-1974) Died 13 November 1974, aged 73 Vittorio De Sica was an Italian film director central to the Italian neorealist movement, directing classics including Bicycle Thieves. He won multiple Academy Awards for his films.
• 1909 – 1974 U Thant (1909-1974) Died 25 November 1974, aged 65 U Thant was a Burmese diplomat who served as the third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971. His tenure spanned the Cuban Missile Crisis and much of the Vietnam War.
• 1974 Founds Arista Records Davis founds Arista Records in November 1974 — named after the honour society at his alma mater, DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx. Arista is distributed by Columbia (Davis's former employer, now obliged to work with him). With no roster and a small budget, Davis builds Arista from scratch into one of the most commercially successful independent labels of the 1970s and 1980s. His first signings include Barry Manilow — then a backup musician and accompanist — whose debut single 'Mandy' goes to Number 1 in January 1975.
• 1974 John Lennon joins him on stage Madison Square Garden, Thanksgiving 1974 John Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at Elton's Madison Square Garden concert on Thanksgiving 1974, performing "Whatever Gets You thru the Night", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" and "I Saw Her Standing There" — it would be Lennon's last full-concert performance.
• 1974 Peter Gabriel's last Genesis album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Concept double album His story of a Puerto Rican youth in New York.
• 1974 Lucy fossil discovered Australopithecus afarensis skeleton found in Ethiopia Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered the partial skeleton of an early hominin at Hadar, Ethiopia. Nicknamed Lucy, the 3.2-million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis reshaped understanding of human origins.
• 1974 John Lennon joins Elton John at Madison Square Garden Last concert His last major concert appearance.