Army. June 29 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina, replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who dies 2 days later. July–August July 7 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win the 1974 FIFA World Cup. The West German football team is awarded the new FIFA World Cup Trophy. July 15 – The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson. July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois. A tanker car collides with a Norfolk & Western boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18 million in property damage. July 20 – The Turkish invasion of Cyprus occurs. July 23 – The Greek military junta is replaced by a civilian government, the metapolitefsi. August 4 – A bomb explodes in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48. Italian neo-fascists take responsibility. Watergate scandal: August 8 - U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9. August 9 - Vice President Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States upon Nixon's resignation. August 14 Turkey invades Cyprus for the second time, occupying 37% of the island's territory. Greece withdraws its forces from NATO's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. August 30 – An express train bound for Germany from Belgrade derails in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), killing more than 150 passengers. September–October September 8 - TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after takeoff from Athens, after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people. September 10 – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to Guinea-Bissau. September 12 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270. The Ethiopian Civil War begins. September 12 – African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau. September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands. September 20 – The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on U.S. Highway 95. October 11 – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now