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- Not to be confused with 1974 (Robbie Williams album) .
1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday.
[edit] Events
[edit] January
[edit] February
- February 1 - Fire breaks out in the Joelman Bank Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
- February 3 - In the second Bathurst Gaol riot, prisoners destroy much of the facility with petrol bombs.
- February 4 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst.
- February 8 - After 84 days in outer space, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
- February 12 - U.S. District Court Judge George Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington State are entitled to half of the legal salmon and steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
- February 13 - Nobel Prize winning writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union (he returns May 27, 1994).
- February 17 - A soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.
- February 20 - Following a visit to his home from a woman wearing a strange pendant, Phillip K. Dick begins to receive a series of visions which he refers to as 2-3-74, shorthand for February/March of 1974.
- February 21 - The long-running comic strip "Sazae-san" is published in the Asahi Shimbun for the final time, after 28 years of daily installments.
- February 23 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
- February 27 - People magazine is published for the first time.
- February 28 - The United Kingdom general election results in an almost dead-heat. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister again, despite his Labour Party (UK) having received fewer votes than the Conservative Party (UK).
- February 28 - Ethiopian prime minister Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold, who has held the position since 1961, is dismissed by Emperor Haile Selassie and replaced with Endelkachew Makonnen.
- April 1 - The Local Government Act 1972 comes into effect in England and Wales, creating six new metropolitan counties and comprehensively redrawing the administrative map.
- April 2 - French President Georges Pompidou dies; Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time.
- April 3 - The Super Outbreak, the largest series of tornadoes in history, hits 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 149 tornadoes hit early the following morning, 315 die and over 5,000 are injured.
- April 6 - ABBA starts their road to fame, after winning the Eurovision Song Contest.
- April 8 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth's home run record by hitting his 715th career home-run off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium.
- April 10 - In Israel, Golda Meir resigns as Prime Minister.
- April 15 - In San Francisco, members of the Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the Hibernia National Bank, joined by Patricia Hearst, their erstwhile captive.
- April 17 - Three Symbionese Liberation Army members die when their apartment catches fire during a shootout with the Los Angeles Police Department.
- April 25 - Carnation Revolution: A coup in Portugal restores democracy.
- May 4 - An all female Japanese team summits Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak.
- May 4 - The Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
- May 7 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
- May 9 - The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon.
- May 15 - German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel is elected President of Germany for a term beginning July 1.
- May 16 - Helmut Schmidt is elected West German Chancellor.
- May 17 - Los Angeles, California police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing 6 members, including Camilla Hall.
- May 17 - Thirty-three people die in the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings in Ireland. Members of the UVF are behind the blast.
- May 18 - Nuclear test: Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- May 18 - The Warsaw radio mast is completed, the tallest construction ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
- May 19 - In the second round of the presidential elections in France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins over François Mitterrand, but by a close margin.
- May 19 - The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup.
- May 28 - The Italian fascist organization Ordine Nuovo bombs demonstrators in Brescia, killing 6.
- May 30 - NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
- June 1 - Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant in Flixborough, UK, kills 28 people.
- June 4 - The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
- June 6 - A new Instrument of Government is promulgated, making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
- June 13 - The 1974 FIFA World Cup begins in West Germany.
- June 15 - Red Lion Square disorders: Members of the fascist National Front clash with leftist counter-protesters in London's West End; one student is killed.
- June 16 - The first Darwin beer-can regatta is held in Darwin, Australia; 63 crafts made of beer cans participate.
- June 17 - A bomb explodes at the Houses of Parliament in London, damaging Westminster Hall. The Provisional Irish Republican Army claims responsibility for planting the bomb.
- June 26 - The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
- June 29 - Isabel Peron becomes interim president of Argentina, when Juan Peron falls seriously ill.
- June 30 - Alberta Williams King, mother of the late Martin Luther King, Jr., is killed during a church service in Atlanta, Georgia.
[edit] August
[edit] September
[edit] October
[edit] November
- November 5 - Democrats make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as voters punish the Republican Party over the Watergate scandal.
- November 7 - Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan disappears in England.
- November 7 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes at the Kings Arms, Woolwich.
- November 8 - In Salt Lake City, Utah, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy.
- November 10 - Movement 2 June members try to kidnap Günter von Drenkmann, the president of West Germany's Superior Court of Justice, at his home, but he is fatally shot during the attempt.
- November 13 - Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his parents and his four siblings in what would later become known as "The Amityville Horror House".
- November 16 - The Arecibo radio telescope sends an interstellar radio message towards the M 13 Great Globular Cluster.
- November 17 - In Dublin, Ireland, President Erskine Hamilton Childers dies suddenly of a heart attack in the middle of a public speech.
- November 20 - The United States Department of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T. This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and the Bell System.
- November 21 - In Birmingham, England, 2 pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this).
- November 22 - The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- November 27 - The Prevention of Terrorism Act is passed in the United Kingdom.
- November 30 - A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy.
[edit] December
[edit] Unknown date
[edit] Births
[edit] January-February
- January 3 - Alessandro Petacchi, Italian professional road cyclist
- January 10- Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood Actor
- January 11 - The Rosenkowitz sextuplets (Cape Town, South Africa), the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy.
- January 11 - Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player
- January 12 - Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skiier
- January 16 - Kate Moss, English model
- January 17 - Ladan and Laleh Bijani, Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003)
- January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
- January 27 - Chaminda Vaas, Sri Lankan cricketer
- January 28 - Tony Delk, American basketball player
- January 30 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor
- January 31 - Ian Huntley, English murderer
- February 7 - Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- February 7 - J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
- February 8 - Seth Green, American actor
- February 8 - Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French disc jockey
- February 11 - D'Angelo, American singer
- February 13 - Robbie Williams, English singer
- February 15 - Seattle Slew, American racehorse (d. 2002)
- February 22 - Chris Moyles, English disc jockey
- February 15 - Ugueth Urbina, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- February 24 - Chad Hugo, American musician and producer (The Neptunes)
[edit] March-April
- March 1 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
- March 4 - Edward Hancock II, American author
- March 5 - Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- March 8 - Fardeen Khan, Bollywood Actor
- March 11 - Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- March 11 - Russ Haas, American wrestler (d. 2001)
- March 20 - Paula Garces, Colombian actress
- March 20 - Andrzej Pilipiuk, Polish writer
- March 20 - Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
- March 22 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- March 22 - Kidada jones, American actress, model, fashion designer
- March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, American actress
- March 25 - Lark Voorhies, American actress
- March 25 - Tapani Mokko, Finnish Artist
- April 1 - Richard Christy, American musician and radio writer
- April 4 - Dave Mirra, American athlete
- April 9 - Jenna Jameson, American actress
- April 11 - Trot Nixon, baseball player
- April 12 - Belinda Emmett, Australian actress and singer (d. 2006)
- April 14 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model
- April 14 - Da Brat, American rapper
- April 15 - Josh Todd, American musician and singer (Buckcherry)
- April 17 - Victoria Beckham, English singer (Spice Girls)
- April 22 - Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born bassist (System of a Down)
- April 28 - Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
- April 28 - Richel Hersisia, Dutch boxer
[edit] May-June
- May 8 - Korey Stringer, American football player (d. 2001)
- May 11 - Billy Kidman, American Professional Wrestler
- May 17 - Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs)
- May 19 - Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player
- May 21 - Havoc, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
- May 23 - Ken Jennings, American game show winner
- May 23 - Jewel, American singer
- May 23 - Monica Naranjo, Spanish singer
- May 24 - Daniel Lorenz Johnson, Social activist/artist
- May 26 - Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
- May 27 - Danny Wuerffel, American football player
- May 30 - Big L, American rapper
- May 31- Adrian Tomine American Cartoonist
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
- June 2 - Gata Kamsky, American chess player
- June 2 - Matt Serra, American mixed martial arts fighter.
- June 7 - Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
- June 12 - Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
- June 13 - Brande Roderick, American actress
- June 13 - Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
- June 13 - Steve-O, American actor, Jackass
- June 20 - Steve 'Flash' Juon, American webmaster and writer
- June 21 - Natasha Desborough, British radio personality
- June 25 - Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- June 26 - Derek Jeter, baseball player
[edit] July-August
- July 2 - Matthew Reilly, Australian writer
- July 2 - Rocky Gray, American musician
- July 4 - La'Roi Glover, American football player
- July 4 - Gackt, Japanese singer
- July 8 - Allen Skillicorn, American race car driver
- July 12 - Gregory Helms, American Profesional Wrestler
- July 19 - Preston Wilson, baseball player
- July 22 - Daddy Kev, American record producer
- July 23 - Maurice Greene, American athlete
- July 23 - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian professional road racing cyclist
- July 26 - Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- July 27 - Eason Chan, Hong Kong singer
- July 30 - Hilary Swank, American actress
- July 31 - Emilia Fox, English actress
- July 31 - Jonathan Ogden, American football player
- August 2 - Jeremy Castle, American singer and songwriter
- August 7 - Sek Loso, Thai singer, songwriter and guitarist
- August 9 - Matt Morris, baseball player
- August 14 - Christopher Gorham, American actor
- August 15 - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
- August 20 - Andy Strachan, Australian musician (The Living End)
- August 20 - Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
- August 23 - Ray Park, Scottish actor
- August 24 - Jennifer Lien, American actress
- August 25 - Eric Millegan, American actor
- August 25 - Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese Professional Wrestler
- August 27 - Jose Vidro, baseball player
- August 27 - Mase, American rapper
- August 28 - Johan Andersson, Swedish game programmer
- August 28 - Carsten Jancker, German footballer
- August 30 - Mark Gottlieb, American game designer and web columnist
[edit] September-October
- September 1 - Jhonen Vasquez, American comic book artist
- September 2 - Lisa Snowdon, English television presenter
- September 6 - Tim Henman, English tennis player
- September 6 - Nina Persson, Swedish singer
- September 10 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- September 10 - Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
- September 11 - DeLisha Milton-Jones , American Basketball player
- September 14 - Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- September 17 - Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
- September 18 - Sol Campbell, English footballer
- September 18 - Xzibit, American rapper
- September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
- September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian
- September 23 - Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
- September 29 - Brian Ash, American screenwriter and producer
- October 1 - Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player
- October 7 - Allison Munn, American actress
- October 10 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American race car driver
- October 11 - Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
- October 16 - Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
- October 16 - Deo Grech, Maltese songwriter, presenter, actor
- October 21 - Lera Auerbach, Russian composer, pianist, and poet
- October 23 - Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player
- October 26 - LISA, Japanese musician
- October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- October 29 - Michael Vaughan, English cricketer
[edit] November-December
- November 1 - VVS Laxman, Indian cricketer
- November 2 - Beverley Mahood, Canadian singer and songwriter
- November 4 - Louise Redknapp, English singer
- November 5 - Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- November 5 - Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- November 9 - Uncle Kracker, American singer
- November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
- November 11 - Bettina Goislard, French UN worker (d. 2003)
- November 15 - Chad Kroeger, Nickleback lead vocals and rhythm gitarist
- November 22 - David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater
- November 23 - Jamie Sharper, American football player
- November 27 - Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
- December 1 - Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- December 6 - Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player
- December 7 - Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer (All Saints)
- December 8 - Maya Mishalska, Mexican actress
- December 10 - Meg White, drummer (The White Stripes)
- December 11 - Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
- December 13 - Nicholas McCarthy, English-born guitarist (Franz Ferdinand)
- December 14 - Billy Koch, baseball player
- December 18 - Peter Boulware, American football player
- December 18 - Euroboy, Norwegian musician (Turbonegro)
- December 19 - Jake Plummer, American football player
- December 19 - Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer
- December 21 - Karrie Webb, Australian golfer
- December 23 - Aimee Nezhukumatathil, American poet
- December 24 - Ryan Seacrest, American television host
- December 24 - Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- December 27 - Bojan Sarcevic, Bosnian-French Sculptor
- December 28 - Wilson Kirwa, Kenyan-born Finnish athlete
- December 29 - Jenny Barker, British radio presenter
- December 29 - Richie Sexson, baseball player
- December 29 - Brad Hodge, Australian cricketer
[edit] Deaths
[edit] January - March
[edit] April - June
[edit] July - September
- July 1 - Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
- July 9 - Earl Warren, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891)
- July 11 - Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 13 - Patrick Blackett, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- July 24 - James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 29 - "Mama Cass" Elliott, American rock music vocalist (b. 1941)
- July 29 - Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
[edit] October - December
- November 11 - Alfonso Leng, Chilean composer (b. 1894)
- November 13 - Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
- November 17 - Erskine Hamilton Childers, fourth President of Ireland (b. 1905)
- November 19 - George Brunies, American musician (b. 1902)
- November 21 - John B. Gambling, American radio talk-show host (b. 1897)
- November 21 - Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
- November 24 - Nick Drake, British musician (b. 1948)
- November 24 - Endelkachew Makonnen, Ethiopian politician (b. 1927)
- November 29 - Peng Dehuai, Chinese leader (b. 1898)
- November 29 - H. L. Hunt, American oil tycoon (b. 1889)
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