1974

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Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Nobel Prizes 5 Hit songs 6 Films released 7 New books

[edit] Events

• February 7 - Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• April 25 - Portuguese Revolution or the Carnation Revolution. - A half-century of fascist rule was ended.
• May 18 - India tests nuclear weapons.
• July 15- Christine Chubbock, a TV host in Sarasota, Florida commits suicide during the taping of her show live on air.
• August 8 - United States President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (Watergate scandal).
• December 1 - A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on-board
• December 8 - Greek voters reject a proposal to restore the Greek monarchy.
• December 19 - Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh becomes the fifth President of Ireland, in a state inauguration in Dublin Castle
• December 23 - Former British ex-minister John Stonehouse, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in Melbourne, Australia
• December 24-December 25 - Darwin, Australia almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy

[edit] Births

• January 16 - Kate Moss, English supermodel
• January 30 - Christian Bale, Welsh actor
• January 31 - Ian Huntley, English murderer
• February 8 - Seth Green, American actor
• February 13 - Robbie Williams, English singer
• March 24 - Alyson Hannigan, actress
• July 20 - Simon Rex, American actor
• September 6 - Tim Henman, English tennis player
• October 16 - Deo Grech, Maltese author and tv presenter
• November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor

[edit] Deaths

• January 31 - Samuel Goldwyn, film studio executive
• July 1 - Juan Domingo Perón, Argentinan Politican
• July 29 - Erich Kästner, German Author

[edit] Nobel Prizes

• Nobel Prize in Physics - Sir Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish
• Chemistry - Paul J Flory
• Medicine - Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George E Palade
• Literature - Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson
• Peace - Séan MacBride, Eisaku Sato
• Economics - Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich von Hayek

[edit] Hit songs

• "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka & Odia Coates
• "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
• "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
• "Already Gone" - The Eagles
• "Another Saturday Night" - Cat Stevens
• "Band on the Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Beach Baby" - First Class
• "Best Of My Love" - The Eagles
• "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
• "Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company
• "Caroline Says" - Lou Reed
• "China Grove" - The Doobie Brothers
• "Devil Gate Drive" - Suzi Quatro
• "Diamond Dogs" - David Bowie
• "Dirty Old Man" - The Three Degrees
• "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" - Stevie Wonder
• "Down Down" - Status Quo
• "Honey, Honey" - ABBA
• "I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe" - Genesis
• "It's Only Rock And Roll" - The Rolling Stones
• "Jessica" - Allman Brothers Band
• "Jet" - Paul McCartney and Wings
• "Jungle Boogie" - Kool and the Gang
• "Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Killer Queen" - Queen
• "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
• "Listen To The Music" - The Doobie Brothers
• "Long Train Running" - The Doobie Brothers
• "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
• "Machine Gun" - The Commodores
• "Magic" - Pilot
• "Midnight At The Oasis" - Maria Muldaur
• "Midnight Rider" - Gregg Allman
• "Money" - Pink Floyd
• "Oh Very Young" - Cat Stevens
• "Phil Spector's Christmas Single" - Various Artists
• "Queen Of Clubs" - KC and the Sunshine Band
• "Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie
• "Rock And Roll Suicide" - David Bowie
• "Samba Pa Ti" - Santana
• "Shang-A-Lang" - Bay City Rollers
• "Smokin' In The Boys Room" - Brownsville Station
• "So Long" - ABBA
• "Sugar Baby Love" - The Rubettes
• "Summer Breeze" - The Isley Brothers
• "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "The Bump" - Kenny
• "The Love I Lost" - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
• "The Man Who Sold The World" - Lulu
• "This Town's Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" - Sparks
• "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John
• "Walk On" - Neil Young
• "Waterloo" - ABBA
• "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - John Lennon
• "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones
• "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• "You're The First The Last My Everything" - Barry White

[edit] Films released

• Blazing Saddles
• The Godfather, Part II
• Chinatown
• The Conversation
• The Towering Inferno
• The Three Musketeers

[edit] New books

• Carrie by Stephen King