Today in History for Year 1974 (Part 7)

Months in Year 1974: January February March April May June July August September October November December

Historical Events

Events 601 - 651 of 651

Dec 5th - Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named
Dec 5th - Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot
Dec 5th - Birmingham Americans defeat the Florida Blazers 22-21 in the WFL's World Bowl
Dec 6th - George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong"
Dec 8th - Greek monarchy rejected by referendum
Dec 8th - Irish Republican Socialist Party forms
Dec 8th - Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open
Dec 8th - Soyuz 16 returns to Earth
Dec 9th - Dow Jones index hits 570.01
Dec 9th - Jack Brisco beats Giant Baba in Tokyo, to become NWA wrestling champ
Dec 9th - Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail
Dec 10th - European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament
Dec 10th - Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
Dec 10th - Space probe Helios 1 launched
Dec 13th - Jim "Catfish" Hunter wins free agent claim against A's owner Finley
Dec 13th - Malta becomes a republic
Dec 14th - Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0
Dec 14th - Viv Richards scores 1st Test Cricket ton 192 v India 20 fours 6 sixes
Dec 15th - A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees)
Dec 16th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Dec 16th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 18th - SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens
Dec 19th - "Man With Golden Gun" premieres in US
Dec 19th - Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal
Dec 19th - Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st VP
Dec 20th - Ethiopia becomes socialist one-party state
Dec 20th - George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK
Dec 22nd - 2nd cease-fire between IRA & British; lasts until approx April 1975
Dec 22nd - Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals
Dec 22nd - Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French
Dec 22nd - Ted Heath's house is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
Dec 23rd - "Good News" opens at St James Theater NYC for 16 performances
Dec 23rd - Leningrad: premier of Dmitri Sjotakovitsj' Michelangelo-liederen
Dec 24th - Cardinals' Lou Brock is named Sportsman of the Year
Dec 25th - Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia
Dec 25th - Marshall Fields drives a vehicle through the gates of the White House, resulting in a four-hour standoff.
Dec 26th - Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
Dec 27th - 40th Heisman Trophy Award: Archie Griffin, Ohio State (RB)
Dec 27th - Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
Dec 27th - FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party
Dec 27th - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
Dec 28th - 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
Dec 28th - Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.
Dec 29th - Murray Schisgal's "All Over Town," premieres in NYC
Dec 30th - Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
Dec 31st - 41st Sugar Bowl: Nebraska 13 beats Florida 10
Dec 31st - Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3M 5 year NY Yank contract
Dec 31st - Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin
Dec 31st - Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac
Dec 31st - NY Yankees sign Jim "Catfish" Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million
Dec 31st - Popular Electronics displays Altair 8800 computer

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 601 - 700 of 1,057

Jul 11th - André Ooijer, Dutch footballer
Jul 12th - Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek footballer
Jul 12th - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer (Within Temptation)
Jul 12th - Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
Jul 13th - Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993
Jul 13th - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer
Jul 13th - Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
Jul 14th - Erick Dampier, NBA center (SF Warriors)
Jul 14th - David Mitchell, English comedian and actor
Jul 15th - Janice Bremner, Burlington Ontario, synchro swimmer (Olymp-silver-96)
Jul 15th - Chot Ulep, Filipino musician
Jul 16th - Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96)
Jul 16th - Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member
Jul 16th - Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby league and union footballer
Jul 17th - Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician
Jul 18th - Derek Anderson, NBA guard (Cleveland Cavaliers)
Jul 18th - Alan Morrison, British poet
Jul 19th - Vincent Spadea, Chicago Ill, tennis star
Jul 19th - Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
Jul 19th - Preston Wilson, baseball player
Jul 20th - Kevin Meadows, gay rights activist
Jul 20th - Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball player
Jul 20th - Simon Rex, American actor
Jul 21st - Andrea L'Huillier, Miss Universe-Chile (1996)
Jul 21st - Geoff Jenkins, American baseball player
Jul 22nd - Franka Potente, German actress
Jul 23rd - Maurice Greene, KC Kansas, 100m runner
Jul 23rd - Tara Williams, WNBA guard (Phoenix Mercury)
Jul 23rd - Terry Glenn, American football player
Jul 23rd - Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler
Jul 23rd - Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
Jul 23rd - Kathryn Hahn, American actress
Jul 24th - Steve Bornhoeft, LaGrange Ill, canoe (alt-Olympics-96)
Jul 25th - Lysa Jackson, Miss South Carolina USA (1996)
Jul 25th - Todd Fuller, NBA center (SF Warriors)
Jul 25th - Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler
Jul 26th - Bubba Wells, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)
Jul 26th - Dean Sturridge, English Footballer
Jul 26th - Dan Konopka, American musician (OK Go)
Jul 27th - Pete Yorn, American musician
Jul 28th - Justin Lee Collins, British comedian
Jul 29th - Derek Wilkinson, Lasalle, NHL goalie (Tampa Bay Lightning)
Jul 30th - Hilary Swank, Bellingham WA, actress (Karate Kid 4)
Jul 30th - Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer
Jul 30th - Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player
Jul 31st - Emilia Fox, English actress
Jul 31st - Jonathan Ogden, American football player
Aug 1st - Kerwin Waldroup, DL (Detroit Lions)
Aug 1st - Beckie Scott, Canadian cross-country skiing athlete
Aug 2nd - Nabil Bouchlal, soccer player (Willem II)
Aug 2nd - Paul Grasmanis, defensive tackle (Chicago Bears)
Aug 2nd - Jeremy Castle, Oklahoma country singer and songwriter
Aug 2nd - Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress
Aug 3rd - Blaine Wilson, Columbus Ohio, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96)
Aug 3rd - Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise)
Aug 4th - Canute Curtis, linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals)
Aug 4th - Kily González, Argentine footballer
Aug 4th - Keenan Milton, Professional Skater
Aug 5th - Frankie Hejduk, La Mesa California, soccer defender (Olympics-gold-96)
Aug 5th - Jamie Lynn Bolding, Lakeland Florida, Miss America-Florida (1997)
Aug 5th - Jason Shelley, WLAF wide receiver (Frankfurt Galaxy)
Aug 5th - Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
Aug 6th - Adrian Voinea, Focsani Romania, tennis star (1995 Malta)
Aug 6th - Alvin Williams, NBA guard (Portland Trailblazers)
Aug 6th - Bobby Petta, soccer player (Feyenoord, RKC)
Aug 6th - Nelson Vargas, Holoyoke Mass, soccer forward (Olympics-gold-96)
Aug 6th - Ever Carradine, American actress
Aug 7th - Jeff Buckey, tackle (Miami Dolphins)
Aug 7th - Philippe De Rouville, Victoriaville, NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins)
Aug 8th - Andrei Mezin, NHL goaltender (Team Belarus, Oly-98)
Aug 8th - Scott D'Amore, Canadian professional wrestler and manager
Aug 8th - Andy Priaulx, British race car driver
Aug 9th - Derek Fisher, NBA guard (LA Lakers)
Aug 9th - Tremayne Allen, tight end (Chicago Bears)
Aug 9th - Kirill Reznik, American politician
Aug 9th - Nicola Stapleton, English actress
Aug 10th - Dave Fiore, tackle (San Francisco 49ers)
Aug 10th - Miro Simonovic, hockey goaltender (Team Slovakia 1998)
Aug 10th - Walt Harris, cornerback (Chicago Bears)
Aug 10th - David Sommeil, French footballer
Aug 10th - Luis Marín, Costa Rican footballer
Aug 11th - Audrey Mestre, French diver
Aug 11th - Will Friedle, American actor
Aug 11th - Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star
Aug 11th - Anju Jain, Indian cricketer(women's team)
Aug 12th - Peter Pucher, hockey forward (Team Slovakia 1998)
Aug 12th - Wendy Palmer, WNBA forward (Utah Starzz)
Aug 13th - Jarrod Washburn, American baseball player
Aug 14th - Chucky Atkins, American basketball player
Aug 14th - Martin Bulloch, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
Aug 14th - Christopher Gorham, American actor
Aug 14th - Ana Matronic, American singer (Scissor Sisters)
Aug 15th - Ramon Morel, Villa Gonzalez Dom Rep, pitcher (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Aug 15th - Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress
Aug 16th - Bryan Chiu, CFL defensive tackle (Montreal Alouettes)
Aug 16th - Krizstina Egerszegi, Hungarian backstroke swimmer (100/200m WR)
Aug 16th - Roger Cedeno, Valencia Edo Venezuela, outfielder (LA Dodgers)
Aug 16th - Ryan Longwell, NFL kicker (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
Aug 16th - Iván Hurtado, Ecuadorian footballer
Aug 17th - Tony Hajjar, Lebanese musician (At the Drive-In, Sparta)