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| Born : | 05/15/1974 | Ahmet Rodan Zappa, son of Frank |
| Born : | 11/02/1974 | Alex Tanaka, actor (Saja-Swan's Crossing) |
| Born : | 10/07/1974 | Alexander Polinsky, SF Calif, actor (Adam-Charles in Charge) |
| Born : | 08/--/1974 | Amy Fisher, Long Island NY, shot Mary Jo Buttafucco |
| Born : | 11/17/1974 | Brandon Call, actor (Baywatch, Blind Fury, Step by Step) |
| Born : | 06/18/1974 | Bumper Robinson, actor (Webster, Night Court) |
| Born : | 03/31/1974 | Carol Ann Plante, actress (Sara Henderson-Harry & the Hendersons) |
| Born : | 06/05/1974 | Chad Allen Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actor (David-Our House, My 2 Dads) |
| Born : | 06/05/1974 | Chassity Lazzari, Cerritos Cal, actress |
| Born : | 01/30/1974 | Christian Bale, actor (Empire of the Sun) |
| Born : | 11/09/1974 | Dah-ve Chodan, actress (Tia-Uncle Buck) |
| Born : | 11/14/1974 | David Moscow, actor (Big) |
| Born : | 10/05/1974 | Douglas Emerson, Glendale Calif, actor (Robbie-Herbie the Love Bug) |
| Born : | 12/17/1974 | Giovonni Ribisi, actor (Cory-My 2 Dads, New Leave it To Beaver) |
| Born : | 03/03/1974 | Jared Rushton, actor (Big, Honey I Shrank the Kids) |
| Born : | 07/13/1974 | Jean ..., Miss Suriname 1993 |
| Born : | 08/03/1974 | Jenny Beck, actress (Claire Carroll-Guns & Paradise) |
| Born : | 02/17/1974 | Jerry O'Connell, NYC, actor (Andrew Clements-My Secret Identity) |
| Born : | 01/05/1974 | John Drew Nichols, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) |
| Born : | 01/25/1974 | Jonathan Bryan Colling, Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys) |
| Born : | 09/06/1974 | Justin Whalin, LA, actor (Charles in Charge) |
| Born : | 10/23/1974 | Kaleena Kiff, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Patti-Love Sidney) |
| Born : | 01/16/1974 | Kate Moss, Addiscomb Surrey England, model (Calvin Klein) |
| Born : | 02/16/1974 | Kim Whipkey, rocker (PC Quest) |
| Born : | 02/16/1974 | Kimberly Dawn Whipany, Okla, rocker (PC Quest-Can You See) |
| Born : | 10/28/1974 | Leaf Phoenix, PR, actor (Russkies, Space Camp) |
| Born : | 11/11/1974 | Leonardo DiCaprio, LA, actor (Luke-Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 06/23/1974 | Maria Carolina Christina, Princess of Netherlands |
| Born : | 11/20/1974 | Marisa Ryan, actress (Elizabeth MacGillis-Major Dad) |
| Born : | 03/01/1974 | Mark-Paul Gosselaar, actor (Zack-Saved by the Bell) |
| Born : | 08/30/1974 | Matt Bongiovi, heavy metal rocker (cousin of Jon Bon Jovi) |
| Born : | 02/17/1974 | Michael J O'Connell, actor (Andrew-My Secret Identity) |
| Born : | 01/11/1974 | Rosenkowitz sextuplets, Cape Town (1st known to survive infancy) |
| Born : | 12/26/1974 | Tiffany Brissette, actress (Vicki-Small Wonder) |
| Died : | 08/30/1974 | Abraham Schierbeek, biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87 |
| Died : | 05/31/1974 | Adelle Davis, US nutrionalist (Let's stay healthy), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 03/04/1974 | Adolph Gottlieb, US painter, dies at 71 |
| Died : | 04/20/1974 | Agnes Moorehead, actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/20/1974 | Allen Jenkins, actor (Fugitive from a Chain Gang), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 12/27/1974 | Amy Vanderbilt, US author (Complete book of etiquette), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 03/19/1974 | Anne Klien, fashion designer, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 10/04/1974 | Anne Sexton, US poetess (Pulitzer 1967), dies at 45 |
| Died : | 07/26/1974 | Arthur K Watson, US businessman (IBM), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 03/02/1974 | Barbara Ruick, actress/singer (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 41 |
| Died : | 03/05/1974 | Billy DeWolfe, actor (Good Morning World), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 03/12/1974 | Billy Fox, Protestant member of Dublin parliament, assassinated |
| Died : | 04/24/1974 | Bud Abbott, comedian (Abbott & Costello), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/14/1974 | Carl A Spaats, 1st chief of staff of USAF, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 07/29/1974 | Cass Elliot, singer of Mamas & Papas chokes to death at 30 in London |
| Died : | 08/26/1974 | Charles Lindbergh, pilot, dies at 72 in his Hawaiian home |
| Died : | 11/24/1974 | Charles Quinlivan, actor (Frank-Mr Garland), dies at 50 |
| Died : | 03/20/1974 | Chet Huntley, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report), dies at 62 |
| Died : | 07/24/1974 | Chris Chubbock, newscaster shoots self on air |
| Died : | 09/23/1974 | Cliff Arquette, comedian "Charlie Weaver", dies at 68 |
| Died : | 09/25/1974 | Coco the Clown, [Nikolai Poliakov], dies |
| Died : | 11/23/1974 | Cornelius Ryan, war reporter/historian (Bridge too Far), dies at 54 |
| Died : | 09/04/1974 | Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 05/18/1974 | Daniel R Topping, US owner (NY Yankees), dies at 61 |
| Died : | 10/24/1974 | David Oistrach, Russian violinist, dies |
| Died : | 03/28/1974 | Dorothy Fields, US singer (Way you Look Tonight), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 04/02/1974 | Douglass Dumbrille, actor (Mr Deed Goes to Town), dies at 84 |
| Died : | 05/24/1974 | Duke Ellington, blues singer, dies at 75 of cancer |
| Died : | 03/09/1974 | Earl W Sutherland Jr, US pharmacologist (Nobel 1971), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 07/19/1974 | Earl Warren, gov of Calif/Supreme court justice (1953-68), dies at 83 |
| Died : | 10/13/1974 | Ed Sullivan, TV host (Ed Sullivan Show), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 11/04/1974 | Edgar Fernhout, painter/son of Charley Toorop, dies at 62 |
| Died : | 03/20/1974 | Edward Platt, actor (Chief-Get Smart), dies at 58 |
| Died : | 04/17/1974 | Frank McGee, Today show host, dies of cancer at 52 |
| Died : | 06/28/1974 | Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC), dies at 55 |
| Died : | 03/03/1974 | Frank Wilcox, actor (John-Beverly Hillbillies), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 02/08/1974 | Fritz Zwicky, Swiss astronomer (supernova), dies at 75 |
| Died : | 04/02/1974 | Georges Pompidou, French president, dies in Paris |
| Died : | 06/18/1974 | Georgi Zhukov, Russian Marshal (WW II), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 11/29/1974 | Haroldson L Hunt, US multi-millionaire, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 12/15/1974 | Harry Hershfield, cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at 89 |
| Died : | 12/05/1974 | Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, tennis player (US Open 1909-11) dies at 87 |
| Died : | 03/19/1974 | Hertha Kuusinen, Finnish communist/daughter of Otto K, dies at 70 |
| Died : | 03/13/1974 | Howard St John, actor (Investigator, Dr Lewis-Hank), dies at 68 |
| Died : | 08/10/1974 | Ilona Massey, actress/singer (Ilona Massey Show), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 12/26/1974 | Jack Benny, comedian (Jack Benny Show), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 09/21/1974 | Jacqueline Susann, author (Valley of the Dolls), dies at 53 of cancer |
| Died : | 07/24/1974 | James Chadwick, physicist, dies |
| Died : | 11/11/1974 | Jane Ace, comedian (Easy Aces), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 03/13/1974 | Janos Prohaska, actor (Andy Williams Show), dies at 52 |
| Died : | 07/17/1974 | Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, pitcher (St Louis Cards), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 07/19/1974 | Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 07/03/1974 | John C Ransom, US poet (World's Body), dies |
| Died : | 11/13/1974 | Karen Silkwood, killed in a car crash under suspicious circumstances |
| Died : | 08/13/1974 | Kate O'Brien, Irish writer (Pray for the Wanderer), dies |
| Died : | 01/22/1974 | Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64 |
| Died : | 01/21/1974 | Lewis L Strauss, head US Atomic Energy Comm (1953-58), dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/27/1974 | Lightning Slim, blues singer, dies at 61 |
| Died : | 11/27/1974 | Louis B Russell Jr, longest living heart transplant, dies at 49 |
| Died : | 03/17/1974 | Louis I Kahn, Estonia/US architect, dies at about 73 |
| Died : | 02/01/1974 | Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle |
| Died : | 09/04/1974 | Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies |
| Died : | 06/30/1974 | Martin Luther King Sr, shot in church, by a black man |
| Died : | 04/20/1974 | Mohammed Ayub Khan, premier/president (Pakistan), dies |
| Died : | 07/04/1974 | Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies |
| Died : | 09/06/1974 | Otto Kruger, actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday |
| Died : | 06/17/1974 | Pamela Britton, actress (Blondie, My Favorite Martian), dies at 50 |
| Died : | 02/27/1974 | Pat Brady, Toledo Ohio, actor (Roy Rodgers Show), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 07/13/1974 | Patrick MS Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies |
| Died : | 12/10/1974 | Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 |
| Died : | 08/10/1974 | Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's « Comedy Hour), dies at 92 |
| Died : | 03/22/1974 | Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 |
| Died : | 12/11/1974 | Reed Hadley, actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63 |
| Died : | 12/22/1974 | Richard Long, actor (Prof-Nanny & Professor), dies at 47 |
| Died : | 04/10/1974 | Roger Bastide, French sociologist, dies at 76 |
| Died : | 01/05/1974 | Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79 |
| Died : | 12/13/1974 | Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66 |
| Died : | 01/31/1974 | Samuel Goldwyn, Polish/English/US film magnate (MGM), dies at 91 |
| Died : | 03/05/1974 | Solomon I "Sol" Hurok, US impresario, dies at 85 |
| Died : | 11/05/1974 | Stafford Repp, actor (Chief O'Hara-Batman), dies at 56 |
| Died : | 12/01/1974 | Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77 |
| Died : | 01/02/1974 | Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/28/1974 | Truman Bradley, host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69 |
| Died : | 11/25/1974 | U Thant, UN Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in NY of cancer at 65 |
| Died : | 09/14/1974 | Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], actr (Follow the Leader), dies at 70 |
| Died : | 10/29/1974 | Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Spiegel of Neth po‰zie), dies |
| Died : | 11/13/1974 | Vittorio de Sica, Italian actor/director (Boccacio 70, dies |
| Died : | 09/21/1974 | Walter Brennan, actor (Real McCoys), dies at 80 |
| Died : | 12/14/1974 | Walter Lippmann, US journalist (One of Dynasty), dies at 85 |
| Died : | 09/14/1974 | Warren Hull, actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World), dies at 71 |
| Died : | 07/22/1974 | Wayne L Morse, (Sen-Oregon), dies at 73 |
| Died : | 07/21/1974 | Willem F K Hussem, painter/poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 04/05/1974 | William Hudson, actor (I Led 3 Lives), dies at 49 |
| Died : | 09/25/1974 | William Sloane, publisher/writer ("Edge of Running Water"), dies |
| Special : | 02/01/1974 | "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premiers on CBS TV |
| Special : | 01/15/1974 | "Happy Days" premiers on ABC |
| Special : | 12/19/1974 | "Man With Golden Gun" premiers in US |
| Special : | 03/07/1974 | "Monitor" (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras NC |
| Special : | 01/18/1974 | "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premiers on ABC TV |
| Special : | 05/30/1974 | 10th Mayor's Trophy Game, Yanks beat Mets 9-4 |
| Special : | 04/03/1974 | 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states |
| Special : | 10/21/1974 | 1st Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 5-0 vs Caps |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | 1st Wash Cap penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs Buff Sabres |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | 1st World Football League Bowl, Birmingham Americans beat Florida |
| Special : | 03/02/1974 | 1st class postage raised to 10› from 8› |
| Special : | 11/16/1974 | 1st intentional interstellar radio message sent, Arecibo telescope |
| Special : | 09/28/1974 | 1st lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy |
| Special : | 07/17/1974 | 1st quadrophinic studio in UK is open by Moody Blues |
| Special : | 10/28/1974 | 1st time 2 Islanders hat trick in same game-MacMillian & Westfall |
| Special : | 10/12/1974 | 1st time Wash Caps are shutout as they are beat 6-0 by Minnesota |
| Special : | 04/06/1974 | 200,000 attend rock concert "California Jam" |
| Special : | 04/16/1974 | 200,000 attend rock concert Calif Jam I in Ontario Calif |
| Special : | 11/30/1974 | 20th time Islanders shut-out (3-0 vs Canucks) |
| Special : | 07/29/1974 | 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee |
| Special : | 11/10/1974 | 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win |
| Special : | 02/06/1974 | 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0 |
| Special : | 02/17/1974 | 49 die in stampede for seats at soccer match, Cairo, Egypt |
| Special : | 01/20/1974 | 4th AFC-NFC pro bowl, AFC wins 15-13 |
| Special : | 05/08/1974 | 50 MPH speed limit in Britain lifted |
| Special : | 01/02/1974 | 55 MPH speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon |
| Special : | 07/28/1974 | 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck (Belem, Brazil) |
| Special : | 08/06/1974 | 6th time Phils get just 1 assist in game; no other team did it twice |
| Special : | 01/20/1974 | A college basketball game ends 210-67 |
| Special : | 12/15/1974 | A's Catfish Hunter is ruled a free agent (later signs with Yankees) |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | Airport terminal roof collapses killing 17 (Teheran Iran) |
| Special : | 09/24/1974 | Al Kaline gets his 3,000th career hit |
| Special : | 04/10/1974 | American Boccaccio Association established |
| Special : | 03/06/1974 | An Italian loses a record $1,920,000 at roulette in Monte Carlo |
| Special : | 06/14/1974 | Angels' Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 Red Sox in 12 innings |
| Special : | 11/26/1974 | Approximately 140 die when suspension bridge collapses (Nepal) |
| Special : | 07/15/1974 | Archbishop Makarios is deposed as president of Cyprus |
| Special : | 04/02/1974 | Arganat Comm publishes report concerning Yom Kippur War |
| Special : | 03/21/1974 | Asteroid #3708 discovered |
| Special : | 09/27/1974 | Austr National Gallery buys W de Koonings "Woman V" for $850,000 |
| Special : | 09/16/1974 | BART begins regular transbay service |
| Special : | 04/22/1974 | Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show |
| Special : | 03/25/1974 | Barbra Striesand records the album "Butterfly" |
| Special : | 10/24/1974 | Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers) |
| Special : | 07/17/1974 | Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 |
| Special : | 05/12/1974 | Boston Celtics beat Mil Bucks for NBA championship, 4 games to 3 |
| Special : | 11/28/1974 | Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years |
| Special : | 11/08/1974 | Bundy victim (?) Debi Kent disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Special : | 10/31/1974 | Bundy victim (?) Laura Aime disappears in Utah |
| Special : | 10/03/1974 | Bundy victim (?) Nancy Wilcox disappears in Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Special : | 06/01/1974 | Bundy victim Brenda Ball disappears from Burien, Wash |
| Special : | 03/12/1974 | Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Wash |
| Special : | 06/11/1974 | Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash |
| Special : | 05/06/1974 | Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore |
| Special : | 04/17/1974 | Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, WA |
| Special : | 07/14/1974 | Bundy victms Janice Ott & Denise Naslund disappear, Lk Sammamish, WA |
| Special : | 01/03/1974 | Burma accepts its constitution |
| Special : | 10/17/1974 | C Kowal discovers asteroid #1939 Loretta |
| Special : | 04/22/1974 | C Torres discovers asteroid #2976 Lautaro |
| Special : | 03/22/1974 | C Torres discovers asteroids #2282 Andres Bello & #2518 Rutllant |
| Special : | 01/06/1974 | CBS Mystery Theater premiers on radio |
| Special : | 09/28/1974 | Calif Angel Nolan Ryan 3rd no-hitter beats Minn Twin, 4-0 |
| Special : | 10/10/1974 | Canadian John Hathaway begins 2-yr ride of 50,600 miles |
| Special : | 05/04/1974 | Cannonade wins Kentucky Derby |
| Special : | 09/14/1974 | Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter |
| Special : | 06/01/1974 | Chemical plant explodes in Flixborough Lincs kills 29 in UK |
| Special : | 02/04/1974 | Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his 1st word, at 2« months |
| Special : | 07/05/1974 | Chris Evert wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 07/19/1974 | Cleve Indian Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0 |
| Special : | 10/26/1974 | Cleveland Coliseum opens for NBA's Cavaliers & MISL's Crunch |
| Special : | 08/14/1974 | Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold |
| Special : | 09/12/1974 | Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day) |
| Special : | 09/17/1974 | Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup |
| Special : | 08/04/1974 | Crawford-Butler Act allows Puerto Ricans to elect own governor |
| Special : | 12/25/1974 | Cyclone Tracy virtually destroys Darwin Australia |
| Special : | 12/19/1974 | Dave Kryskow scores Washington Capitals 1st NHL shorthanded goal |
| Special : | 07/19/1974 | David Bowie's Diamond Dog tour ends in NYC |
| Special : | 12/27/1974 | Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years |
| Special : | 03/03/1974 | Despite Billy Harris' hat trick Islanders lose 3-4 |
| Special : | 10/19/1974 | Det Red Wing Mickey Redmond scores 1st hat trick against Wash Caps |
| Special : | 10/19/1974 | Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland (next win 6-1-90) |
| Special : | 04/25/1974 | Dictator Ant¢nio Salazar overthrown in Portugal (Carnation revolution) |
| Special : | 04/08/1974 | Discovery Island opens |
| Special : | 02/13/1974 | Dissident Nobel writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from USSR |
| Special : | 05/26/1974 | During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled |
| Special : | 12/04/1974 | Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Moslem pilgrims |
| Special : | 05/28/1974 | E F Helin discovers asteroid #2050 Francis |
| Special : | 10/17/1974 | E F Helin discovers asteroids #2074 Shoemaker & #2335 James |
| Special : | 11/05/1974 | Ella Grasso (Ct) elected 1st woman US gov not related to previous gov |
| Special : | 01/20/1974 | Essex Comm College beats Englewood Cliffs 210-67 in basketball |
| Special : | 01/15/1974 | Expert panel reports 18«-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures |
| Special : | 08/06/1974 | Explosion & fire destory Great Northern RR yard in Wenatchee, Wash |
| Special : | 08/30/1974 | Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153 |
| Special : | 12/27/1974 | FSLN seizes government hostages at a private Managua party |
| Special : | 06/28/1974 | Fall of earth & rocks kill 200. (Quebrada Blanca Canyon, Columbia) |
| Special : | 10/10/1974 | Felix Aguilar Obs discovers asteroid 2284 San Juan & 2311 El Leoncito |
| Special : | 11/09/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2075 Martinez |
| Special : | 06/20/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2124 Nissen |
| Special : | 08/16/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2605 Sahade |
| Special : | 05/18/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2691 |
| Special : | 07/16/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #2964 |
| Special : | 07/19/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3118 |
| Special : | 09/21/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3438 |
| Special : | 06/17/1974 | Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroids #2997 & #3083 |
| Special : | 07/02/1974 | Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81) |
| Special : | 11/01/1974 | Fire kills 189 in less than 25 min (Sao Paulo Brazil) |
| Special : | 05/02/1974 | Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred |
| Special : | 10/09/1974 | Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager (Cleve Indians) |
| Special : | 10/03/1974 | Frank Robinson becomes baseball's 1st black manager (Cleve Indians) |
| Special : | 12/31/1974 | Free agent pitcher Catfish Hunter signs $3 million Yank contract |
| Special : | 04/14/1974 | Gary Player wins his 2nd Masters golf tournament |
| Special : | 03/03/1974 | George Foreman KOs Ken Norton |
| Special : | 03/01/1974 | George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November |
| Special : | 12/06/1974 | George Harrison releases "Ding Dong, Ding Dong" |
| Special : | 12/20/1974 | George Harrison releases his "Dark Horse" album in UK |
| Special : | 10/07/1974 | German DR amends constitution |
| Special : | 01/03/1974 | Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London |
| Special : | 01/08/1974 | Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London |
| Special : | 01/21/1974 | Gold hits record $161.31 an ounce in London |
| Special : | 02/26/1974 | Gold hits record $188 an ounce in Paris |
| Special : | 04/03/1974 | Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris |
| Special : | 12/31/1974 | Gold legal in US, Franklin Mint strikes Panama's Gold 100 balboa coin |
| Special : | 02/20/1974 | Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 M from Houston Aeros, WHA |
| Special : | 07/23/1974 | Greek military dictatorship collapses |
| Special : | 12/08/1974 | Greek monarchy rejected by referendum |
| Special : | 02/07/1974 | Grenada gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| Special : | 09/10/1974 | Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal |
| Special : | 08/03/1974 | Guitarist Jeff Baxter quits Steely Dan & joins Doobie Brothers |
| Special : | 04/08/1974 | Hammerin' Hank Aaron hits 715th HR, breaks Babe Ruth's record |
| Special : | 04/04/1974 | Hank Aaron ties Babe Ruth's home-run record by hitting his 714th |
| Special : | 02/14/1974 | Harvard College discovers asteroid #2039 Payne-Gaposchkin |
| Special : | 11/16/1974 | Harvard College discovers asteroid #2076 Levin |
| Special : | 08/11/1974 | Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) |
| Special : | 12/10/1974 | Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun |
| Special : | 05/09/1974 | House Judiciary Committee begin formal hearings on Nixon impeachment |
| Special : | 07/11/1974 | House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry |
| Special : | 07/27/1974 | House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment |
| Special : | 07/30/1974 | House of Reps recommends 3 articles of impeachment of Nixon |
| Special : | 09/19/1974 | Hurricane Fifi hits coast of Honduras; about 5,000 die |
| Special : | 09/18/1974 | Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5,000 die |
| Special : | 05/18/1974 | India becomes 6th nation to explode an atomic bomb |
| Special : | 12/14/1974 | Islander Glenn Resch's 1st shut-out opponent-Kings 3-0 |
| Special : | 05/31/1974 | Israel & Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights |
| Special : | 03/19/1974 | Jefferson Starship begins their 1st tour |
| Special : | 07/06/1974 | Jimmy Connors wins Wimbledon |
| Special : | 08/05/1974 | Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways |
| Special : | 07/12/1974 | John Erhlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights |
| Special : | 09/28/1974 | John Lennon appears as guest dj on WNEW-FM (NYC) |
| Special : | 07/17/1974 | John Lennon is ordered to leave US in 60 days |
| Special : | 10/04/1974 | John Lennon releases "Walls & Bridges" album |
| Special : | 11/16/1974 | John Lennon's only solo #1 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" |
| Special : | 12/09/1974 | Johnson Grigsby freed after 66 years in jail |
| Special : | 06/19/1974 | KC Royal Steve Busby 2nd no-hitter beats Milwaukee Brewers, 2-0 |
| Special : | 06/08/1974 | Keyboardist Rick Wakeman quits rock group "Yes" |
| Special : | 01/16/1974 | L A Landslide kills 9, Canyonville, Oregon |
| Special : | 11/12/1974 | L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2266 Tchaikovsky |
| Special : | 08/27/1974 | L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3681 |
| Special : | 08/24/1974 | L Chernykh discovers asteroid #3770 |
| Special : | 02/19/1974 | L Kohoutek discovers asteroids #2055 Dvorak, #2073 Janacek & #3109 |
| Special : | 08/17/1974 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #2576 Yesenin |
| Special : | 09/20/1974 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroid #3260 & #3771 |
| Special : | 09/26/1974 | L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #2283 Bunke, #2310 Olshaniya & #2740 |
| Special : | 08/25/1974 | LA Aztecs defeat Miami Toros to win NASL cup |
| Special : | 12/01/1974 | LA Skid Row slasher kills first of 8 |
| Special : | 11/22/1974 | Lake Buena Vista Club opens |
| Special : | 04/26/1974 | Landslide in Huancavelica Province Peru creates a natural dam |
| Special : | 04/28/1974 | Last Americans evacuated from Saigon |
| Special : | 08/11/1974 | Lee Trevino wins PGA championship |
| Special : | 06/26/1974 | Liz Taylor's 5th divorce (Richard Burton) |
| Special : | 08/15/1974 | Longest team (6) trampoline bouncing marathon (1,248 hours (52 days)) |
| Special : | 09/10/1974 | Lou Brock ties (104) & then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark |
| Special : | 01/31/1974 | MacDonald's founder Ray Kroc buys San Diego Padres |
| Special : | 01/--/1974 | Malawi ammends constitution |
| Special : | 06/02/1974 | Mali adopts constitution |
| Special : | 04/26/1974 | Malta adopts constitution |
| Special : | 12/13/1974 | Malta becomes a republic |
| Special : | 06/02/1974 | Malta's constitution goes into effect |
| Special : | 03/29/1974 | Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos |
| Special : | 02/05/1974 | Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win |
| Special : | 04/15/1974 | Military coup in Niger |
| Special : | 07/01/1974 | Monmouthshire renamed Gwent & becomes part of Wales |
| Special : | 11/10/1974 | Montreal Candiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0 |
| Special : | 12/28/1974 | More than 5,200 people killed in Pakistan earthquake |
| Special : | 03/18/1974 | Most Arab oil producing nations end US embargo |
| Special : | 10/30/1974 | Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Za‹re |
| Special : | 09/14/1974 | N Chernykh discovers asteroid #2783 Chernyshevskij |
| Special : | 02/18/1974 | NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2 (235/843 km) |
| Special : | 09/03/1974 | NBA guard Oscar Robinson retires |
| Special : | 01/01/1974 | NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead) |
| Special : | 03/23/1974 | NC State ends UCLAs 7 year reign as NCAA basketball champions |
| Special : | 06/04/1974 | NFL grants franchise to Seattle Seahawks |
| Special : | 04/24/1974 | NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay Bucaneers |
| Special : | 04/25/1974 | NFL moves goal posts & adopts sudden-death playoff |
| Special : | 07/23/1974 | NL beats AL 7-2 in 45th All Star Game (3 Rivers, Pittsburgh) |
| Special : | 08/27/1974 | NY Met Benny Ayala hits a HR in his 1st at bat |
| Special : | 08/27/1974 | NY Met Benny Ayala hits a home run in his 1st at bat |
| Special : | 05/10/1974 | NY Nets beats Utah Stars in 7th ABA championship, 4 games to 1 |
| Special : | 10/15/1974 | National Guard mobilizes to restore order in Boston school busing |
| Special : | 12/19/1974 | Nelson A Rockefeller sworn-in as 41st VP |
| Special : | 10/15/1974 | Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory (macro molecules) |
| Special : | 08/20/1974 | Nolan Ryan pitch measured at record 161.6 kph (100.4 mph) |
| Special : | 03/24/1974 | North Carolina State University wins NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 01/19/1974 | Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | Oliver Tilden Triangle in the Bronx named |
| Special : | 04/19/1974 | Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against NY Yankees |
| Special : | 11/09/1974 | P Wild discovers asteroid #2950 |
| Special : | 04/19/1974 | P Wild discovers asteroids #1938 Lausanna & #2040 Chalonge |
| Special : | 02/24/1974 | Pakistan offically recognizes Bangladesh |
| Special : | 04/27/1974 | Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107 |
| Special : | 02/04/1974 | Patricia Hearst (19) kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Special : | 04/20/1974 | Paul McCartney releases "Band on the Run" |
| Special : | 12/22/1974 | Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals |
| Special : | 05/19/1974 | Phila Flyers beat Boston Bruins 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 04/01/1974 | Pioneer Hall opens |
| Special : | 02/02/1974 | Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary" |
| Special : | 09/10/1974 | Portugal recognizes independence of Rep of Guinea-Bissau |
| Special : | 09/16/1974 | Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters |
| Special : | 09/08/1974 | Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes |
| Special : | 08/08/1974 | Pres Richard M Nixon announced he'd resign his office 12PM 08/09 |
| Special : | 05/07/1974 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin) |
| Special : | 12/18/1974 | Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2077 Kiangsu |
| Special : | 12/14/1974 | Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #2655 Guangxi |
| Special : | 12/19/1974 | Purple Mountain Observatory discovers asteroid #3051 |
| Special : | 03/05/1974 | Ralph Stewart failed in 2nd Islander penalty shot |
| Special : | 12/22/1974 | Referenda in Comoros-3 islands for independence, 1 stays French |
| Special : | 03/11/1974 | Rhino Store gives people 5› to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album |
| Special : | 08/09/1974 | Richard Nixon resigns presidency, VP Gerald Ford becomes 38th pres |
| Special : | 11/15/1974 | Ringo releases "Goodnight Vienna" & "Only You" in UK |
| Special : | 02/08/1974 | Ringo releases "You're 16" |
| Special : | 03/28/1974 | Rock group Raspberries breakup |
| Special : | 05/22/1974 | Ruffian begins her racing career as a filly & dies 14 months later |
| Special : | 12/18/1974 | SF Visitors Center at City Hall opens |
| Special : | 06/23/1974 | Sandra Haynie wins LPGA by 2 strokes over JoAnne Carner |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | Seattle Seahawks forms |
| Special : | 02/10/1974 | Silver futures hit record $4.81« an ounce in London |
| Special : | 01/08/1974 | Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York |
| Special : | 01/21/1974 | Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London |
| Special : | 02/21/1974 | Silver hits record $5.96« an ounce in London |
| Special : | 02/08/1974 | Skylab 4's astronauts land |
| Special : | 05/06/1974 | Smallest attendance at Phila's Veterans Stadium (4,149) |
| Special : | 02/02/1974 | Smallest crowd at Cleveland Arena (Cavs vs Golden State-1,641) |
| Special : | 02/08/1974 | Soap opera "Secret Storm" ends a 20 year run |
| Special : | 08/15/1974 | South Korean President Park Chung-Hee escapes assassination |
| Special : | 07/03/1974 | Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 |
| Special : | 05/20/1974 | Soyuz 14 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 08/26/1974 | Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3 |
| Special : | 08/28/1974 | Soyuz 15 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 12/02/1974 | Soyuz 16 launched into Earth orbit for 6 days |
| Special : | 12/08/1974 | Soyuz 16 returns to Earth |
| Special : | 07/29/1974 | St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base |
| Special : | 05/11/1974 | Steely Dan releases "Rikki Don't Lose that Number" |
| Special : | 05/06/1974 | Stolen "Guitar Player" painting by Jan Vermeer found in London |
| Special : | 01/13/1974 | Super Bowl VIII-Miami Dolphins-24, Minnesota Vikings-7 |
| Special : | 06/09/1974 | Supergroup Blind Faith's (Clapton, Windwood, Baker) 1st concert |
| Special : | 07/24/1974 | Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes |
| Special : | 05/14/1974 | Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, 6 killed |
| Special : | 07/25/1974 | T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2345 Fucik |
| Special : | 02/23/1974 | Teri Garr appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Confessions of an Orth" |
| Special : | 09/10/1974 | Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs |
| Special : | 04/05/1974 | Then tallest building, World Trade Center opens in NYC (110 stories) |
| Special : | 02/11/1974 | Titan-Centaur test launch fails |
| Special : | 12/05/1974 | Tom Williams is unsuccessful on Wash Capitals 1st NHL penalty shot |
| Special : | 07/20/1974 | Turkey invades Cyprus |
| Special : | 03/03/1974 | Turkish DC-10 crashes into Paris, 346 die |
| Special : | 08/14/1974 | Turkish leaders overthrows Nicosia, Cyprus |
| Special : | 02/28/1974 | US & Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after 7 years |
| Special : | 10/10/1974 | US Gen George Brown's speech deplores Jewish influence in US |
| Special : | 09/21/1974 | US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury |
| Special : | 02/05/1974 | US Mariner 10 returns 1st close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure |
| Special : | 02/18/1974 | US ambassador to India Daniel Moynihan present $2,046,700,000 check |
| Special : | 07/26/1974 | USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3 |
| Special : | 08/01/1974 | Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to NY Nets |
| Special : | 11/05/1974 | Walter E Washington, becomes 1st elected mayor of Wash DC |
| Special : | 10/09/1974 | Wash Caps begin a 37 game road losing streak |
| Special : | 10/09/1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL game, losing 6-3 to NY Rangers at MSG |
| Special : | 12/26/1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout |
| Special : | 10/15/1974 | Washington Capitals 1st NHL tie, playing LA Kings to 1-1 tie |
| Special : | 03/01/1974 | Watergate grand jury indicts 7 presidential aides |
| Special : | 10/03/1974 | Watergate trial begins |
| Special : | 07/07/1974 | West Germany beats Neth 2-1 for soccer's 10th World Cup in Munich |
| Special : | 06/28/1974 | Wings release "Band on the Run" & "Zoo Gang" in UK |
| Special : | 10/25/1974 | Wings release "Junior's Farm" |
| Special : | 01/14/1974 | World Football League founded |
| Special : | 07/11/1974 | World Football League plays 1st games |
| Special : | 01/01/1974 | World Population Year begins |
| Special : | 07/18/1974 | World's tallest structure, 646-m Polish radio mast, completed |
| Special : | 03/03/1974 | World's worst air disaster, Turkish DC-10 crashes in Paris (346 die) |
| Special : | 01/02/1974 | Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres |
| Special : | 07/08/1974 | Yank shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 innings |
| Special : | 04/06/1974 | Yankees 1st home game at Shea Stadium, beat Indians 6-1 |
| Special : | 10/22/1974 | Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds |
| Special : | 06/19/1974 | Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution |
| Special : | 04/10/1974 | Yitzhak Rabin replaces resigning Israeli PM Golda Meir |
| Special : | 04/01/1974 | Yourdon, Inc forms |
| Special : | 02/21/1974 | Yugoslavia adopts constitution |
| Special : | 08/--/1974 | Zaire amends constitution |
| Special : | 10/03/1974 | 38øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC |
| Special : | 04/29/1974 | 89øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC |
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