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1974 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2030. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1974 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1974
- January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
- February 4, 1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
- February 23, 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
- March 1, 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- March 20, 1974 – An unsuccessful attempt is made by a lone perpetrator to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
- June 6, 1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
- June 27, 1974 – U.S. president Richard Nixon visits the Soviet Union.
- July 23, 1974 – The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece’s metapolitefsi era.
- July 30, 1974 – Six Canadian Army cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.
- September 11, 1974 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
Who Were Born On 1974?
- January 6, 1974 – Paul Grant, American basketball player and coach
- January 10, 1974 – Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, singer, and guitarist (Flight of the Conchords)
- April 26, 1974 – Ivana Miličević, Bosnian-American actress
- May 17, 1974 – Eddie Lewis, American soccer player
- July 19, 1974 – Preston Wilson, American baseball player and sportscaster
- July 30, 1974 – Jason Robinson, English rugby player and coach
- September 17, 1974 – Tormod Granheim, Norwegian skier and explorer
- September 25, 1974 – Robbie Mears, Australian rugby player and coach
- October 5, 1974 – Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist and actor
- December 29, 1974 – Richie Sexson, American baseball player