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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

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.
• March 1, 1974 – Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• March 3, 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
• March 26, 1974 – Gaura Devi leads a group of 27 women of Laata village, Henwalghati, Garhwal Himalayas, to form circles around trees to stop them being felled and giving rise to the Chipko movement in India.
• April 8, 1974 – At Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, Hank Aaron hits his 715th career home run to surpass Babe Ruth’s 39-year-old record.
• June 1, 1974 – Flixborough disaster: An explosion at a chemical plant kills 28 people.
• June 9, 1974 – Portugal and the Soviet Union establish diplomatic relations.
• June 26, 1974 – 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
• July 28, 1974 – Spetsgruppa A, Russia’s elite special force, was formed.
• December 19, 1974 – Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Who Were Born On 1974?

• January 21, 1974 – Alex Sperafico, Brazilian race car driver
• March 27, 1974 – Luca Banti, Italian footballer and referee
• May 29, 1974 – Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach
• June 26, 1974 – Kristofer Steen, Swedish guitarist (Refused and Final Exit)
• July 9, 1974 – Ian Bradshaw, Barbadian cricketer
• August 8, 1974 – Brian Harvey, English singer-songwriter (East 17)
• August 14, 1974 – Christopher Gorham, American actor and director
• September 4, 1974 – Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach
• December 8, 1974 – Nick Zinner, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Head Wound City)
• December 11, 1974 – Maarten Lafeber, Dutch golfer