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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 5, 1974 – Warmest reliably measured temperature in Antarctica of +59 °F (+15 °C) recorded at Vanda Station
• January 19, 1974 – China gain control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of the People’s Republic of China and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
• February 4, 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.
• May 17, 1974 – The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland. It is the deadliest attack of the Troubles and the deadliest terrorist attack in the Republic’s history. There are allegations that British state forces were involved.
• August 30, 1974 – A powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo, Japan. Eight are killed, 378 are injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested on May 19, 1975 by Japanese authorities.
• September 18, 1974 – Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• November 2, 1974 – 78 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
• November 13, 1974 – Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
• December 24, 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.

Who Were Born On 1974?

• March 5, 1974 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
• April 8, 1974 – Nnedi Okorafor, Nigerian-American author and educator
• April 24, 1974 – Derek Luke, American actor and singer
• May 15, 1974 – Marko Tredup, German footballer and manager
• June 12, 1974 – Hideki Matsui, Japanese baseball player
• July 17, 1974 – Andrew Downton, Australian cricketer
• July 21, 1974 – René Reinumägi, Estonian actor, director, and screenwriter
• August 5, 1974 – Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
• October 10, 1974 – Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
• December 7, 1974 – Kang Full, South Korean illustrator