1974 Calendar

January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.

February 2, 1974 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon flies for the first time.

February 22, 1974 – The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.

March 5, 1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.

April 6, 1974 – ABBA win the 19th annual Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton with Waterloo.

April 18, 1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.

June 1, 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.

June 4, 1974 – During Ten Cent Beer Night, inebriated Cleveland Indians fans start a riot, causing the game to be forfeited to the Texas Rangers.

August 5, 1974 – Vietnam War: the U.S. Congress places a $1 billion dollar limit on military aid to South Vietnam.

November 21, 1974 – The Birmingham Pub Bombings kill 21 people. The Birmingham Six are sentenced to life in prison for the crime but subsequently acquitted.

January 1, 1974 – Hamilton Ricard, Colombian footballer

February 4, 1974 – Mijntje Donners, Dutch hockey international

March 16, 1974 – Georgios Anatolakis, Greek footballer

May 4, 1974 – Tony McCoy, Northern Irish National Hunt jockey

May 25, 1974 – Miguel Tejada, Dominican baseball player

June 27, 1974 – Christian Kane, American actor and singer

June 28, 1974 – Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician, president of the Coalition of the Radical Left

September 25, 1974 – Olivier Dacourt, French professional footballer

October 5, 1974 – Colin Meloy, American singer (The Decemberists)