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1974 Calendar

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•  January 2, 1974 – President Richard Nixon signs a bill lowering the maximum U.S. speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo
•  January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  February 7, 1974 – Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
•  February 23, 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
•  March 29, 1974 – NASA’s Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
•  May 18, 1974 – Nuclear test: under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
•  June 6, 1974 – A new Instrument of Government is promulgated making Sweden a parliamentary monarchy.
•  June 29, 1974 – Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
•  August 15, 1974 – Yuk Young-soo, First Lady of South Korea, is killed during an apparent assassination attempt upon President of South Korea, Park Chung-hee.
•  December 5, 1974 – In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.

•  January 8, 1974 – Maria Matsouka, Greek politician
•  January 15, 1974 – Edith Bowman, Scottish television and radio presenter
•  March 4, 1974 – Crowbar, American professional wrestler
•  April 11, 1974 – Zöe Lucker, British television actor
•  April 23, 1974 – Barry Watson, American actor
•  May 10, 1974 – Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer
•  May 15, 1974 – Ahmet Zappa, American musician
•  October 1, 1974 – Sherri Saum, American actress
•  November 2, 1974 – Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)