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1974 Calendar

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•  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.
•  March 3, 1974 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981 crashes at Ermenonville near Paris, France killing all 346 aboard.
•  March 5, 1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
•  March 20, 1974 – Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
•  April 3, 1974 – The Super Outbreak occurs, the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history. The death toll is 315, with nearly 5,500 injured.
•  May 7, 1974 – West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
•  August 30, 1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
•  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.
•  December 25, 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.

•  January 10, 1974 – Andrey Korneyev, Russian swimmer
•  February 13, 1974 – Robbie Williams, English singer
•  February 23, 1974 – Leko, American DJ
•  March 16, 1974 – Fotini Vavatsi, Greek archer
•  July 22, 1974 – Amean J, Pakistani photographer
•  August 30, 1974 – Aaron Barrett, American vocalist and guitarist (Reel Big Fish)
•  September 2, 1974 – Inari Vachs, American adult film actress
•  September 25, 1974 – Richie Edwards, British bassist
•  October 8, 1974 – Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
•  November 18, 1974 – Chloë Sevigny, American actress