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1974 Calendar

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•  January 4, 1974 – United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
•  January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  April 18, 1974 – The Prime Minister of Pakistan Zulfikar Ali Bhutto inaugurates Lahore dry port.
•  May 28, 1974 – Northern Ireland’s power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
•  August 1, 1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
•  August 30, 1974 – A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.
•  September 12, 1974 – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, ‘Messiah’of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.
•  September 17, 1974 – Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
•  December 5, 1974 – In American football, the Birmingham Americans would win what would eventually be the only World Bowl in World Football League history.
•  December 25, 1974 – Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.

•  February 1, 1974 – David Meca, Spanish long distance swimmer
•  March 4, 1974 – David Wagner, American wheelchair tennis player
•  March 5, 1974 – Eva Mendes, American actress
•  March 18, 1974 – Laure Savasta, French basketball player
•  September 16, 1974 – Monique Brumby, Australian Indie pop/rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer
•  September 26, 1974 – Boris Cepeda, German-Ecuadorian pianist and diplomat
•  November 4, 1974 – Louise Redknapp, English singer, television presenter
•  November 28, 1974 – Kristian Schmid, Australian actor
•  December 26, 1974 – Tiffany Brissette, American TV actress
•  December 28, 1974 – Jason Ridge, American porn actor