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1974 Calendar

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•  January 13, 1974 – Seraphim is elected Archbishop of Athens and All Greece.
•  January 23, 1974 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Tiger in Chinese astrology.
•  February 17, 1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.
•  March 5, 1974 – Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
•  March 29, 1974 – NASA’s Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
•  June 1, 1974 – The Heimlich maneuver for rescuing choking victims is published in the journal Emergency Medicine.
•  July 27, 1974 – Watergate Scandal: the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
•  August 1, 1974 – Cyprus dispute: The United Nations Security Council authorizes the UNFICYP to create the “Green Line”, dividing Cyprus into two zones.
•  August 7, 1974 – Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1368 ft in the air.
•  December 28, 1974 – Senegalese marxist group Reenu-Rew founds the political movement And-Jëf at a clandestine congress.

•  January 5, 1974 – Sarah Jane Honeywell, British television presenter
•  January 24, 1974 – Adam Dean, American philosopher
•  January 29, 1974 – Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
•  April 1, 1974 – China Chow, British actress
•  April 4, 1974 – Dave Mirra, American athlete
•  June 26, 1974 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player
•  July 31, 1974 – Jonathan Ogden, American football player
•  August 30, 1974 – Javier Otxoa, Spanish cyclist
•  September 12, 1974 – Caroline Aigle, French fighter pilot (d. 2007)
•  October 12, 1974 – Marie Wilson, Canadian actress