Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the

1973 oil crisis In October 1973, the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) announced that it was implementing a total oil embargo against countries that had supported Israel at any point during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, which began after Eg ...

and the resignation of

United States President The president of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed For ...

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

following the

Watergate scandal The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the Presidency of Richard Nixon, administration of President Richard Nixon. The scandal began in 1972 and ultimately led to Resignation of Richard Nixon, Nix ...

. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973

Yom Kippur War The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and S ...

determined politics; following

Israeli Prime Minister The prime minister of Israel (, Hebrew abbreviation: ; , ''Ra'īs al-Ḥukūma'') is the head of government and chief executive of the State of Israel. Israel is a parliamentary republic with a president as the head of state. The presiden ...

Golda Meir Golda Meir (; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was the prime minister of Israel, serving from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and only female head of government. Born into a Jewish family in Kyiv, Kiev, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) ...

's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by

Yitzhak Rabin Yitzhak Rabin (; , ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, his ass ...

. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the

Cyprus dispute The Cyprus problem, also known as the Cyprus conflict, Cyprus issue, Cyprus dispute, or Cyprus question, is an ongoing dispute between the Greek Cypriot and the Turkish Cypriot community in the north of the island of Cyprus, where troops of t ...

, the

Carnation Revolution The Carnation Revolution (), code-named Operation Historic Turn (), also known as the 25 April (), was a military coup by military officers that overthrew the Estado Novo government on 25 April 1974 in Portugal. The coup produced major socia ...

took place in

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

, the

Greek junta The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a Right-wing politics, right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels with CIA backing 1967 Greek coup d'état, overthrew the caretaker gove ...

's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a

parliamentary republic A parliamentary republic is a republic that operates under a parliamentary system of government where the Executive (government), executive branch (the government) derives its legitimacy from and is accountable to the legislature (the parliament). ...

and Chancellor of West Germany

Willy Brandt Willy Brandt (; born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm; 18 December 1913 – 8 October 1992) was a German politician and statesman who was leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 1964 to 1987 and concurrently served as the Chancellor ...

resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior List of men's national association football teams, men's national teams of the members of the FIFA, Fédération Internatio ...

West Germany West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...

, in which the

hosts A host is a person responsible for guests at an event or for providing hospitality during it. Host may also refer to: Places * Host, Pennsylvania, a village in Berks County * Host Island, in the Wilhelm Archipelago, Antarctica People * ...

won the championship title, as well as ''

The Rumble in the Jungle George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as ''The Rumble in the Jungle'', was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated ...

'', a boxing match between

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "The Greatest", he is often regarded as the gr ...

and

George Foreman George Edward Foreman (January 10, 1949 – March 21, 2025) was an American professional boxer, businessman, minister, and author. In boxing, he competed between 1967 and 1997, and was nicknamed "Big George". He was a two-time world heavyweig ...

Zaire Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-la ...

Events

January–February

January 25 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – After a night of negotiation, Claudius is accepted as Roman emperor by the Senate. * 750 – In the Battle of the Zab, the Abbasid rebels defeat the Umayyad Caliphate, leading to the overthrow of the dyn ...

–

Bülent Ecevit Mustafa Bülent Ecevit (; 28 May 1925 – 5 November 2006) was a Turkish politician, statesman, poet, writer, scholar, and journalist. He served as the Prime Minister of Turkey four times between 1974 and 2002. He served as prime minister in 197 ...

of CHP forms the new government of

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

(37th government, partner MSP). *

January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on th ...

**The South Vietnamese government and the

Viet Cong The Viet Cong (VC) was an epithet and umbrella term to refer to the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam. It was formally organized as and led by the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, and ...

announced that they would resume

prisoner of war A prisoner of war (POW) is a person held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict. The earliest recorded usage of the phrase "prisoner of war" dates back to 1610. Belligerents hold prisoners of war for a ...

exchanges on February 8, after a suspension of seven months. **Two members of the

Japanese Red Army The was a militant communist organization active from 1971 to 2001. It was designated a terrorist organization by Japan and the United States. The JRA was founded by Fusako Shigenobu and Tsuyoshi Okudaira in February 1971, and was most acti ...

(JRA) and two members of the

Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP; ) is a secular Palestinian Marxist–Leninist organization founded in 1967 by George Habash. It has consistently been the second-largest of the groups forming the Palestine Liberation ...

(PFLP) made a failed attempt to blow up oil tanks at the

Shell Shell may refer to: Architecture and design * Shell (structure), a thin structure ** Concrete shell, a thin shell of concrete, usually with no interior columns or exterior buttresses Science Biology * Seashell, a hard outer layer of a marine ani ...

oil refinery An oil refinery or petroleum refinery is an industrial processes, industrial process Factory, plant where petroleum (crude oil) is transformed and refining, refined into products such as gasoline (petrol), diesel fuel, Bitumen, asphalt base, ...

complex on Pulau Bukom at

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. The terrorists then hijacked the ferry ''Laju'' and took its five crew members hostage. **The

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

released Gerald Emil Kosh, a U.S. civilian captured during the

Battle of the Paracel Islands The Battle of the Paracel Islands (Chinese: 西沙海战 (pinyin Xisha haizhan)；Vietnamese: Hải chiến Hoàng Sa) was an engagement between the Chinese and South Vietnamese navies near the Paracel Islands on January 19, 1974. The battle ...

. *

February 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1327 – The teenaged Edward III is crowned King of England, but the country is ruled by his mother Queen Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer. * 1411 – The First Peace of Thorn is signed in Thorn (Toruń), ...

Fire Fire is the rapid oxidation of a fuel in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products. Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...

breaks out in the

Joelma Building ''Edifício Praça da Bandeira'', formerly known as the Joelma Building, is a 25-story building in downtown São Paulo, Brazil, São Paulo, Brazil, completed in 1971, located at Avenida 9 de Julho, 225. On 1 February 1974, an air conditioning uni ...

São Paulo São Paulo (; ; Portuguese for 'Paul the Apostle, Saint Paul') is the capital of the São Paulo (state), state of São Paulo, as well as the List of cities in Brazil by population, most populous city in Brazil, the List of largest cities in the ...

, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries. **

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

, the capital of

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, is declared a Federal Territory. *

February 8 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Constantius III becomes co-emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 1238 – The Mongols burn the Russian city of Vladimir. * 1250 – Seventh Crusade: Crusaders engage Ayyubid forces in the Battle of ...

– After a record 84 days in

orbit In celestial mechanics, an orbit (also known as orbital revolution) is the curved trajectory of an object such as the trajectory of a planet around a star, or of a natural satellite around a planet, or of an artificial satellite around an ...

, the crew of ''

Skylab 4 Skylab 4 (also SL-4 and SLM-3) was the third crewed Skylab mission and placed the third and final human spaceflight, crew aboard the first American space station. The mission began on November 16, 1973, with the launch of Gerald P. Carr, Edwar ...

'' returns to Earth. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons ...

–

Zamalek disaster A Crowd collapses and crushes, crowd crush occurred on 17 February 1974 when fans were crushed before the kick-off of a association football, football Exhibition game, friendly match at the Helmy Zamora Stadium, Zamalek Stadium in Cairo between Z ...

: A

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

stampede occurs in

Cairo Cairo ( ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Egypt and the Cairo Governorate, being home to more than 10 million people. It is also part of the List of urban agglomerations in Africa, largest urban agglomeration in Africa, L ...

, killing 49. *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople (Roman Catholic), Fourth Council of Co ...

– The British election ended in a

hung parliament A hung parliament is a term used in legislatures primarily under the Westminster system (typically employing Majoritarian representation, majoritarian electoral systems) to describe a situation in which no single political party or pre-existing ...

after the

Jeremy Thorpe John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979 and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old ...

-led

Liberal Party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ...

achieves its biggest vote.

March–April

March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 ...

–

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 (TK981/THY981) was a scheduled flight from Istanbul Yeşilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport, with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris. On 3 March 1974, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating the fl ...

, travelling from

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

, crashes in the woods near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. This was the deadliest aircraft accident in history up to this time, and remains the deadliest single aircraft accident with no survivors. *

March 4 Events Pre-1600 * AD 51 – Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title '' princeps iuventutis'' (head of the youth). * 306 – Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia. * 581 – Yang Jian declares himself Emperor ...

– Following a

in the

United Kingdom general election United Kingdom general elections (elections for the House of Commons) have occurred in the United Kingdom since the first in 1802. The members of the 1801–1802 Parliament had been elected to the former Parliament of Great Britain and Parliame ...

Conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

prime minister

Edward Heath Sir Edward Richard George Heath (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 ...

resigns and is succeeded by Labour's

Harold Wilson James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 197 ...

, who previously led the country from

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 1970 Tonghai earthquake, Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity scale, Mercalli ...

. *

March 18 Events Pre-1600 * 37 – Roman Senate annuls Tiberius' will and proclaims Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ''(aka Caligula = Little Boots)'' emperor.Tacitus, ''Annals'' V.10. * 1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Ar ...

** In West Germany, the Bundestag passes the Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz ("Federal Emission Control Act"). ** End of five-month

oil An oil is any nonpolar chemical substance that is composed primarily of hydrocarbons and is hydrophobic (does not mix with water) and lipophilic (mixes with other oils). Oils are usually flammable and surface active. Most oils are unsaturate ...

embargo Economic sanctions or embargoes are commercial and financial penalties applied by states or institutions against states, groups, or individuals. Economic sanctions are a form of coercion that attempts to get an actor to change its behavior throu ...

by most

OPEC The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC ) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing and oil-dependent countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize Profit (eco ...

nations against the United States, Europe, and Japan which had caused the

. *

March 26 Events Pre-1600 * 590 – Emperor Maurice proclaims his son Theodosius as co-emperor of the Byzantine Empire. * 624 – First Eid al-Fitr celebration. * 1021 – The death of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, kept secret ...

– A group of peasant women in

Chamoli district Chamoli district is a district of the Uttarakhand state of India. It is bounded by China's Xizang Autonomous Region to the north, and by the Uttarakhand districts of Pithoragarh district, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar district, Bageshwar to the eas ...

Uttarakhand Uttarakhand (, ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2007), is a States and union territories of India, state in North India, northern India. The state is bordered by Himachal Pradesh to the n ...

, India, use their bodies to surround trees to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the

Chipko movement The Chipko movement () is a forest conservation movement in India. Opposed to commercial logging and the government's policies on deforestation, protesters in the 1970s engaged in tree hugging, wrapping their arms around trees so that they coul ...

. *

March 29 Events Pre-1600 * 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. * 1461 – Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a ...

** The

Terracotta Army The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with the emperor in 210–209 BCE with the purpose of protecting him in his aft ...

Qin Shi Huang Qin Shi Huang (, ; February 25912 July 210 BC), born Ying Zheng () or Zhao Zheng (), was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first emperor of China. He is widely regarded as the first ever supreme leader of a unitary state, unitary d ...

is discovered at

Xi'an Xi'an is the list of capitals in China, capital of the Chinese province of Shaanxi. A sub-provincial city on the Guanzhong plain, the city is the third-most populous city in Western China after Chongqing and Chengdu, as well as the most populou ...

, China. ** Launch of the

Volkswagen Golf The Volkswagen Golf () is a compact car/ small family car ( C-segment) produced by the German automotive manufacturer Volkswagen since 1974, marketed worldwide across eight generations, in various body configurations and under various nameplate ...

, a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic

Volkswagen Beetle The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a small family car produced by the German company Volkswagen from 1938 to 2003. One of the most iconic cars in automotive history, the Beetle is noted for its distinctive shape. Its pr ...

, holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced. *

April 3 Events Pre-1600 * 686 – Maya king Yuknoom Yich'aak K'ahk' assumes the crown of Calakmul. * 1043 – Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England. * 1077 – The Patriarchate of Friûl, the first Friulian state, is created. ...

– 4 – An enormous

tornado outbreak A tornado outbreak is the occurrence of multiple tornadoes spawned by the same Synoptic scale meteorology, synoptic scale weather system. The number of tornadoes required to qualify as an outbreak typically are at least six to ten, with at least ...

strikes the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 and injuring about 5,484. *

April 5 Events Pre-1600 * 823 – Lothair I is crowned King of Italy by Pope Paschal I. * 919 – The Fatimid invasion of Egypt (919–921), second Fatimid invasion of Medieval Egypt, Egypt begins, when the Fatimid heir-apparent, Al-Qa'im (Fa ...

– '' Carrie'', the debut novel by

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

, is published. *

April 6 Events Pre–1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato (Cato the Younger) at the Battle of Thapsus. * 402 – Stilicho defeats the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia. * ...

– Swedish pop group

ABBA ABBA ( ) were a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. They are one of the most popular and successful musical groups of all time, and are one of the List ...

's song "

Waterloo Waterloo most commonly refers to: * Battle of Waterloo, 1815 battle where Napoleon's French army was defeated by Anglo-allied and Prussian forces * Waterloo, Belgium Waterloo may also refer to: Other places Australia * Waterloo, New South Wale ...

" wins the

1974 Eurovision Song Contest The Eurovision Song Contest 1974 was the 19th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 6 April 1974 in the Dome in Brighton, United Kingdom. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster the British Broadcasting ...

Brighton Brighton ( ) is a seaside resort in the city status in the United Kingdom, city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England, south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze Age Britain, Bronze Age, R ...

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

, UK. *

– The first

California Jam California Jam (also known as Cal Jam) was a rock music festival co-headlined by Deep Purple and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, on April 6, 1974. It was produced by ABC Entertainment, Sandy Fe ...

festival takes place at the

Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario Motor Speedway was a motorsport venue located in Ontario, California. It was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: United States Au ...

Ontario, California Ontario is a city in southwestern San Bernardino County, California, United States, east of downtown Los Angeles and west of downtown San Bernardino, the county seat. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire metropolitan area, it lies ...

. Co-headlined by

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career. Originally for ...

and

Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emerson, Lake & Palmer (informally known as ELP) were an English progressive rock Supergroup (music), supergroup formed in London in 1970. The band consisted of Keith Emerson (keyboards) of The Nice, Greg Lake (vocals, bass, guitars, producer) ...

. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history. *

April 8 Events Pre-1600 * 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated and is succeeded by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus. * 876 – The Battle of Dayr al-'Aqul saves Baghdad from the Saffarids. * 1139 – ...

– In

Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, often referred to as Fulton County Stadium and originally named Atlanta Stadium, was a multi-purpose stadium located in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia. The stadium was home of the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseb ...

, Henry "Hank" Aaron hits his 715th home run, surpassing

Babe Ruth George Herman "Babe" Ruth (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948) was an American professional Baseball in the United States, baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nickna ...

as the all-time home run king. *

April 11 Events Pre-1600 * 491 – Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. * 1241 – Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. *1512 – War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferra ...

– The

Kiryat Shmona massacre The Kiryat Shmona massacre was an attack by three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command on civilians in Kiryat Shmona, Israel during the Jewish holiday of Passover on 11 April 1974. Eighteen people we ...

takes place in

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

. *

April 24 Events Pre-1600 * 1479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th dynasty). * 1183 BC – Traditional reckoning of the Fall of Troy ...

– ''

Guillaume Affair The Guillaume affair () was an espionage scandal in Germany during the Cold War. The scandal revolved around the exposure of an East German spy within the West German government and had far-reaching political repercussions in Germany, the mo ...

'': exposure of an

East German East Germany, officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR), was a country in Central Europe from its formation on 7 October 1949 until its reunification with West Germany (FRG) on 3 October 1990. Until 1989, it was generally vie ...

spy Günter Guillaume within the

West German West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic after its capital c ...

government, leading to the resignation of West German Chancellor

. *

April 25 Events Pre-1600 * 404 BC – Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion. * 775 – The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against th ...

– ''

'': A left-wing military coup in Portugal restores

democracy Democracy (from , ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which political power is vested in the people or the population of a state. Under a minimalist definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitiv ...

, ending 41 years of the Estado Novo dictatorship in the country. Portuguese Prime Minister

Marcelo Caetano Marcello José das Neves Alves Caetano (17 August 1906 – 26 October 1980) was a Portuguese politician and scholar. He was the second and last leader of the Estado Novo after succeeding António de Oliveira Salazar. He served as prime mini ...

flees to

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

and is granted political asylum by

Brazilian President The president of Brazil (), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil () or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the ...

Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; 3 August 1907 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who served as the 29th president of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Born to German Lutheran ...

May–June

May 4 Events Pre-1600 * 1256 – The Augustinian monastic order is constituted at the Lecceto Monastery when Pope Alexander IV issues a papal bull ''Licet ecclesiae catholicae''. * 1415 – Religious reformer John Wycliffe is condemned a ...

** An all-female Japanese team summits

Manaslu Manaslu (; , also known as Kutang) is the List of highest mountains#List, eighth-highest mountain in the world at above sea level. It is in the Mansiri Himal, part of the Nepalese Himalayas, in west-central Nepal. Manaslu means "mountain of the ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

, becoming the first women to climb an peak. ** The

Expo '74 Expo '74, officially known as the International Exposition on the Environment, Spokane 1974, was a world's fair held May 4, 1974, to November 3, 1974, in Spokane, Washington, in the Northwestern United States, northwest United States. It was the ...

world's fair A world's fair, also known as a universal exhibition, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character and are held in different parts of the world at a specific site for a perio ...

opens in

Spokane, Washington Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...

. *

May 7 Events Pre-1600 * 351 – The Jewish revolt against Constantius Gallus breaks out after his arrival at Antioch. * 558 – In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses, twenty years after its construction. Justinian I im ...

–

, West Germany's chancellor, resigns. *

May 11 Events Pre-1600 * 330 – Constantine the Great dedicates the much-expanded and rebuilt city of Byzantium, changing its name to New Rome and declaring it the new capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. *868 – A copy of the Diamond Sūtr ...

– A violent 7.1 earthquake shakes the Chinese city of

Zhaotong Zhaotong ( zh, t=昭通) is a prefecture-level city located in the northeast corner of Yunnan province, China, bordering the provinces of Guizhou to the south and southeast and Sichuan to the northeast, north, and west. History Zhaotong has ...

causing between 1,600 and 20,000 deaths. *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. * 1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. *13 ...

–

Helmut Schmidt Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982. He was the longest ...

becomes the new Chancellor of West Germany. *

May 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1395 – Battle of Rovine: The Wallachians defeat an invading Ottoman army. * 1521 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for treason. * 1527 – Pánfilo de Narváez departs Spain to explo ...

–

The Troubles The Troubles () were an ethno-nationalist conflict in Northern Ireland that lasted for about 30 years from the late 1960s to 1998. Also known internationally as the Northern Ireland conflict, it began in the late 1960s and is usually deemed t ...

: The

Dublin and Monaghan bombings The Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974 were a series of co-ordinated bombings in Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland, carried out by the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Three car bombs exploded in Dublin during the evening rush hour and a ...

are carried out by the

Ulster Volunteer Force The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) is an Ulster loyalism, Ulster loyalist paramilitary group based in Northern Ireland. Formed in 1965, it first emerged in 1966. Its first leader was Gusty Spence, a former Royal Ulster Rifles soldier from North ...

, when they explode four car bombs in counties

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

and

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), Monaghan barony. The population of the town as of the 2022 cen ...

in the

Republic of Ireland Ireland ( ), also known as the Republic of Ireland (), is a country in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 Counties of Ireland, counties of the island of Ireland, with a population of about 5.4 million. ...

. The attacks kill 33 civilians and wound almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single event during the conflict. *

May 18 Events Pre-1600 * 332 – Emperor Constantine the Great announces free distributions of food to the citizens in Constantinople. * 872 – Louis II of Italy is crowned for the second time as Holy Roman Emperor at Rome, at the age of 47 ...

1974 Australian federal election The 1974 Australian federal election was held in Australia on 18 May 1974. All 127 seats in the House of Representatives and all 60 seats in the Senate were up for election, due to a double dissolution. The incumbent Labor Party led by Prime Mi ...

Gough Whitlam Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from December 1972 to November 1975. To date the longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP), he was notable for being ...

Labor Labour or labor may refer to: * Childbirth, the delivery of a baby * Labour (human activity), or work ** Manual labour, physical work ** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer ** Organized labour and the labour ...

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a State (polity), state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive (government), execu ...

is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/

Country A country is a distinct part of the world, such as a state, nation, or other political entity. When referring to a specific polity, the term "country" may refer to a sovereign state, state with limited recognition, constituent country, ...

Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. Formation According to ''A G ...

led by

Billy Snedden Sir Billy Mackie Snedden, (31 December 1926 – 27 June 1987) was an Australian politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1975. He was also a cabinet minister from 1964 to 1972, and Speaker of the House of Repres ...

. Whitlam consequently becomes the first Labor

Prime Minister A prime minister or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. A prime minister is not the head of state, but r ...

to be re-elected in his own right. The Democratic Labor Party meanwhile loses all five of their

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force. **

Nuclear weapons testing Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the performance of nuclear weapons and the effects of Nuclear explosion, their explosion. Nuclear testing is a sensitive political issue. Governments have often performed tests to si ...

: Under Project

Smiling Buddha Smiling Buddha (Ministry of External Affairs (India), MEA designation: Pokhran-I) was the code name of India's first successful Nuclear weapons testing, nuclear weapon test on 18 May 1974. The nuclear fission bomb was detonated in the Pokhran#P ...

, India successfully detonates its first

nuclear weapon A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission or atomic bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear weapon), producing a nuclear exp ...

, becoming the 6th nation to do so. *

June 1 Events Pre-1600 * 1252 – Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León. * 1298 – Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida. * 1495 – A monk, John Cor, rec ...

- In an informal article in a medical journal,

Henry Heimlich Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, f ...

introduced the concept of

abdominal thrusts Heimlich maneuver, also known as abdominal thrusts or Heimlich manoeuvre, is a first aid, first-aid procedure used to treat upper airway obstruction, upper-airway obstructions (or choking) by foreign body, foreign objects. American doctor Henr ...

, commonly known as the Heimlich maneuver, to treat victims of

choking Choking, also known as foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO), is a phenomenon that occurs when breathing is impeded by a blockage inside of the respiratory tract. An obstruction that prevents oxygen from entering the lungs results in oxygen de ...

. *

June 13 Events Pre-1600 * 313 – The decisions of the Edict of Milan, signed by Constantine the Great and co-emperor Valerius Licinius, granting religious freedom throughout the Roman Empire, are published in Nicomedia. * 1325 – Ibn ...

– The

1974 FIFA World Cup The 1974 FIFA World Cup was the 10th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in West Germany (and West Berlin) between 13 June and 7 July. The tournament marked the ...

Association football tournament began in West Germany. *

June 17 Events Pre-1600 * 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism. *1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burn ...

– A bomb explodes in

Westminster Hall Westminster Hall is a medieval great hall which is part of the Palace of Westminster in London, England. It was erected in 1097 for William II (William Rufus), at which point it was the largest hall in Europe. The building has had various functio ...

, the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament. The hall's annex, housing offices, and a canteen are destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various Resistance movement, resistance organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dominantly Catholic and dedicated to anti-imperiali ...

. *

June 29 Events Pre-1600 * 226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei. * 1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damagi ...

–

Isabel Perón Isabel Martínez de Perón (, born María Estela Martínez Cartas; 4 February 1931) is an Argentine politician who served as the 41st president of Argentina from 1974 to 1976. She was one of the List of elected and appointed female heads of s ...

is sworn in as the first female

President of Argentina The president of Argentina, officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation, is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Argentina, the national constitution, the president is also the Head of go ...

, replacing her sick husband

Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine military officer and Statesman (politician), statesman who served as the History of Argentina (1946-1955), 29th president of Argentina from 1946 to Revolución Libertad ...

, who dies 2 days later.

July–August

July 7 Events Pre-1600 * 1124 – The city of Tyre falls to the Venetian Crusade after a siege of nineteen weeks. * 1456 – A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her execution. * 1520 – Spanish ''conquistad ...

–

beats

the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

2–1 to win the

. The West German football team is awarded the new

FIFA World Cup Trophy The FIFA World Cup is a golden trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup association football tournament. Since the advent of the World Cup in 1930, two different trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 19 ...

. *

July 15 Events Pre-1600 * 484 BC – Dedication of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in ancient Rome * 70 – First Jewish–Roman War: Titus and his armies breach the walls of Jerusalem. ( 17th of Tammuz in the Hebrew calendar). * 756 &ndas ...

– The

Greek military junta The Greek junta or Regime of the Colonels was a right-wing military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974. On 21 April 1967, a group of colonels with CIA backing overthrew the caretaker government a month before scheduled elections wh ...

sponsors a

coup d'état A coup d'état (; ; ), or simply a coup , is typically an illegal and overt attempt by a military organization or other government elites to unseat an incumbent leadership. A self-coup is said to take place when a leader, having come to powe ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, replacing President

Makarios III Makarios III (born Michael Christodoulou Mouskos; 13 August 1913 – 3 August 1977) was a Greek Cypriots, Greek Cypriot prelate and politician who served as Archbishop of the Church of Cyprus from 1950 to 1977 and as the first president o ...

with

Nikos Sampson Nikos Sampson (; born Nikolaos (Nikos) Georgiadis, ; 16 December 1935 – 9 May 2001) was a Greek-Cypriot journalist, militant and politician, who was installed as acting President of Cyprus during the 1974 coup. A former journalist and EOK ...

. *

July 19 Events Pre-1600 * AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. * 484 – Leontius, Roman usurper, is crowned Eastern emperor at Tarsus (modern Turkey). He is ...

–

Railcar A railcar (not to be confused with the generic term railroad car or railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers. The term "railcar" is usually used in reference to a train consisting of a single coa ...

explosion in

Decatur, Illinois Decatur ( ) is the largest city in Macon County, Illinois, United States, and its county seat. The city was founded in 1829 and is situated along the Sangamon River and Lake Decatur in Central Illinois. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ...

. A tanker car collides with a

Norfolk & Western The Norfolk and Western Railway , commonly called the N&W, was a US class I railroad, formed by more than 200 railroad mergers between 1838 and 1982. It was headquartered in Roanoke, Virginia, for most of its existence. Its motto was "Precisio ...

boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18 million in property damage. *

July 20 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus, son of emperor Vespasian, storms the Fortress of Antonia north of the Temple Mount. The Roman army is drawn into street fights with the Zealots. * 792 – Kardam of Bulgaria defe ...

– The

Turkish invasion of Cyprus The Turkish invasion of Cyprus began on 20 July 1974 and progressed in two phases over the following month. Taking place upon a background of Cypriot intercommunal violence, intercommunal violence between Greek Cypriots, Greek and Turkish Cy ...

occurs. *

July 23 Events Pre-1600 * 811 – Byzantine Empire, Byzantine emperor Nikephoros I plunders the First Bulgarian Empire, Bulgarian capital of Pliska and captures Khan Krum's treasury. *1319 – A Knights Hospitaller fleet scores a Battle of Chi ...

– The

is replaced by a civilian government, the ''

metapolitefsi The Metapolitefsi (, , " regime change") was a period in modern Greek history from the fall of the Ioannides military junta of 1973–74 to the transition period shortly after the 1974 legislative elections. The metapolitefsi was ignited by ...

''. *

August 4 Events Pre-1600 * 598 – Goguryeo–Sui War#Course of the war, Goguryeo-Sui War: In response to a Goguryeo (Korean) incursion into Liaoxi, Emperor Emperor Wen of Sui, Wéndi of Sui dynasty, Sui orders his youngest son, Yang Liang (assiste ...

– A bomb explodes in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48. *

: **

August 8 Events Pre-1600 * 685 BC – Spring and Autumn period: Battle of Qianshi: Upon the death of the previous Duke of Qi, Gongsun Wuzhi, Duke Zhuang of Lu sends an army into the Duchy of Qi to install the exiled Qi prince Gongzi Jiu as t ...

– U.S. President

announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9. **

August 9 Events Pre-1600 *48 BC – Caesar's Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus: Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. * 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Vale ...

– Vice President

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, Ford assumed the p ...

becomes the 38th president of the United States upon Nixon's resignation. President Gerald Ford is sworn in at the

White House The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president ...

. *

August 14 Events Pre-1600 * 74 BC – A group of officials, led by the Western Han minister Huo Guang, present articles of impeachment against the new emperor, Liu He, to the imperial regent, Empress Dowager Shangguan. * 29 BC – Octavian ...

invades Cyprus for the second time, occupying 37% of the island's territory. **

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

withdraws its forces from

NATO The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ; , OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental organization, intergovernmental Transnationalism, transnational military alliance of 32 Member states of NATO, member s ...

's military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. *

August 30 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – Titus ends the siege of Jerusalem after destroying Herod's Temple. * 1060 – The Mirdasids defeat the Fatimid Caliphate at the Battle of al-Funaydiq, signalling the definitive loss of Aleppo for the Fatimi ...

** An express train bound for Germany from

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

derails in

Zagreb Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

(now

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

), killing more than 150 passengers. ** The

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational engineering, electrical equipment and electronics corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. MHI is one of the core companies of the Mitsubishi Group and its automobile division is the prede ...

building in Tokyo is bombed by radical far-left terrorists, killing 8 and wounding more than 376.

September–October

September 8 Events Pre-1600 * 70 – After the capture of Herod's Palace the previous day, a Roman army under Titus secures and plunders the city of Jerusalem. * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path ...

** TWA Flight 841 crashes into the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea (, ; or , ; , ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, ...

18 minutes after takeoff from

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

on an Israel–New York flight after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people. ** President

signs Proclamation 4311, granting a full and unconditional

pardon A pardon is a government decision to allow a person to be relieved of some or all of the legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction. A pardon may be granted before or after conviction for the crime, depending on the laws of the j ...

, his predecessor. *

September 10 Events Pre-1600 * 506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. * 1089 – The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decree ...

– The Portuguese military junta grants independence to

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

. *

September 12 Events Pre-1600 * 490 BC – Battle of Marathon: The conventionally accepted date for the Battle of Marathon. The Athenians and their Plataean allies defeat the first Persian invasion force of Greece. * 372 – Sixteen Kingdoms: Sima ...

** Emperor

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen or ''Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Lij, Lij'' Tafari; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as the Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles, Rege ...

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

is deposed by the

Derg The Derg or Dergue (, ), officially the Provisional Military Administrative Council (PMAC), was the military junta that ruled Ethiopia, including present-day Eritrea, from 1974 to 1987, when they formally "Civil government, civilianized" the ...

, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since

1270 Year 1270 ( MCCLXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1270th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 270th year of the 2nd millennium, the 70th year of the 13th century, and the 1st ...

. The

Ethiopian Civil War The Ethiopian Civil War was a civil war in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea, fought between the Ethiopian military junta known as the Derg and Ethiopian-Eritrean anti-government rebels from 12 September 1974 to 28 May 1991. The Derg overthre ...

begins. **

African Youth Amílcar Cabral African Youth Amílcar Cabral () is the youth wing of PAIGC in Guinea-Bissau. JAAC was founded on September 12, 1974, in Boé. After the separation of PAICV from PAIGC, the Cape Verdean section of JAAC became a separate organization, also calle ...

is founded in

. *

September 13 Events Pre-1600 *585 BC – Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Sabines, and the surrender of Collatia. *509 BC – The Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on Rome's Capitoline Hill ...

–

members seize the French Embassy in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, Netherlands. *

September 20 Events Pre-1600 *1058 – Agnes of Poitou and Andrew I of Hungary meet to negotiate about the border territory of Burgenland. *1066 – At the Battle of Fulford, Harald Hardrada defeats earls Morcar and Edwin. * 1187 – Saladin ...

– The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on

U.S. Highway 95 U.S. Route 95 (US 95) is a major north–south United States Highway in the western United States. It travels through the states of Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, staying inland from the Pacific Coast. US 95 beg ...

. *

October 11 Events Pre-1600 *1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. * 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. *1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of En ...

– The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested. *

October 26 Events Pre-1600 * 1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. * 1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally ...

–

Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña The Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (English: ''Armed Forces of National Liberation'', FALN) was a Puerto Rican clandestine paramilitary organization that, through direct action, advocated independence for Puerto Rico. It carried out more ...

(FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.

November–December

November 1 Events Pre-1600 * 365 – The Alemanni cross the Rhine and invade Gaul. Emperor Valentinian I moves to Paris to command the army and defend the Gallic cities. * 996 – Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freisin ...

– The

World Tourism Organization The United Nations World Tourism Organization or UN Tourism (formerly UNWTO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations which promotes responsible, sustainable and universally-accessible tourism. Its headquarters are in Madrid, Spain. Othe ...

(WTO) is established. *

November 5 Events Pre-1600 *1138 – Lý Anh Tông is enthroned as emperor of Vietnam at the age of two, beginning a 37-year reign. * 1499 – The '' Catholicon'', written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first B ...

– The Democratic Party makes big gains nationwide in House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections. *

November 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1002 – English king Æthelred II orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St. Brice's Day massacre. * 1093 – Battle of Alnwick: in an English victory over the Scots, Malcolm III of Scot ...

– Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr. shoots and kills all six of his family members while they sleep in their beds inside the family's

Amityville, New York Amityville () is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village in the Babylon (town), New York, Town of Babylon in Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, in New York ...

, home. *

November 16 Events Pre-1600 * 951 – Emperor Li Jing sends a Southern Tang expeditionary force of 10,000 men under Bian Hao to conquer Chu. Li Jing removes the ruling family to his own capital in Nanjing, ending the Chu Kingdom. *1272 – W ...

–

Arecibo message The Arecibo message is an interstellar radio message carrying basic information about humanity and Earth that was sent to the globular cluster Messier 13 in 1974. It was meant as a demonstration of human technological achievement, rather than ...

: The

radio telescope A radio telescope is a specialized antenna (radio), antenna and radio receiver used to detect radio waves from astronomical radio sources in the sky. Radio telescopes are the main observing instrument used in radio astronomy, which studies the r ...

at the

Arecibo Observatory The Arecibo Observatory, also known as the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center (NAIC) and formerly known as the Arecibo Ionosphere Observatory, is an observatory in Barrio Esperanza, Arecibo, Puerto Rico owned by the US National Science F ...

Puerto Rico ; abbreviated PR), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, is a Government of Puerto Rico, self-governing Caribbean Geography of Puerto Rico, archipelago and island organized as an Territories of the United States, unincorporated territo ...

sends an interstellar radio message towards

Messier 13 Messier 13, or M13 (also designated NGC 6205 and sometimes called the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules, the Hercules Globular Cluster, or the Great Hercules Cluster), is a globular cluster of several hundred thousand stars in the constellation ...

, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year 27,000. *

November 17 Events Pre-1600 * 887 – Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November. * 1183 &nd ...

– The

1974 Greek legislative election Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom ...

, the first election since the fall of the Greek junta of 1967–1974, is held and the newly formed

New Democracy New Democracy, or the New Democratic Revolution, is a type of democracy in Marxism, based on Mao Zedong's Bloc of Four Social Classes theory in post-revolutionary China which argued originally that democracy in China would take a path that w ...

party wins 220 of 300 seats in the

Hellenic Parliament The Parliament of the Hellenes (), commonly known as the Hellenic Parliament (), is the Unicameralism, unicameral legislature of Greece, located in the Old Royal Palace, overlooking Syntagma Square in Athens. The parliament is the supreme demo ...

. *

November 18 Events Pre-1600 * 326 – The old St. Peter's Basilica is consecrated by Pope Sylvester I. * 401 – The Visigoths, led by king Alaric I, cross the Alps and invade northern Italy. * 1095 – The Council of Clermont begins: ca ...

– The

International Energy Agency The International Energy Agency (IEA) is a Paris-based autonomous intergovernmental organization, established in 1974, that provides policy recommendations, analysis and data on the global energy sector. The 31 member countries and 13 associatio ...

is founded. *

November 20 Events Pre-1600 * 284 – Diocletian is chosen as Roman emperor. * 762 – During the An Shi Rebellion, the Tang dynasty, with the help of Huihe tribe, recaptures Luoyang from the rebels. *1194 – Palermo is conquered by Henry ...

–

Lufthansa Flight 540 Lufthansa Flight 540 was a scheduled commercial flight for Lufthansa, serving the Frankfurt–Nairobi–Johannesburg route. On 20 November 1974, the Boeing 747-130 that was operating as Flight 540 was carrying 157 people (139 passenge ...

crashes in

Nairobi Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a ...

, Kenya, due to a mechanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 occupants. *

November 21 Events Pre-1600 *164 BCE – Judas Maccabeus, son of Mattathias of the Hasmonean family, rededicates the Temple in Jerusalem, an event that is commemorated each year by the festival of Hanukkah. (25 Kislev 3597 in the Hebrew calendar.) * 2 ...

–

Birmingham pub bombings The Birmingham pub bombings were carried out on 21 November 1974, when bombs exploded in two public houses in Birmingham, England, killing 21 people and injuring 182 others. The Provisional IRA never officially admitted responsibility for th ...

: In

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

, England, two

pub A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ...

s are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the

Provisional Irish Republican Army The Provisional Irish Republican Army (Provisional IRA), officially known as the Irish Republican Army (IRA; ) and informally known as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary force that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland ...

. The

Birmingham Six The Birmingham Six were six men from Northern Ireland who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and q ...

are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign. *

November 22 Events Pre-1600 * 498 – After the death of Anastasius II, Symmachus is elected Pope in the Lateran Palace, while Laurentius is elected Pope in Santa Maria Maggiore. * 845 – The first duke of Brittany, Nominoe, defeats the Fran ...

– The

United Nations General Assembly The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; , AGNU or AG) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), serving as its main deliberative, policymaking, and representative organ. Currently in its Seventy-ninth session of th ...

grants the

Palestine Liberation Organization The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ) is a Palestinian nationalism, Palestinian nationalist coalition that is internationally recognized as the official representative of the Palestinians, Palestinian people in both the occupied Pale ...

observer status Observer status is a privilege granted by some organizations to non-members to give them an ability to participate in the organization's activities. Observer status is often granted by intergovernmental organizations (IGO) to non-member parties and ...

. *

November 24 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Theodosius I makes his '' adventus'', or formal entry, into Constantinople. * 1190 – Conrad of Montferrat becomes King of Jerusalem upon his marriage to Isabella I of Jerusalem. * 1221 – Genghis Khan ...

– A skeleton from the

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species ''

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'' is discovered and named

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. *

November 26 Events Pre-1600 * 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her nephew from retaking the throne from Mauregatus. * 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dy ...

–

Anneline Kriel Anneline Kriel (born 28 July 1955) is a South African actress, model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss South Africa 1974 and was later crowned Miss World 1974. She is the second of three South African women to hold the Miss World titl ...

is crowned as

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, the second South African to hold the title after Penny Coelen in 1958, when Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant. *

December 1 Events Pre-1600 * 800 – A council is convened in the Vatican, at which Charlemagne is to judge the accusations against Pope Leo III. * 1420 – Henry V of England enters Paris alongside his father-in-law King Charles VI of France. * ...

– Two Boeing 727s,

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and

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, crash on the same day in the Eastern

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resulting in a combined deaths of 95 people. *

December 8 Events Pre-1600 * 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope. * 757 – The poet Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city duri ...

–

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: Greeks vote in a 2 to 1 margin to reject the monarchy, solidifying the country's republican form of government. *

December 9 Events Pre-1600 * 536 – Gothic War: The Byzantine general Belisarius enters Rome unopposed; the Gothic garrison flees the capital. * 730 – Battle of Marj Ardabil: The Khazars annihilate an Umayyad army and kill its commander, ...

– The Paris summit, reuniting the

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' heads of state and government, commences. *

December 13 Events Pre-1600 * 1294 – Saint Celestine V resigns the papacy after only five months to return to his previous life as an ascetic hermit. * 1545 – The Council of Trent begins as the embodiment of the Counter-Reformation. * 1577 ...

–

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becomes a republic. *

December 17 Events Pre-1600 * 497 BC – The first Saturnalia festival was celebrated in ancient Rome. * 546 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoths under king Totila plunder the city, by bribing the Eastern Roman garrison. * 920 – Romanos I ...

– The

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(WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the

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. *

December 24 Events Pre-1600 * 502 – Chinese emperor Xiao Yan names Xiao Tong his heir designate. * 640 – Pope John IV is elected, several months after his predecessor's death. * 759 – Tang dynasty poet Du Fu departs for Chengd ...

– 25 –

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is almost completely destroyed by

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* Rubik's Cube

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is invented by Hungarian architecture professor

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Births

Coventry Scouts groups have a visit from Bear Grylls

Matt Hardy Photo Op GalaxyCon Oklahoma City 2024

January

January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist Cycling sprinter, sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour stages ...

, Italian road cyclist **

Katie Porter Katherine Moore Porter (born January 3, 1974) is an American politician and lawyer who served as a U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. representative from California from 2019 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party (United States), Dem ...

, American politician *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. * 1038 – An earthquake in Dingxiang, China kills an estimate ...

–

Farhan Akhtar Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films. Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwa ...

, Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer, producer, and television host *

January 10 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. * 9 – The Western Han dynasty ends when Wang Mang claims that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the dynasty and th ...

Hrithik Roshan Hrithik Roshan (; born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including si ...

, Indian actor **

Jemaine Clement Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker. He has released several albums with Bret McKenzie as the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, and created a comedy TV series t ...

, New Zealand actor *

January 12 Events Pre-1600 * 475 – List of Byzantine emperors, Byzantine Emperor Zeno (emperor), Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire. *1528 – Gustav I of Sweden is crow ...

Melanie C Melanie Jayne Chisholm (born 12 January 1974), commonly known as Melanie C or Mel C, is an English singer and songwriter. She rose to fame in the mid-1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Sporty Spice. W ...

, English pop singer (

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) **

Tor Arne Hetland Tor Arne Hetland (born 12 January 1974) is a Norwegian cross-country skiing coach and a former professional cross-country skier. Hetland was born in Stavanger. He now lives in Trondheim. While active he represented Byåsen IL ski club. He was ...

, Norwegian cross-country skier *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. * 1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 * 1761 – The Third Battle of Panipat is fought in I ...

Kevin Durand Kevin Serge Durand (born January 14, 1974) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his work in numerous film and television roles, including portraying Vasiliy Fet in ''The Strain'', Joshua in '' Dark Angel'', Martin Keamy in '' Lost'', Fred J. D ...

, Canadian-American actor and singer *

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 1458 BC – Hatshepsut dies at the age of 50 and is buried in the Valley of the Kings. * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the R ...

–

Kate Moss Katherine Ann Moss (born 16 January 1974) is an English model. Arriving towards the end of the "supermodel era", Moss rose to fame in the early 1990s as part of the heroin chic fashion trend. Her collaborations with Calvin Klein brought her t ...

, English model *

January 19 Events Pre-1600 * 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to '' Augustus'', and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire. * 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surren ...

–

Natassia Malthe Natassia Linn Malthe (; born 19 January 1974) is a Norwegian actress. Early life and career Natassia Malthe, born on January 19, 1974, in Oslo, Norway, is an actress and model of Norwegian and Malaysian descent. She trained in ballet at the ...

, Norwegian actress and model *

January 22 Events Pre-1600 * 613 – Eight-month-old Heraclius Constantine is crowned as co-emperor ('' Caesar'') by his father Heraclius at Constantinople. * 871 – Battle of Basing: The West Saxons led by King Æthelred I are defeated b ...

–

Joseph Muscat Joseph Muscat (born 22 January 1974) is a Maltese politician who served as the 13th prime minister of Malta from 2013 to 2020 and leader of the Labour Party from 2008 to 2020. Muscat was first elected Prime Minister in March 2013 with 54.83 ...

, 13th Prime Minister of Malta *

January 23 Events Pre-1600 * 393 – Roman emperor Theodosius I proclaims his eight-year-old son Honorius co-emperor. * 971 – Using crossbows, Song dynasty troops soundly defeat a war elephant corps of the Southern Han at Shao. * 1229 ...

–

Tiffani Thiessen Tiffani Amber Thiessen (born January 23, 1974) is an American actress. Her roles as List of Saved by the Bell characters#Kelly Kapowski, Kelly Kapowski on NBC's ''Saved by the Bell'' (1989–1993) and its Saved by the Bell#Spin-offs, spin-off me ...

, American actress *

January 24 Events Pre-1600 * 41 – Claudius is proclaimed Roman emperor by the Praetorian Guard after they assassinate the previous emperor, his nephew Caligula. * 914 – Start of the First Fatimid invasion of Egypt. * 1438 – The Co ...

–

Ed Helms Edward Parker Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, musician and comedian. From 2002 to 2006, he was a correspondent on Comedy Central's '' The Daily Show with Jon Stewart''. He played paper salesman Andy Bernard in the NBC sit ...

, American actor and stand-up comedian *

–

Emily Haines Emily Savitri Haines (born 25 January 1974) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of the musical collective Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has pe ...

, American-Canadian singer *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to become monks by Constantine VII, who becomes sole emperor of the ...

–

Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen (; born 27 January 1974) is a retired Norwegian professional biathlete and coach, often referred to by the nickname, the "King of Biathlon". With 13 Winter Olympic Games medals, he is second on the list of multiple medali ...

, Norwegian biathlete *

January 28 Events Pre-1600 *AD 98, 98 – On the death of Nerva, Trajan is declared Roman emperor in Cologne, the seat of his government in lower Germany. * 814 – The death of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, brings about the accessi ...

–

Kari Traa Kari Traa (born 28 January 1974) is a Norwegian former Olympic freestyle skier. She won the Olympic title in the moguls event at the 2002 Winter Olympics The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly k ...

, Norwegian freestyle skier *

January 29 Events Pre-1600 * 904 – Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. * 946 – Caliph al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler ...

Michael Andersen Michael Dahl Andersen (born 29 January 1974), is a retired Danish professional basketball player. He is in height and he plays at the position of Center (basketball), center. Honours Prokom Sopot * 2-time Dominet Bank Ekstraliga, Polish Lea ...

, Danish basketball player **

Kōji Wada was a Japanese pop singer. He was best known for performing theme songs for several installments of the ''Digimon'' anime television series, including his recording debut in 1999 with his first and most famous single, " Butter-Fly", the theme s ...

, Japanese rock singer (d.

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

) *

January 30 Events Pre-1600 * 1018 – Poland and the Holy Roman Empire conclude the Peace of Bautzen. * 1287 – King Wareru founds the Hanthawaddy Kingdom, and proclaims independence from the Pagan Kingdom. 1601–1900 * 1607 – An es ...

Christian Bale Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. List of awards and nominations received by C ...

, British actor **

Olivia Colman Sarah Caroline Sinclair ( Colman; born 30 January 1974), known professionally as Olivia Colman, is an English actress. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Award ...

, English actress

February

–

Roberto Heras Roberto Heras Hernández (born 1 February 1974) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer who won the Vuelta a España a record four times. Between 1997 Vuelta a España, 1997 and 2005 Vuelta a España, 2005 he finished in the top 5 o ...

, Spanish road cyclist *

February 3 Events Pre-1600 * 1047 – Drogo of Hauteville is elected as count of the Apulian Normans during the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. * 1112 – Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence, marry, u ...

Shahab Hosseini Sayyid Shahabeddin Hosseini Tonekaboni (; born February 3, 1974) is an Iranian actor and producer, known professionally as Shahab Hosseini. he was nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for Best Supporting Actor at the Fajr Film Festival for his pe ...

, Iranian actor and film director **

Ayanna Pressley Ayanna Soyini Pressley (born February 3, 1974) is an American politician who has served as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019. This district, which was once re ...

, American politician **

Miriam Yeung Miriam Yeung Chin-wah (born 3 February 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actress. As of 2020, she has released more than 35 albums and has starred in more than 40 films. In 2012, Yeung won the Award for Best Actress at the 32nd Hong Kong Film Awar ...

, Hong Kong actress and singer *

February 4 Events Pre–1600 * 211 – Following the death of the Roman Emperor Septimius Severus at Eboracum (modern York, England) while preparing to lead a campaign against the Caledonians, the empire is left in the control of his two quarrellin ...

Urmila Matondkar Urmila Matondkar (born 4 February 1974) is an Indian actress and politician. Known for her work primarily in Hindi cinema, Hindi films, in addition to Telugu cinema, Telugu, Malayalam cinema, Malayalam, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Tamil cinema ...

, Indian actress *

February 7 Events Pre-1600 * 457 – Leo I becomes the Eastern Roman emperor. * 987 – Bardas Phokas the Younger and Bardas Skleros, Byzantine generals of the military elite, begin a wide-scale rebellion against Emperor Basil II. * 1301 & ...

J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michiga ...

, American record producer and rapper (d.

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

) **

Steve Nash Stephen John Nash (born 7 February 1974) is a Canadian professional basketball coach and former player who most recently served as head coach of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played 18 seasons in the NBA, ...

, Canadian basketball player ** Nujabes, Japanese record producer and DJ (d. 2010) ** Femke Zeedijk-Raeven, Dutch politician *

** Seth Green, American actor and comedian ** Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer ** Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American boxer and mixed martial artist (d.

) * February 10 ** Elizabeth Banks, American actress and film director **David Datuna, Georgian-American artist (d. 2022) ** Ivri Lider, Israeli singer * February 11 – Alex Jones, American radio host, conspiracy theorist, author and filmmaker * February 12 – Naseem Hamed, British boxer * February 13 – Robbie Williams, British singer * February 14 ** Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer ** Valentina Vezzali, Italian fencer * February 15 ** Mr Lordi, Finnish singer ** Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver * February 16 – Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper *

** Jerry O'Connell, American actor * February 18 ** Nadine Labaki, Lebanese film director, actress and activist * February 22 ** James Blunt, English singer ** David Pelletier, Canadian pair skater * February 25 ** Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (d. 1993) ** Dominic Raab, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom * February 26 – Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver * February 27 ** Carte Goodwin, former United States senator from West Virginia ** Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater

March

** Karol Kučera, Slovak tennis player ** Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player * March 5 ** Jens Jeremies, German footballer ** Matt Lucas, British actor and comedian ** Eva Mendes, American actress and model ** Hiten Tejwani, Indian model and actor * March 6 – Santino Marella, Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler * March 7 ** Jenna Fischer, American actress ** Antonio de la Rúa, Argentine lawyer * March 9 – Nalbert Bitencourt, Brazilian volleyball player * March 14 – Grace Park (actress), Grace Park, Canadian actress * March 13 ** Thomas Enqvist, Swedish tennis player ** Vampeta, Brazilian football player and coach * March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player * March 19 – Vida Guerra, Cuban born-American model and actress * March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer * March 21 – Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor and comedian * March 22 ** Marcus Camby, American basketball player ** Kidada Jones, American actress ** Bassem Youssef, Egyptian journalist and comedian * March 23 – Jaume Collet-Serra, Spanish-American film director and producer * March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress *

– Laurel Lee, American politician and lawyer * March 28 – Daisuke Kishio, Japanese voice actor *

– Miguel Gómez (photographer), Miguel Gómez, Colombian photographer * March 30 – Miho Komatsu, Japanese pop singer and songwriter * March 31 ** Natali (singer), Natali, Russian singer, composer and songwriter ** Jani Sievinen, Finnish swimmer

April

* April 2 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician *

– Robert Kovač, Croatian football player and coach *

– Chris Kyle, American sniper (d. 2013) * April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American adult actress and model *

** Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player ** Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model * April 12 ** Marley Shelton, American actress ** Sylvinho, Brazilian footballer * April 13 – Marta Jandová, Czech musician and actress * April 15 ** Danny Pino, Cuban American actor ** Tim Thomas (ice hockey, born 1974), Tim Thomas, American Ice Hockey player * April 16 – Xu Jinglei, Chinese actress and director * April 17 ** Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician (Opeth)Mikael Åkerfeldt
, Opeth – Official Website, Retrieved 3 June 2012 ** Victoria Beckham, English singer and fashion designer * April 18 ** Lorraine Pilkington, Irish actress ** Edgar Wright, English film director * April 21 – Oleksiy Zhuravko, Ukrainian politician (d. 2022) * April 23 – Jennifer Paz, Filipino actress *

– Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist and autistic savant *

– Grant Achatz, American chef and restaurateur * April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress and model * April 29 – Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter

May

* May 1 – Lornah Kiplagat, Kenyan-Dutch runner * May 2 – Matt Berry, English actor and singer * May 3 – Princess Haya bint Al Hussein of Jordan *

** Lawrence Johnson (pole vaulter), Lawrence Johnson, American pole vaulter ** Breckin Meyer, American actor * May 8 – Marge Kõrkjas, Estonian swimmer * May 9 – Brian Deegan (motorcyclist), Brian Deegan, American motocross racer * May 10 ** Liu Fang, Chinese pipa player ** Sylvain Wiltord, French footballer *

– Simon Aspelin, Swedish tennis player * May 14 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter *

– Laura Pausini, Italian singer *

** Andrea Corr, Irish singer ** Tamara Rojo, Spanish ballet dancer *

– Ikke Nurjanah, Indonesian dangdut singer and actress * May 19 ** Andrew Johns, Australian rugby league player ** Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Indian film actor * May 20 – Mikael Stanne, Swedish singer * May 21 – Fairuza Balk, American actress and musician * May 22 ** Sean Gunn, American actor ** Henrietta Ónodi, Hungarian artistic gymnast * May 23 – Jewel (singer), Jewel, American singer * May 26 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer * May 27 ** Marjorie Taylor Greene, American politician ** Gürkan Uygun, Turkish actor * May 28 ** Hans-Jörg Butt, German footballer ** Misbah-ul-Haq, Pakistani cricketer * May 29 – Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and actor * May 30 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999) * May 31 – Kenan Doğulu, Turkish pop musician

June

– Alanis Morissette, Canadian-American singer * June 2 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player * June 3 – Martín Karpan, Argentinian actor * June 7 ** Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player ** Helen Vollam, Principal Trombone Player for the BBC Symphony Orchestra. ** Bear Grylls, British survivalist *

** Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter. ** Selma Björnsdóttir, Selma, Icelandic singer ** Steve-O, American actor * June 18 – Kenan İmirzalıoğlu, Turkish actor and model * June 19 – Rossella Erra, Italian television personality * June 21 ** Natasha Beaumont, Malaysian actress and model ** Maggie Siff, American actress ** Hitoshi Uematsu, Japanese short track speed skater * June 22 ** Devayani (actress), Devayani, Indian actress ** Donald Faison, American actor ** B. V. S. Ravi, Indian writer ** Tu Tamarua, Cook Islands rugby union flanker ** Vijay (actor), Vijay, Indian actor * June 23 ** Joel Edgerton, Australian actor and filmmaker ** Kim Young-chul (comedian), Kim Young-chul, South Korean comedian and singer ** Andi Vasluianu, Romanian actor * June 24 ** Andrea De Cruz, Singaporean actress ** Ruffa Gutierrez, Filipino model, beauty queen and actress * June 25 ** Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress ** Tereza Pergnerová, Czech actress, singer and television presenter * June 26 ** Derek Jeter, American baseball player ** Ecija Ojdanić, Croatian actress ** Nicole Saba, Lebanese singer and actress ** Kristofer Steen, Swedish musician ** Matt Striker, American professional wrestler and commentator * June 27 – Christopher O'Neill, British-American businessman, Swedish royal * June 28 ** Nelson Mariano II, Filipino chess Grandmaster ** Rob Dyrdek, American entrepreneur and Television personality *

– Pua Khein-Seng, Malaysian businessman * June 30 – Hezekiél Sepeng, South African middle-distance athlete

July

* July 1 ** Timmy Hung, Hong Kong actor ** Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorean race walker * July 2 – Moon So-ri, South Korean actress, film director and screenwriter * July 3 ** Taiga Ishikawa, Japanese politician and LGBT activist ** Marko Milošević, Serbian fugitive and refugee * July 4 ** Kevin Hanchard, Canadian actor ** Karole Rocher, French actress ** Jammi German American football player * July 6 – Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer *

– Jennifer Jones (curler), Jennifer Jones, Canadian curler * July 8 ** Jeanna Friske, Russian singer, actress, model and socialite (d. 2015) ** Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer * July 12 ** Parvin Dabas, Indian actor, model and director ** Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer * July 14 ** Martina Hill, German actress, comedian and impersonator ** David Mitchell (comedian), David Mitchell, British comedian and actor *

– Doug Ithier, Australian footballer * July 22 ** Franka Potente, German actress and singer ** Johnny Strong, American actor *

** Maurice Greene (sprinter), Maurice Greene, American athlete ** Stephanie March, American actress ** Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian road racing cyclist * July 24 ** Eva Aridjis, Mexican-American director and screenwriter * July 25 – Lauren Faust, American animator * July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player * July 28 ** Elizabeth Berkley, American actress ** Alexis Tsipras, Greek politician * July 29 – Josh Radnor, American actor * July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress * July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress

August

* August 5 – Kajol, Indian actress * August 6 – Ever Carradine, American actress * August 7 – Michael Shannon, American actor *

– Derek Fisher, American basketball player * August 13 – Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician *

– Christopher Gorham, American actor * August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model * August 16 ** Didier Cuche, Swiss alpine skier ** Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian swimmer * August 20 ** Amy Adams, American actress ** Misha Collins, American actor ** Deborah Gravenstijn, Brazilian judoka ** Maxim Vengerov, Russian-Israeli violinist * August 22 ** Cory Gardner, American politician ** Jenna Leigh Green, American actress and singer ** Lee Sheppard (cartoonist), Lee Sheppard, Australian cartoonist * August 23 ** Ray Park, Scottish actor and martial artist ** Ovidiu Cernăuțeanu, Ovi, Romanian-Norwegian singer-songwriter, producer and musician ** Shifty Shellshock, American rapper, singer-songwriter and vocalist (d. 2024) * August 24 – Jennifer Lien, American actress * August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German footballer

September

* September 3 – Jen Royle, American sports reporter and chef * September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer * September 6 ** Tim Henman, English tennis player ** Nina Persson, Swedish singer * September 7 – Glenn Ljungström, Swedish guitarist * September 9 – Leah O'Brien, American softball player *

** Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer; mixed martial arts fighter ** Ryan Phillippe, American actor ** Ben Wallace (basketball), Ben Wallace, American basketball player *

** Kenichi Suzumura, Japanese voice actor * September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete * September 15 – Wael Kfoury, Lebanese singer, musician, and songwriter * September 16 – Loona (singer), Loona, Dutch singer * September 17 ** Austin St. John, American actor and martial artist ** Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player * September 18 ** Sol Campbell, English footballer ** Xzibit, American rapper * September 19 ** Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian, and television personality ** Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive ** Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model *

– Jon Bernthal, American actor * September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler * September 24 – Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer * September 26 – Joo Jin-mo (actor, born 1974), Joo Jin-mo, South Korean actor * September 30 – Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model

October

* October 2 – Rachana Banerjee, Indian film actress * October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater * October 6 – Hoàng Xuân Vinh, Vietnamese sports shooter * October 7 ** Shannon MacMillan, American soccer player ** Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer * October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower * October 10 ** Dale Earnhardt Jr., American race car driver ** Oded Kattash, Israeli basketball player and coach ** Chris Pronger, Canadian hockey player *

– Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player * October 14 – Shaggy 2 Dope, American rapper * October 15 – Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, Spanish politician * October 16 ** Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer ** Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player * October 17 – Matthew Macfadyen, English actor * October 18 ** Susana Díaz, Spanish politician ** Zhou Xun, Chinese actress and singer * October 23 ** Aravind Adiga, Indian-Australian author ** Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player * October 24 – Catherine Sutherland, Australian actress * October 25 – Nevenka Fernández, Spanish economist. * October 28 ** Nelly Ciobanu, Moldovan singer ** Joaquin Phoenix, American actor born in Puerto Rico * October 29 ** Akashdeep Saigal, Indian television actor and model ** Yenny Wahid, Indonesian activist and politician

November

* November 2 – Nelly, American rapper *

** Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter ** Dado Pršo, Croatian footballer ** Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player * November 8 ** Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer ** Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author ** Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor * November 9 – Alessandro Del Piero, Italian football player * November 10 – Chris Lilley (comedian), Chris Lilley, Australian comedian and actor * November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor, producer and environmentalist *

– Kerim Seiler, Swiss artist and architect * November 14 – Chip Gaines, an American actor, producer, television personality, and author * November 15 ** Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer ** Ingrida Šimonytė, Prime Minister of Lithuania *

– Paul Scholes, English football player *

** Chloë Sevigny, American actress ** Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver *

** Drew Ginn, Australian rower ** Kurt Krömer, German television presenter, comedian and actor *

– Stephen Merchant, English actor and comedian *

– Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete * November 27 ** Wendy Houvenaghel, British racing cyclist ** Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player * November 29 – Ferenc Merkli, Hungarian Slovene priest, writer and translator * November 30 – Wallace Chung, Hong Kong actor and singer

December

– Costinha, Portuguese footballer * December 4 – Anke Huber, German tennis player * December 5 ** Kid Koala, Canadian DJ, turntablist, musician and graphic novelist ** Ben McAdams, American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 in Utah * December 7 – Nicole Appleton, Canadian singer * December 10 – Meg White, American drummer * December 11 ** Rey Mysterio, American wrestler ** Gete Wami, Ethiopian long-distance runner ** Ben Shephard, TV presenter and journalist * December 12 – Michelle Saram, Singaporean singer and actress *

- Nick McCarthy, English-German guitarist singer (Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand) *

** Sarah Paulson, American actress ** Giovanni Ribisi, American actor * December 18 ** Kari Byron, American artist and television personality **Mutassim Gaddafi, Libyan Army commander (d. 2011) ** Viki Miljković, Serbian singer ** Nelly Karim, Egyptian actress * December 19 – Ricky Ponting, Australian cricketer * December 20 – Paul Linger, English footballer *

** Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer ** Ryan Seacrest, American television personality ** Paal Nilssen-Love, Norwegian drummer and composer * December 27 – Alena Vinnitskaya, Ukrainian singer * December 29 – Mekhi Phifer, American actor * December 30 ** S. Jithesh, Dr. Jitheshji, Indian Speed Cartoonist and Pictorial Orator * December 31 ** Tan Tolga Demirci, Turkish director and writer ** Tony Kanaan, Brazilian racing driver

Deaths

January

* January 2 – Tex Ritter, American actor and country musician (b. 1905) *

– Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901) * January 6 ** David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter and muralist (b. 1896) ** Margit Slachta, Hungarian politician (b. 1884) *

– Princess Patricia of Connaught (b. 1886) * January 18 – Bill Finger, American comic strip and book writer (b. 1914) * January 21 – Lewis Strauss, American businessman, philanthropist, and naval officer (b. 1896) *

– Oskar Herman, Croatian Jewish painter (b. 1886) *

** Georgios Grivas, Greek-Cypriot colonel (b. 1898) ** Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German general (b. 1886) *

– H. E. Bates, English writer and author (b. 1905) *

** Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film studio executive (b. 1879) ** Glenn Morris, American Olympic athlete (b. 1912)

February

** Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894) ** Stuart Buchanan, American actor (d. 1894) *

– Fritz Zwicky, Swiss physicist and astronomer (b. 1898) * February 11 – Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish-born American silent film star (b. 1888) * February 15 ** Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887) ** George W. Snedecor, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1881) * February 18 – Manuel A. Odría, 79th President of Peru (b. 1896) * February 21 – Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain (b. 1930) * February 23 ** Harry Ruby, American musician, composer and writer (b. 1895) ** George Van Biesbroeck, American-born Belgian astronomer (b. 1880) * February 24 – Robert A. Stemmle, German screenwriter and film director (b. 1903)

March

* March 1 – Bobby Timmons, American jazz pianist and composer (b. 1935) *

** Barbara Ruick, American actress and singer (b. 1930, 1932) ** Frank Wilcox, American actor (b. 1907) *

– Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1903) * March 5 – Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907) * March 6 – Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and writer (b. 1924) * March 8 – Martha Wentworth, American actress (b. 1889) * March 9 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915) * March 17 – Louis Kahn, Russian-born American architect (b. 1901) * March 19 – Edward Platt, American actor known as "Get Smart, The Chief" on NBC/CBS's ''Get Smart'' (b. 1916) * March 20 – Chet Huntley, American television reporter (b. 1911) * March 21 – Candy Darling, American actress (b. 1944) * March 22 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939) * March 27 – Eduardo Santos Montejo, Colombian publisher and politician, 15th President of Colombia (b. 1888) * March 28 – Dorothy Fields, American librettist and lyricist (b. 1904) *

– Andrea Checchi, Italian actor (''Two Women, La ciociara'') (b. 1916)

April

* April 2 ** Georges Pompidou, 100th Prime Minister of France and 19th President of France, Co-Prince of Andorra (b. 1911) ** Douglass Dumbrille, Canadian actor (b. 1889) *

– A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven (b. 1882) *

– Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (b. 1884) *

– K. A. C. Creswell, English architectural historian (b. 1879) * April 10 – Patricia Collinge, Irish-born American actress (b. 1892) * April 14 – Howard Pease, American adventure novelist (b. 1894) * April 18 ** Betty Compson, American actress (b. 1897) ** Marcel Pagnol, French novelist (b. 1895) * April 19 – Ayub Khan (general), Ayub Khan, Pakistani general and politician, 2nd President of Pakistan (b. 1907) * April 20 – Peter Lee Lawrence, German actor (b. 1944) *

** Bud Abbott, American comedian (b. 1895) ** Franz Jonas, Austrian political figure, 7th President of Austria (b. 1899) * April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)

May

– Fred Kelly (athlete), Fred Kelly, American Olympic athlete (b. 1891) * May 10 – Takeshi Sakamoto, Japanese actor (b. 1899) * May 13 – Jaime Torres Bodet, Mexican public servant, 2nd Director-General of the UNESCO (b. 1902) * May 14 – Jacob L. Moreno, Romanian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist (b. 1889) * May 15 – Guy Simonds, Canadian Lieutenant-General, commander of the Canadian Armed Forces in World War II (b. 1903) *

– Harry Ricardo, Sir Harry Ricardo, English mechanical engineer (b. 1885) * May 19 – Allal al-Fassi, Moroccan politician, poet, writer and scholar (b. 1910) * May 20 – Jean Daniélou, French Catholic cardinal, theologian and academic (b. 1905) * May 21 – Lily Kronberger, Hungarian figure skater (b. 1890) * May 24 – Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899) * May 25 – Donald Crisp, English-American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1882)

June

* June 3 – Rashid Nezhmetdinov, Soviet chess player (b. 1912) * June 4 – Mamerto Urriolagoitía, 43rd President of Bolivia (b. 1895) * June 9 ** Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899) ** Katharine Cornell, German-born, American stage actress, writer, theatre owner, and producer (b. 1893) ** Carlo Pisacane (actor), Carlo Pisacane, Italian actor (b. 1889) * June 10 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 11th Governor-General of Australia (b. 1900) * June 11 ** Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian marshal and 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883) ** Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898) * June 12 – André Marie, French Radical politician, 65th Prime Minister of France (b. 1897) * June 14 – Knud Jeppesen, Danish musicologist, composer, and songwriter (b. 1892) * June 16 – Amalie Sara Colquhoun, Australian painter (b. 1894) *

– Pamela Britton, American actress (b. 1923) * June 18 – Georgy Zhukov, Soviet Army marshal and Minister of Defence (Soviet Union), Minister of Defence (b. 1896) * June 22 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892) * June 25 – Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (b. 1893) * June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b. 1887) * June 28 ** Vannevar Bush, American engineer, inventor and science administrator (b. 1890) ** Frank Sutton, American actor (b. 1923) *

– José Maria Ferreira de Castro, Portuguese writer and journalist (b. 1898) * June 30 – Alberta Williams King, American civil rights organizer (b. 1903)

July

* July 1 –

, Argentine army general and politician, 2-time

(b. 1895) * July 4 – Georgette Heyer, British writer (b. 1902) *

– Leon Shamroy, American cinematographer (b. 1901) * July 8 ** Margaret Furse, British costume designer (b. 1911) ** Deborah Gail Stone, Disneyland Employee (b. 1956) * July 9 – Earl Warren, American jurist and politician, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891) * July 11 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) * July 13 ** Patrick Blackett, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897) ** Prince Christian of Schaumburg-Lippe (b. 1898) * July 14 – Carl Spaatz, United States Air Force, U.S. Air Force general (b. 1891) *

– Christine Chubbuck, American TV personality (b. 1944) * July 17 ** Dizzy Dean, American baseball player (St. Louis Cardinals) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1910) ** Edith Alice Macia, Arizona pioneer, postmaster, and undercover FBI agent (b. 1884) *

– Joe Flynn (US actor), Joe Flynn, American actor (b. 1924) * July 22 – Wayne Morse, American lawyer, politician, and United States Senator from Oregon (1945–1969) (b. 1900) * July 24 ** Olimpia Ajakaiye, Polish interior designer, actress and television presenter ** Sir James Chadwick, British physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891) * July 29 ** Cass Elliot, American vocalist (b. 1941) ** Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899) * July 30 – Lev Knipper, Soviet composer (b. 1898)

August

* August 3 – Edna Murphy, American actress (b. 1899) * August 7 – Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (b. 1925) *

– Baldur von Schirach, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader (b. 1907) * August 11 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902) * August 13 – Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (b. 1888) * August 15 – Edmund Cobb, American actor (b. 1892) * August 17 – Aldo Palazzeschi, Italian novelist, poet, journalist and essayist (b. 1885) * August 22 – Jacob Bronowski, Polish-Jewish British mathematician, biologist and science historian (b. 1908) * August 23 – Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and pioneer (b. 1888) * August 24 – Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer and inventor (b. 1894) * August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (b. 1902) * August 27 – Otto Strasser, Nazi German politician (b. 1897) * August 31 ** Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (b. 1895) ** Norman Kirk, New Zealand politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1923)

September

* September 3 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901) * September 4 ** Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914) ** Marcel Achard, French playwright and scriptwriter (b. 1899) * September 6 ** Olga Baclanova, Soviet stage and screen actress, operatic singer, and ballerina (b. c. 1893) ** Otto Kruger, American actor (b. 1885) * September 7 – Juan Antonio Ipiña, Spanish football manager (b. 1912) *

– Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish army officer, writer, journalist, and publisher (b. 1892) *

– Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia (b. 1900) * September 16 – Phog Allen, American basketball and baseball player (b. 1885) * September 18 – Edna Best, British actress (b. 1900) *

– José Mojica, Mexican Franciscan friar, tenor and film actor (b. 1896) * September 21 ** Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894) ** Jacqueline Susann, American writer and actress (b. 1918) * September 22 – Winfried Otto Schumann, German physicist (b. 1888) * September 23 – Cliff Arquette, American comedian who created the character ''Charley Weaver'' (b. 1905) * September 26 – Jean Gale, American vaudeville performer (b. 1912) * September 28 – Arnold Fanck, German film director (b. 1889) * September 30 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician (assassinated) (b. 1915)

October

* October 2 – Vasily Shukshin, Soviet actor, writer, screenwriter and director (b. 1929) * October 4 ** Robert Lee Moore, American mathematician (b. 1882) ** Anne Sexton, American poet and writer (b. 1928) * October 5 – Zalman Shazar, 3rd President of Israel (b. 1889) * October 6 – V. K. Krishna Menon, Indian statesman, diplomat and nationalist (b. 1896) * October 8 – Harry Carney, American jazz saxophonist (b. 1910) * October 9 – Oskar Schindler, German businessman and humanitarian (b. 1908) * October 13 ** Josef Krips, Austrian conductor and violinist (b. 1902) ** Ed Sullivan, American television host (b. 1901) * October 14 – Sattar Bahlulzade, Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani landscape painter (b. 1909) * October 16 – Vlasta Dekanova, Czechoslovak artistic gymnast (b. 1909) * October 17 – Tomotaka Tasaka, Japanese film director (b. 1902) * October 18 – Anders Lange, Norwegian politician (b. 1904) * October 20 – Élie Lescot, 29th President of Haiti, leader in World War II (b. 1883) * October 23 – Melchior Lengyel, Hungarian writer, dramatist and film screenwriter (b. 1880) * October 24 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908) * October 27 – Paul Frankeur, French actor (b. 1905) * October 30 – Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (b. 1914) * October 31 – Mikheil Chiaureli, Soviet Georgia (country), Georgian filmmaker (b. 1894)

November

– Stafford Repp, American actor (b. 1918) * November 7 ** Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican-born American actor (b. 1920) ** Eric Linklater, British author (b. 1899) * November 8 – Ivory Joe Hunter, American rhythm & blues singer, songwriter, and pianist (b. 1914) * November 9 – Egon Wellesz, British composer, teacher and musicologist (b. 1885) * November 11 – Ralf Harolde, American actor (b. 1899) *

** Vittorio De Sica, Italian actor and film director (b. 1901) ** Karen Silkwood, American chemical technician and labor union activist (b. 1946) * November 14 – Johnny Mack Brown, American football star and actor (b. 1904) * November 15 – Robert Hugo, Duke of Parma (b. 1909) *

– Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882) *

** Erskine Hamilton Childers, Irish politician, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905) ** Clive Brook, English actor (b. 1887) *

– Gösta Lilliehöök (1884–1974), Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish pentathlete and 1912 Olympic Games champion (b. 1884) * November 19 – Alessandro Momo, Italian actor (b. 1956) *

– Frank Martin (composer), Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890) * November 23 ** Cornelius Ryan, Irish-born American writer (b. 1920) ** Massacre of the Sixty in Ethiopia of government and military officials. *** Abiye Abebe, politician and army officer (b. 1918) *** Aklilu Habte-Wold, politician and 6th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1912) *** Aman Andom, army officer and 1st List of Presidents of Ethiopia, President of Ethiopia (b. 1924) *** Asrate Medhin Kassa, aristocrat and army officer (b. 1922) *** Endelkachew Makonnen, politician and 4th Prime Minister of Ethiopia (b. 1927) * November 25 ** Nick Drake, British musician (b. 1948) ** U Thant, Burmese diplomat and 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909) *

– Cyril Connolly, English critic and writer (b. 1903) * November 28 – Konstantin Melnikov, Soviet architect (b. 1890) * November 29 ** James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905) ** Peng Dehuai, Chinese military leader (b. 1898)

December

– Anita Brenner, Mexican anthropologist, historian and author (b. 1905) * December 3 – Hans Leibelt, German film actor (b. 1885) * December 5 ** Pietro Germi, Italian actor, screenwriter and director (b. 1914) ** Zaharia Stancu, Romanian prose writer (b. 1902) ** Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman, American tennis player (b. 1886) * December 6 – Nikolay Gerasimovich Kuznetsov, Russian admiral (b. 1904) *

– Ludwig Weber, Austrian bass (b. 1899) * December 10 – Paul Richards (actor), Paul Richards, American actor, ''Beneath the Planet of the Apes'' (b. 1924) * December 11 ** Maravillas de Jesús, Spanish Roman Catholic professed member of the Discalced Carmelites and saint (b. 1891) ** Reed Hadley, American actor (b. 1911) *

– John G. Bennett, British mathematician (b. 1897) * December 14 – Walter Lippmann, American writer and journalist (b. 1889) * December 15 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (b. 1902) * December 16 – Kostas Varnalis, Greek poet (b. 1884) *

– Bing Slamet, Indonesian singer, songwriter, comedian and actor (b. 1927) * December 18 – Harry Hooper, American baseball player (Boston Red Sox) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1887) * December 20 – André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905) * December 21 – Richard Long (actor), Richard Long, American actor (b. 1927) * December 26 ** Jack Benny, American actor (b. 1894) ** Frank Hussey, American Olympic athlete (b. 1905) * December 27 ** Vladimir Fock, Soviet physicist (b. 1898) ** Ned Maddrell, last surviving first language, native speaker of the Manx language (b. 1877) * December 29 – Robert Ellis (actor, born 1892), Robert Ellis, American actor (b. 1892) * December 31 – Robert Pache, Swiss footballer (b. 1897)

Nobel Prizes

* Nobel Prize in Physics, Physics – Sir Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish * Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Chemistry – Paul Flory * Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Medicine – Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George Emil Palade * Nobel Prize in Literature, Literature – Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson * Nobel Peace Prize, Peace – Seán MacBride, Eisaku Satō * Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Economics – Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich Hayek

References

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