
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
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in
West Germany
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, 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 ...
in
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
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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
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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
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complex on
Pulau Bukom at
Singapore
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. The terrorists then hijacked the ferry ''Laju'' and took its five crew members hostage.
**The
People's Republic of China
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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
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Flames, the most visible portion of the fire, are produced in the combustion re ...
breaks out in the
Joelma Building in
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
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, 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 ...
to
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
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 ...
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 ...
to
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
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 ...
.
*
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 ...
of
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
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in
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 ...
, 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
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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" wins the
1974 Eurovision Song Contest in
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.
*
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.
* ...
– 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 ...
in
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 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
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 ...
.
*
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 ...
– ''
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 ...
'': 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
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in
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 ...
–
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 ...
, 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 ...
's
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 ...
–
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 ...
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
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 ...
. 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 ...
in
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
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 ...
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.
*
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 ...
:
**
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
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 ...
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 ...
**
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
to
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 ...
, 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 ...
of
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. The Ethiopian Civil War begins.
** African Youth Amílcar Cabral is founded in
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 13 –
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 ...
members 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague, seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
* September 20 – The Kootenai War is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on U.S. Highway 95.
* October 11 – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the October 1974 United Kingdom general election, 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 – Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña (FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.
November–December
* November 1 – The World Tourism Organization (WTO) is established.
* November 5 – The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party makes big gains nationwide in 1974 United States elections, House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections.
* November 13 – 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, home.
* November 16 – Arecibo message: The radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory on Puerto Rico sends an interstellar radio message towards Messier 13, the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year Timeline of the far future#Spacecraft and space exploration, 27,000.
* November 17 – The 1974 Greek legislative election, the first election since the fall of the Greek military junta of 1967–1974, Greek junta of 1967–1974, is held and the newly formed New Democracy (Greece), New Democracy party wins 220 of 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament.
* November 18 – The International Energy Agency is founded.
* November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes in Nairobi, Kenya, due to a mechanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 occupants.
* November 21 – Birmingham pub bombings: In Birmingham, England, two pubs are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the Provisional Irish Republican Army. The Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.
* November 22 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
* November 24 – A skeleton from the Hominidae, hominid species ''Australopithecus afarensis'' is discovered and named Lucy (Australopithecus), Lucy.
* November 26 – Anneline Kriel is crowned as Miss World 1974, the second South African to hold the title after Penelope Coelen, Penny Coelen 1958 in South Africa, in 1958, when Helen Morgan (Miss World), Helen Morgan resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
* December 1 – Two Boeing 727, Boeing 727s, TWA Flight 514 and Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231, crash on the same day in the Eastern United States resulting in a combined deaths of 95 people.
* December 8 – 1974 Greek republic referendum: Greeks vote in a 2 to 1 margin to reject the monarchy, solidifying the country's republican form of government.
* December 9 – The Paris summit, reuniting the European Communities' heads of state and government, commences.
* December 13 – Malta becomes a republic.
* December 17 – The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
* December 24–December 25, 25 – Darwin, Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia is almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.
Date unknown
* Rubik's Cube mechanical puzzle, puzzle is invented by Hungarian architecture professor Ernő Rubik.
Births
January
* January 3
** Alessandro Petacchi, Italian road cyclist
** Katie Porter, American politician
* January 9 – Farhan Akhtar, Indian film director, screenwriter, actor, singer, producer, and television host
* January 10
** Hrithik Roshan, Indian actor
** Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor
* January 12
** Melanie C, English pop singer (Spice Girls)
** Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skier
* January 14
** Kevin Durand, Canadian-American actor and singer
* January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
* January 19 – Natassia Malthe, Norwegian actress and model
* January 22 – Joseph Muscat, 13th Prime Minister of Malta
* January 23 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress
* January 24 – Ed Helms, American actor and stand-up comedian
*
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 ...
– Emily Haines, American-Canadian singer
* January 27 – Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Norwegian biathlete
* January 28 – Kari Traa, Norwegian freestyle skier
* January 29
** Michael Andersen, Danish basketball player
** Kōji Wada, Japanese rock singer (d. 2016)
* January 30
** Christian Bale, British actor
** Olivia Colman, English actress
February
*
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), ...
– Roberto Heras, Spanish road cyclist
* February 3
** Shahab Hosseini, Iranian actor and film director
** Ayanna Pressley, American politician
** Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer
* February 4
** Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress
* February 7
** J Dilla, American record producer and rapper (d. 2006)
** Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
** Nujabes, Japanese record producer and DJ (d. 2010)
** Femke Zeedijk-Raeven, Dutch politician
*
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 ...
** 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. 2016)
* 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
*
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 ...
** 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
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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 ...
** 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
*
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 ...
– Laurel Lee, American politician and lawyer
* March 28 – Daisuke Kishio, Japanese voice actor
*
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 ...
– 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
*
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.
* ...
– Robert Kovač, Croatian football player and coach
*
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 – ...
– Chris Kyle, American sniper (d. 2013)
* April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American adult actress and model
*
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 ...
** 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)
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** 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
*
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 ...
– Stephen Wiltshire, British architectural artist and autistic savant
*
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 ...
– 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
*
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 ...
** 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
*
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 ...
– Simon Aspelin, Swedish tennis player
* May 14 – Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter
*
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 ...
– Laura Pausini, Italian singer
*
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 ...
** Andrea Corr, Irish singer
** Tamara Rojo, Spanish ballet dancer
*
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 ...
– 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
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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 ...
– 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
*
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 ...
** 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
*
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 ...
– 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
*
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 ...
– 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
*
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 ...
– Doug Ithier, Australian footballer
* July 22
** Franka Potente, German actress and singer
** Johnny Strong, American actor
*
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 ...
** 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
*
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 ...
– Derek Fisher, American basketball player
* August 13 – Niklas Sundin, Swedish musician
*
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 ...
– 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
*
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 ...
** Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer; mixed martial arts fighter
** Ryan Phillippe, American actor
** Ben Wallace (basketball), Ben Wallace, American basketball player
*
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 ...
** 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
* September 20 – 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
* October 11 – 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
* November 5
** 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
* November 13 – 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
* November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
* November 18
** Chloë Sevigny, American actress
** Petter Solberg, Norwegian rally driver
* November 20
** Drew Ginn, Australian rower
** Kurt Krömer, German television presenter, comedian and actor
* November 24 – Stephen Merchant, English actor and comedian
* November 26 – 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
* December 1 – 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
* December 13 - Nick McCarthy, English-German guitarist singer (Franz Ferdinand (band), Franz Ferdinand)
* December 17
** 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
* December 24
** 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)
* January 3 – Gino Cervi, Italian actor (b. 1901)
* January 6
** David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter and muralist (b. 1896)
** Margit Slachta, Hungarian politician (b. 1884)
* January 12 – 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)
* January 22 – Oskar Herman, Croatian Jewish painter (b. 1886)
* January 27
** Georgios Grivas, Greek-Cypriot colonel (b. 1898)
** Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German general (b. 1886)
* January 29 – H. E. Bates, English writer and author (b. 1905)
*
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 ...
** Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film studio executive (b. 1879)
** Glenn Morris, American Olympic athlete (b. 1912)
February

* February 4
** Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894)
** Stuart Buchanan, American actor (d. 1894)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
** Barbara Ruick, American actress and singer (b. 1930, 1932)
** Frank Wilcox, American actor (b. 1907)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– A. Y. Jackson, Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven (b. 1882)
*
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.
* ...
– Willem Marinus Dudok, Dutch modernist architect (b. 1884)
*
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 – ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
** 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

*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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 –
Juan Perón
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, Argentine army general and politician, 2-time
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 ...
(b. 1895)
* July 4 – Georgette Heyer, British writer (b. 1902)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– 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)
*
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 ...
– Melchior Wańkowicz, Polish army officer, writer, journalist, and publisher (b. 1892)
*
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 ...
– 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)
* September 20 – 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
* November 5 – 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)
* November 13
** 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)
* November 16 – Walther Meissner, German technical physicist (b. 1882)
* November 17
** Erskine Hamilton Childers, Irish politician, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905)
** Clive Brook, English actor (b. 1887)
* November 18 – Gösta Lilliehöök (1884–1974), Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish pentathlete and 1912 Olympic Games champion (b. 1884)
* November 19 – Alessandro Momo, Italian actor (b. 1956)
* November 21 – 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)
* November 26 – 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
* December 1 – 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)
* December 9 – 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)
* December 13 – 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)
* December 17 – 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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