1974 34654 226029689 2008-07-16T14:45:37Z PseudoBot 6290400 Reverting edits by [[Special:Contributions/62.101.100.5|62.101.100.5]]: page linked does not exist {{year nav|1975}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1974''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCtempleton|1974|Fields Medalists}} == Events of 1974 == === January === <!--Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences.--> {{Month3|1|1|0}} * [[January 4]] - Citing executive privilege, U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been [[subpoena]]ed by the Senate Watergate Committee. * [[January 4]] - Joni Lenz is attacked in her bedroom by serial killer [[Ted Bundy]] in Washington. * [[January 6]] - In response to the [[1973 energy crisis|energy crisis]], [[Daylight Saving Time]] commences nearly 4 months early in the [[United States]]. * [[January 19]] - In [[college basketball|college]] (men's) [[basketball]], [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish|Notre Dame]] defeats [[UCLA Bruins|UCLA]] 71-70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak. * [[January 27]] - Brisbane Qld Australia is [[Brisbane 1974 Flood|flooded]]. * [[January 30]] **<!--January 30-->[[G. Gordon Liddy]] is found guilty of [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]] charges. **<!--January 30-->In his [[State of the Union Address]], U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] declares, "One year of Watergate is enough." === February === {{Month3|2|4|0}} * [[February 1]] - Fire breaks out in the Joelman Bank Building in [[São Paulo]], [[Brazil]]; 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries. Article: [[Joelma Fire]] * [[February 3]] - In the second [[Bathurst Correctional Complex|Bathurst Gaol]] riot, prisoners destroy much of the facility with petrol bombs. * [[February 4]] - The [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] kidnaps [[Patricia Hearst]], the 19-year-old granddaughter of publisher [[William Randolph Hearst]]. * [[February 8]] - After 94 days in [[outer space]], the crew of ''[[Skylab 4]]'' returns to [[Earth]]. * [[February 8]] The [[Kiss (album)|self-titled debut album]] from [[Kiss (band)|KISS]] is released. * [[February 12]] - U.S. District Court Judge [[George Boldt]] rules that Native American tribes in [[Washington|Washington State]] are entitled to half of the legal [[salmon]] and [[rainbow trout|steelhead]] catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government. * [[February 13]] - [[Nobel Prize]] winning writer [[Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn]] is expelled from the Soviet Union (he returns [[May 27]], [[1994]]). * [[February 17]] - A [[soccer]] stampede occurs in [[Cairo]], killing 49. * [[February 21]] - The long-running comic strip "[[Sazae-san]]" is published in the ''[[Asahi Shimbun]]'' for the final time, after 28 years of daily installments. * [[February 22]] - The Second Islamic Summit Conference by [[Organisation of the Islamic Conference]] (OIC) was held in Lahore, Islamic Republic of [[Pakistan]], from 29 [[Moharram]] to 1st [[Safar]], 1394 H, (22-24 February, 1974). * [[February 23]] - The [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim [[Patty Hearst]]. * [[February 28]] **<!--February 28-->The [[United Kingdom]] [[United Kingdom general election, 1974 (February)|general election]] results in an almost dead-heat. [[Harold Wilson]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] again, despite his [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] having received fewer votes than the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]]. **<!--February 28-->[[Ethiopia]]n prime minister [[Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold]], who had held the position since [[1961]], is dismissed by Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] and replaced with [[Endelkachew Makonnen]]. === March === {{Month3|3|4|0}} * [[March 1]] **<!--March 1-->[[Watergate scandal]]: Seven former [[White House]] officials are indicted for their role in the [[Watergate complex|Watergate]] break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. **<!--March 1-->[[Pierre Messmer]] finishes his first term as [[Prime Minister of France]]. * [[March 3]] - A [[Turkish Airlines]] [[DC-10]] travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. * [[March 8]] - [[Charles de Gaulle Airport]] opens in [[Paris]], [[France]]. * [[March 10]] - [[Japan]]ese [[World War II]] soldier, Second Lieutenant [[Hiroo Onoda]], surrenders in the [[Philippines]]. * [[March 18]] - Ten miners die in a [[methane]] gas explosion at [[Golborne]] [[Colliery]] near [[Wigan]], [[Lancashire]]. * [[March 18]] - [[Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a 5-month [[Petroleum|oil]] embargo against the [[United States]], [[Europe]] and [[Japan]]. * [[March 20]] - Ian Ball fails in his attempt to kidnap Her Royal Highness [[Anne, Princess Royal|Princess Anne]] and her husband Captain [[Mark Phillips]] in [[The Mall (London)|The Mall]], outside [[Buckingham Palace]]. * [[March 29]] - ''[[Mariner 10]]'' approaches [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]]. === April === {{Month3|4|0|0}} * [[April 1]] - The [[Local Government Act 1972]] comes into effect in [[England and Wales]], creating six new [[metropolitan county|metropolitan counties]] and comprehensively redrawing the administrative map. * [[April 2]] - [[France|French]] President [[Georges Pompidou]] dies; Senate President [[Alain Poher]] becomes Acting President for the second time. * [[April 3]] - The [[Super Outbreak]], the largest series of [[tornado]]es in history, hits 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 149 tornadoes hit early the following morning, 315 die and over 5,000 are injured. * [[April 6]] - [[ABBA]] win the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Brighton]], [[England]]. * [[April 8]] - [[Hank Aaron]] of the [[Atlanta Braves]] breaks [[Babe Ruth]]'s home run record by hitting his 715th career home-run off [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] pitcher [[Al Downing]] at [[Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium]]. * [[April 10]] - In [[Israel]], [[Golda Meir]] resigns as Prime Minister. * [[April 15]] - In [[San Francisco]], members of the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] rob a branch of the [[Hibernia National Bank]], joined by [[Patricia Hearst]], their erstwhile captive. * [[April 24]] - [[Stephen King]] publishes his first novel, [[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]], under his own name. * [[April 25]] - ''[[Carnation Revolution]]'': A [[coup]] in [[Portugal]] restores [[democracy]]. === May === {{Month3|5|2|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 4]] **<!--May 4-->An all female [[Japan]]ese team summits [[Manaslu]] in [[Nepal]], becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak. **<!--May 4-->The [[Expo '74]] [[World's Fair]] opens in [[Spokane, Washington]]. **<!--May 4-->The [[FA Cup]] Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0 to win the FA Cup final at Wembley. * [[May 7]] - [[Chancellor of Germany|West German Chancellor]] [[Willy Brandt]] resigns. * [[May 9]] - The [[United States House of Representatives]] Judiciary Committee opens formal and public [[impeachment]] hearings against President [[Richard M. Nixon]]. * [[May 12]] - Fire damages the carousel in [[Port Dalhousie]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], injuring 20 animals. * [[May 15]] - [[West Germany|West German]] Foreign Minister [[Walter Scheel]] is elected [[President of Germany]] for a term beginning [[July 1]]. * [[May 16]] - [[Helmut Schmidt]] is elected [[West Germany|West German]] Chancellor. * [[May 17]] - [[Los Angeles, California]] police raid [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] headquarters, killing 6 members, including [[Camilla Hall]]. * [[May 17]] - Thirty-three people die and over 300 are wounded in the [[Dublin and Monaghan Bombings]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. Members of the [[Ulster loyalism|loyalist]] [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] are behind the blast, allegedly in collusion with members of the British intelligence service. * [[May 18]] **<!--May 18-->[[Nuclear test]]: Under project [[Smiling Buddha]], [[India]] successfully detonates its first [[nuclear weapon]], becoming the sixth nation to do so. **<!--May 18-->The [[Warsaw radio mast]] is completed, the tallest structure ever built (it collapses on [[August 8]], [[1991]]). * [[May 19]] **<!--May 19-->In the second round of the presidential elections in [[France]], [[Valéry Giscard d'Estaing]] wins over [[François Mitterrand]], but by a close margin. **<!--May 19-->The [[Philadelphia Flyers]] defeat the [[Boston Bruins]], thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the [[Stanley Cup]]. * [[May 28]] - The Italian fascist organization [[Ordine Nuovo]] bombs demonstrators in [[Brescia]], killing 6 people. * [[May 30]] - [[NASA]]'s [[ATS-6]] satellite is launched. === June === {{Month3|6|5|0}} * [[June 1]] - [[Flixborough disaster]]: An explosion at a chemical plant in [[Flixborough]], [[United Kingdom|UK]], kills 28 people. * [[June 4]] - The [[Cleveland Indians]] stage an ill-advised [[Ten Cent Beer Night]] for a game against the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]] at [[Cleveland Municipal Stadium]]. Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field. * [[June 6]] - A new [[Instrument of Government (1974)|Instrument of Government]] is promulgated, making [[Sweden]] a [[parliamentary]] [[monarchy]]. * [[June 13]] - The [[1974 FIFA World Cup]] begins in [[West Germany]]. * [[June 15]] - [[Red Lion Square disorders]]: Members of the fascist [[British National Front|National Front]] clash with leftist counter-protesters in [[London]]'s West End; one student is killed. * [[June 17]] - A bomb explodes at the [[Palace of Westminster|Houses of Parliament]] in [[London]], damaging [[Westminster Hall]]. The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] claims responsibility for planting the bomb. * [[June 26]] - The [[Universal Product Code]] is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio. * [[June 29]] - [[Isabel Peron]] becomes interim president of [[Argentina]], when [[Juan Peron]] falls seriously ill. * [[June 30]] - [[Alberta Williams King]], mother of the late [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], is killed during a church service in [[Atlanta, Georgia]]. === July === {{Month3|7|0|0}} * [[July 1]] - [[Juan Peron]], President of Argentina dies. He's succeeded by his wife, Vice President [[Isabel Peron]]. She becomes the first female Head of State in South America. * [[July 7]] - [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] beats [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] 2-1 to win the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]. * [[July 11]] - Glenn Davis was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire. * [[July 14]] - In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer [[Ted Bundy]] abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park. * [[July 15]] - [[Christine Chubbuck]], U.S. television presenter for [[WWSB|WXLT-TV]], draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later. * [[July 15]] - A military coup overthrows [[President of Cyprus|President]] [[Makarios]] in [[Cyprus]]. * [[July 17]] - An [[Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes in the [[Tower of London|White Tower]] at the [[Tower of London]], killing 1 person and injuring 41. Another bomb explodes outside a government building in South [[London]]. * [[July 20]] - [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]]: Forces from [[Turkey]] invade [[Cyprus]] after the [[coup d'etat]] by [[EOKA|EOKA B]]. * [[July 22]] - [[Ethiopia]]n Prime Minister Endelkachew Makonnen is replaced with Mikael Imru. * [[July 23]] - The [[Greek military junta of 1967-1974|Greek military junta government]] collapses. * [[July 24]] **<!--July 24-->[[Constantine Karamanlis]] is sworn in as interim Prime Minister of [[Greece]]. **<!--July 24-->[[Watergate scandal]]: The [[United States Supreme Court]] unanimously rules (''[[United States v. Nixon]]'') that President [[Richard Nixon]] can not withhold subpoenaed [[White House]] tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor. * [[July 27]]-[[July 30]] - Watergate Scandal: The [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] Judiciary Committee adopts 3 articles of [[impeachment]] charging President [[Richard M. Nixon]] with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee. === August === {{Month3|8|3|0}} [[Image:Nixon-depart.png|thumb|Nixon Resigns]] * [[August 4]] - A bomb explodes in an [[Italicus Expressen]] train between [[Italy]] and [[West Germany]]. Italian neo-fascist terrorists take responsibility. * [[August 5]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: The "[[smoking gun]]" tape of [[June 23]], [[1972]], is revealed, in which U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] and White House Chief of Staff [[H.R. Haldeman]] discuss using the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] to block a [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] inquiry into [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]]. Nixon's support in [[United States Congress|Congress]] collapses. * [[August 7]] ** Three [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] congressional leaders ([[Barry Goldwater]], [[Hugh Scott]] and [[John Jacob Rhodes|John Rhodes]]) visit President [[Richard Nixon]] in the [[White House]]. They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape [[impeachment]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] and conviction in the [[United States Senate|Senate]]. ** [[France|French]] [[acrobat]] [[Philippe Petit]] walks across a [[high wire]] slung between the [[twin towers]] of the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York]]. * [[August 8]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces his resignation (effective [[August 9]]). * [[August 9]] - [[Richard Nixon]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the [[Watergate scandal]]. [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] [[Gerald Ford]] becomes the 38th President, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the [[White House]]. * [[August 14]] - Turkey invades for the second time in Cyprus, occupying 37% of the island's territory. * [[August 15]] - [[Seoul Metropolitan Subway]] Line 1 is opened. * [[August 28]] - [[Geir Hallgrímsson]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] of [[Iceland]]. * [[August 30]] **<!--August 30-->An express train bound for [[Germany]] from [[Belgrade]] derails in [[Zagreb]], [[Yugoslavia]] (now [[Croatia]]), killing more than 150 passengers. **<!--August 30-->Powerful bomb explodes at the [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] headquarters in [[Marunouchi]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]. 8 killed, 378 injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested [[May 19]], [[1975]] by Japanese authorities. === September === {{Month3|9|6|0}} * [[September 1]] - Daredevil [[Bob Gill (daredevil)|Bob Gill]] fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in [[West Virginia]]. * [[September 8]] **[[Watergate Scandal]]: U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] pardons former President [[Richard Nixon]] for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. ** [[TWA Flight 841 (1974)|TWA Flight 841]] crashes into the [[Ionian Sea]] 18 minutes after take off from [[Athens]], after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people. * [[12 September]] - Emperor [[Haile Selassie of Ethiopia|Haile Selassie]] of [[Ethiopia]] is deposed by the [[Derg]]. The imperial throne is offered to his son, Crown Prince [[Amha Selassie of Ethiopia|Asfa Wossen]] on the condition that the Crown Prince returns to Ethiopia. * [[September 13]] - [[Japanese Red Army]] members seize the French Embassy in [[The Hague]], [[Netherlands]]. They secure the release of member Yatuka Fumiya, $300,000 and a flight to [[Aden]]. * [[September 16]] - [[Courageous]] Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross" . * [[September 23]] - [[Ceefax]] is started by the [[BBC]] - one of the first public service information systems. === October === {{Month3|10|1|0}} * [[October 5]] - The [[Guildford pub bombing]]s at ''The Horse and Groom'' and ''The Seven Stars'' kill 5 people, and lead to the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of the [[Guildford Four]] the next year. * [[October 8]] - [[Franklin National Bank]] collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the [[United States]]. * [[October 10]] - The second [[United Kingdom]] [[United Kingdom general election, 1974 (October)|general election]] of the year results in a narrow victory for Labour, still led by [[Harold Wilson]]. * [[October 15]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the [[Watergate scandal]]. === November === {{Month3|11|4|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[November 5]] - [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as voters punish the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] over the [[Watergate scandal]]. * [[November 7]] - A [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] bomb explodes at the [[Kings Arms, Woolwich]]. * [[November 8]] **<!--November 8-->[[Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan]] disappears in [[England]]. **<!--November 8-->In [[Salt Lake City, Utah]], Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer [[Ted Bundy]]. * [[November 10]] - [[Movement 2 June]] members try to kidnap Günter von Drenkmann, the president of [[West Germany]]'s Superior Court of Justice, at his home, but he is fatally shot during the attempt. * [[November 13]] - [[Ronald DeFeo, Jr.]] murders his parents and his four siblings in what would later become known as "[[The Amityville Horror|The Amityville Horror House]]". * [[November 16]] - The [[Arecibo radio telescope]] sends an [[Arecibo message|interstellar radio message]] towards the [[Messier Object 13|M13]] Great Globular Cluster. The message will reach its destination around the year [[11th millennium and beyond#Arecibo M13 Message|27000]]. * [[November 17]] - In [[Dublin, Ireland]], President [[Erskine Hamilton Childers|Erskine H. Childers]] dies suddenly of a heart attack in the middle of a public speech. * [[November 19]] - 140 killed, Makahali River bridge collapsed, Baitadi, Makahali, [[Nepal]]. * [[November 20]] - The [[United States Department of Justice]] files its final anti-trust suit against [[AT&T]]. This suit later leads to the break up of [[AT&T]] and the [[Bell System]]. * [[November 21]] - In [[Birmingham|Birmingham, England]], 2 pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the [[Birmingham Six]] are later sentenced to life in prison for this). * [[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 27]] - The [[Prevention of Terrorism Act (Northern Ireland)|Prevention of Terrorism Act]] is passed in the [[United Kingdom]]. === December === {{Month3|12|6|0}} * [[December 1]] - A [[Boeing 727]] carrying [[TWA Flight 514]] crashes 25 miles (40 km) northwest of [[Dulles International Airport]] during bad weather, killing all 92 people on board. * [[December 8]] - [[Greece|Greek]] voters reject a proposal to restore the Greek monarchy. *[[December 9]] - The [[Paris]] summit, reuniting the [[European communities]]' heads of state and government, commences. * [[December 19]] **<!--December 19-->[[Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh]] becomes the fifth [[President of Ireland]], in a state inauguration in [[Dublin Castle]]. **<!--December 19-->Former New York Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] is sworn in as [[Vice President of the United States]]. * [[December 23]] - Former British minister [[John Stonehouse]], who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. * [[December 24]]-[[December 25]] - [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin, Australia]] is almost completely destroyed by [[Cyclone Tracy]]. * [[December 31]] - Restrictions on holding private [[gold]] within the [[United States]], implemented by [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in [[1933]], are removed. === Undated === *The [[Milgram experiment]] first described by [[Yale University]] [[psychology|psychologist]] [[Stanley Milgram]] in his 1974 book ''Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.'' * [[Baltimore police strike]]. * [[Volkswagen]]'s [[VW Golf|Golf]] [[automobile]] (known in the USA as the Rabbit) first enters production, as the replacement for well-loved but antiquated [[Volkswagen Beetle|Beetle]]. VW will go on to sell more than 22 million Golfs, and the model, now in its fifth generation, is still in full scale production as of 2008. * The [[Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra]] is founded by [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]] conductor [[Victor Feldbrill]] *[[World population]] reaches 4 billion people. * [[Urdu keyboard|Urdu typewriter keyboard]] layout modified using [[frequency tables]] and bifurcation (balancing load on typist's fingers) techniques, in [[Pakistan]]. === Ongoing === * [[Cold War]] * [[The Troubles]] == Births == {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Shōwa]] 49}} === January-February === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 3]] - [[Alessandro Petacchi]], Italian professional road cyclist * [[January 7]] - [[John Rich (musician)|John Rich]], American guitarist and bassist ([[Big & Rich]]) * [[January 10]] - [[Hrithik Roshan]], Bollywood actor * [[January 10]] - [[Jemaine Clement]], New Zealand Singer/Comedian/Actor * [[January 11]] - The [[Rosenkowitz sextuplets]] (Cape Town, South Africa), the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy. * [[January 11]] - [[Cody McKay]], Canadian baseball player * [[January 12]] - [[Tor Arne Hetland]], Norwegian cross-country skiier * [[January 12]] - [[Melanie Chisholm]], English singer-songwriter * [[January 16]] - [[Kate Moss]], English model * [[January 17]] - [[Ladan and Laleh Bijani]], Iranian conjoined twins (d. [[2003]]) * [[January 21]] - [[Rove McManus]] Australian talk show host * [[January 24]] - [[Tim Biakabutuka]], former National Football League player * [[January 23]] - [[Tiffani Thiessen]], American actress * [[January 24]] - [[Melissa Tkautz]], Australian singer and actress * [[January 27]] - [[Chaminda Vaas]], Sri Lankan cricketer * [[January 28]] - [[Tony Delk]], National Basketball Association player * [[January 30]] - [[Christian Bale]], Welsh actor * [[January 31]] - [[Ian Huntley]], English murderer * [[February 4]] - [[Eric Townsend]], American musician and record producer * [[February 7]] - [[Steve Nash]], Canadian basketball player * [[February 7]] - [[J Dilla]], also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. [[2006]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Seth Green]], American actor * [[February 8]] - [[Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo]], French disc jockey * [[February 11]] - [[D'Angelo]], American singer * [[February 12]] - [[Naseem Hamed]], British boxer * [[February 13]] - [[Robbie Williams]], English singer * [[February 14]] - [[Philippe Léonard]], Belgian footballer * [[February 15]] - [[Tomi Putaansuu]], Finnish singer [[Lordi]] * [[February 15]] - [[Ugueth Urbina]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[February 15]] - [[Seattle Slew]], American racehorse (d. [[2002]]) * [[February 15]] - [[Alexander Wurz]], Austrian Formula 1 driver * [[February 22]] - [[Chris Moyles]], English disc jockey * [[February 22]] - [[James Blunt]], English Singer * [[February 24]] - [[Chad Hugo]], American musician and producer ([[The Neptunes]]) === March-April === <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[March 1]] - [[Mark-Paul Gosselaar]], American actor * [[March 4]] - [[Karol Kučera]], Slovakian tennis player * [[March 4]] - [[Ariel Ortega]], Argentine football player * [[March 4]] - [[Tommy Phelps]], South Korean professional baseball player * [[March 5]] - [[Eva Mendes]], American actress * [[March 5]] - [[Jens Jeremies]], German footballer * [[March 6]] - [[Sebastian Siegel]], British-American actor * [[March 6]] - [[Santino Marella|Anthony Carelli]], professional wrestler * [[March 7]] - [[Alberto Rabagliati]], Italian singer and actor * [[March 7]] - [[Jenna Fischer]], American actress * [[March 8]] - [[Fardeen Khan]], Bollywood actor * [[March 10]] - [[Hugo Ferreira]], American rock musician * [[March 11]] - [[Bobby Abreu]], Venezuelan [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[March 11]] - [[Russ Haas]], American wrestler (d. [[2001]]) * [[March 14]] - [[Jeppe Kofod]], Danish politician * [[March 15]] - [[Percy Montgomery]], South African [[rugby union]] player * [[March 20]] - [[Paula Garces]], Colombian actress * [[March 20]] - [[Andrzej Pilipiuk]], Polish writer * [[March 20]] - [[Carsten Ramelow]], German footballer * [[March 22]] - [[Marcus Camby]], American basketball player * [[March 22]] - [[Kidada Jones]], American actress, model, fashion designer * [[March 24]] - [[Alyson Hannigan]], American actress * [[March 25]] - [[Lark Voorhies]], American actress * [[March 25]] - [[Tapani Mokko]], Finnish artist * [[March 31]] - [[Angela Dotchin]], New Zealand actress * [[April 1]] - [[Richard Christy]], American musician and radio writer * [[April 2]] - [[Håkan Hellström]], Swedish musician * [[April 4]] - [[Dave Mirra]], American athlete * [[April 9]] - [[Jenna Jameson]], American actress * [[April 11]] - [[Tricia Helfer]], Canadian actress and model * [[April 11]] - [[Trot Nixon]], baseball player * [[April 12]] - [[Belinda Emmett]], Australian actress and singer (d. [[2006]]) * [[April 12]] - [[Shelton]], American actress * [[April 14]] - [[Da Brat]], American rapper * [[April 15]] - [[Josh Todd]], American musician and singer ([[Buckcherry]]) * [[April 16]] - [[Valarie Rae Miller]], American actress * [[April 17]] - [[Victoria Beckham]], English singer ([[Spice Girls]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Mikael Åkerfeldt]], Swedish musician ([[Opeth]]) * [[April 20]] - [[Jonathan Roberts (dancer)|Jonathan Roberts]], American ballroom dancer ([[Dancing with the Stars]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Shavo Odadjian]], Armenian-born bassist ([[System of a Down]]) * [[April 22]] - [[Diego Costa]], Brazilian singer-songwriter * [[April 23]] - [[Kirill Seleznyov]], Russian businessman * [[April 27]] - [[Johnny Devine]], Canadian professional wrestler * [[April 28]] - [[Penélope Cruz]], Spanish actress * [[April 28]] - [[Richel Hersisia]], Dutch boxer * [[April 28]] - [[Vernon Kay]], English presenter === May-June === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[May 4]] - [[Miguel Cairo]], Venezuelan baseball player * [[May 8]] - [[Korey Stringer]], American football player (d. [[2001]]) * [[May 11]] - [[Billy Kidman]], American professional wrestler * [[May 13]] - [[Tim McMahon]], American singer [[Mouthpiece]] * [[May 16]] - [[Laura Pausini]], Italian singer * [[May 16]] - [[Sonny Sandoval]], American singer for Payable on Death, aka. [[P.O.D.]] * [[May 17]] - [[Andrea Corr]], Irish singer ([[The Corrs]]) * [[May 19]] - [[Andrew Johns]], Australian rugby league player * [[May 21]] - [[Havoc (musician)|Havoc]], American rapper ([[Mobb Deep]]) * [[May 21]] - [[Eduardo Verástegui]], Mexican actor. * [[May 23]] - [[Ken Jennings]], American game show winner * [[May 23]] - [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], American singer * [[May 23]] - [[Monica Naranjo]], Spanish singer * [[May 23]] - [[Charlie Yeung]], Hong Kong actress and singer * [[May 24]] - [[Daniel Lorenz Johnson]], social activist/artist * [[May 26]] - [[Lars Frölander]], Swedish swimmer * [[May 27]] - [[Danny Wuerffel]], American football player * [[May 30]] - [[Big L (rapper)|Big L]], American rapper (d. [[1999]]) * [[May 31]] - [[Adrian Tomine]], American cartoonist * [[June 1]] - [[Alanis Morissette]], Canadian singer * [[June 2]] - [[Gata Kamsky]], American chess player * [[June 2]] - [[Matt Serra]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter * [[June 7]] - [[Mahesh Bhupathi]], Indian tennis player * [[June 7]] - Edward [[Bear Grylls]], survivalist * [[June 12]] - [[Hideki Matsui]], Japanese baseball player * [[June 13]] - [[Steve-O]], American actor * [[June 14]] - [[Jang Jin-young]], South Korean actress * [[June 16]] - [[Paul Lee (artist)|Paul Lee]], British sculptural artist * [[June 21]] - [[Natasha Desborough]], British radio personality * [[June 22]] - [[Donald Faison]], American actor * [[June 22]] - [[Joseph Vijay]], Indian actor * [[June 25]] - [[Karisma Kapoor]], Indian actress * [[June 26]] - [[Derek Jeter]], American baseball player * [[June 26]] - [[Matt Striker]], American professional wrestler * [[June 26]] - [[Jeff Frankenstein]], American musician ([[Newsboys]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Jason Kendall]], American baseball player * [[June 26]] - [[Nicole Saba]], Lebanese singer * [[June 28]] - [[Rob Dyrdek]], pro skateboader * [[June 30]] - [[Melanie Lambert]], American [[ice skater]] === July-August === <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[July 2]] - [[Matthew Reilly (writer)|Matthew Reilly]], Australian writer * [[July 2]] - [[Rocky Gray]], American musician * [[July 4]] - [[La'Roi Glover]], [[National Football League]] defensive lineman * [[July 4]] - [[Gackt]], Japanese singer * [[July 8]] - [[Allen Skillicorn]], American race car driver * [[July 8]] - [[Dragoslav Jevrić‎]], Montenegrin footballer * [[July 12]] - [[Gregory Helms]], American professional wrestler * [[July 18]] - [[Alan Morrison (poet)|Alan Morrison]], British poet * [[July 19]] - [[Malcolm O'Kelly]], Irish rugby player * [[July 19]] - [[Erno Schwarz]], Hungarian American soccer player (b. [[1904]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Preston Wilson]], Major League Baseball player * [[July 22]] - [[Daddy Kev]], American record producer * [[July 22]] - [[Sonija Kwok]], Hong Kong actress * [[July 23]] - [[Maurice Greene (athlete)|Maurice Greene]], American athlete * [[July 23]] - [[Rik Verbrugghe]], Belgian professional road racing cyclist * [[July 26]] - [[Daniel Negreanu]], Canadian poker player * [[July 27]] - [[Eason Chan]], Hong Kong singer * [[July 28]] - [[Justin Lee Collins]], English comedian, TV and radio presenter * [[July 30]] - [[Hilary Swank]], American actress * [[July 31]] - [[Emilia Fox]], English actress * [[July 31]] - [[Jonathan Ogden]], [[National Football League]] offensive lineman * [[August 2]] - [[Angie Cepeda]], [[Colombia]]n actress * [[August 7]] - [[Sek Loso]], Thai singer, songwriter and guitarist * [[August 8]] - [[Brian Harvey]], a [[United Kingdom|British]] singer and lead [[singer]] of [[pop music|pop]]/[[dance]] [[Musical ensemble|band]] [[East 17]] * [[August 9]] - [[Matt Morris]], baseball player * [[August 9]] - [[Derek Fisher]], American basketball player * [[August 15]] - [[Natasha Henstridge]], Canadian actress and model * [[August 16]] - [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]], Guyanese cricketer * [[August 16]] - [[Krisztina Egerszegi]], Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer * [[August 19]] - [[David Patten]], [[National Football League]] wide receiver * [[August 20]] - [[Amy Adams‎]], American actress * [[August 20]] - [[Szabolcs Sáfár‎]], Hungarian footballer * [[August 20]] - [[Maxim Vengerov]], Russian violinist * [[August 22]] - [[Agustín Pichot]], Argentine rugby player * [[August 23]] - [[Ray Park]], Scottish actor, martial artist * [[August 24]] - [[Andrew Clark]], Australian Footballer (Central Coast Mariners) * [[August 24]] - [[Jennifer Lien]], American actress * [[August 25]] - [[Eric Millegan]], American actor * [[August 25]] - [[Kenzo Suzuki]], Japanese professional wrestler * [[August 25]] - [[Violeta Riaubiskyte]], Lithuanian Singer * [[August 27]] - [[Jose Vidro]], Major League Baseball player * [[August 28]] - [[Carsten Jancker]], German soccer player === September-October === <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[September 1]] - [[Jhonen Vasquez]], American comic book artist * [[September 1]] - [[Jason Taylor (American football)|Jason Taylor]], American football player * [[September 4]] - [[Carmit Bachar]], singer * [[September 4]] - [[Nona Gaye]], American actress and singer * [[September 4]] - [[Andrew Hansen]], Australian comedian and musician, member of [[The Chaser]] * [[September 6]] - [[Tim Henman]], English tennis player * [[September 6]] - [[Nina Persson]], Swedish singer * [[September 10]] - [[Ben Wallace]], [[National Basketball Association]] guard * [[September 10]] - [[Mirko Filipović]], Croatian [[kickboxer]] and [[mixed martial arts]] fighter * [[September 11]] - [[DeLisha Milton-Jones]], American basketball player * [[September 13]] - [[Stephen Lawrence]], British murder victim (d. [[1993]]) * [[September 14]] - [[Hicham El Guerrouj]], Moroccan athlete * [[September 15]] - [[Jamie Stevens]], German pop singer * [[September 17]] - [[Rasheed Wallace]], [[National Basketball Association]] player * [[September 18]] - [[Sol Campbell]], English footballer * [[September 18]] - [[Xzibit]], American rapper * [[September 19]] - [[Jimmy Fallon]], American actor and coemdian * [[September 19]] - [[Victoria Silvstedt]], Swedish model * [[September 21]] - [[Katharine Merry]], English sprinter * [[September 23]] - [[Matt Hardy]], American professional wrestler * [[September 26]] - [[Gary Hall, Jr.]], American swimmer * [[September 29]] - [[Brian Ash]], American screenwriter and producer * [[October 1]] - [[Mats Lindgren]], [[National Hockey League]] player * [[October 10]] - [[Dale Earnhardt, Jr.]], American race car driver * [[October 11]] - [[Jason Arnott]], [[National Hockey League]] player * [[October 11]] - [[Terje Haakonsen]], Norwegian snowboarder * [[October 11]] - [[Kane Kosugi]], Japanese-American martial artist/actor * [[October 14]] - [[Shaggy 2 Dope]], Juggalo Rapper * [[October 16]] - [[Paul Kariya]], [[National Hockey League]] player * [[October 16]] - [[Deo Grech]], Maltese songwriter & presenter * [[October 21]] - [[Nakia Burrise]], American actress * [[October 21]] - [[Lera Auerbach]], Russian composer & pianist * [[October 23]] - [[Sander Westerveld]], Dutch soccer player * [[October 24]] - [[Catherine Sutherland]], Australian actress * [[October 24]] - [[Ali Ahmed]], Mechanical Engineer * [[October 26]] - [[Lisa (musician)|Lisa]], Japanese musician * [[October 28]] - [[Joaquin Phoenix]], American actor * [[October 29]] - [[Michael Vaughan]], English cricketer === November-December === <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[November 1]] - [[VVS Laxman]], Indian cricketer * [[November 2]] - [[Beverley Mahood]], Canadian singer and songwriter * [[November 2]] - [[Nelly]], American rapper * [[November 3]] - [[Mick Thomson]], lead guitarist for [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]] * [[November 4]] - [[Louise Redknapp]], English singer * [[November 4]] - [[Cedric Bixler-Zavala]], Mexican-American singer/lyricist * [[November 5]] - [[Ryan Adams]], American singer and songwriter * [[November 5]] - [[Jerry Stackhouse]], American basketball player * [[November 8]] - [[Masashi Kishimoto]], Japanese manga author * [[November 9]] - [[Uncle Kracker]], American singer * [[November 9]] - [[Alessandro Del Piero]], Italian footballer and * [[November 11]] - [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], American actor * [[November 11]] - [[Bettina Goislard]], French UN worker (d. [[2003]]) * [[November 14]] - [[Adam Walsh]], American murder victim, son of [[John Walsh]], host of [[America's Most Wanted]] (d. [[1981]]) * [[November 15]] - [[Chad Kroeger]], singer * [[November 16]] - [[Paul Scholes]], English football player * [[November 21]] - Kelsi Marie Osborn, American Singer ([[SHeDAISY]]) * [[November 22]] - [[David Pelletier]], Canadian figure skater * [[November 24]] - [[Stephen Merchant]], British comedian * [[November 27]] - [[Zsófia Polgár]], Hungarian-born chess player * [[December 1]] - [[Costinha]], Portuguese footballer * [[December 6]] - [[Nick Stajduhar]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[December 7]] - [[Nicole Appleton]], Canadian singer ([[All Saints (band)|All Saints]]) * [[December 7]] - [[Kang Full]], South Korean webcomic artist * [[December 8]] - [[Maya Mishalska]], Mexican actress * [[December 10]] - [[Meg White]], drummer ([[The White Stripes]]) * [[December 11]] - [[Rey Mysterio, Jr.|Rey Mysterio]], American professional wrestler * [[December 13]] - [[Nicholas McCarthy]], English-born guitarist ([[Franz Ferdinand (band)|Franz Ferdinand]]) * [[December 14]] - [[Billy Koch]], baseball player * [[December 16]] - [[Frida Hallgren]], Swedish actress * [[December 17]] - [[Duff Goldman]], American celebrity chef * [[December 18]] - [[Kari Byron]], artist and television personality * [[December 18]] - [[Peter Boulware]], American football player * [[December 18]] - [[Euroboy]], Norwegian musician ([[Turbonegro]]) * [[December 19]] - [[Jake Plummer]], American football player * [[December 19]] - [[Ricky Ponting]], Australian cricketer * [[December 21]] - [[Karrie Webb]], Australian golfer * [[December 23]] - [[Aimee Nezhukumatathil]], American poet * [[December 24]] - [[Ryan Seacrest]], American television host * [[December 24]] - [[Marcelo Salas]], Chilean footballer * [[December 27]] - [[Bojan Sarcevic]], [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]]-French sculptor * [[December 28]] - [[Wilson Kirwa]], Kenyan-born Finnish athlete * [[December 29]] - [[Richie Sexson]], baseball player * [[December 29]] - [[Brad Hodge]], Australian cricketer * [[December 31]] - [[Ryan Sakoda]], Japanese American professional wrestler === Unknown === * [[Banksy]], infamous British graffiti artist. Uncertain, but said to have been born in 1974. * [[Angus Purden]], Scottish TV presenter (year uncertain). * [[Andrew White (musician)|Andrew 'Whitey' White]], guitarist of the Kaiser Chiefs. Robert Cormier American author == Deaths == === January - March === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 2]] - [[Tex Ritter]], American actor and singer (b. [[1905]]) * [[January 12]] - [[Princess Patricia of Connaught]] (b. [[1886]]) * [[January 31]] - [[Samuel Goldwyn]], Polish-born film studio executive (b. [[1879]]) * [[February 2]] - [[Imre Lakatos]], Hungarian philosopher (b. [[1922]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Satyendra Nath Bose]], Indian mathematician and physicist (b. [[1894]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Stuart Buchanan]], American actor (b. [[1894]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Anna Q. Nilsson]], Swedish actress (b. [[1888]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Stewie Dempster]], New Zealand cricketer (b. [[1903]]) * [[February 15]] - [[Kurt Atterberg]], Swedish composer (b. [[1887]]) * [[February 21]] - [[Tim Horton]], Canadian hockey player (b. [[1930]]) * [[February 23]] - [[Harry Ruby]], American composer and writer (b. [[1895]]) * [[March 1]] - [[Bobby Timmons]], American jazz pianist (b. [[1935]]) * [[March 4]] - [[Adolph Gottlieb]], American abstract expressionist painter (b. [[1903]]) * [[March 5]] - [[Sol Hurok]], Russian-born impresario (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 6]] - [[Ernest Becker]], American cultural anthropologist (b. [[1925]]) * [[March 9]] - [[Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr.]], American physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1915]]) * [[March 12]] - [[George D. Sax]], drive-in bank innovator (b. [[1904]]) * [[March 20]] - [[Chet Huntley]], American television journalist (b. [[1911]]) * [[March 22]] - [[Peter Revson]], American race car driver (b. [[1939]]) * [[March 31]] - [[Gregorio Wu Pak Chiu]], Chinese tenor (b. [[1913]]) === April - June === * [[April 2]] - [[Georges Pompidou]], [[President of France]] (b. [[1911]]) * [[April 5]] - [[A. Y. Jackson]], Canadian painter (b. [[1882]]) * [[April 15]] - [[Giovanni D'Anzi]], Italian songwriter (b. [[1906]]) * [[April 19]] - [[Ayub Khan]], [[President of Pakistan]] (b. [[1907]]) * [[April 24]] - [[Bud Abbott]], American actor (b. [[1897]]) * [[April 24]] - [[Franz Jonas]], Austrian president (b. [[1899]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Agnes Moorehead]], American actress (b. [[1900]]) * [[May 18]] - [[Mary Maguire]], Australian actress (b. [[1919]]) * [[May 24]] - [[Duke Ellington]], American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. [[1899]]) * [[June 9]] - [[Miguel Ángel Asturias]], Guatemalan writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1890]]) * [[June 10]] - [[Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester]], [[Governor-General of Australia]] (b. [[1900]]) *[[June 18]] [[Georgy Zhukov]] [[WWII]] Soviet General. (b. [[1896]]) * [[June 22]] - [[Darius Milhaud]], French composer (b. [[1892]]) * [[June 28]] - [[Frank Sutton]], American actor (b. [[1923]]) === July - September === * [[July 1]] - [[Juan Domingo Perón]], [[President of Argentina]] (b. [[1895]]) * [[July 9]] - [[Earl Warren]], Governor of California and [[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, Baron Blackett|Patrick Blackett]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1897]]) *[[July 15]] - [[Christine Chubbuck]], American television reporter (b. [[1944]]) *[[July 19]] - [[Joe Flynn]], American character actor (b. [[1924]]) * [[July 24]] - [[James Chadwick]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1891]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Cass Elliott|"Mama Cass" Elliott]], American rock music vocalist (b. [[1941]]) * [[July 29]] - [[Erich Kästner]], German author (b. [[1899]]) * [[August 6]] - [[Gene Ammons]], American jazz saxophonist (b. [[1925]]) * [[August 26]] - [[Charles Lindbergh]], aviator (b. [[1902]]) * [[August 31]] - [[William Pershing Benedict]], American pilot * [[September 3]] - [[Harry Partch]], American composer (b. [[1901]]) * [[September 4]] - [[Creighton Williams Abrams]], American general (b. [[1914]]) * [[September 4]] - [[Marcel Achard]], French playwright and scriptwriter (b. [[1899]]) * [[September 11]] - [[Víctor Olea Alegría]], member of the [[Socialist Party (Chile)|Chilean Socialist Party]], "[[forced disappearance|disappeared]]". * [[September 14]] - [[Warren Hull]], American actor (b. [[1903]]) *[[September 23]] - [[Jayachamaraja Wodeyar Bahadur]], last Maharaja of Mysore (b. [[1919]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Silvio Frondizi]], Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the [[Argentine Anticommunist Alliance|Triple A]] * [[September 30]] - [[Carlos Prats]], Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of [[Operation Condor]] === October - December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> *[[October 4]] - [[Anne Sexton]], American poet and writer (suicide) (b. [[1928]]) *[[October 6]] - [[V.K. Krishna Menon]], Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. [[1897]]) *[[October 9]] - [[Oskar Schindler]], Saver of Jews in the Holocaust (b. [[1908]]) *[[October 13]] - [[Ed Sullivan]], American television host (b. [[1901]]) *[[October 16]] - [[Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar]], [[carnatic music]]ian (b. [[1895]]) *[[October 24]] - [[David Oistrakh]], Ukrainian violinist (b. [[1908]]) *[[October 24]] - [[Ekaterina Furtseva]], USSR Minster of Culture (b. [[1910]]) * [[November 11]] - [[Alfonso Leng]], Chilean composer (b. [[1894]]) * [[November 13]] - [[Vittorio De Sica]], Italian film director (b. [[1901]]) * [[November 17]] - [[Erskine Hamilton Childers]], fourth [[President of Ireland]] (b. [[1905]]) * [[November 19]] - [[George Brunies]], American musician (b. [[1902]]) * [[November 21]] - [[John B. Gambling]], American radio talk-show host (b. [[1897]]) * [[November 21]] - [[Frank Martin (composer)|Frank Martin]], Swiss composer (b. [[1890]]) * [[November 24]] - [[Nick Drake]], British musician (b. [[1948]]) * [[November 24]] - [[Endelkachew Makonnen]], Ethiopian politician (b. [[1927]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Peng Dehuai]], Chinese leader (b. [[1898]]) * [[November 29]] - [[H. L. Hunt]], American oil tycoon (b. [[1889]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Lawrence Riley]], American playwright and screenwriter (b. [[1896]]) * [[December 2]] - [[Max Weber (politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss Federal Councilor (b. [[1897]]) * [[December 18]] - [[Harry Hooper]], baseball player (b. [[1887]]) * [[December 20]] - [[André Jolivet]], French composer (b. [[1905]]) * [[December 26]] - [[Ahmad Ismail Ali]], Egyptian soldier and politician (b. [[1917]]) * [[December 26]] - [[Farid al-Atrash]], Arab composer, singer, virtuoso oud player, and actor (b. [[1915]]) * [[December 26]] - [[Jack Benny]], American comedian (b. [[1894]]) * [[December 27]] - [[Vladimir Fock]], Soviet physicist (b. [[1898]]) * [[December 28]] - [[Paul Dixon]], Cincinnati TV personality (b. [[1918]]) == Fields Medalists == *[[Enrico Bombieri]], [[David Mumford]] == Nobel prizes == * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Sir Martin Ryle]], [[Antony Hewish]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[Paul J. Flory]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[Albert Claude]], [[Christian de Duve]], [[George E. Palade]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Eyvind Johnson]], [[Harry Martinson]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Sean MacBride|Séan MacBride]], [[Eisaku Sato]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Gunnar Myrdal]], [[Friedrich von Hayek]] == Templeton Prize == *[[Taizé Community|Brother Roger]] == Notes == <references/> {{commonscat}} == External links == *[http://www.coinpage.com/1974-pictures.html 1974 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1974| ]] [[af:1974]] [[als:1970er#1974]] [[am:1974 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1974]] [[an:1974]] [[frp:1974]] [[ast:1974]] [[av:1974]] [[ay:1974]] [[az:1974]] [[bn:১৯৭৪]] [[zh-min-nan:1974 nî]] [[map-bms:1974]] [[be:1974]] [[be-x-old:1974]] [[bh:१९७४]] [[bs:1974]] [[br:1974]] [[bg:1974]] [[ca:1974]] [[cv:1974]] [[cs:1974]] [[co:1974]] [[cy:1974]] [[da:1974]] [[pdc:1974]] [[de:1974]] [[et:1974]] [[el:1974]] [[es:1974]] [[eo:1974]] [[eu:1974]] [[fa:۱۹۷۴ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1974]] [[hif:1974]] [[fr:1974]] [[fy:1974]] [[ga:1974]] [[gan:1974年]] [[gv:1974]] [[gd:1974]] [[gl:1974]] [[ko:1974년]] [[hy:1974]] [[hi:1974]] [[hr:1974.]] [[io:1974]] [[ilo:1974]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৭৪]] [[id:1974]] [[ia:1974]] [[os:1974]] [[is:1974]] [[it:1974]] [[he:1974]] [[jv:1974]] [[pam:1974]] [[kn:೧೯೭೪]] [[ka:1974]] [[csb:1974]] [[kk:1974]] [[kw:1974]] [[sw:1974]] [[ht:1974 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1974]] [[la:1974]] [[lb:1974]] [[lt:1974 m.]] [[lij:1974]] [[ln:1974]] [[lmo:1974]] [[hu:1974]] [[mk:1974]] [[mi:1974]] [[mr:इ.स. १९७४]] [[ms:1974]] [[my:1974]] [[nah:1974]] [[nl:1974]] [[ja:1974年]] [[nap:1974]] [[no:1974]] [[nn:1974]] [[nrm:1974]] [[nov:1974]] [[oc:1974]] [[uz:1974]] [[pi:१९७४]] [[nds:1974]] [[pl:1974]] [[pt:1974]] [[ty:1974]] [[ksh:Joohr 1974]] [[ro:1974]] [[qu:1974]] [[ru:1974 год]] [[se:1974]] [[sq:1974]] [[scn:1974]] [[simple:1974]] [[sk:1974]] [[sl:1974]] [[so:1974]] [[sr:1974]] [[sh:1974]] [[su:1974]] [[fi:1974]] [[sv:1974]] [[tl:1974]] [[ta:1974]] [[tt:1974]] [[te:1974]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2517]] [[vi:1974]] [[tg:1974]] [[tr:1974]] [[tk:1974]] [[uk:1974]] [[vec:1974]] [[wa:1974]] [[vls:1974]] [[wuu:公元1974年]] [[yo:1974]] [[zh-yue:1974年]] [[cbk-zam:1974]] [[bat-smg:1974]] [[zh:1974年]]