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Year '''1974''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXIV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Tuesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 [[Gregorian calendar]].
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== Events of 1974 ==
=== January ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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[[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ==
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=== January-February ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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* [[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 ===
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*[[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 ==
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== External links ==
*[http://www.coinpage.com/1974-pictures.html 1974 Coin Pictures]
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