1974

1899

1894) ===November=== November 1 – Ralf Harolde, American character actor (b, 1899) November 2 * Richard Kroner, German neo-Hegelian philosopher (b.

1912

1887) November 18 – Gösta Lilliehöök, Swedish pentathlete and 1912 Olympic Games champion (b.

1920

1897) April 28 – Paul Page, American actor of the 1920s and 1930s (b.

1925

1887) June 27 – Fred DeStefano, American football player and physician; who won the National Football League title with the Chicago Cardinals of 1925 (b.

1930

1897) April 28 – Paul Page, American actor of the 1920s and 1930s (b.

1935

1884) December 30 * George Howard Earle III, American politician and diplomat; served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1939 (b.

1938

1909) September 21 * Walter Brennan, American actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor (1936, 1938, and 1940) (b.

1939

1893) June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b.

1884) December 30 * George Howard Earle III, American politician and diplomat; served as Governor of Pennsylvania from 1935 to 1939 (b.

1940

1909) September 21 * Walter Brennan, American actor; 3-time Best Supporting Academy Award-winning actor (1936, 1938, and 1940) (b.

1950

1885) September 17 – Claudia Morgan, American actress, The Edge of Night in the 1950s (b.

1953

1893) June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b.

1959

1893) June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b.

1892) December 25 – Gorman Kennedy, Canadian executive and general manager of the Montreal Alouettes from (1957 to 1959) (b.

1963

Webb, American soldier and screenwriter who won the 1963 Academy Award for How the West Was Won (b.

1969

1893) June 26 – Ernest Gruening, American journalist, Governor of Alaska Territory from 1939 to 1953, and United States Senator from 1959 to 1969 (b.

1970

This is the first casualty to occur to an employee at a Disney Park. July 15 * The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson. * News anchor Christine Chubbuck commits suicide during a live broadcast on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. July 16 – Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973. July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois.

1973

Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.

In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin.

This is the first casualty to occur to an employee at a Disney Park. July 15 * The Greek military junta sponsors a coup d'état in Cyprus, replacing President Makarios III with Nikos Sampson. * News anchor Christine Chubbuck commits suicide during a live broadcast on WXLT-TV in Sarasota, Florida. July 16 – Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to life imprisonment for assisting Dean Corll in murdering 28 Texas boys from 1970 to 1973. July 19 – Railcar explosion in Decatur, Illinois.

1974

Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal.

Alain Poher succeeds him immediately; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing wins the presidential contest in May 1974. April 3–4 – An enormous tornado outbreak strikes the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 people.

The attacks kill 33 civilians and wound almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single day during "The Troubles". * A massive, two-hour shootout between the Los Angeles Police Department and members of the Symbionese Liberation Army leaves six SLA members, including SLA leader Donald DeFreeze, dead. May 18 * 1974 Australian federal election: Gough Whitlam's Labor Government is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the Liberal/Country Coalition led by Billy Snedden.

Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spread from the stands onto the field. June 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup begins in West Germany. June 14 – The Annual Jackson, Dorian Festival of DOING IT LIVE begins June 17 – A bomb explodes in Westminster Hall, the oldest part of the British Houses of Parliament.

1907) March 6 – Ernest Becker, American anthropologist and writer; who won the 1974 Pulitzer Prize (posthumously) for his book The Denial of Death (b.




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