August 1974 calendar

Events

• 01 Aug 1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to the New York Nets.
• 03 Aug 1974 Little Night Music closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances
• 04 Aug 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
• 05 Aug 1974 Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
• 06 Aug 1974 Explosion and fire destory Great Northern railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington.
• 07 Aug 1974 Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J Geils Band
• 08 Aug 1974 President Richard M Nixon announces he will resign his office 12PM August 9.
• 09 Aug 1974 US President Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president.
• 10 Aug 1974 Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
• 11 Aug 1974 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood, North Carolina
• 12 Aug 1974 Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
• 14 Aug 1974 Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold
• 15 Aug 1974 Hurricane / floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
• 18 Aug 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA St. Paul Keller Golf Open
• 20 Aug 1974 Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat
• 23 Aug 1974 John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City
• 24 Aug 1974 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
• 26 Aug 1974 Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
• 27 Aug 1974 New York Mets' Benny Ayala hits a home run in his first at bat.
• 28 Aug 1974 Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
• 29 Aug 1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• 30 Aug 1974 Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
• 31 Aug 1974 Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor

Famous Birthday

• Amy Adams

  American actress.

• Kajol

  Indian film actress.

• Misha Collins

  American actor and director, best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural (2008–present).

• Natasha Henstridge

  Canadian actress.

• Tomer Sisley
• Linda O'Neil
• Giuliana Rancic

  TV Show Host.

• Amy Fisher

  American teenager seen in the news for adolescent prostitution and the attempted murder of her lover's wife.

• Michael Shannon (actor)
• Jeannie Millar
• Christopher Gorham

  American actor.

• Corinne Diacre

  French professional football/soccer coach and former football defender.

• Gry Bay

  Danish actress and singer.

• Raphaël Poirée

  Retired French biathlete competing just before the new world champion Martin Fourcade.

• Angel Boris
• Ever Carradine

  American actor and member of noted family, she is the daughter of Robert Carradine and niece of film and TV actors David and Keith...

• Kelvin Cato

  American basketball player, he played center for the Portland Trail Blazers (1997–1999), Houston Rockets (1999–2004), Orlando Magic...

• Andreï Medvedev
• Atomic bombing of Nagasaki
• Vanessa Wagner
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Famous Deaths

• Ilona Massey

  Actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62.

• Almira Sessions

  Actress (Okla Annie), dies at 85.

• Ivor Dean

  British actor (Theatre of Death), dies at 57.

• Vicente Emilio Sojo

  Venezuelan musicologist and composer (Born 1887).

• Davies

  US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered.

• Mrs Park Chung Hi

  Wife of South Korean President, murdered.

• Karl E Mundt

  (Rep / Sen).

• Aldo Palazzeschi [Giurlani]

  Italian writer, dies at 89.

• Edmund Cobb

  Actor (Motorcycle Gang), dies at 82.

• Edgar Dearing

  Actor (Free & Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81.

• Ildebrando Antoniutti

  Italian Catholic cardinal (Born 1898).

• W Douglas Hawkes

  British racing driver (Born 1893).

• Abraham Schierbeek

  Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87.

• Roberto Assagioli

  Italian psychiatrist; founder of psychosynthesis, which included both psychoanalysis and the wisdom of spiritual traditions.

• Norman Kirk

  New Zealand engineer and politician 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1974).

• Jacob Bronowski

  Polish-English mathematician historian and television host (d. 1974).

• Jan Tschichold

  German-Swiss graphic designer and typographer (d. 1974).

• Sylvio Mantha

  Canadian ice hockey player coach and referee (d. 1974).

• Gene Ammons

  American jazz saxophonist (Born 1925).

• Baldur von Schirach

  German Author / Nazi politician, dies at 67.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. John Denver - Annie's Song
2. Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love
3. Paper Lace - The Night Chicago Died
4. Paul Anka - (You're) Having My Baby
5. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Charles Aznavour - She
2. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
3. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
4. The Drifters - Kissin' In The Back Row
5. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New