December 1974 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1974 LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
• 02 Dec 1974 Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
• 04 Dec 1974 Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Muslim pilgrims.
• 05 Dec 1974 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs. Buff Sabres
• 06 Dec 1974 George Harrison releases Ding Dong, Ding Dong
• 08 Dec 1974 Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open.
• 09 Dec 1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01
• 10 Dec 1974 Space probe Helios 1 launched
• 13 Dec 1974 Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
• 16 Dec 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 17 Dec 1974 WIPO becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
• 18 Dec 1974 San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens
• 19 Dec 1974 Man With Golden Gun premieres in US
• 20 Dec 1974 George Harrison releases his Dark Horse album in the UK
• 22 Dec 1974 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approximately April 1975
• 23 Dec 1974 Good News opens at St. James Theater NYC for 16 performances
• 24 Dec 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
• 25 Dec 1974 Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
• 26 Dec 1974 Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
• 27 Dec 1974 Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
• 28 Dec 1974 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
• 30 Dec 1974 Japanese soldier Teruo Nakamura surrenders on the Indonesian island of Morota, 34 years after beginning service in World War II
• 31 Dec 1974 New York Yankees sign Jim Catfish Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million

Famous Birthday

• Marie Drucker
• Ryan Seacrest

  American television host.

• Mazarine Pingeot

  French noted family, the illegitimate daughter of Francois Mitterand from a long-term relationship with her mother Anne.

• Meg White

  American drummer (The White Stripes).

• Rey Mysterio

  Mexican professional wrestler.

• Sarah Paulson

  American film, stage, and television actress.

• Giovanni Ribisi

  American actor and producer.

• Nicole Appleton

  Canadian singer and actress (All Saints and Appleton).

• Richard Dourthe

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as number 8..

• Pablo Puyol
• Masi Oka

  Japanese-American actor.

• Mekhi Phifer

  American actor.

• Vanessa Vidal
• Debbie Matenopoulos

  American television personality and actress.

• Mikko Paananen

  Finnish bass player (HIM).

• Nick McCarthy
• Heather Donahue

  American actress.

• Sara Cox

  English radio and television host.

• Carlos Da Cruz

  French road bicycle racer.

• Julien Robert (biathlete)
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Famous Deaths

• Pietro Germi

  Italian actor and director.

• Henry Wadsworth

  Actor (Applause, Ceiling Zero), dies at 72.

• Jorge Croner de Vasconcelos

  Composer, dies at 64.

• Paul Richards

  Actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50.

• Reed Hadley

  Actor (Racket Squad, Public Defender), dies at 63.

• Rufe Davis

  Actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66.

• Lee Kinsolving

  Actor (Explosive Generation), dies at 36.

• Walter Lippman

  American journalist and political commentator (Born 1889).

• Erich Walter Sternberg

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Lorraine Gauguin

  Entertainer, dies at 50.

• Tilly Losch

  Actress (Duel in the Sun, Good Earth), dies at 70.

• Raymond Glenn

  Actor (Raisin in the Sun, Carmen Jones), dies at 76.

• Knudage Riisager

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Robert Levine Sanders

  Composer, dies at 68.

• James Henry Govier

  British artist (Born 1910).

• Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock

  Russian physicist (Born 1898).

• Stephen Gill Spottswood

  US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at age 77.

• Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman

  tennis player (US Open 1909-11), dies at age 87.

• Harry Hershfield

  cartoonist (Can You Top This?), dies at age 89.

• Andre Jolivet

  French composer.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Billy Swan - I Can Help
2. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
3. Harry Chapin - Cat's In The Cradle
4. Helen Reddy - Angie Baby
5. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. David Essex - Gonna Make You A Star
2. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
3. Ken Boothe - Everything I Own
4. Bachman-Turner Overdrive - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet
5. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything