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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1974.
The US president was Richard Nixon (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Edward Heath (Conservative), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on January 1974: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of January 1974?


Events

  • 01 Jan 1974 World Population Year begins
  • 02 Jan 1974 55 mph speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
  • 03 Jan 1974 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain.
  • 04 Jan 1974 United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
  • 05 Jan 1974 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in Oh, Brother
  • 06 Jan 1974 CBS Mystery Theater, premieres on radio
  • 07 Jan 1974 Dutch rations gasoline
  • 08 Jan 1974 Loch Ness Monster photographed
  • 11 Jan 1974 ABC airs final episode of Love, American Style
  • 12 Jan 1974 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
  • 13 Jan 1974 Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston, Texas; Most Valuable Player: Larry Csonka, running back.
  • 14 Jan 1974 World Football League founded.
  • 15 Jan 1974 Happy Days begins an 11 year run on ABC
  • 16 Jan 1974 Jaws by Peter Benchley is published
  • 18 Jan 1974 $6 Million Man starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
  • 19 Jan 1974 Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak.
  • 20 Jan 1974 A college basketball game ends 210-67
  • 21 Jan 1974 Gold hits record $161.31 / silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
  • 25 Jan 1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
  • 26 Jan 1974 Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP )
  • 27 Jan 1974 Lorelei opens at Palace Theater NYC for 320 performances
  • 28 Jan 1974 Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
  • 29 Jan 1974 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago.

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in January 1974?
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Top #5 songs in the USA

  1. - Time In A Bottle
  2. - The Joker
  3. - Show And Tell
  4. - You're Sixteen
  5. - The Way We Were

Top #5 songs in the UK

  1. - Lonely This Christmas
  2. - Merry Xmas Everybody
  3. - You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
  4. - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
  5. - You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles

Release year: 1974

Directed by: Mel Brooks

Starring: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman

Country: United States of America

Bread and Chocolate

Bread and Chocolate

Release year: 1974

Directed by: Franco Brusati

Starring: Nino Manfredi, Anna Karina, Paolo Turco, Ugo D'Alessio

Kli-Kla-Klawitter

Kli-Kla-Klawitter

Release year: 1974

Butley

Butley

Release year: 1974

Directed by: Harold Pinter

Starring: Alan Bates, Jessica Tandy, Richard O'Callaghan, Georgina Hale

Thieves Like Us

Thieves Like Us

Release year: 1974

Directed by: Robert Altman

Starring: Keith Carradine, Shelley Duvall, John Schuck, Bert Remsen

Books

Which were the most popular books released in January 1974?
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Real Lace by Stephen Birmingham

Real Lace

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Amazing true stories about the Irish in America, including their incredible rise from urban poverty and the powerful dynasties that they created. Author Stephen Birmingham chronicled the rise to prominence of Jewish immigrants.

Band Of Brothers by Ernest K. Gann

Band Of Brothers

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Film, Tie in, Motion Pictures, World War II, Military, Warfare, American History

Postern Of Fate by Agatha Christie

Postern Of Fate

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Tommy and Tuppence beresford are back in Agatha Christie’s classic Postern of Fate to investigate a deadly poisoning sixty-years later.

In One Era And Out The Other by Sam Levenson

In One Era And Out The Other

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Sam Levenson, a beloved humorist and author, finds that his old worldviews don’t match the new one. Levenson was the youngest of eight children born to a large Jewish immigrant family.

Jaws by Peter Benchle

Jaws

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