July 1974 calendar

Events

• 01 Jul 1974 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens
• 02 Jul 1974 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m
• 03 Jul 1974 Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
• 04 Jul 1974 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
• 05 Jul 1974 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova
• 06 Jul 1974 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall
• 07 Jul 1974 Brewer Don Money sets record of consecutive errorless games at 3rd
• 10 Jul 1974 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
• 11 Jul 1974 US House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry.
• 13 Jul 1974 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
• 14 Jul 1974 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by ump from 2 games in 1 day
• 15 Jul 1974 Military coup on Cyprus: Archbishop / President Makarios flees
• 17 Jul 1974 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000
• 19 Jul 1974 Soyuz 14 lands
• 20 Jul 1974 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
• 21 Jul 1974 Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
• 23 Jul 1974 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
• 24 Jul 1974 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
• 26 Jul 1974 Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
• 27 Jul 1974 Kanhai and Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire vs. Gloucs
• 28 Jul 1974 Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
• 29 Jul 1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests
• 30 Jul 1974 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of high crimes and misdemeanors to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
• 31 Jul 1974 Congress passes legislation giving the president authority to legalize private ownership of gold.

Famous Birthday

• Hilary Swank

  American actress who by age 29 won two Oscars for Best Actress.

• Flavie Flament
• Lil' Kim
• Alexis Tsipras

  Greek politician who has been the Prime Minister of Greece since 26 January 2015, and the Leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left...

• Franka Potente

  German actress and singer.

• Josh Radnor

  American actor.

• Nicole Narain
• Simon Rex

  American actor.

• Daniel Negreanu

  Canadian poker player.

• Afroman

  Rapper.

• Hafida Gadi

  French athlete, specializing in the Women's Marathon.

• Sharon den Adel

  Dutch singer (Within Temptation).

• Stephanie March

  American actress.

• Emilia Fox

  English actress.

• Milo Lee
• Kaori Sakagami
• David Mitchell (actor)
• Deborah Cox

  Canadian R&B singer.

• Maurice Greene (athlete)
• Kathryn Hahn

  American actress and screenwriter.

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Famous Deaths

• Cass Elliot

  American singer, overweight and talented, superstar with the group with "Mamas and the Papas," composed of Elliot, John and Michelle...

• Joe Flynn

  American actor, comedian and vaudevillian who made the transition into movie and TV.

• Sonia Gaskell

  Russian / Netherlands choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70.

• Carl A Spaats

  1st Chief of Staff of USAF, dies at 83.

• Henri Smajda

  Tunis / French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77.

• Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean

  Pitcher (St. Louis Cardinals), dies at 63.

• Willem F K Hussem

  Painter / Poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74.

• Edna Lewis Thomas

  US actress (Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88.

• Lili Darvas

  Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68.

• Wayne L Morse

  (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73.

• Arthur K Watson

  US businessman (IBM), dies at 55.

• Charlotte MT "Lotte" Bartschart

  Actress (Dolle Lola), dies at 82.

• Truman Bradley

  TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69.

• Lev Konstantinovich Knipper

  Composer, dies at 75.

• Ernest Milton

  Actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84.

• Patrick MS Blackett

  British physicist (Nobel 1948), dies at 76.

• Lightning Slim

  Blues singer (Nothing But the Devil), dies at 61.

• Mary Forbes

  Actress (Nun-Les Miserables, Ivy), dies at 90.

• Chris Chubbock

  US TV newscaster, shoots self on air.

• Juan Peron

  29th and 41st President of Argentina (Born 1895).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat
2. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
3. John Denver - Annie's Song
4. Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
5. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Charles Aznavour - She
2. The Drifters - Kissin' In The Back Row
3. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
4. Slade - Bangin' Man
5. Lobo - I'd Love You To Want Me