May 1974 calendar

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

But much more happened on May 1974: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of May 1974?

Events

02 May 1974 Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
04 May 1974 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04.
05 May 1974 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
06 May 1974 Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
07 May 1974 Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin).
08 May 1974 FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II.
09 May 1974 House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on President Richard Nixon impeachment.
10 May 1974 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1.
11 May 1974 Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Frank Sinatra hits #83
12 May 1974 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3.
14 May 1974 Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, six killed.
15 May 1974 Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president of Germany.
16 May 1974 Helmut Schmidt is elected German Chancellor after Willy Brandt resigns due to the spy in his office. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) becomes vice chancellor and foreign minister.
17 May 1974 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
18 May 1974 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6.
19 May 1974 Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
20 May 1974 Soyuz 14 returns to Earth.
22 May 1974 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
23 May 1974 Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
24 May 1974 Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
26 May 1974 During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
28 May 1974 Magic Show opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
29 May 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster.
30 May 1974 NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
31 May 1974 Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights.

Famous Birthday

Laura Pausini
Italian pop singer who took top prize as a new artist in the 1993 San Remo Music Festival; two years later she released her first albut in...
Romain Duris
French actor born to an engineer-architect; he studied arts at university.
Jewel (singer)
Stanislav Markelov
Benoît Magimel
French actor, he began his career very early (aged 14) in "Life is a long quiet river" directed by Etienne Chatillez.
Fairuza Balk
(The Craft, Gas Food Lodging).
Doc Gynéco
Sagamore Stévenin
Eduardo Verástegui
Andrea Corr
Irish singer-songwriter pianist and actress (The Corrs).
Cee Lo Green
Emma Shapplin
French soprano.
Medea Marinescu
Denise van Outen
English actress singer and television host.
Breckin Meyer
American actor.
Quentin Elias
Sylvain Wiltord
French football player (winger) from Martinique, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and the 2000 European championship with the French team.
Laurence Manfrédi
James Thierree
Thomas Thévenoud
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Famous Deaths

Donald Crisp
British actor who had a durable career, beginning in 1911, with silent leads.
Israel Citkowitz
Composer, dies at 65.
Lyubomir Pipkov
Composer, dies at 69.
Kathleen Cannell
Writer.
Kitty Gordon
Entertainer, dies at 96.
John Wengraf
Actor (Pride & Passion, 12 to the Moon), dies at 77.
Charles Braswell
Actor (Only Game in Town), dies at 49.
Graham Bond
rocker, dies jumping under a train.
Daniel R Topping
US owner (New York Yankees), dies at age 61.
Arthur J Burks
''million-words-a-year'' pulp magazines author (Born 1898).
Ernest Nash
German-Italian photographer and scholar (d. 1974).
Hal Mohr
American cinematographer, husband of Evelyn Venable (Born 1894).
Silvio Moser
Swiss racing driver (Born 1941).
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