September 1974 calendar

Events

• 01 Sep 1974 Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect
• 02 Sep 1974 Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• 03 Sep 1974 Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
• 04 Sep 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
• 07 Sep 1974 Irene closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
• 08 Sep 1974 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong
• 09 Sep 1974 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley
• 10 Sep 1974 New York Dolls disband
• 11 Sep 1974 Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• 12 Sep 1974 Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia
• 13 Sep 1974 1st broadcast of Rockford Files on NBC-TV
• 14 Sep 1974 Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter.
• 15 Sep 1974 Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens
• 16 Sep 1974 BART begins regular transbay service
• 17 Sep 1974 Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• 18 Sep 1974 Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• 21 Sep 1974 US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
• 23 Sep 1974 Gypsy opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 120 performances
• 24 Sep 1974 Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
• 28 Sep 1974 Live It Up Part 1 by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
• 29 Sep 1974 5th NYC Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30

Famous Birthday

• Jimmy Fallon

  American television host, comedian, actor, singer, musician and producer.

• Victoria Silvstedt

  Swedish model actress and singer.

• Cyril Hanouna
• Hicham El Guerrouj

  Moroccan athlete.

• Ryan Phillippe

  American actor.

• Filip Nikolic
• Xzibit

  American rapper.

• Ryan Philippe
• Nina Persson

  Swedish singer-songwriter (The Cardigans and A Camp).

• Carrie Brownstein

  Guitarist.

• Anthony Dupray
• Marcelo Del Debbio
• Boston Police Strike
• Cathy Barry (actress)
• Justine Lévy
• Rasheed Wallace

  American basketball player, an NBA center/forward who played with the Washington Bullets (1995–1996), Portland Trail Blazers (1996–2004),...

• Tim Henman

  British athlete, a tennis star who won the Sydney Men's Singles tournament on 1/11/1996.

• Matt Hardy

  American professional wrestler.

• Caroline Aigle

  French commander (major) and aviatrix who achieved a historical first when, at the age of 25, she became the first woman fighter pilot in...

• Nona Gaye
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Famous Deaths

• Jacqueline Susann

  American writer, the most prosperous woman novelist in the history of U.S.

• Edna Best

  Hove, England -- Actress (Key, Calendar, Escape, Intermezzo).

• Walter Brennan

  American actor.

• Robert Cox

  Last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79.

• Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov

  Composer, dies at 55.

• Carlyle Blackwell Jr

  Entertainer, dies at 61.

• Raymond Largay

  Actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl), dies at 88.

• John Smallenbroek

  Dutch Internal minister, dies at 72.

• Coco the

  Clown [Nikolai Poliakov].

• William Sloane

  Publisher / writer ("Edge of Running Water").

• Gerhard Nebel

  Writer, dies at 70.

• Victor Olea Alegria

  Chilean socialist.

• Silvio Frondizi

  Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(Born 1907).

• Robbie McIntosh

  Scottish musician, drummer and band member of the group, Average White Band (AWB.

• Warren Hull

  Gasport, New York -- Actor (Strike it Rich, Who in the World).

• Lewi Pethrus

  Swedish minister and hymn-writer (d. 1974).

• Harry Partch

  Oakland, California -- Composer (Oedipus).

• Olga Baclanova

  Russian-Swiss actress and singer (d. 1974).

• Otto Kruger

  Actor (Lux Video Theater), dies on 89th birthday.

• Carlos Prats

  Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor (Born 1915).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Paul Anka - (You're) Having My Baby
2. Eric Clapton - I Shot The Sheriff
3. Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
4. Andy Kim - Rock Me Gently
5. Olivia Newton-John - I Honestly Love You

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again
2. Carl Douglas - Kung Fu Fighting
3. George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
4. The Osmonds - Love Me For A Reason
5. The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New