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What Happened In October 1974 In History

Historical Events for October, 1974

  • 4th » Founding of the New Democracy (Greece) or New Democracy party in Greece.
  • 5th » Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
  • 8th » Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
  • 19th » Niue Constitution Act 1974 (NZ) known as Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
  • 30th » The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire.
  • 30th » As a member of the California Angels, Major League Baseball player Nolan Ryan throws the fastest recorded pitch, at 100.9 MPH.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1974

  • 1st » Christian Borle, American actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1st » Keith Duffy, Irish singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Boyzone)
  • 1st » Mats Lindgren, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
  • 1st » Sherri Saum, American actress
  • 2nd » Adel Ferdosipour, Iranian journalist and sportscaster
  • 2nd » Simon Gregson, English actor
  • 2nd » Brian Knight, American baseball player and umpire
  • 2nd » Michelle Krusiec, Taiwanese-American actress and producer
  • 2nd » Mark Porter (racing driver) named Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (d. 2006)
  • 2nd » Sam Roberts, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 2nd » Paul Teutul, Jr., American motorcycle designer, co-founded Orange County Choppers
  • 2nd » Kevin Van De Wege, American firefighter and politician
  • 3rd » Mike Johnson (ice hockey) called Mike Johnson, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 3rd » Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
  • 4th » Paco León, Spanish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 5th » Rich Franklin, American mixed martial artist
  • 5th » Heather Headley, Trinidadian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 5th » Colin Meloy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Decemberists, Tarkio (band) or Tarkio, and Happy Cactus)
  • 5th » Anousjka van Exel, Dutch tennis player
  • 5th » Alex Walkinshaw, English actor
  • 6th » Walter Centeno, Costa Rican footballer
  • 6th » Alexis Georgoulis, Greek actor
  • 6th » Kenny Jönsson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
  • 6th » Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
  • 7th » Allison Munn, American actress
  • 7th » Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer (Wizex and Anders Engbergs)
  • 7th » Alexander Polinsky, American actor and singer
  • 7th » Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
  • 8th » Martin Henderson, New Zealand actor
  • 8th » Fredrik Modin, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 8th » Kevyn Adams, American ice hockey player
  • 8th » Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
  • 9th » Shmuel Herzfeld, American rabbi and activist
  • 9th » Kieren Hutchison, New Zealand actor
  • 10th » Asi Cohen, Israeli actor and screenwriter
  • 10th » Julio Ricardo Cruz, Argentinian footballer
  • 10th » Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American race car driver and actor
  • 10th » Lucy Powell, English politician
  • 10th » Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 11th » Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist (Earthen Grave)
  • 11th » Terje Håkonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
  • 11th » Jamie Thomas, American skateboarder
  • 12th » Kate Beahan, Australian actress
  • 12th » Stephen Lee, English snooker player
  • 12th » Marie Wilson (Canadian actress) named Marie Wilson, Greek-Canadian actress
  • 13th » Hawick Lau, Chinese actor and singer
  • 14th » Jessica Drake, American porn actress and director
  • 14th » Natalie Maines, American singer-songwriter (Dixie Chicks)
  • 14th » Viktor Röthlin, Swiss runner
  • 14th » Samuel José da Silva Vieira, Brazilian footballer
  • 14th » Joseph Utsler, American rapper, producer, wrestler, and actor (Insane Clown Posse, Psychopathic Rydas, and Dark Lotus)
  • 15th » Bianca Rinaldi, Brazilian actress
  • 16th » Aurela Gaçe, Albanian singer
  • 16th » Paul Kariya, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 17th » Ariel Levy, American journalist and author
  • 17th » Matthew Macfadyen, English actor
  • 17th » Janne Puurtinen, Finnish keyboard player (HIM (Finnish band) called HIM)
  • 17th » John Rocker, American baseball player
  • 17th » Dhondup Wangchen, Chinese director and producer
  • 18th » Candy Lo, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actress
  • 18th » Robbie Savage, Welsh footballer and sportscaster
  • 18th » Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist and songwriter (The Cardigans)
  • 20th » Bashar Rahal, Emirati-American actor
  • 21st » Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
  • 22nd » Giorgos Koltzos, Greek footballer
  • 22nd » Jeff McInnis, American basketball player
  • 22nd » Miroslav Šatan, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 23rd » Aravind Adiga, Indian journalist and author
  • 23rd » DJ Spinbad, American DJ and producer
  • 23rd » Sander Westerveld, Dutch footballer
  • 24th » Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
  • 24th » Corey Dillon, American football player
  • 24th » Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
  • 24th » Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 25th » Lee Byung-Kyu, South Korean baseball player
  • 25th » Goya Jaekel, German footballer
  • 26th » LISA (Japanese musician, born 1974) known as Lisa, Japanese-Colombian singer and producer (M-Flo)
  • 26th » Anita Rinaldi, Hungarian pornographic actress and film director
  • 26th » Raveena Tandon, Indian actress and producer
  • 28th » Braden Looper, American baseball player
  • 28th » Vicente Moreno, Spanish footballer and manager
  • 28th » Joaquin Phoenix, American actor and producer
  • 28th » Dejan Stefanović, Serbian footballer and coach
  • 28th » Dayanara Torres, Puerto Rican actress and singer, Miss Universe 1993
  • 29th » Michael Vaughan, English cricketer and sportscaster
  • 29th » Yenny Wahid, political activist and Indonesian Islamist
  • 31st » Muzzy Izzet, English-Turkish footballer
  • 31st » Roger Manganelli, Brazilian-American singer-songwriter and bass player (Less Than Jake and Rehasher)
  • 31st » Natasja Saad, Danish rapper (d. 2007)

Famous Deaths for October 1974

  • 1st » Spyridon Marinatos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1901)
  • 2nd » Vasily Shukshin, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
  • 4th » Anne Sexton, American poet (b. 1928)
  • 6th » Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (b. 1948)
  • 9th » Oskar Schindler, Czech-German businessman (b. 1908)
  • 10th » Werner Heyking, Danish actor (b. 1913)
  • 13th » Otto Binder, American author (b. 1911)
  • 13th » Ed Sullivan, American television host (b. 1901)
  • 24th » David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
  • 26th » Bidia Dandaron, Russian author and educator (b. 1914)
  • 27th » C. P. Ramanujam, Indian mathematician (b. 1938)
  • 30th » Begum Akhtar, Indian singer (b. 1914)

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