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List of events
Events from the year 1974 in the United States .
Incumbents
Federal government
Events
January
February
March
April
April 2 – The
46th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by
Burt Reynolds ,
Diana Ross ,
John Huston and
David Niven , is held at
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in
Los Angeles .
George Roy Hill 's
The Sting wins seven awards, including
Best Picture and
Best Director for Hill. The film is tied with
William Friedkin 's
The Exorcist in receiving ten nominations.
April 3 – The
1974 Super Outbreak , at the time the largest series of
tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
April 4 –
Hank Aaron ties
Babe Ruth for the all-time home run record with his 714th at
Riverfront Stadium in
Cincinnati .
April 6 –
California Jam is held at the
Ontario Motor Speedway in
Ontario, California , attracting 250,000 fans.
April 8 –
Hank Aaron of the
Atlanta Braves breaks
Babe Ruth 's home run record, by hitting his 715th career home run off of a pitch by
Los Angeles Dodgers '
Al Downing at
Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium .
April 15 – In
San Francisco , members of the
Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the
Hibernia Bank , joined by
Patricia Hearst .
April 20 – Voters in
Louisiana approve a new
state constitution , replacing a 225,000-word document which had first been adopted in 1921.
April 22 –
Hi-Fi Murders : Five people are brutally tortured by a group of men during a robbery at a home audio store in
Ogden, Utah , resulting in three deaths.
May
June
July
July 1 –
Six Flags Great Adventure opens for the first time.
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July 8 – Two weeks after the attraction's opening, an 18-year-old employee is crushed to her death while working on
America Sings at
Disneyland . This is the first employee fatality at a
Disney Park .
July 11–17 –
Baltimore police strike .
July 14 – In Issaquah, Washington, serial killer
Ted Bundy abducts Janice Ott and Denise Naslund in broad daylight at Lake Sammamish State Park.
July 15 –
Christine Chubbuck , television presenter for
WXLT-TV
Sarasota, Florida , draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later, the first person to commit
suicide on live television.
July 16 –
Elmer Wayne Henley is sentenced to
life imprisonment for assisting
Dean Corll in murdering 28
Texas boys from 1970 to 1973.
July 24 –
Watergate scandal –
United States v. Nixon : The
Supreme Court rules 8–0 with one abstention that President
Richard Nixon cannot withhold subpoenaed
White House tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor.
July 27–30 – Watergate scandal: The
House of Representatives Judiciary Committee adopts three
articles of impeachment , charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.
August
August 9:
Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States
August 9:
Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th U.S. president
Nixon Oval Office meeting with H.R. Haldeman "Smoking Gun" Conversation June 23, 1972
Full Transcript
September
September 1 – Daredevil
Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in
West Virginia .
September 8
September 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "
Courageous ", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".
October
October 17:
President Ford testifies before the
House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding his
pardon of Nixon
November
December
December 19:
Nelson Rockefeller becomes the 41st U.S. vice president
Undated
Ongoing
January
Derek Kilmer
Katie Porter
Kevin Durand
Frank Caliendo
Tiffani Thiessen
Ed Helms
Michael Waltz
January 1
January 3 –
Katie Porter , politician
January 5 –
Ryan Minor , baseball player (d. 2023)
January 6
January 7
January 9 –
Tom Bissell , journalist, critic, and writer
January 10 –
Mariusz Adamski , Polish-born photographer
January 11 –
Max von Essen , actor and vocalist
January 12 –
Jeremy Bates , boxer
January 13
January 14
January 15 –
Ray King , baseball player
January 16 –
Paul Buentello , mixed martial artist
January 17
January 18
January 19
Gentry Bradley , sprinter
Marquita Bradshaw , environmentalist, activist, and political candidate
Kareem Burke , entrepreneur, record executive, and producer
Frank Caliendo , actor, comedian, and impressionist
January 20
January 21
January 23
January 24
January 28
January 29
January 30
January 31
February
Seth Green
Elizabeth Banks
Alex Jones
Fonzworth Bentley
Mahershala Ali
Jillian Michaels
February 1 –
Kurt Ballou , guitarist for
Converge
February 2
February 3
February 4 –
Scott Burnett , darts player
February 5 –
Omarosa , reality TV star and White House aide
February 7
February 8
February 9
February 10
February 11
February 12
February 13
February 14 –
Lara Bazelon , journalist, academic, and law professor
February 15
February 16 –
Mahershala Ali , actor and rapper
February 17
February 18
February 19 –
Lezley Zen , pornographic actress
February 20 –
Steven Reed , politician, mayor of
Montgomery, Alabama (2019–present)
February 22 –
Ana , Cuban-born singer
February 23 –
Kimberly Yee , politician
February 24
February 26 –
Jenna Wolfe , Jamaican-born journalist and personal trainer
February 27
February 28 –
Kevin Abrams , football player
March
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Eva Mendes
Jenna Fischer
Alyson Hannigan
Kai Kahele
Kristoffer Cusick
March 1
March 3 –
David Faustino , actor
March 4
March 5
March 6 –
Beanie Sigel , rapper and actor
March 7
March 8 –
Danny Corkill , child actor
March 10 –
Biz Stone , entrepreneur and co-founder of
Twitter and
Jelly
March 11 –
Chris Blackshear , politician
March 12 –
Jama Williamson , actress
March 13
March 14
March 15
March 16
March 18 –
Evan and Jaron Lowenstein , music duo and identical twins
March 21
March 22
March 23 –
Randall Park , actor, comedian and writer
March 24
March 25
March 27
March 28
March 29
March 30 –
Ronnie Kerr , actor
March 31 –
James Burgess , football player
April
Chris Kyle
Jenna Jameson
Eric Greitens
Marley Shelton
Da Brat
Mark Tremonti
April 3 –
Marcus Brown , basketball player
April 4
April 6 –
Marlin Barnes , football player (d. 1996)
April 7
April 8
April 9
April 10
April 11
April 12
April 13 –
Mick Betancourt , screenwriter, producer, comedian, actor, and director
April 14
April 15
April 16 –
Valarie Rae Miller , actress
April 18
April 19 –
Hlynur Atlason , Icelandic-born industrial designer
April 20 –
Paul Bradford , football player
April 21 –
Cliff Brumbaugh , baseball player
April 22
April 23 –
Barry Watson , actor
April 25
April 26 –
Tim Brauch , skateboarder (d. 1999)
April 28 –
DeAuntae Brown , football player
April 29 –
Alana Blahoski , Olympic ice hockey player
April 30
May
Breckin Meyer
Sonny Sandoval
Sean Gunn
Jewel
Marjorie Taylor Greene
May 4 –
Josh Bonner , politician
May 7
May 8
May 9
May 10 –
Trent Staggs , politician, mayor of
Riverton, Utah (2018–present)
May 11 –
Adam Kaufman , actor
May 13 –
Louisa Bojesen , Danish-born financial journalist
May 14
May 15 –
Russell Hornsby , actor
May 16
May 17 –
Sendhil Ramamurthy , actor
May 20 –
Allison Amend , novelist
May 21
May 22
May 23
May 25 –
Kevin Hartman , soccer player
May 27
May 28 –
Robert Ballecer , Catholic Jesuit priest and podcaster
May 29
May 30
June
Alanis Morissette
Tate Reeves
Uncle Kracker
Steve-O
Derek Jeter
Rob Dyrdek
June 1 –
Alanis Morissette , Canadian-born singer
June 2 –
Gata Kamsky , chess player
June 5
June 6
June 7 –
Sunshine Anderson , singer/songwriter
June 8 –
Joshua Bloom , astrophysicist and professor
June 10
June 11
June 12
Joseph Blair , basketball player and coach
Ronald Brisé , politician
Darren Bush , screenwriter, producer, and director
Jason Mewes , actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster
Brandon Webb , author and
Navy SEAL
June 13
Valeri Bure , Russian-born Olympic ice hockey player
Steve-O , actor, stunt performer, and television personality
June 14
June 15
June 17
June 18 –
Les Adams , politician
June 19 –
Bumper Robinson , actor and voice actor
June 21
June 22
June 24 –
Vinnie Fiorello , drummer for
Less than Jake
June 25 –
Jeff Cohen , attorney and actor
June 26
June 27
June 28
June 30 –
Tony Rock , actor
July
Jonathan Roumie
Lil' Kim
Simon Rex
Kathryn Hahn
Stephanie March
Josh Radnor
Hilary Swank
July 1 –
Jonathan Roumie , actor
July 2
July 3
July 4
July 6
July 7 –
Dialleo Burks , football player and coach
July 8 –
Danny Ardoin , baseball player
July 10 –
Jim Annunziato , recording engineer
July 11
July 12
July 13 –
Shaun Baker , actor and martial artist
July 14 –
Mark Butterfield , football player
July 15 –
Mitty Arnold , tennis player
July 16
July 18
July 19
July 20 –
Simon Rex , actor, comedian, and rapper
July 21 –
Steve Byrne , comedian and actor
July 22
July 23
July 24
July 25 –
Lauren Faust , animator
July 26
July 27
July 28
July 29
July 30 –
Hilary Swank , actress
July 31 –
Adam Putnam , politician
August
Michael Shannon
Chris Messina
Karine Jean-Pierre
Christopher Gorham
Amy Adams
Misha Collins
Cory Gardner
August 1
August 2
August 3
August 4 –
Mike Bajakian , football coach
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9
August 10
August 11
August 12 –
Arj Barker , comedian and actor
August 13 –
Orlando Anderson , gangster and suspected murderer (d. 1998)
August 14
August 16
August 17 –
Dmitry Alimov , Russian-born entrepreneur and investor
August 19 –
David Patten , footballer (died
2021 )
August 20
August 21
August 22
August 23
August 24
August 25 –
Darren Benson , football player
August 26
August 27
August 28 –
Duncan Arsenault , drummer
August 30
August 31 –
William Consovoy , conservative advocate (d. 2023)
September
Burn Gorman
Ryan Phillippe
Austin St. John
Xzibit
Jimmy Fallon
Matt Hardy
Daniel Wu
September 1
September 3
September 4
September 5 –
Andy Barkett , baseball player
September 9
September 10
September 11
September 12 –
Jennifer Nettles , musician
September 13 –
Randall Bailey , boxer
September 14
September 16
September 17
September 18
September 19
September 20
September 21
September 22
September 23 –
Matt Hardy , wrestler
September 24
September 25 –
Daniel Kessler , guitarist for
Interpol
September 26
September 27
September 28 –
Reggie Brown , football player
September 29
September 30
October
Colin Meloy
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Shaggy 2 Dope
André Carson
Joaquin Phoenix
October 1 –
Corey Brown , politician
October 2
October 4 –
Tom Askey , ice hockey player
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10
October 11
October 12
October 13 –
Terron Brooks , singer/songwriter and actor
October 14
Sheila Bleck , bodybuilder
Stacy Boyle , rugby player
Jessica Drake , porn actress
Dana Glover , singer and songwriter
Natalie Maines , country singer and vocalist for
The Chicks
Shaggy 2 Dope , rapper, record producer, DJ, podcast host, wrestler, and member of
Insane Clown Posse
October 16
October 18 –
Jeremy Scahill , journalist
October 20
October 21 –
Nakia Burrise , actress
October 24 –
Will Brice , football player
October 25 –
Shonn Bell , football player
October 27 –
Pooja Batra , Indian-born actress and model
October 28
October 29 –
Eric Gales , blues rock guitarist
October 30
October 31 –
Ruben Fleischer , director and producer
November
Nelly
Chris Sununu
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leslie Bibb
Chloë Sevigny
Jimmy Gomez
November 2
November 4
November 5
November 7
November 8
November 9
November 10
November 11
November 12
November 14
November 15 –
Fred Brock , football player
November 16 –
Isaac Byrd , football player
November 17
November 18
November 19
November 20 –
Cameron Bender , actor
November 24 –
Dave Aizer , television host, writer, and producer
November 25
November 26 –
Michael Blair , football player
November 28
November 29
November 30 –
Luther Broughton , football player
December
Dan Bongino
Rey Mysterio
Sarah Paulson
Giovanni Ribisi
Ryan Seacrest
Mekhi Phifer
December 2 –
Brian Alfred , artist
December 3 –
Trina Braxton , singer and television personality
December 4
Elliot Bendoly , University professor
Dan Bongino , political commentator, radio show host, police officer, secret service agent, author, and political candidate
December 5
December 7
December 9
December 10 –
Meg White , drummer for
The White Stripes
December 11
December 12 –
Tawny Banh , Vietnamese-born table tennis player
December 13
December 14 –
Amplitude Problem , Swedish-born musician and producer
December 15
December 17
December 18
December 20
December 21 –
Ray Austin , football player
December 24 –
Ryan Seacrest , television personality
December 25
December 26
December 27 –
Nate Bland , baseball player
December 28
December 29
December 30 –
Chris Bordano , football player
Full date unknown
Anarquia
Sophie Barthes
Aaron Becker
Macon Blair
Joe Abraham , comic book illustrator and actor
Nancy Abudu , judge
Craig Ackerman , NBA announcer
Rana X. Adhikari , experimental physicist
Gaelle Adisson , singer/songwriter and producer
Waris Ahluwalia , Indian-born actor and designer
Jaafar Aksikas , Moroccan-born academic, activist, media personality, and cultural critic
Suzanne Alaywan , poet and painter
Daniel P. Aldrich , academic and professor
Anida Yoeu Ali , Cambodian-born artist
Tremayne Allen , football player
Marla Alupoaicei , Christian author and speaker
Afruz Amighi , Iranian-born sculptor and installation artist
David Amodio , scientist
Anarquia , wrestler
Eric C. Anderson , entrepreneur and aerospace engineer
Keisha Anderson , basketball player
John D. Arnold , philanthropist
Tre Arrow , eco-terrorist
James Arthur , American-born Canadian poet
Sigal Avin , American-born Israeli writer and director
Mya Baker , filmmaker, poet, writer, director, and researcher
Sarah Baker , actress
Liz Bangerter , politician
Boaz Barak , Israeli-born computer science professor
LaShonda Katrice Barnett , author, playwright, and radio host
Erek Barron , politician
Sophie Barthes , French-born director and screenwriter
Gina Beavers , Greek-born artist
Aaron Becker , writer and illustrator
Christopher Bell , disability studies scholar (d. 2009)
Jennifer Bendery , journalist
Juan Manuel Benítez , Spanish-born journalist
Jenica Bergere , actress
Andrea Berloff , screenwriter, actress, director, and producer
LaKiesha Berri , R&B singer
Sharif Bey , artist
Michael Biber , technologist and industrialist
Cass Bird , artist, photographer, and director
Constantin Bisanz , Austrian-born entrepreneur, investor, and extreme sports enthusiast
Janel Bishop , beauty queen, Miss Teen USA 1991
Scott Blader , politician
Macon Blair , actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer
Chris Blattman , Canadian-born political scientist
Yaba Blay , Ghanaian-born professor, scholar-activist, public speaker, cultural worker, and consultant
BluRum13 , rapper, emcee, actor, and producer
Deborah Boardman , judge
Cornelius Boots , composer and multi-instrumentalist
Daniel Borzutzky , poet and translator
David Boulware , professor and physician
Jason Boyarski , entertainment attorney
Adam Bradley , literary critic, professor, and writer
Paige Bradley , sculptor
Andrea Brady , poet and lecturer
M.C. Brains , rapper
Bridget Breiner , American-born German ballerina
Bridget M. Brennan , judge
Judson A. Brewer , psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and author
Cary Brothers , singer/songwriter
Melissa Brown , artist
Tracy Brown , author
Ashley Buchanan , business executive for
The Michaels Companies
Deaths
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January 1 –
Jimmy Smith ,
Major League Baseball player (b.
1895 )
January 2 –
Tex Ritter , actor and country musician (b.
1905 )
January 3 –
Red Snapp , baseball player
January 4 –
Charles Johnes Moore , a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy (b.
1889 )
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January 6 –
Dewey Mayhew , American football coach (b.
1898 )
January 10 –
Charles G. Bond ,
U.S. House of Representatives from
New York (b.
1877 )
January 12 –
Jack Jacobs , American-born
National Football League and
Canadian Football League player (b.
1919 )
January 15 –
Harold D. Cooley , U.S. House of Representatives from North Carolina (b.
1897 )
January 17 –
Clara Edwards , singer, pianist and composer (b.
1880 )
January 18 –
Bill Finger , comic strip and book writer (b.
1914 )
January 20 –
Leonard Freeman , television writer and producer (b.
1920 )
January 31 –
Samuel Goldwyn , Polish-American film producer (b.
1882 )
February 8 –
Fern Andra , actress (b.
1893 )
February 15 –
George W. Snedecor , mathematician and statistician (b.
1881 )
February 22 –
Samuel Byck , attempted to hijack an airplane to assassinate President
Richard Nixon (b.
1930 )
February 23 –
Harry Ruby , musician, composer and writer (b.
1886 )
March 5 –
Billy De Wolfe , actor (b.
1905 )
March 19
March 20 –
Chet Huntley , newscaster (b.
1911 )
March 28 –
Dorothy Fields , librettist (b.
1904 )
April 7
April 9 –
Marvin L. Kline , politician (b.
1903 )
April 14
April 17 –
Frank McGee , TV journalist (b.
1921 )
April 19 –
Vincent Taylor , guitarist (b.
1948 )
April 18 –
Betty Compson , actress (b.
1897 )
April 23 –
Cy Williams , baseball player (b.
1887 )
April 24 –
Bud Abbott , comedian (b.
1895 )
April 28 –
Paul Page , actor (b.
1903 )
April 30 –
Agnes Moorehead , actress (b.
1900 )
May 24 –
Duke Ellington , jazz pianist and bandleader (b.
1899 )
June 17 –
Pamela Britton , actress and singer (b.
1923 )
June 20 –
Charles Wisner Barrell , writer (b.
1885 )
June 26 –
Ernest Gruening , U.S. Senator from Alaska from 1959 to 1969 (b.
1887 )
June 28 –
Frank Sutton , actor (b.
1923 )
July 9 –
Earl Warren , 14th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (b.
1891 )
July 15 –
Christine Chubbuck , television news reporter (b.
1944 )
July 17 –
Dizzy Dean , baseball player (b.
1910 )
July 19 –
Joe Flynn , actor (b.
1924 )
July 27 –
Lightnin' Slim , blues musician (b.
1913 )
July 28 –
Truman Bradley , radio actor (b.
1905 )
July 29 –
Cass Elliot , vocalist (b.
1941 )
August 21 –
Buford Pusser , sheriff (b.
1937 )
August 26 –
Charles Lindbergh , aviator (b.
1902 )
September 11 –
Lois Lenski , author and illustrator (b.
1893 )
[13]
September 21
September 22 –
George Spahn , ranch owner (b.
1889 )
September 23 –
Cliff Arquette , actor and comedian (b.
1905 )
October 1
October 3 –
Bessie Louise Pierce , historian (b.
1888 )
October 4
October 5 –
Virgil Miller , cinematographer (b.
1886 )
October 7 –
Henry J. Cadbury , biblical scholar and Quaker (b.
1883 )
October 8 –
Harry Carney , jazz musician (b.
1910 )
October 9 –
Theodore Foley ,
Roman Catholic priest and servant of God (b.
1913 )
October 13
November 5 –
Stafford Repp , actor (b.
1918 )
November 13 –
Karen Silkwood , labor union activist and chemical technician (b.
1946 )
November 29 –
James J. Braddock , boxer (b.
1905 )
December 18 –
Harry Hooper , baseball player (
Boston Red Sox ) (b.
1887 )
December 21 –
Richard Long , television actor (b.
1927 )
December 26
December 27 –
Bob Custer , film actor (b.
1898 )
December 29 –
Robert Ellis , film actor (b.
1892 )
December 30 –
Jack Benny , entertainer (b.
1894 )
See also
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ISBN
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