April 15 » Closing ceremony of the Games of the I Olympiad in Athens, Greece.
May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
May 27 » The F4-strength St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing over $10-million in damage.
June 15 » The deadliest tsunami in Japan's history kills more than 22,000 people.
June 28 » An explosion in the Newton Coal Company's Twin Shaft Mine in Pittston, Pennsylvania results in a massive cave-in that kills 58 miners.
September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.
Day of death May 4, 1974
The temperature on May 4, 1974 was between 9.6 °C and 18.1 °C and averaged 13.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 0.8 hours of sunshine (5%). The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northeast. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
February 1 » A fire in the 25-story Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil kills 189 and injures 293.
February 8 » After 84 days in space, the crew of Skylab 4, the last crew to visit American space station Skylab, returns to Earth.
February 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
December 22 » The house of former British Prime Minister Edward Heath is attacked by members of the Provisional IRA.
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