April 18 » The Greco-Turkish War is declared between Greece and the Ottoman Empire.
May 26 » Dracula, a Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, is published.
May 26 » The original manuscript of William Bradford's history, "Of Plymouth Plantation" is returned to the Governor of Massachusetts by the Bishop of London after being taken during the American Revolutionary War.
August 21 » Oldsmobile, an American automobile manufacturer and marque, is founded.
December 6 » London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs.
December 9 » Activist Marguerite Durand founds the feminist daily newspaper La Fronde in Paris.
Day of death April 2, 1974
The temperature on April 2, 1974 was between 4.8 °C and 19.1 °C and averaged 11.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 6.5 hours of sunshine (50%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south east. 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.
May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
December 8 » A plebiscite results in the abolition of monarchy in Greece.
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