About the day » Thursday May 2, 1974Calender converter

• Cornelia Kaptein, Rotterdam († 2022)
• Carrie Ann van der Beek
• Cindy De Witte, Sint-Niklaas (B)
• Trudy Bons, Hilversum, Gemeente Hilversum, Noord-Holland, NEDERLAND († 2014)

• Catharina ALLEMEKINDERS (93), 's-Heer Abtskerke, Zeeland, Nederland
• Aartje Nout (69)
• (92)
• Antonius Heddema (73)
• Casper Mathijs Nicolaas Goldman (93), ‘s-Gravenhage,Gemeente ’s-Gravenhage,South Holland,Netherlands
• Anna Elisabeth Langelaar (74), Diepenveen
• Adeline H Tellock (68)
• Celestine Caluwaers (100), Eikevliet
• Casper Bernardus Groninger (54), Groningen, Nederland
• Angelica Ludovica Verbruggen (91), Amsterdam,Holland

• 1972 » Ahti Heinla, Estonian programmer and businessman, co-developed Skype
• 1972 » Dwayne Johnson, American-Canadian wrestler, actor, and producer
• 1972 » Paul Adcock, English footballer
• 1973 » Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
• 1974 » Andy Johnson, English-Welsh footballer
• 1974 » Horacio Carbonari, Argentinian footballer and manager
• 1974 » Janek Meet, Estonian footballer
• 1975 » David Beckham, English footballer, coach, and model
• 1975 » Joe Wilkinson, English comedian, actor and writer
• 1976 » Jeff Gutt, American singer-songwriter

• 1964 » Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-English politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 » Franz von Papen, German general and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 » J. Edgar Hoover, American 1st director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1974 » James O. Richardson, American admiral (b. 1878)
• 1977 » Nicholas Magallanes, American principal dancer and charter member of the New York City Ballet (b. 1922)
• 1979 » Giulio Natta, Italian chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 » Clarrie Grimmett, New Zealand-Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1980 » George Pal, Hungarian-American animator and producer (b. 1908)
• 1983 » Norm Van Brocklin, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 1984 » Jack Barry, American game show host and producer, co-founded Barry & Enright Productions (b. 1918)

1. Jan
2. Mark
3. Johannes
4. Peter
5. Jeroen
6. Michael
7. Patrick
8. Richard
9. David
10. Robert
11. Marcel
12. Marco
13. Pieter
14. Dennis
15. Johan
16. Edwin

1. Maria
2. Sandra
3. Monique
4. Patricia
5. Johanna
6. Cindy
7. Esther
8. Bianca
9. Wendy
10. Ingrid
11. Anna
12. Jolanda
13. Nicole
14. Linda
15. Miranda
16. Jennifer

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• 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.
• The Netherlands had about 13.5 million citizens.
• April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• June 30 » The Baltimore municipal strike of 1974 begins.
• September 12 » Juventude Africana Amílcar Cabral is founded in Guinea-Bissau.
• September 15 » Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked, then crashes while attempting to land with 75 on board.
• September 25 » Dr. Frank Jobe performs first ulnar collateral ligament replacement surgery (better known as Tommy John surgery) on baseball player Tommy John.
• November 22 » The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.

The temperature on May 2, 1974 was between 3.5 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 8.2 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 10.1 hours of sunshine (68%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.