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Born on Monday October 21, 1974
- Tieneke Arienne Vis, Loppersum, Groningen, Nederland († 2019)
Died on Monday October 21, 1974
- Arnoldus Gerardus Maria (Gerard) Abbing (86), Bussum
- Balbina Cardoso (69), Parana, Brasil
- Antonius Vervoordeldonk (64), Asten, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus van Erp (68), Geffen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Antonie Hendrikus Spiegels (50), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg
- Antje Stavleu (52), Leiden
- Adriana Cornelia van Beek (75), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Aart Broek (53), Amersfoort
- Daisy Marie Acker (86)
- Adrianus van Erp (68), Geffen
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from October 21, 1974 at Delpher
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- De waarheid
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname
- De Telegraaf
- De Telegraaf
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Born on October 21
- 1972 » Ashutosh Agashe, Indian businessman and cricketer
- 1972 » Evhen Tsybulenko, Ukrainian scholar and academic
- 1972 » Matthew Friedberger, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1972 » Orlando Thomas, American football player († 2014)
- 1973 » Charlie Lowell, American pianist and songwriter
- 1973 » Lera Auerbach, Russian-American pianist and composer
- 1974 » Costel Busuioc, Romanian tenor
- 1975 » Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer
- 1975 » Toby Hall, American baseball player
- 1976 » Henrik Gustavsson, Swedish footballer
Died on October 21
- 1969 » Jack Kerouac, American novelist and poet (b. 1922)
- 1969 » Wacław Sierpiński, Polish mathematician and academic (b. 1882)
- 1970 » Li Linsi, Chinese educator and diplomat (b. 1896)
- 1971 » Minnie Evans, Potawatomi leader (b. 1888)
- 1973 » Nasif Estéfano, Argentinian race car driver (b. 1932)
- 1975 » Charles Reidpath, American runner and general (b. 1887)
- 1977 » Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (b. 1929)
- 1978 » Anastas Mikoyan, Armenian-Russian civil servant and politician (b. 1895)
- 1980 » Hans Asperger, Austrian physician and psychologist (b. 1906)
- 1982 » Radka Toneff, Norwegian singer-songwriter (b. 1952)
Names that were popular for boys in 1974
Names that were popular for girls in 1974
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1974
- 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.
- February 4 » M62 coach bombing: The Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) explodes a bomb on a bus carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel in Yorkshire, England. Nine soldiers and three civilians are killed.
- May 9 » Watergate scandal: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
- May 16 » Josip Broz Tito is elected president for life of Yugoslavia.
- July 20 » Turkish invasion of Cyprus: Forces from Turkey invade Cyprus after a coup d'état, organised by the dictator of Greece, against president Makarios.
- September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
- December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
Weather October 21, 1974
The temperature on October 21, 1974 was between 1.9 °C and 11.0 °C and averaged 5.6 °C. There was 7.2 mm of rain during 3.9 hours. There was 2.2 hours of sunshine (21%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.