About the day » Wednesday February 20, 1974Calender converter

• Catharina Margaretha Maria Mosterman, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Fabian Hilster, Amsterdam
• Sylvie Aurez († 2022)
• Jill Elizabeth Esvelt, Colville, Washington († 1987)

• Adriana Gijzen (62), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Philomena Schurmans (76), Merksplas, Antwerpen, België
• Christina Johanna van Deursen (85), Heemstede
• Cecil Nelson (77), 3 Lorraine Street Dandenong West, Vic Australia
• Cornelis Adrianus Suikerbuik (53), Roosendaal, N-Br, NL
• Bernardus Baars (85), Sint Odiliënberg, Limburg, NL
• Anna Schellen (69), Haghorst, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Cornelia Catharina Schuurman (63), Freemantle, West Australië, Australië
• Arie Griffioen (76), Diemen
• Cornelia Maria Meeuwis Krijnen (70), Blaricum, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1971 » Calpernia Addams, American actress, author, and activist
• 1971 » Jari Litmanen, Finnish footballer
• 1971 » Joost van der Westhuizen, South African rugby player († 2017)
• 1972 » Neil Primrose, Scottish drummer
• 1974 » Karim Bagheri, Iranian footballer and manager
• 1975 » Brian Littrell, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 1975 » Liván Hernández, Cuban baseball player
• 1975 » Niclas Wallin, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1977 » Gail Kim, Canadian professional wrestler
• 1977 » Stephon Marbury, American basketball player

• 1961 » Percy Grainger, Australian-American pianist and composer (b. 1882)
• 1963 » Jacob Gade, Danish violinist and composer(b. 1879)
• 1966 » Chester W. Nimitz, American admiral (b. 1885)
• 1968 » Anthony Asquith, English director and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 1969 » Ernest Ansermet, Swiss conductor (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Maria Goeppert-Mayer, German-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)
• 1972 » Walter Winchell, American journalist and actor (b. 1897)
• 1976 » Kathryn Kuhlman, healing evangelist, known for belief in Holy Spirit (b. 1907)
• 1976 » René Cassin, French lawyer and judge, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1981 » Nicolas de Gunzburg, French-American banker and publisher (b. 1904)

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. Saskia

• 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 22 » Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an aircraft at Baltimore/Washington International Airport with the intention of crashing it into the White House to assassinate Richard Nixon, but is killed by police.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• March 5 » Yom Kippur War: Israeli forces withdraw from the west bank of the Suez Canal.
• April 27 » Ten thousand march in Washington, D.C., calling for the impeachment of U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• September 12 » Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 'Messiah' of the Rastafari movement, is deposed following a military coup by the Derg, ending a reign of 58 years.

The temperature on February 20, 1974 was between -1.0 °C and 5.8 °C and averaged 2.0 °C. There was 8.5 hours of sunshine (83%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.