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Born on Wednesday February 6, 1974
Died on Wednesday February 6, 1974
- Anthonius Johannes Beekmans (53), Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adrianus Diepstraten (82), Breda
- Adrianna Carolina Gout (81), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, Verenigde Staten
- Arjan Oosterloo (0)
- Alonzo Chandler Bell (96), East Greenwich, Kent Co., Rhode Island, Verenigde Staten
- Berend Vinke (90), .......
- Berend Snippe (38), Ommen
- Drenth (83), Stadskanaal, Groningen, Nederland
- Anna Maria Adriana Dirks (78), Schijndel, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
- Adriana Maria Willard (73), Zevenaar
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from February 6, 1974 at Delpher
- De waarheid
- Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland
- Nederlands dagblad : gereformeerd gezinsblad / hoofdred. P. Jongeling ... [et al.]
- Het vrije volk : democratisch-socialistisch dagblad
- Amigoe di Curacao : weekblad voor de Curacaosche eilanden
- Limburgsch dagblad
- Vrije Stem: onafhankelijk weekblad voor Suriname
- De Telegraaf
- De tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- Nieuwsblad van het Noorden
Born on February 6
- 1971 » Brad Hogg, Australian cricketer
- 1971 » Carlos Rogers, American basketball player
- 1972 » David Binn, American football player
- 1972 » Stefano Bettarini, Italian footballer
- 1974 » Aljo Bendijo, Filipino journalist
- 1975 » Chad Allen, American baseball player and coach
- 1975 » Orkut Büyükkökten, Turkish computer scientist and engineer, created Orkut
- 1975 » Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1976 » Kim Zmeskal, American gymnast and coach
- 1976 » Tanja Frieden, Swiss snowboarder and educator
Died on February 6
- 1963 » Piero Manzoni, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1933)
- 1964 » Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (b. 1869)
- 1967 » Martine Carol, French actress (b. 1920)
- 1972 » Julian Steward, American anthropologist (b. 1902)
- 1976 » Ritwik Ghatak, Bangladeshi-Indian director and screenwriter (b. 1925)
- 1976 » Vince Guaraldi, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1928)
- 1981 » Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (b. 1925)
- 1982 » Ben Nicholson, British painter (b. 1894)
- 1985 » James Hadley Chase, English-Swiss soldier and author (b. 1906)
- 1986 » Frederick Coutts, Scottish 8th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1899)
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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 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
- May 17 » The Troubles: Thirty-three civilians are killed and 300 injured when the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) detonates four car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan, Republic of Ireland.
- August 7 » Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417m) in the air.
- October 19 » Niue becomes a self-governing colony of New Zealand.
- December 19 » Nelson Rockefeller is sworn in as Vice President of the United States under President Gerald Ford under the provisions of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- December 22 » Grande Comore, Anjouan and Mohéli vote to become the independent nation of Comoros. Mayotte remains under French administration.
Weather February 6, 1974
The temperature on February 6, 1974 was between 0.7 °C and 4.6 °C and averaged 2.7 °C. There was 2.8 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest.