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April 23, 1974Born on Wednesday April 24, 1974
- Cesar Augusto Salem Monteiro, Itapetininga, São Paulo, Brasil († 1974)
- Saskia Leeflang, Rotterdam († 2013)
- Saskia Leeflang, Rotterdanm / Overschie Zuid-Holland Nederland († 2013)
- Alexandre Amorim Silva Neto, Recife, Pernambuco, Brasil († 1974)
Died on Wednesday April 24, 1974
- Annigje Koorevaar (73), Giessenburg
- Charles Wilber Miller (64), Rochester, Monroe, New York, Verenigde Staten
- Cornelis van Ekeris (84), Den Haag, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
- Bouke Meine Kuperus (64), Utrecht, Utrecht, Nederland
- Aubrey James Eccles (71), Saint Ann, Jamaica
- Berend Punter (86), Harlingen
- Albert Augustin Baudry (81), Thieux, 77230, FRANCE
- Anna Helena Wong Lun Hing, Paramaribo Suriname
- Edmond PEETERS (84), Kapellen,2950,Anvers,Flandre,BELGIQUE
- Albertus Willemsen (70), Amsterdam
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from April 24, 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 tijd : dagblad voor Nederland
- De Telegraaf
Born on April 24
- 1973 » Brian Marshall, American bass player and songwriter
- 1973 » Damon Lindelof, American screenwriter and producer
- 1973 » Eric Snow, American basketball player and coach
- 1973 » Gabby Logan, English gymnast, television and radio host
- 1973 » Lee Westwood, English golfer
- 1973 » Sachin Tendulkar, Indian cricketer
- 1973 » Toomas Tohver, Estonian footballer
- 1974 » Eric Kripke, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 » Stephen Wiltshire, English illustrator
- 1975 » Dejan Savić, Yugoslavian and Serbian water polo player
Died on April 24
- 1966 » Simon Chikovani, Georgian poet and author (b. 1902)
- 1967 » Robert Richards, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of South Australia (b. 1885)
- 1967 » Vladimir Komarov, Russian pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1927)
- 1968 » Walter Tewksbury, American athlete (b. 1876)
- 1970 » Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (b. 1930)
- 1972 » Fernando Amorsolo, Filipino painter (b. 1892)
- 1974 » Bud Abbott, American comedian and producer (b. 1895)
- 1975 » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
- 1976 » Mark Tobey, American-Swiss painter and educator (b. 1890)
- 1980 » Alejo Carpentier, Swiss-Cuban musicologist and author (b. 1904)
Names that were popular for boys in 1974
- Jan
- Mark
- Johannes
- Peter
- Jeroen
- Michael
- Patrick
- Richard
- David
- Robert
- Marcel
- Marco
- Pieter
- Dennis
- Johan
- Edwin
Names that were popular for girls in 1974
- Maria
- Sandra
- Monique
- Patricia
- Johanna
- Cindy
- Esther
- Bianca
- Wendy
- Ingrid
- Anna
- Jolanda
- Nicole
- Linda
- Miranda
- Saskia
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.
- January 18 » A Disengagement of Forces agreement is signed between the Israeli and Egyptian governments, ending conflict on the Egyptian front of the Yom Kippur War.
- February 12 » Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
- May 17 » Police in Los Angeles raid the Symbionese Liberation Army's headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall.
- July 28 » Spetsgruppa A, Russia's elite special force, was formed.
- October 5 » Bombs planted by the PIRA kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
- December 1 » Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, another Boeing 727, crashes northwest of John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Weather April 24, 1974
The temperature on April 24, 1974 was between 3.4 °C and 12.8 °C and averaged 7.9 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.6 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north.