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April 30, 1974Born on Wednesday May 1, 1974
- Kloppenburg, Emmen († 1974)
Died on Wednesday May 1, 1974
- Doris Arlene Carlow (61), Anna Jaques Hosp, Newburyport, Massachusetts
- Albertje KNOL (70)
- Derk Jan Bruil (64), Doetinchem
- Adrianus Franciscus Johannes Uelman (78), Chicago (Illinois)
- Angelina Mathildis Engels (73), Beveren-Waas (St.Annakliniek)
- Aalto Johannes Talo (49), Finland
- Antoine Louis Michel CASTERMANS (69), Bilzen (Limburg) (B)
- Antje Sollie (86), Leiden, Nederland
- Clazina Adriana de Graaf
- Antonius Johannes van Oosterwijk (79), Wierden, Overijssel, Nederland
Source: Delpher (KB | national library) Newspapers from May 1, 1974 at Delpher
Born on May 1
- 1972 » Julie Benz, American actress
- 1972 » Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Yemeni terrorist
- 1973 » Curtis Martin, American football player
- 1973 » Mike Jesse, German footballer
- 1973 » Oliver Neuville, German footballer
- 1973 » Peter Baah, English footballer and manager
- 1975 » Alexey Smertin, Russian international footballer
- 1975 » Austin Croshere, American basketball player and sportscaster
- 1975 » Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer († 2003)
- 1975 » Nina Hossain, English journalist
Died on May 1
- 1965 » Spike Jones, American singer and bandleader (b. 1911)
- 1968 » Harold Nicolson, English author and politician (b. 1886)
- 1968 » Jack Adams, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (b. 1895)
- 1970 » Yi Un, Korean prince (b. 1897)
- 1973 » Asger Jorn, Danish painter and sculptor (b. 1914)
- 1976 » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (b. 1939)
- 1976 » T. R. M. Howard, American surgeon and activist (b. 1908)
- 1978 » Aram Khachaturian, Armenian composer and conductor (b. 1903)
- 1982 » William Primrose, Scottish viola player and educator (b. 1903)
- 1984 » Jüri Lossmann, Estonian-Swedish runner (b. 1891)
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
- Jennifer
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 19 » China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam
- March 29 » Terracotta Army was discovered in Shaanxi province, China.
- April 1 » The Local Government Act 1972 of England and Wales comes into effect.
- May 28 » Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.
- July 27 » Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.
- December 1 » TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727, crashes northwest of Dulles International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
Weather May 1, 1974
The temperature on May 1, 1974 was between 5.0 °C and 15.0 °C and averaged 10.3 °C. There was 9.0 hours of sunshine (61%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.