About the day » Thursday May 23, 1974Calender converter

• Han Blom, Millingen aan de Rijn,, Gelderland, Nederland († 2000)
• mike willem mario (mike) peeters, helden
• Joanna Elspeth STIMPSON, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, Oxfordshire († 1974)
• roy peter wilhelmus (roy) sijbers, lottum
• tanneke neessen, helden
• Dannij Knoop, Lopik
• João Winter, Luiz Alves, Santa Catarina, Brasil († 1974)
• Marjolein Simone van Loon, Leiderdorp, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Bas Bos, Assen († 2003)
• leonardus johannes (marcel) bouwmans, horst

• Alie Koopman (88)
• Aafje ten Hoope (88), Amsterdam
• Bote Klazes (Ben Wagner) Wagenaar (78), Redlands, California, Verenigde Staten
• Anna Maria Josephina Hendrikx (79), Roermond
• Antje de Wit (90)
• Andre Pettinga (55), Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, Verenigde Staten
• Antonia Johanna Braat (62), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
• Adrianus Matthias Balk (70), Wassenaar
• Alexander Smit (79)
• Adrianus Marthias Balk (70), Leiden,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1970 » Bryan Herta, American race car driver and businessman, co-founded Bryan Herta Autosport
• 1971 » George Osborne, English journalist and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer
• 1972 » Martin Saggers, English cricketer and umpire
• 1972 » Rubens Barrichello, Brazilian race car driver
• 1973 » Maxwell, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 » Jewel, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actress, and poet
• 1974 » Manuela Schwesig, German politician, German Federal Minister of Family Affairs
• 1976 » Ricardinho, Brazilian footballer and manager
• 1977 » Ilia Kulik, Russian figure skater
• 1978 » Scott Raynor, American drummer

• 1962 » Louis Coatalen, French engineer (b. 1879)
• 1963 » August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (b. 1904)
• 1965 » David Smith, American sculptor (b. 1906)
• 1975 » Moms Mabley, American comedian and actor (b. 1894)
• 1979 » S. Selvanayagam, Sri Lankan geographer and academic (b. 1932)
• 1981 » David Lewis, Belarusian-Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1909)
• 1981 » Gene Green, American baseball player (b. 1933)
• 1981 » George Jessel, American actor, singer, and producer (b. 1898)
• 1981 » Rayner Heppenstall, English author and poet (b. 1911)
• 1986 » Sterling Hayden, American actor (b. 1916)

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 21 » The last Israeli soldiers leave the west bank of the Suez Canal pursuant to a truce with Egypt.
• March 1 » Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
• July 15 » In Nicosia, Cyprus, Greek junta-sponsored nationalists launch a coup d'état, deposing President Makarios and installing Nikos Sampson as Cypriot president.
• July 23 » The Greek military junta collapses, and former Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis is invited to lead the new government, beginning Greece's metapolitefsi era.
• August 9 » As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
• September 17 » Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.

The temperature on May 23, 1974 was between 8.4 °C and 13.5 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 12.9 mm of rain during 5.0 hours. There was 0.9 hours of sunshine (6%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest.