About the day » Tuesday July 23, 1974Calender converter

• Maurice Gerard Sylvain Rudolf (Maurice) Mestrom, Sittard, Gemeente Sittard-Geleen, Limburg, Nederland († 1989)
• Patrick Jacobus Carl Hogendorp, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• David ROSSENFOSSE, Ougrée († 2002)

• Arthur J McCaughey (82), Somers Point, Atlantic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Antje van der Vlies (76), 't Zand, Groningen, Nederland
• Abraham Heuzen (71), Oosterland
• Arthur Lindsay SMITH (59), Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
• Dirk Koene (79), Maastricht, Nederland
• Anneke Willemina Van Eck (76), Zoetermeer,, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Cornelis Johannes Kuulkers (76), Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
• Alida Catharina Verhagen (69), Eindhoven
• Anna Beatrice Netmop (40), West Branch, Ogemaw, Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Achille MAES (94)

• 1972 » Suat Kılıç, Turkish journalist, lawyer, and politician, Turkish Minister of Youth and Sports
• 1973 » Andrea Scanavacca, Italian rugby player and manager
• 1973 » Fran Healy, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1973 » Himesh Reshammiya, Indian singer-songwriter, producer, actor, and director
• 1973 » Monica Lewinsky, American activist and former White House intern
• 1973 » Nomar Garciaparra, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1974 » Maurice Greene, American sprinter
• 1974 » Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist
• 1974 » Terry Glenn, American football player and coach († 2017)
• 1975 » Dan Rogerson, English politician

• 1966 » Montgomery Clift, American actor (b. 1920)
• 1968 » Henry Hallett Dale, English pharmacologist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
• 1971 » Van Heflin, American actor (b. 1910)
• 1972 » Esther Applin, American geologist and paleontologist (b. 1895)
• 1973 » Eddie Rickenbacker, American pilot and race car driver, founded Rickenbacker Motors (b. 1890)
• 1979 » Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (b. 1898)
• 1980 » Keith Godchaux, American keyboard player and songwriter (b. 1948)
• 1980 » Mollie Steimer, Russian activist (b. 1897)
• 1980 » Sarto Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 38th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1908)
• 1982 » Vic Morrow, American actor (b. 1929)

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 7 » Grenada gains independence from the United Kingdom.
• May 1 » The Argentine terrorist organization Montoneros is expelled from Plaza de Mayo by president Juan Perón.
• May 30 » The Airbus A300 passenger aircraft first enters service.
• July 30 » Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• August 4 » A bomb explodes in the Italicus Express train at San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy, killing 12 people and wounding 22.
• 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.

The temperature on July 23, 1974 was between 10.3 °C and 19.6 °C and averaged 15.5 °C. There was 10.3 mm of rain during 4.4 hours. There was 7.7 hours of sunshine (48%). The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west.