About the day » Wednesday August 14, 1974Calender converter

• Lideweij de Witte
• Caroline Esch, Zegveld, Utrecht, Nederland († 2013)
• Mindert Wilstra († 1997)
• Erwin Redmar Klerk, Delft
• Scott VanderTop († 1974)
• J. Tolsma, Roosendaal
• Pieter Alwin Stolk († 2020)
• Betty Kootstra, Boelenslaan († 2020)
• Teake Reinder Jans Oudega, Scharsterbrug, Haskerland, Friesland, Nederland († 1974)
• Geertruda Cornelia van der Horst, Oudenbosch, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

• Catharina Goverse (84)
• Alice van Surksum (83)
• Aagje HAREMAKER (90)
• Christian Ann Stewart (86), Moore County, North Carolina, Verenigde Staten
• Basile Auguste Reuter (76), Sint-Truiden, België
• Dimphna Maria van Nassau (80), Roosendaal
• Adriana Verveen (75), Wageningen
• Cornelis Herbert Schagen (94), Little Falls, Passaic, New Jersey, Verenigde Staten
• Agatha Maria Hubertina Paar (91), Venray,, Limburg, Nederland
• Cornelis Bos (74), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

• 1971 » Raoul Bova, Italian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1972 » Laurent Lamothe, Haitian businessman and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Haiti
• 1972 » Tamer El Said, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1973 » Jared Borgetti, Mexican footballer
• 1973 » Jay-Jay Okocha, Nigerian footballer
• 1973 » Kieren Perkins, Australian swimmer and sportscaster
• 1973 » Paddy McGuinness, English comedian and television presenter
• 1974 » Chucky Atkins, American basketball player and coach
• 1975 » Mike Vrabel, American football player and coach
• 1976 » Fabrizio Donato, Italian triple jumper

• 1966 » Tip Snooke, South African cricketer (b. 1881)
• 1967 » Bob Anderson, English motorcycle racer and race car driver (b. 1931)
• 1972 » Jules Romains, French author and poet (b. 1885)
• 1972 » Oscar Levant, American actor, pianist, and composer (b. 1906)
• 1973 » Fred Gipson, American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1978 » Nicolas Bentley, English author and illustrator (b. 1907)
• 1980 » Dorothy Stratten, Canadian-American model and actress (b. 1960)
• 1981 » Dudley Nourse, South African cricketer (b. 1910)
• 1981 » Karl Böhm, Austrian conductor and director (b. 1894)
• 1982 » Mahasi Sayadaw, Burmese monk and philosopher (b. 1904)

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 22 » The Organisation of the Islamic Conference summit begins in Lahore, Pakistan. Thirty-seven countries attend and twenty-two heads of state and government participate. It also recognizes Bangladesh.
• February 23 » The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst.
• March 4 » People magazine is published for the first time in the United States as People Weekly.
• 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.
• November 13 » Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his entire family in Amityville, Long Island in the house that would become known as The Amityville Horror.
• November 16 » The Arecibo message is broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico. It was aimed at the current location of the globular star cluster Messier 13 some 25,000 light years away. The message will reach empty space by the time it finally arrives since the cluster will have changed position.

The temperature on August 14, 1974 was between 13.9 °C and 26.4 °C and averaged 20.1 °C. There was -0.1 mm of rain. There was 9.7 hours of sunshine (66%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.