What Happened in July 1974

Historical Events

  • Jul 1 1st Laura Ashley store in the US opens (San Francisco)

Event of Interest

Jul 1 General Augusto Pinochet becomes president and dictator of Chile

  • Jul 1 Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as President of Argentina
  • Jul 1 Monmouthshire renamed Gwent and becomes part of Wales
  • Jul 1 NFL players go on strike for 41 days challenging the "Rozelle Rule" but had to wait until 1977 for new collective bargaining agreement
  • Jul 2 Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m (27:13.81)

Sports History

Jul 3 Pitching in MLB-record 13th consecutive game for the LA Dodgers, Mike Marshall saves Tommy John's 4-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds

  • Jul 3 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 14 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3
  • Jul 4 Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days

Wimbledon Women's Tennis

Jul 5 Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Chris Evert wins her first Wimbledon title beating Russian Olga Morzova 6-0, 6-4

Wimbledon Men's Tennis

Jul 6 Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Jimmy Connors wins his first of 2 Wimbledon singles titles beating Ken Rosewall of Australia 6-1, 6-1, 6-4

FIFA World Cup

Jul 7 FIFA World Cup Final, Olympiastadion, Munich, Germany: Striker Gerd Müller scores 43rd minute winner as West Germany beats the Netherlands, 2-1

  • Jul 7 Milwaukee's Don Money sets MLB record for consecutive errorless games at 3rd base (78) in Brewers 8-5 win v Twins
  • Jul 7 New Zealand imposes a blanket ban on sports teams from South Africa

Music History

Jul 8 David Bowie's begins 6 consecutive nights of his "Diamond Dogs" tour at Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania; several shows were recorded and released as the double LP "David Live" later in the year

  • Jul 8 New York Yankees shortstop Jim Mason ties record with 4 doubles in 9 inning game
  • Jul 8 USSR performs underground nuclear test

Election of Interest

Jul 9 Pierre Trudeau's Liberal Party wins Canadian parliamentary election

  • Jul 10 OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
  • Jul 10 USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
  • Jul 11 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
  • Jul 11 World Football League plays 1st games
  • Jul 12 John Ehrlichman convicted of violating Daniel Ellsberg's rights

British Golf Open

Jul 13 British Open Men's Golf, Royal Lytham & St Annes GC: South African Gary Player wins his 3rd Open Championship, 4 strokes clear of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis of England

  • Jul 13 India's 1st one-day international (v England, Headingley)

Sports History

Jul 14 Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by umpire from 2 games in 1 day

  • Jul 14 Bundy victims Janice Ott and Denise Naslund disappear, Lake Sammamish, Washington
  • Jul 15 Military coup on Cyprus: Archbishop and President Makarios flees
  • Jul 15 TV news reporter Christine Chubbuck shoots herself live on WXLT-TV, Florida, first person to commit suicide in a live broadcast
  • Jul 17 Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000 (Cesar Geronimo)
  • Jul 17 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll

Music History

Jul 17 John Lennon is (again) ordered to leave US in 60 days, due to a 1968 marijuana charge in the UK (he doesn't)

  • Jul 17 The Moody Blues open 1st quadrophonic recording studio in UK
  • Jul 18 US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site
  • Jul 18 World's tallest structure, 646 metre Polish radio mast, completed
  • Jul 19 Cleveland Indians pitcher Dick Bosman no-hits Oakland A's, 4-0
  • Jul 19 Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 14 lands back on earth
  • Jul 20 Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
  • Jul 20 Turkey invades Cyprus establishing Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Tour de France

Jul 21 61st Tour de France: Eddy Merckx of Belgium wins 5th Tour that he enters; equals Jacques Anquetil record for Tour victories

Event of Interest

Jul 21 US House Judiciary approves two Articles of Impeachment against President Richard Nixon

US Women's Golf Open

Jul 21 US Open Women's Golf, La Grange CC: Sandra Haynie wins by 1 shot from Beth Stone and Carol Mann

  • Jul 23 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pitts

Sports History

Jul 23 All star MVP: Steve Garvey (LA Dodgers)

  • Jul 23 Greek military dictatorship collapses

Death Wish

Jul 24 "Death Wish", based on the novel by Brian Garfield, directed by Michael Winner and starring Charles Bronson is released in the US

  • Jul 24 American newscaster Christine Chubbuck is the first person to commit suicide during a live TV broadcast at WXLT-TV
  • Jul 24 Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
  • Jul 26 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll
  • Jul 26 USSR's Soyuz fails to dock with Salyut 3
  • Jul 27 House Judiciary Committee votes 27-11 recommends Nixon impeachment
  • Jul 27 Kanhai & Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire v Gloucs
  • Jul 28 69 die when packed bus strikes heavy truck in Belem, Brazil
  • Jul 29 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee
  • Jul 29 Episcopal Church ordains female priests
  • Jul 29 France performs nuclear Test at Mururoa atoll

Baseball Record

Jul 29 MLB St Louis Cardinals Lou Brock steals his 700th base

  • Jul 30 House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd & last charge of "high crimes & misdemeanors" to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
  • Jul 31 6th San Diego Comic-Con International opens at El Cortez Hotel
1974 History

Famous Birthdays

  • Jul 1 Jefferson Pérez, Ecuadorian race walker (Olympic gold 20k 1996), born in Cuenca, Ecuador
  • Jul 1 Michele Krasnoo, American actress (Kickboxer IV), born in Culver City, California
  • Jul 2 Moon So-ri, South Korean actress
  • Jul 2 Rocky Gray, American musician
  • Jul 2 Sean Casey, American baseball player
  • Jul 4 La'Roi Glover, American football player, born in San Diego, California
  • Jul 5 Márcio Amoroso, Brazilian soccer forward (19 caps; Udinese, Parma, Borussia Dortmund), born in Brasília, Brazil
  • Jul 6 Steve Sullivan, Canadian NHL center (NJ Devils), born in Timmins, Ontario, Canada
  • Jul 6 Zé Roberto, Brazilian footballer (Palmeiras), born in São Paulo, Brazil
  • Jul 7 Patrick Lalime, Canadian NHL goalie (Pitts Penguins), born in Saint-Bonaventure, California
  • Jul 8 Tami Erin, American actress and model (The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking), born in Wheaton, Illinois
  • Jul 8 Zhanna Friske [Jeanna Kopylova], Russian model, actress, and singer (Blestyashchiye), born in Moscow, USSR (d. 2015)
  • Jul 9 Anne Vanschothorst, Dutch harpist and composer, born in Emmen, Netherlands
  • Jul 9 Nikola Šarčević, Swedish rock bassist and singer (Millencolin), born in Örebro, Sweden
  • Jul 9 Sian Berry, British politician (Green Part), born in Cheltenham, England
  • Jul 10 (Idalmis) Marina Vidal, American actress, journalist and beauty queen (Miss Florida 1996), born in Miami, Florida
  • Jul 10 Chiwetel Ejiofor, British film and stage actor ("Twelve Years a Slave"), born in London, England
  • Jul 10 Imelda May [Higham, née Clabby], Irish rockabilly singer-songwriter, guitarist and bodhrán player ("It's Good To Be Alive"; "Mayhem"), born in Dublin, Ireland
  • Jul 11 André Ooijer, Dutch soccer defender (55 caps; PSV, Blackburn Rovers), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jul 11 Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer
  • Jul 12 Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
  • Jul 12 Sharon den Adel, Dutch symphonic metal singer-songwriter (Within Temptation - "Stand My Ground"), and fashion desiner, born in Waddinxveen, Netherlands
  • Jul 12 Stelios Giannakopoulos, Greek soccer midfielder (77 caps; Olympiacos, Bolton Wanderers) and manager (Paniliakos, Kifisia), born in Athens, Greece
  • Jul 13 Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer, born in Toronto, Ontario
  • Jul 13 Jarno Trulli, Italian race car driver
  • Jul 13 Jean Zhang, Miss Suriname 1993
  • Jul 14 David Mitchell, English comedian and actor (Mitchell and Webb, Peep Show), born in Salisbury, England
  • Jul 14 Erick Dampier, American NBA center (SF Warriors), born in Jackson, Mississippi
  • Jul 15 Chot Ulep, Filipino musician, born in Quezon City, Philippines
  • Jul 15 Chris Taylor, Australian comedian, (The Chaser), born in Sydney, Australia
  • Jul 15 Janice Bremner, Canadian synchronized swimmer (Olympic silver 1996), born in Burlington, Ontario
  • Jul 16 Chris Pontius, American actor and Jackass cast member, born in Pasadena, California
  • Jul 16 Michelle Chandler, Australian basketball point guard (Olymp-bronze-96), born in Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  • Jul 16 Wendell Sailor, Australian rugby league winger (16 Tests; Brisbane Broncos, St. George RLFC) and rugby union wing (37 Tests, Queensland Reds), born in Brisbane, Australia
  • Jul 17 Laura Macdonald, Scottish jazz musician, born in Glasgow, United Kingdom
  • Jul 18 Alan Morrison, British poet
  • Jul 19 Preston Wilson, American MLB player (Colorado Rookies), born in Bamberg, South Carolina

Ramin Djawadi (49 years old)

Jul 19 Iranian-German Emmy Award-winning film and television composer (Iron Man; Game of Thrones; A Wrinkle in Time), born in Duisburg, West Germany

  • Jul 19 Rey Bucanero, Mexican professional wrestler
  • Jul 19 Vincent Spadea, American tennis player, born in Chicago, Illinois
  • Jul 20 Bengie Molina, Puerto Rican baseball catcher (World Series 2002, Gold Glove Award 2002, 03 LA Angels; Toronto Blue Jays, SF Giants, Texas Rangers), born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
  • Jul 20 Simon Rex, American actor (Red Rocket), born in San Francisco, California
  • Jul 21 Geoff Jenkins, American baseball outfielder (MLB All-Star 2003; World Series 2008; Milwaukee Brewers, Philadelphia Phillies), born in Olympia, Washington
  • Jul 21 Terry Coldwell, British pop singer (East 17 - "Stay Another Day"), and actor, born in Islington, London, England
  • Jul 22 Franka Potente, German actress
  • Jul 22 Viktoria Tolstoy [Louise Viktoria Kjellberg], Swedish jazz singer ("Meet Me at the Movies"), born in Sigtuna Municipality, Sweden
  • Jul 23 Kathryn Hahn, American actress (WandaVision), born in Westchester, Illinois
  • Jul 23 Maurice Greene, American athlete (Olympic gold 100m, 4x100m 2000; World C'ship gold 100m 1997; 100m, 200m, 4x100m 1999; WR 100m 9.79s 1999), born in Kansas City, Kansas
  • Jul 23 Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian cyclist, born in Tienen, Belgium
  • Jul 23 Sonny Siaki, Samoan-born professional wrestler, born in Pago Pago, American Samoa
  • Jul 23 Terry Glenn, American football player (New England Patriots), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 2017)
  • Jul 25 Gareth Thomas, Welsh ruby player, born in Sarn, Wales
  • Jul 25 Jay R. Ferguson, American actor (Evening Shade, Mad Men), born in Dallas, Texas
  • Jul 25 Kenzo Suzuki, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Hekinan, Aichi, Japan
  • Jul 25 Paul Epworth, British Grammy and Academy Award-winning record producer, musician, and songwriter (Adele, Florence and the Machine, and Rihanna), born in Bishop's Stortford, England
  • Jul 26 Dan Konopka, American rock drummer (OK Go)
  • Jul 26 Dean Sturridge, English football striker, born in Birmingham, England
  • Jul 27 Pete Yorn, American musician (Musicforthemorningafter), born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey

Alexis Tsipras (49 years old)

Jul 28 Greek politician (Greek President 2015), born in Athens, Greece

  • Jul 28 Hannah Waddingham, British actress (Ted Lasso; Game of Thrones, 2015-16), and musical theater singer, born in London, England
  • Jul 28 Justin Lee Collins, British radio host, actor and comedian, born in Southmead, Bristol
  • Jul 29 Josh Radnor, American actor (How I Met Your Mother), born in Columbus, Ohio

Hilary Swank (49 years old)

Jul 30 American actress (Boys Don't Cry, Million Dollar Baby), born in Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Jul 30 Jason Robinson, English dual-code rugby player, born in Leeds, United Kingdom
  • Jul 30 Radostin Kishishev, Bulgarian footballer, born in Burgas, Bulgaria
  • Jul 31 Emilia Fox, English actress (The Pianist), born in London
  • Jul 31 Jonathan Ogden, American College, Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle (11-time Pro Bowl; Baltimore Ravens), born in Washington, D.C.
Born in 1974

Famous Weddings

Barry White

Jul 4 American soul singer Barry White (29) weds R&B singer Glodean James (28) at a private ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada; Separate in 1988, but never divorce

  • Jul 16 "The Osmonds" singer Alan Osmond (25) weds Suzanne Pinegar at LDS Temple in Provo, Utah

Famous Deaths

Juan Perón (1895-1974)

Jul 1 Argentine military officer and President of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies of a heart attack at 78

  • Jul 1 Kick Smit, Dutch soccer striker and manager (29 caps; HFC Haarlem), dies at 62
  • Jul 3 John Crowe Ransom, American poet and critic (God Without Thunder), dies at 86
  • Jul 4 Francis Bull, Norwegian writer (Norsk literature historian), dies at 86
  • Jul 4 Mohammed SA al-Hoesseini, Mufti of Jerusalem/pres Com Palestine, dies
  • Jul 6 Carlos Isamitt, Chilean composer, dies at 87
  • Jul 8 Morris "Moose" Charlap, American Broadway composer (Peter Pan; Kelly), dies at 45

Earl Warren (1891-1974)

Jul 9 Governor of California and 14th US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1953-69), dies at 83

  • Jul 9 Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, French Dadaist artist and writer, dies at 90
  • Jul 9 Sonia Gaskell, Russian-Dutch choreographer (Diaghilev), dies at 70
  • Jul 9 Ted Bowley, cricketer (England batsman in 5 Tests 1929-30), dies
  • Jul 11 Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish poet, novelist, and playwright (Nobel Prize in Literature, 1951), dies at 83
  • Jul 12 Georg Annenkov, Russian-French artist and stage and film set designer ('The Mutiny of the Machines'), dies at 84
  • Jul 13 Patrick Blackett, British physicist (Nobel 1948 - nuclear reaction), dies at 76
  • Jul 14 Carl Spaatz, American World War II general and 1st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, dies at 83
  • Jul 14 Henri Smajda, Tunisian French publisher (Combat), commits suicide at 77
  • Jul 15 Christine Chubbock, American TV newscaster (WXLT-TV, Sarasota, Florida), commits suicide during live broadcast by shooting herself at 29
  • Jul 15 Christine Chubbuck, American TV news reporter, commits suicide live on TV at 29
  • Jul 17 Jay Hanna "Dizzy" Dean, American Baseball HOF pitcher (MLB All-Star 1934–37; World Series & NL MVP 1934 St Louis Cardinals), dies of a heart attack at 63
  • Jul 19 Ernő Schwarz, Hungarian-American soccer forward (2 caps Hungary; Ferencváros, NY Giants, NY Americans) and coach (United States [men] 1953-56), dies at 69
  • Jul 19 Joe Flynn, American character actor (McHale's Navy - "Capt. Binghamton; The Love Bug; The Rescuers), dies of a heart attack while swimming in his pool at 49
  • Jul 20 Allen Jenkins, American actor (Hey Jeannie, Top Cop, Girl Habit), dies at 74
  • Jul 21 Willem F. K. Hussem, Dutch painter and poet (Steltlopen on Sea), dies at 74
  • Jul 22 Edna Lewis Thomas, American actress (A Streetcar Named Desire), dies at 88
  • Jul 22 Lili Darvas, Hungarian actress (Szerelem, Cimmaron), dies at 68
  • Jul 22 Mary Forbes [Ethel Young], British-American stage and screen character actress (Terror by Night; The Picture of Dorian Gray), dies at 91
  • Jul 22 Wayne L Morse, (Sen-D-Oregon), dies at 73
  • Jul 24 Ernest Milton, American-British actor (Julius Caesar, Cat Girl), dies at 84

James Chadwick (1891-1974)

Jul 24 British physicist (Nobel Prize, 1935; discovered neutron), dies at 82

  • Jul 26 Arthur K. Watson, American businessman (IBM), and US Ambassador to France (1970-72), dies from injuries suffered in a fall at 55 [1]
  • Jul 27 Lightnin' Slim [Otis Hicks], American Louisiana blues electric guitarist, singer, and songwriter ("Nothing But The Devil"; "Bad Luck And Trouble"), dies of stomach cancer at 61
  • Jul 28 Jack Ellis, Australian cricketer (Victorian WK, Ashes tourist 1926), dies
  • Jul 28 Truman Bradley, American TV host (Science Fiction Theater), dies at 69

Cass Elliot (1941-1974)

Jul 29 American pop vocalist (Mamas & The Papas - "California Dreaming"; "Monday, Monday"; solo - "Dream A little Dream Of Me"; "Make Your Own Kind of Music"), dies of a heart attack in London at 32

  • Jul 29 Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
  • Jul 30 Lev Knipper, Russian-Soviet composer (Poem of the Komsomol Fighter; Tales of a Plaster God), and secret agent, dies at 75