February 1974
The following events occurred in February 1974:
| << | February 1974 | >> | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | ||
February 1, 1974: The Joelma fire.
February 1, 1974 (Friday)
- Fire broke out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 died, 293 were injured, and 11 died later of their injuries.[1]
- Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was declared a Federal Territory.
- Born: Roberto Heras, Spanish road cyclist[2]
February 3, 1974 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Shahab Hosseini, Iranian actor and film director[3]
- Ayanna Pressley, American politician[4]
- Miriam Yeung, Hong Kong actress and singer[5]
February 4, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Urmila Matondkar, Indian actress[6]
- Died: Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894)
February 7, 1974 (Thursday)
February 8, 1974 (Friday)
February 8, 1974: Recovery of Skylab 4.
- After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returned to Earth.[8]
- Born:
- Seth Green, American actor and comedian
- Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer
- Kimbo Slice, Bahamian-born American boxer and mixed martial artist (d. 2016)
February 10, 1974 (Sunday)
- Born:
- Elizabeth Banks, American actress and film director
- David Datuna, Georgian-American artist (d. 2022)[9]
- Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
February 11, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Alex Jones, American radio host, conspiracy theorist, author and filmmaker[10]
- 'Died: Anna Q. Nilsson, Swedish-born American silent film star (b. 1888)[11]
February 12, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Naseem Hamed, British boxer
February 13, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Born: Robbie Williams, British singer
February 14, 1974 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- Valentina Vezzali, Italian Olympic champion fencer and politician[12]
February 15, 1974 (Friday)
- Born:
- Mr Lordi, Finnish singer
- Alexander Wurz, Austrian racing driver
- Died:
- Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
- George W. Snedecor, American mathematician and statistician (b. 1881)
February 16, 1974 (Saturday)
- Born: Mahershala Ali, American actor and rapper
- Died: Anita Bush, African American stage and silent film actress and playwright. Known as "The Little Mother of Colored Drama" (b. 1883)
February 17, 1974 (Sunday)
- Zamalek disaster: A soccer stampede occurred in Cairo, killing 49.
- Born:
- Nadine Labaki, Lebanese film director, actress and activist
- Jerry O'Connell, American actor
- Died: Ralph W. Gerard, American neurophysiologist and behavioral scientist (b. 1900)
February 21, 1974 (Thursday)
- Died: Tim Horton, Canadian ice hockey player and co-founder of the Tim Hortons restaurant chain (b. 1930)
February 22, 1974 (Friday)
- Born: James Blunt, English singer
February 23, 1974 (Saturday)
- Died:
- Harry Ruby, American musician, composer and writer (b. 1885)[13]
- George Van Biesbroeck, American-born Belgian astronomer (b. 1880)
February 24, 1974 (Sunday)
- Died:
- Margaret Leech, American historian and fiction writer (b. 1893)
- Robert A. Stemmle, German screenwriter and film director (b. 1903)
February 25, 1974 (Monday)
- Born:
- Divya Bharti, Indian film actress (d. 1993)
- Dominic Raab, British politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom[14]
February 26, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Sébastien Loeb, French rally driver
February 27, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Born: Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese Olympic champion speed skater[15]
February 28, 1974 (Thursday)
- The British general election ended in a hung parliament after the Jeremy Thorpe-led Liberal Party achieved its biggest vote.[16]
References
- Fire Journal. National Fire Protection Association. 1974. pp. 23–25.
- "Roberto Heras". VeloNews. Vol. 31, no. 12. Inside Communications, Incorporated. 2002. p. 60.
- Notice de personne "Hosseini, Shahab (1974-....)" [Person notice "Hosseini, Shahab (1974-....)"] (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. 26 July 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "PRESSLEY, Ayanna 1974 –". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- Chik, Holly (3 February 2020). "Miriam Yeung: a look at the prolific Hong Kong singer and actress as she turns 46". Entertainment. South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- "Urmila Matondkar birthday: You will be surprised to know these facts about the 'Rangeela' actress; see pics". Times Now. 4 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- February 1974 at the Canadian Olympic Committee
- Brooks, Courtney G.; Ertel, Ivan D.; Newkirk, Roland W. "PART III: Skylab Development and Operations -January 1973 to November 1974.". SKYLAB: A CHRONOLOGY. NASA Special Publication-4011. NASA. p. 345. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
- "David Datuna (Georgian, born 1974)". Art.net. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- "Infowars - Bio, News, Photos". The Washington Times. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- "Anna Q. Nilsson". classicmoviehub.com.
- "Valentina Vezzali". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- "Harry Ruby". Songwriters Hall of Fame. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- "Profile: Dominic Raab". BBC News. 9 July 2018. Archived from the original on 23 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
- "Hiroyasu Shimizu". Olympedia. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- Cook, Chris (1998). A Short History of the Liberal Party. Basingstoke: Macmillan Press. pp. 155–156, 246. ISBN 978-0-333-73516-9.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.