June 1974
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June 1, 1974 (Saturday)
- The live album June 1, 1974 was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre, London.[1] The main performers were Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico.
- Born: Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer, in Ottawa
June 2, 1974 (Sunday)
- The African National Council rejected proposals agreed upon by Bishop Abel Muzorewa and Ian Smith for a settlement in Rhodesia.
- Born: Gata Kamsky, US chess player, in Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union[2]
June 3, 1974 (Monday)
- The Italian Open tennis tournament ended, in Rome, with the singles titles going to third-seeded Björn Borg and first-seeded Chris Evert.[3]
- Yitzhak Rabin presented his cabinet for a Knesset "Vote of Confidence". The Seventeenth government of Israel was approved that day and the members were sworn in.[4]
- General Carlos Briceño Zevallos assumed operational command of all UNTSO Observers detailed to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force.
June 4, 1974 (Tuesday)
- A lunar eclipse took place.[5]
- Construction of OV-101, the first Space Shuttle, began. It would later be named Enterprise.[6]
- Born: Jacob Sahaya Kumar Aruni, Indian celebrity chef, in Uthamapalayam (died 2012, heart attack)
- Died: Mamerto Urriolagoitía, 78, President of Bolivia 1949–51
June 5, 1974 (Wednesday)
- The Pittsburgh Pirates drafted Mike Edwards in the 7th round of the 1974 Major League Baseball Draft.[7]
June 6, 1974 (Thursday)
- Born: Guillaume Musso, French novelist, in Antibes[8]
June 7, 1974 (Friday)
- Born: Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player, in Bangalore;[9] Bear Grylls, British adventurer, in London[10]
June 8, 1974 (Saturday)
- June 1974 Great Plains tornado outbreak: An outbreak of 36 tornadoes, at least 19 of them significant or intense, became the second-deadliest June tornado event in Oklahoma history, with 16 deaths reported in the state.[11]
- Jon Pertwee made his last appearance as Doctor Who in the final episode of "Planet of the Spiders" and was replaced by Tom Baker.[12]
June 9, 1974 (Sunday)
- Jody Scheckter won the 1974 Swedish Grand Prix at the Scandinavian Raceway.
- In the Taça de Portugal Final, Sporting CP defeated Benfica 2–1 to win their ninth Taça de Portugal.[13]
- Born: Samoth, Norwegian musician, in Hammerfest
- Died: Miguel Ángel Asturias, 74, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate[14]
June 10, 1974 (Monday)
- Died: Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, 74, Governor-General of Australia and son of King George V of the United Kingdom[15]
June 11, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Northrop YF-17A 72-01569 became the first American fighter to break the sound barrier in level flight when not in afterburner.[16]
- Died: Julius Evola, 76, Italian philosopher
June 12, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Born: Lulzim Basha, Albanian politician, in Tirana; Karen Hækkerup, Danish politician and businesswoman
- Died: André Marie, 76, French politician, prime minister 1948
June 13, 1974 (Thursday)
- The 1974 FIFA World Cup began in West Germany.
- Born: Selma, Icelandic singer, in Reykjavik
June 14, 1974 (Friday)
- Anatoli Kaplin, the first Soviet Ambassador to Ireland, visited President Erskine Hamilton Childers at Áras an Uachtaráin.
June 15, 1974 (Saturday)
- Red Lion Square disorders and death of Kevin Gately: The British National Front marched through London's West End, while the London Area Council for Liberation conducted a counter-demonstration. A student was killed during the demonstrations, the first demonstrator to be killed in Britain for 55 years, leading to a public enquiry conducted by Lord Scarman.
June 16, 1974 (Sunday)
- The 1974 24 Hours of Le Mans ended in a third consecutive victory for French drivers Henri Pescarolo and Gérard Larrousse.[17]
- The Milwaukee Road ended operation of its electric locomotives in Montana and Idaho. Trains over the Rocky Mountains were now solely powered by diesel.
June 17, 1974 (Monday)
- A bomb exploded at the Houses of Parliament in London, causing extensive damage and injuring 11 people.[18] The Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.
June 18, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Died: Georgy Zhukov, 77, Soviet general (World War II)[19]
June 19, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Pravda reported that Yekaterina Furtseva, the most influential woman in Soviet politics, had failed to be re-elected to the Supreme Soviet, shortly after being disciplined by the Party for extravagance and fined 40,000 rubles.[20] Furtseva would die four months later.
June 20, 1974 (Thursday)
- The remains of 17th-century naval vessel HMS Anne, on the low water mark of the beach near Pett Level, East Sussex, were designated under the British Protection of Wrecks Act.[21]
June 21, 1974 (Friday)
- Károly Polinszky took office as Hungary's Minister of Education.
June 22, 1974 (Saturday)
- A silent march retraced the route of the previous week's Liberation counter-demonstration from London's embankment to Red Lion Square, in memory of Kevin Gately.
- Died: Darius Milhaud, 81, French composer[22]
June 23, 1974 (Sunday)
- The Austrian presidential election, brought about by the death of Franz Jonas, resulted in Foreign Minister Rudolf Kirchschläger being elected[23] with a 51.7% share of the vote.
June 24, 1974 (Monday)
- The Shtyki Memorial, near Zelenograd in the Soviet Union, was completed; it is part of a memorial complex created in honour of those who defended the country in the Battle of Moscow.[24]
- The 88th Wimbledon tennis championships opened in London.
June 25, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress, daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita, in Mumbai[25]
June 26, 1974 (Wednesday)
- The Universal Product Code was scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio, the first use of barcode technology in American retailing.[26]
- Born: Derek Jeter, American baseball player
June 27, 1974 (Thursday)
- The 61st Tour de France began at Brest.[27]
June 28, 1974 (Friday)
- In response to protests by the imperial regime, a new Coordinating Committee of the Armed Forces (which became the Derg) seized the radio station in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and began to arrest other aristocrats, high officials, and generals suspected of being behind the reactionary movement.
- Real Madrid C.F. defeated FC Barcelona in the final of Spain's Copa del Generalísimo football competition, held at the Vicente Calderón Stadium, Madrid.[28]
- Born: Rob Dyrdek, American skateboarder, entrepreneur and reality television star, in Kettering, Ohio[29]
- Died: Vannevar Bush, 84, US engineer, inventor and science administrator
June 29, 1974 (Saturday)
- Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female President of Argentina,[30] replacing her sick husband Juan Perón, who would die two days later.
- Soviet ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected while visiting Toronto, Canada, and requested political asylum.[31]
- The America Sings attraction opened to the public for the first time at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
June 30, 1974 (Sunday)
- Icelandic parliamentary election, 1974: The Independence Party remained the largest party in the Lower House of the Althing, winning 17 of the 40 seats.[32]
- Died: Alberta Williams King, 69, African-American musician and church leader, shot while playing the organ of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, by Marcus Wayne Chenault.[33]
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