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1974 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.
April 3 – The 1974 Super Outbreak, at the time the largest series of tornadoes in history, occurs in 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province, leaving over 300 people dead, over 5,000 people injured, and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage.
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In the retail world as the year turned from 1973 to 1974, Terri Tyler Street of Shops in Potter Village Shopping Center was advertising “After Five Dresses” starting at $13.30, blazers for as ...
The result was a 23 percent decrease in fatalities on American highways [33] with 853 fewer deaths in January 1974 compared to January 1973. The Xinhua News Agency of the People's Republic of China announced the sudden reassignment of eight of the 11 commanders of its military regions, in an apparent attempt to remove them from the power bases ...
The tornado was part of the 1974 Super Outbreak. May 23 – The RCMP accepts applications from women for regular police duties for the first time. The first 32 women formed Troop 17, were sworn in on September 16, 1974, and graduated on March 3, 1975. Beverly Busson, a member of Troop 17, became the first female RCMP commissioner on December 16 ...
The service offered as many as 30 pages of information for subscribers to view while watching BBC programmes. Ceefax, a pun on the phrase "see facts", would continue until October 23, 2012. [267] American reporters and members of the U.S. Congress were given a rare tour of the vaults of the United States Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky.
In the U.S., Lynda Ann Healy, a 21-year-old student at the University of Washington in Seattle, disappeared from her basement apartment and was subsequently killed, [6] becoming the earliest of at least 30 women murdered by serial killer Ted Bundy. [7] Born: Roberto Heras, Spanish road cyclist and 4-time winner of the Vuelta a España; in ...