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The film is tied with William Friedkin's The Exorcist in receiving ten nominations. 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.
February 8 – After 84 days in space, the last crew of the temporary American space station Skylab return to Earth.; February 13–15 – Sagittarius A*, thought to be the location of a supermassive black hole, is identified by Bruce Balick and Robert Brown using the baseline interferometer of the United States National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
Highest-grossing films of 1974 Rank Title Distributor(s) Domestic rentals 1 The Towering Inferno: 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. $50,000,000 [1] 2 Blazing Saddles: Warner Bros. $45,200,000 [1] 3 Young Frankenstein: 20th Century Fox $38,800,000 [1] 4 Earthquake: Universal: $36,300,000 [1] 5 The Trial of Billy Jack: Warner Bros. $31,100,000 [2 ...
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1974: The lithium-ion battery is invented by M. Stanley Whittingham, and further developed in the 1980s and 1990s by John B. Goodenough, Rachid Yazami and Akira Yoshino. It has impacted modern consumer electronics and electric vehicles. [508] 1974: The Rubik's cube is invented by Ernő Rubik which went on to be the best selling puzzle ever. [509]
Highest-grossing films of 1974 Rank Title Distributor Domestic gross 1 Blazing Saddles: Warner Bros. $119,500,000 2 The Towering Inferno: 20th Century Fox / Warner Bros. $116,000,000 3 The Trial of Billy Jack: Warner Bros. $89,000,000 4 Young Frankenstein: 20th Century Fox $86,300,000 5 Earthquake: Universal: $79,700,000 6 The Godfather Part II ...
1973 National Society of Film Critics Awards; 1974 New York Film Critics Circle Awards; W. 27th Writers Guild of America Awards ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...