1974 in the United States

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Events from the year 1974 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

Richard Nixon (R-California) (until August 9)
Gerald Ford (R-Michigan) (starting August 9)
Gerald Ford (R-Michigan
vacant (August 9 – December 19)
Nelson Rockefeller (R-New York) (starting December 19)
Governors and lieutenant governors

Governors

Lieutenant governors

Events

January

February

  • February 4 – Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment by members of the Symbionese Liberation Army.[1]
  • February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
  • February 12 – U.S. District Court Judge Geoerge Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington state are entitled to half of the legal salmon and steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
  • February 22 – Samuel Byck attempts to hijack an airplane with the intent to crash it into the White House and assassinate President Nixon. He commits suicide when police storm the plane.
  • February 28 – Egypt and the United States re-establish normal diplomatic relations.

March

April

May

June

July

August

August 9: Richard Nixon resigns as President of the United States
August 9: Gerald Ford is sworn in as the 38th U.S. president
Nixon Oval Office meeting with H.R. Haldeman "Smoking Gun" Conversation June 23, 1972 Full Transcript

September

  • September 1 – Daredevil Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in West Virginia.
  • September 8
  • September 16 – In Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".

October

October 17: President Ford testifies before the House Judiciary Subcommittee regarding his pardon of Nixon

November

December

December 19: Nelson Rockefeller becomes the 41st U.S. vice president

Undated

Ongoing

Births

January

Derek Kilmer
Katie Porter
Kevin Durand
Frank Caliendo
Tiffani Thiessen
Ed Helms
Michael Waltz

February

Seth Green
Elizabeth Banks
Alex Jones
Fonzworth Bentley
Mahershala Ali
Jillian Michaels

March

Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Eva Mendes
Jenna Fischer
Alyson Hannigan
Kai Kahele
Kristoffer Cusick

April

Chris Kyle
Jenna Jameson
Eric Greitens
Marley Shelton
Da Brat
Mark Tremonti

May

Breckin Meyer
Sonny Sandoval
Sean Gunn
Jewel
Marjorie Taylor Greene

June

Alanis Morissette
Tate Reeves
Uncle Kracker
Steve-O
Derek Jeter
Rob Dyrdek

July

Jonathan Roumie
Lil' Kim
Simon Rex
Kathryn Hahn
Stephanie March
Josh Radnor
Hilary Swank

August

Michael Shannon
Chris Messina
Karine Jean-Pierre
Christopher Gorham
Amy Adams
Misha Collins
Cory Gardner

September

Burn Gorman
Ryan Phillippe
Austin St. John
Xzibit
Jimmy Fallon
Matt Hardy
Daniel Wu

October

Colin Meloy
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Shaggy 2 Dope
André Carson
Joaquin Phoenix

November

Nelly
Chris Sununu
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leslie Bibb
Chloë Sevigny
Jimmy Gomez

December

Dan Bongino
Rey Mysterio
Sarah Paulson
Giovanni Ribisi
Ryan Seacrest
Mekhi Phifer

Full date unknown

Anarquia
Sophie Barthes
Aaron Becker
Macon Blair

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ James Stuart Olson, ed. (1999). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the 1970s. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30543-6.
  2. ^ "Taylor Swift re-creates Mia Farrow cover from first People magazine". Los Angeles Times. 8 October 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ep. 8 The Visalia Ransacker, Part One". Archived from the original on 2018-04-25. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ^ "Bavarian Autosport - 2 Years - European Car Magazine". Europeancarweb.com. 2009-10-01. Archived from the original on 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2014-03-27.
  5. ^ Larsen, @Erik_Larsen, Erik. "Man who built Six Flags Great Adventure". Courier-Post. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  6. ^ a b "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved 25 August 2016
  7. ^ "Timeline of President Ford's Life and Career". Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum. Gerald R. Ford Library. Archived from the original on December 24, 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-28.
  8. ^ Hall, Mitchell K. (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  9. ^ "Monty Python Invades America – 1974". Tellyspotting. 2009-10-09. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  10. ^ Myerson, Allen R. (1990-12-30). "Setting Up an Island in the Soviet Storm". The New York Times.
  11. ^ Women's Center of Rhode Island 2009 Annual Report
  12. ^ Buell. The Quiet Warrior. pp. 344 and 515.
  13. ^ Commire, Anne; Klezmer, Deborah, eds. (2001). Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. Waterford: Yorkin Publications, Gale Group. p. 380. ISBN 978-0-78764-068-2.
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