Historical Events In 1974
Tuesday, 03 February 2026
Jan 01 World Population Year begins. 


Jan 02 Tex Ritter, country singer (5 Star Jubilee), dies at 67 


Jan 02 U.S. President Nixon signs into law a national highway speed limit of 55 miles per hour. 


Jan 02 Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres. 


Jan 03 Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain. 


Jan 03 Burma accepts its constitution. 


Jan 03 Gino Cervi, actor (Becket, Don Camillo), dies at 72 


Jan 03 Gold hits record $121.25 an ounce in London. 


Jan 04 Karel Janacek, composer, dies at 70. 


Jan 04 Nixon refuses to hand over tapes subpoenaed by Watergate Committee. 


Jan 04 President Nixon refuses to hand over documents and tape recordings subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee. 


Jan 05 Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in "Oh, Brother" 


Jan 05 Roy Bargy, orch leader (Jimmy Durante Show), dies at 79. 


Jan 06 "CBS Mystery Theater," premieres on radio. 


Jan 06 David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican sculptor/muralist, dies at 77 


Jan 06 England begins 3 day work week during mine strike 


Jan 07 Dutch government rations gasoline. 


Jan 08 Gold hits record $126.50 an ounce in London. 


Jan 08 Loch Ness Monster photographed? 


Jan 08 Silver hits record $3.40 an ounce in New York 


Jan 11 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 


Jan 12 "Joker" by Steve Miller Band peaks at #1 


Jan 12 Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic" 


Jan 14 Josef Smrkovsky, Czechoslovakia parliament chairman, dies at 62. 


Jan 15 "Happy Days" begins an 11 year run on ABC 


Jan 15 Expert panel reports 18½-m gap in Watergate tape, 5 separate erasures 


Jan 15 Karel Salmon, composer, dies at 76 


Jan 16 "Jaws" by Peter Benchley is published 


Jan 16 L A Landslide results in the deaths of 9, Canyonville OR. 


Jan 18 "The $6 Million Man" starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV. 


Jan 18 Israel and Egypt sign weapons accord. 


Jan 18 The Secretary officially named the Navy's fourth nuclear-powered carrier the Carl Vinson 


Jan 19 Belgium government of Leburton falls 


Jan 20 4th NFL Pro Bowl AFC beats NFC 15-13 


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