Page 11: Historical Events In 1974

Aug 19   ... Davies, US ambassador on Cyprus, murdered.   

Aug 20   Ilona Massey, actress (Love HAppy, Holiday in Mexico), dies at 62.   

Aug 22   Jacob Bronowsky, British mathematician/cultural historian, dies at 66.   

Aug 26   Aviator Charles Lindbergh dies in Hawaii at age 72.   

Aug 26   Charles Lindbergh, aviator, dies at 72.   

Aug 26   Soyuz 15 carries 2 cosmonauts to space station Salyut 3   

Aug 27   Haile Selassie, former emperor of Ethiopia, dies in Addis Ababa at age 83   

Aug 28   Soyuz 15 returns to Earth   

Aug 30   Abraham Schierbeek, Dutch biologist (Leeuwenhoek), dies at 87   

Aug 30   Express train runs full speed into Zagreb, Yugo rail yard killing 153   

Aug 31   William Pershing Benedict, American pilot   

Sep 01   The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird fighter establishes a new record by flying the Atlantic in under 2 hours.   

Sep 04   Creighton W Abrams, US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59.   

Sep 06   Olga Baclanova, actress (Freaks, Docks of NY), dies at 75.   

Sep 08   Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres R Nixon of all federal crimes   

Sep 08   Richard Nixon, ex US Presdient, pardoned for his part in the Watergate affair.   

Sep 08   Robert Cox, last surviving member of Keystone Kops, dies at 79.   

Sep 08   US President Gerald Ford grants an unconditional pardon to former President Richard M. Nixon.   

Sep 09   Sultan Ismail Hajibeyov, composer, dies at 55.   

Sep 10   Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal   

Sep 10   Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 mi in 24 hrs.   

Sep 11   Víctor Olea Alegría, Chilean Socialist Party member.   

Sep 12   Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia (National Day).   

Sep 14   Barbara Jo Allen, actress (Girl Rush, Melody Ranch), dies at 66   

Sep 14   Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter.   

Sep 15   The civil war in Beirut, Lebanon, breaks out between Christians and Muslims.   

Sep 16   BART begins regular transbay service.   

Sep 16   Pres Ford announces conditional amnesty for US, Vietnam War deserters   

Sep 17   Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup   

Sep 17   USS Enterprise sailed from San Francisco with VF-1 and VF-2 aboard. This event marked the initial deployment of the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the Navy's newest fighter.   

Sep 18   Edna Best, actress (Key, Calendar, Escape), dies at 74   

Sep 18   Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, 5000 die.   

Sep 19   Eve March, actress (Adam's Rib, Danny Boy), dies at 63.   

Sep 20   Carlyle Blackwell Jr, entertainer, dies at 61   

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Jan 02   Juha lind: Nhl forward (team finland oly-bronze-1998, dallas)   

Jan 16   Kate moss: Addiscomb surrey england, model (calvin klein)   

Jan 18   Devon odessa: Actor (sharon-my so called life, girl of limberlost)   

Jan 18   Shane burton: Defensive tackle (miami dolphins)   

Jan 18   Michael tunn: Australian television and radio   

Jan 18   Christian burns: English musician (bbmak)   

Jan 18   Maulik pancholy: American actor   

Jan 18   Princess claire of belgium: Princess claire of belgium   

Jan 02   Tex ritter: Country singer (5 star jubilee),    

Jan 03   Gino cervi: Actor (becket, don camillo),   

Jan 04   Karel janacek: Composer,   

Jan 05   Roy bargy: Orch leader (jimmy durante show),    

Jan 06   David alfaro siqueiros: Mexican sculptor/muralist,    

Jan 13   Raoul jobin: Canadian tenor (b. 1906)   

Jan 14   Josef smrkovsky: Czechoslovakia parliament chairman,    

Jan 15   Karel salmon: Composer,