Page 2: Historical Events In 1974

Jan 20   7th ABA All-Star Game East 128 beats West 112 at Virginia   

Jan 20   Edmund Blunden, British poet/critic, dies at 77   

Jan 21   Jan Arends, Dutch poet/author, dies at 48   

Jan 21   Silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London   

Jan 22   Leon Lontoc, actor (Henry-Burke's Law), dies at 64   

Jan 23   The inaugural edition of women's magazine "Story".   

Jan 25   Christian Barnard transplants inaugural human heart without removal of old   

Jan 25   Dr Christian Barnard performs a heart transplant, leaving the original heart in place.   

Jan 25   Start of major flooding in Brisbane in which 13 die   

Jan 26   S v Vegesack, writer, dies at 85.   

Jan 27   Georgios Grivas, Greek gen/oppos leader on Cyprus (EOKA), dies at 75.   

Jan 28   Dino Buzzati, writer, dies at 67   

Jan 29   27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago   

Jan 30   Bill Whitty, cricketer (37 wkts v South Africa 1910-11 series), dies   

Jan 30   USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakstan/Semipalatinsk USSR.   

Jan 31   Glenn Morris, olympian/actor (Tarzan's Revenge), dies at 61.   

Feb 01   "Good Times" (spinoff from "Maude") premieres on CBS TV   

Feb 01   Lynda Ann Healy, 1st Bundy murder victim, abducted in Seattle.   

Feb 02   Barbra Streisand's inaugural #1 hit, "The Way We Were".   

Feb 02   Jean Absil, Belgian composer (Benedictions), dies at 80.   

Feb 02   Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary".   

Feb 04   Benzine rationing ends in Netherlands   

Feb 04   Chimpanzee Nim Chimsky signs his inaugural word, at 2½ months.   

Feb 04   Gas rationing ends in Netherlands.   

Feb 04   Mihail Andricu, composer, dies at 79   

Feb 04   Patricia Hearst (19), daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army.   

Feb 05   British miner's strike   

Feb 05   Mats Wermelin, Sweden, scores all points in 272-0 basketball win.   

Feb 05   Maximum speed on Autobahn reduced to 100 kph.   

Feb 05   US Mariner 10 returns inaugural close-up photos of Venus' cloud structure   

Feb 06   Dutch speed limit set at 100 km due to oil crisis   

Feb 06   US House of Representatives begins determining grounds for impeachment of Nixon.   

Feb 07   Arline Judge, actress (Age of Consent), dies at 61   

Feb 07   In this year, Grenada claims its independence from Britain.   

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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,