Ajay Kumar: Updated the article +/-

2023-09-25T18:30:36Z

Updated the article +/-

Ajay Kumar: Creating a new article

2023-09-21T14:12:56Z

Creating a new article

New page

{{short description|Month of 1974}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2023}}
{{events by month|1974}}
{{calendar|year=1974|month=May}}

The following events occurred in '''May 1974''':

==[[May 1]], 1974 (Wednesday)==
*In [[San Francisco]], seven African-American men were arrested in the [[Zebra murders]] case.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/02/archives/seven-blacs-seized-in-zebra-murders-seven-blacks-held-in-zebra.html |last=Turner |first=Wallace |author-link=Wallace Turner |title=Seven Blacks Seized in 'Zebra' Murders |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 May 1974 |at=Page 97, columns 3-5 |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> Four of the men were released for lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/114580468/jurors-probing-zebra-killings-tightly/ |title=Jurors probing Zebra killings tightly guarded |newspaper=[[Press-Telegram|Independent]] |location=[[Long Beach, California]] |agency=[[UPI]] |date=8 May 1974 |at=Page 4, columns 4-8 |access-date=21 September 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
*Two airline employees were injured when a bomb exploded in a locker at [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/02/archives/2-injured-as-a-bomb-explodes-between-2-kennedy-terminals.html |last=Weisman |first=Steven R. |author-link=Steven R. Weisman |title=2 Injured as a Bomb Explodes Between 2 Kennedy Terminals |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 May 1974 |at=Page 94, columns 5-6 |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Lornah Kiplagat]], Kenyan-Dutch Olympic runner; in [[Kabiemit]], [[Keiyo District]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lornah Kiplagat |website=[[Olympedia]] |publisher=OlyMADMen |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/107751
|access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[George Backer]], c. 71, American author and journalist, former publisher of the ''[[New York Post]]''; ex-husband of [[Dorothy Schiff]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/02/archives/george-backer-published-post-author-was-long-active-in-democratic.html |title=George Backer, Published Post |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 May 1974 |at=Page 50, column 4 |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 2]], 1974 (Thursday)==
*In a [[mass shooting]] in [[Seoul]], South Korea, an intoxicated paratrooper killed nine people with a [[carbine]] and then committed suicide.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/02/archives/soldier-in-seoul-kills-nine.html |title=Soldier in Seoul Kills Nine |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 May 1974 |agency=[[Reuters]] |at=Page 8, column 7 |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Matt Berry]], English actor and singer; in [[Bromham, Bedfordshire]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/matt-berry/180104600 |title=Matt Berry on Apple Music |publisher=[[Apple Inc.]] |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 3]], 1974 (Friday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Princess Haya bint Hussein]] of Jordan, Olympic equestrian, daughter of [[Hussein of Jordan]]; in [[Amman]], [[Amman Governorate]]<ref>{{cite web |title=HRH Princess Haya |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/90714 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 4]], 1974 (Saturday)==
*An all-female Japanese team summitted [[Manaslu]] in the [[Kingdom of Nepal]], becoming the first women to climb an {{convert|8000|m|ft|abbr=on}} peak.<ref>{{cite journal |first=Naoko |last=Nakaseko |translator-first=Ichiro |translator-last=Yoshizawa |translator-link=Ichiro Yoshizawa |title=Japanese women's expedition — Manaslu 1974 |journal=[[Alpine Journal]] |volume=1975 |pages=94–99 |url=https://www.alpinejournal.org.uk/Contents/Contents_1975_files/AJ%201975%2094-99%20Nakaseko%20Manaslu.pdf |access-date=21 September 2023 |language=en |quote=... We aimed to make the first ascent of an 8000 metre peak by women and at the same time to put all the climbers on the expedition on to the top. .... . The expedition members were as follows: Kyoko Sato, Mrs Tsune Kuroishi, Mrs Naoko Nakaseko, Michiko Sekita, Mrs Masako Uchida, Mieko Mori, Masako Itakura, Mutsumi Nakajima, Teiko Suzuki, Tomoko lto, Shizu Harada and Naoko Kuribayashi. Captain P. S. Rana was Liaison Officer and Il1a Tsering was Sherpa sirdar. .... Shortly after 5.30pm on 4 May 3 climbers and one Sherpa stood on the summit of Manaslu one by one. 'Yare, Yare' (Here we are at last) was my first impression. ...}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Voiland |first=Adam |publisher=[[NASA]] |url=https://www.earthobservatory.nasa.gov/features/8000MeterPeaks |title=The Eight-Thousanders |website=Earth Observatory |date=16 December 2013 |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
[[File:Expo '74, Spokane, Washington, looking northeast.tif|thumb|right|Expo '74]]
*The [[Expo '74]] [[world's fair]] opened in [[Spokane, Washington]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/10791 |title=Expo '74: Spokane World's Fair |last=Kershner |first=Jim |date=28 May 2014 |encyclopedia=[[HistoryLink]] |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 5]], 1974 (Sunday)==
{{empty section|date=September 2023}}

==[[May 6]], 1974 (Monday)==
{{empty section|date=September 2023}}

==[[May 7]], 1974 (Tuesday)==
*[[Willy Brandt]], West Germany's chancellor, resigned.
*'''Born:'''
** [[Lawrence Johnson (athlete)|Lawrence Johnson]], American Olympic pole vaulter; in [[Norfolk, Virginia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lawrence Johnson |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78615 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
** [[Breckin Meyer]], American actor; in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019779/bio |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315133734/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019779/bio |archive-date=15 March 2007 |title=Breckin Meyer Biography |website=[[Yahoo! Movies]] |publisher=[[AEC One Stop Group, Inc.]] |access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[Fred Kelly (athlete)|Fred Kelly]], American Olympic champion athlete (b. [[1891]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Fred Kelly |website=Olympedia |access-date=20 September 2023 |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/78643 |publisher=OlyMADMen}}</ref>

==[[May 8]], 1974 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Marge Kõrkjas]], Estonian Paralympic swimmer; in [[Rakvere]], [[Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic]]

==[[May 9]], 1974 (Thursday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Brian Deegan (motorcyclist)|Brian Deegan]], American motocross racer<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Brian Deegan |title=Notable Sports Figures |volume=1. A-E |editor-first=Dana |editor-last=Barnes |location=[[Detroit]] |publisher=[[Gale (publisher)|Gale]] |year=2004 |series=Gale Biography In Context |edition=Web |isbn=9780787666286}}</ref>

==[[May 10]], 1974 (Friday)==
*Officer Michael Lee Edwards of the [[Los Angeles Police Department]] was last seen leaving the police academy on this date. His handcuffed body, shot execution-style, would be found the next day in an abandoned building. Edwards' murder has never been solved.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.odmp.org/officer/4484-police-officer-michael-lee-edwards |title=Police Officer Michael Lee Edwards, Los Angeles Police Department, California |publisher=[[The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Liu Fang]], Chinese–Canadian [[pipa]] player; in [[Kunming]], [[Yunnan]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.philmultic.com/English/ |title=Liu Fang, soloist for pipa (Chinese 4-stringed lute) and guzheng (21-stringed zither with movable bridges) |website=philmultic.com |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=September 2023|reason=Source does not give month and day of birth.}}
**[[Sylvain Wiltord]], French footballer; in [[Neuilly-sur-Marne]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=12266 |title=Sylvain Wiltord {{!}} Football Stats {{!}} No Club {{!}} Age 49 {{!}} 1991-2011 |department=Players |website=[[Soccerbase]] |publisher=Centurycomm Limited |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Died:''' [[Takeshi Sakamoto]], Japanese actor (b. [[1899]]){{citation needed|date=September 2023}}

==[[May 11]], 1974 (Saturday)==
*A violent [[1974 Zhaotong earthquake|7.1 earthquake]] shook the Chinese city of [[Zhaotong]], causing between 1,600 and 20,000 deaths.
*'''Born:''' [[Simon Aspelin]], Swedish tennis player; in [[Saltsjöbaden]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Simon Aspelin {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis |url=https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/A324/overview |publisher=[[ATP Tour, Inc.]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 12]], 1974 (Sunday)==
{{empty section|date=September 2023}}

==[[May 13]], 1974 (Monday)==
*'''Died:''' [[Jaime Torres Bodet]], Mexican public servant, 2nd Director-General of [[UNESCO]] (b. [[1902]])

==[[May 14]], 1974 (Tuesday)==
*'''Died:''' [[Jacob L. Moreno]], Romanian-American psychiatrist and psychosociologist (b. [[1889]])

==[[May 15]], 1974 (Wednesday)==
*'''Died:''' [[Lieutenant-general (Canada)|Lieutenant-General]] [[Guy Simonds]], {{post-nominals|country=CAN|size=100%|sep=,|CC|CB|CBE|DSO|CD}}, commander of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] in [[World War II]] (b. [[1903]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ww2db.com/person_bio.php?person_id=127 |last=Chen |first=C. Peter |title=Guy Simonds |date=September 2005 |website=World War II Database |department=People |publisher=Lava Development, LLC |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 16]], 1974 (Thursday)==
*[[Helmut Schmidt]] became the new Chancellor of West Germany.
*'''Born:''' [[Laura Pausini]], Italian singer; in [[Faenza]], [[Emilia-Romagna]]

==[[May 17]], 1974 (Friday)==
*[[The Troubles]]: The [[Ulster Volunteer Force]] (UVF) carried out the [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings]], exploding four car bombs in counties [[Dublin]] and [[Monaghan]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The attacks killed 33 civilians and an unborn child and wounded almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single event during the conflict.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dublin and Monaghan Bombs - Chronology of Events |url=https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/events/dublin/chron.htm |last=Melaugh |first=Martin |publisher=[[Conflict Archive on the Internet|CAIN]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*In [[Compton, California]], [[Symbionese Liberation Army#Move to Los Angeles and police shootout|a shootout]] between members of the Los Angeles Police Department and the [[Symbionese Liberation Army]] (SLA) led to a fire started by [[tear gas]] containers. Six SLA members died during the incident. [[Patty Hearst]], whom the SLA had kidnapped in February, was not present at the shootout.<ref name="Nordheimer">{{cite news |title=5 Who Died in Siege Identified as S.L.A. Members; Miss Hearst Not Among Victims in Gunfight on Coast |last=Nordheimer |first=Jon |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/19/archives/5-who-died-in-siege-identified-as-sla-members-miss-hearst-not-among.html |date=19 May 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 1-4 |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="FBI">{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/patty-hearst |title=Patty Hearst |department=Famous Cases & Criminals |website=[[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref><ref name="History">{{cite web |title=LAPD raid leaves six SLA members dead |author=((History.com Editors)) |website=[[History (American TV network)|HISTORY]] |url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lapd-raid-leaves-six-sla-members-dead |access-date=20 September 2023 |publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]] |date=14 May 2021}}</ref>
*'''Born:'''
**[[Andrea Corr]], Irish singer; in [[Dundalk]], [[County Louth]]<ref>{{cite book |url=http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb141665975 |title=Notice de personne "Corr, Andrea (1974-....)" |trans-title=Person notice "Corr, Andrea (1974-....)" |publisher=[[Bibliothèque nationale de France]] |language=fr |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
**[[Tamara Rojo]], Spanish ballet dancer; in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada<ref>{{cite web |title=Tamara Rojo |website=[[Oxford Reference]] |access-date=20 September 2023 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100426705}}</ref>
*'''Died:'''
**[[Angela Atwood]] (aka General Gelina), Symbionese Liberation Army co-founder, burns and [[smoke inhalation]] (b. [[1949]])<ref name="Nordheimer"/>
**[[Donald DeFreeze]] (aka Cinque Mtume), Symbionese Liberation Army leader and spokesman, [[suicide by gunshot]] (b. [[1943]])<ref name="Nordheimer"/><ref name="FBI"/><ref name="History"/>
**[[Camilla Hall]], Symbionese Liberation Army member, shot by police (b. [[1945]])<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://today.magazine.mnsu.edu/s/1913/bp21-micro/interior.aspx?sid=1913&gid=2&pgid=863 |title=The curious, tragic life of Camilla Hall |last=Dyslin |first=Amanda |magazine=TODAY Magazine |publisher=[[Minnesota State University, Mankato]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
**[[Nancy Ling Perry]], Symbionese Liberation Army co-founder, shot by police (b. [[1947]])<ref name="Nordheimer"/>
**[[Patricia Soltysik]], Symbionese Liberation Army co-founder, gunshot wounds, burns and smoke inhalation (b. [[1950]])<ref name="Nordheimer"/>
**[[Willie Wolfe]] (aka "Kahjoh"), Symbionese Liberation Army co-founder, smoke inhalation (b. [[1951]])<ref name="Nordheimer"/>

==[[May 18]], 1974 (Saturday)==
*[[1974 Australian federal election]]: [[Gough Whitlam]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Whitlam government|government]] was re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Billy Snedden]]. Whitlam consequently became the first Labor [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] to be re-elected in his own right. The [[Democratic Labor Party (historical)|Democratic Labor Party]] meanwhile lost all five of their [[Australian Senate|Senate]] seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force.
*[[Nuclear weapons testing]]: Under Project [[Smiling Buddha]], India successfully detonated its first [[nuclear weapon]], becoming the sixth nation to do so.
*'''Died:''' Sir [[Harry Ricardo]], English mechanical engineer (b. [[1885]])

==[[May 19]], 1974 (Sunday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Andrew Johns]], Australian rugby league player; in [[Cessnock, New South Wales]]
**[[Nawazuddin Siddiqui]], Indian film actor; in [[Budhana]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
*'''Died:''' [[Allal al-Fassi]], Moroccan politician, poet, writer and scholar (b. [[1910]])

==[[May 20]], 1974 (Monday)==
*Fire destroyed the ''[[Cody Enterprise]]'' newspaper building in [[Cody, Wyoming]], killing a reporter and a volunteer firefighter. The fire rekindled from ashes left in the building's rafters from an [[arson]] fire in a neighboring alley the previous night.<ref>{{cite news |title=Enterprise tragedy still hurts on 40th |url=https://www.codyenterprise.com/news/local/article_218225ec-df99-11e3-9528-001a4bcf887a.html |last=Morris |first=Corey |date=19 May 2014 |newspaper=[[Cody Enterprise]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Mikael Stanne]], Swedish singer; in [[Gothenburg]]
*'''Died:''' [[Jean Daniélou]], French Catholic cardinal, theologian and academic (b. [[1905]])

==[[May 21]], 1974 (Tuesday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Fairuza Balk]], American actress and musician; in [[Point Reyes]], [[California]]
*'''Died:''' [[Lily Kronberger]], Hungarian figure skater (b. [[1890]])

==[[May 22]], 1974 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Sean Gunn]], American actor; in [[St. Louis]], [[Missouri]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/jgunn/posts/happy-birthday-to-my-brother/10154261564101157/ |title=Happy Birthday to my brother Sean Gunn. |first=James |last=Gunn |author-link=James Gunn |publisher=James Gunn verified [[Facebook]] account}}</ref>
**[[Henrietta Ónodi]], Hungarian Olympic champion artistic gymnast; in [[Békéscsaba]], [[Békés County]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Henrietta Ónodi |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28652 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 23]], 1974 (Thursday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Jewel (singer)|Jewel]], American singer; in [[Payson, Utah]]

==[[May 24]], 1974 (Friday)==
*'''Died:''' [[Duke Ellington]], American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. [[1899]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/duke-ellington-11631 |title=Duke Ellington - Broadway Cast & Staff |work=[[Internet Broadway Database]] |publisher=[[The Broadway League]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 25]], 1974 (Saturday)==
*'''Died:''' [[Donald Crisp]], English-American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. [[1880]])<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/donald-crisp-36704 |title=Donald Crisp - Broadway Cast & Staff |work=Internet Broadway Database |publisher=The Broadway League |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 26]], 1974 (Sunday)==
*Hundreds of people were injured in a [[human crush]] during a [[David Cassidy]] concert at London's [[White City Stadium]], one of whom, 14-year-old Bernadette Whelan, would die of her injuries a few days later.<ref>{{cite news |title=Crushed to death at a David Cassidy concert |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/crushed-to-death-at-a-david-cassidy-concert-1095281.html |last=Walsh |first=Maeve |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |department=Culture |date=23 May 1999 |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
*'''Born:''' [[Lars Frölander]], Swedish Olympic champion swimmer; in [[Boden, Sweden|Boden]], [[Norrbotten County]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Lars Frölander |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50387 |website=Olympedia |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 27]], 1974 (Monday)==
*'''Born:'''
** [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], American politician; in [[Milledgeville, Georgia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=GREENE, Marjorie Taylor 1974 – |url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/G000596 |website=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]] |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
** [[Gürkan Uygun]], Turkish actor; in [[İzmit]], [[Kocaeli Province]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Gurkan Uygun |url=https://www.turkishdrama.com/gurkan-uygun.html |publisher=Turkish Drama |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>

==[[May 28]], 1974 (Tuesday)==
*'''Born:'''
**[[Hans-Jörg Butt]], German footballer; in [[Oldenburg (city)|Oldenburg]], West Germany<ref>{{cite web |title=Jörg Butt |url=https://www.fussballdaten.de/person/joerg-butt/ |website=fussballdaten.de |language=de |access-date=20 September 2023}}</ref>
**[[Misbah-ul-Haq]], Pakistani cricketer; in [[Mianwali]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]]

==[[May 29]], 1974 (Wednesday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Steve Cardenas]], American martial artist and actor; in [[Hampton, Virginia]]

==[[May 30]], 1974 (Thursday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Big L]], American rapper; in [[Harlem]], [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]] (murdered [[1999]])

==[[May 31]], 1974 (Friday)==
*'''Born:''' [[Kenan Doğulu]], Turkish pop musician; in [[Istanbul]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Events by month links}}

[[Category:May|1974]]
[[Category:1974|*1974-05]]
[[Category:Months in the 1970s|*1974-05]]

May 1974 - Revision history

Ajay Kumar: Updated the article +/-

Ajay Kumar: Creating a new article