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21 December 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 21 December 1974 was a Saturday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas.
- Top Film of 1974
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1974 was The Towering Inferno.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 21 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 21 December 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 21 December 1974 was First Quarter.
On this day: 21 December
- 1963 "Bloody Christmas" begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages.
- 1965 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination is adopted.
- 1968 Apollo program: Apollo 8 is launched from the Kennedy Space Center, placing its crew on a lunar trajectory for the first visit to another celestial body by humans.
- 1973 The Geneva Conference on the Arab–Israeli conflict opens.
- 1979 Lancaster House Agreement: An independence agreement for Rhodesia is signed in London by Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmour, Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Bishop Abel Muzorewa and S.C. Mundawarara.
Famous people born on 21 December
- Jane Fonda, American actress and activist (born 1937)
- Madelyn Cline, American actress and model (born 1997)
- Samuel L. Jackson, American actor and producer (born 1948)
- Emmanuel Macron, French politician, 25th President of France (born 1977)
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Events of 1974 in Australia
A selection from Wikipedia's '1974 in Australia'. Not a complete list.
- 24 January – Cyclone Wanda makes landfall near Double Island Point. Large parts of South East Queensland, particularly Brisbane, and northern New South Wales are flooded.
- 26 February – Mungo Man, a human skeleton estimated to be 40,000 years old, uncovered at Lake Mungo
- 25 March – The Liberal Party led by Charles Court wins the 1974 Western Australian state election.
Life in Australia in 1974
Prime Minister
Gough Whitlam
Monarch
Queen Elizabeth II
Petrol (per litre)
$0.09
Loaf of Bread
$0.31
Average House
$22,000
Weekly Wage
$110.00
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
Well-known people born in the same decade as you, not on your birthday.
Heath Ledger4 April 1979ActorView their day →Patrick Brammall30 March 1976ActorView their day →Rose Byrne24 July 1979ActressView their day →Isla Fisher3 February 1976Actress & authorView their day →Sam Worthington2 August 1976ActorView their day →Toni Collette1 November 1972Actress & musicianView their day →Joel Edgerton23 June 1974ActorView their day →Natalie Imbruglia4 February 1975Singer & actressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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