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22 June 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 22 June 1974 was a Saturday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “Billy Don't Be a Hero” by Paper Lace.
- Top Film of 1974
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1974 was The Towering Inferno.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 22 June is Cancer.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 22 June 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for June is Pearl.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 22 June 1974 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 22 June
- 1965 The Treaty on Basic Relations between Japan and the Republic of Korea is signed.
- 1966 Vietnamese Buddhist activist leader Thích Trí Quang was arrested as the military junta of Nguyen Cao Ky crushed the Buddhist Uprising.
- 1969 The Cuyahoga River catches fire in Cleveland, Ohio, drawing national attention to water pollution, and spurring the passing of the Clean Water Act and the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency.
- 1978 Charon, the first of Pluto's satellites to be discovered, was first seen at the United States Naval Observatory by James W. Christy.
- 1984 Virgin Atlantic launches with its first flight from London to Newark.
Famous people born on 22 June
- Rodri, Spanish footballer (born 1996)
- Meryl Streep, American actress (born 1949)
- C. Joseph Vijay, Indian actor (born 1974)
- Esther Rantzen, English journalist (born 1940)
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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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