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5 October 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 5 October 1974 was a Saturday.
- Kent Music Report No. 1
- The Kent Music Report No. 1 was “The Night Chicago Died” 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 5 October is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 5 October 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for October is Opal.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 5 October 1974 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 5 October
- 1966 A reactor at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station near Detroit suffers a partial meltdown.
- 1968 A Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association march in Derry is violently suppressed by police.
- 1970 The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is founded in the United States.[citation needed]
- 1978 Brother Eddie Villanueva and 15 others from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines begin the Jesus Is Lord Church.
- 1984 Marc Garneau becomes the first Canadian in space.
Famous people born on 5 October
- Travis Kelce, American football player (born 1989)
- Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1952)
- Kate Winslet, English actress (born 1975)
- Jacob Tremblay, Canadian actor (born 2006)
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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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