At A Glance

8 October 1974 at a glance

Day of the week
8 October 1974 was a Tuesday.
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 8 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 8 October 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 8 October 1974 was Last Quarter.

On this day: 8 October

  • 1970 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in literature.
  • 1973 Yom Kippur War: Israel loses more than 150 tanks in a failed attack on Egyptian-occupied positions.
  • 1973 Spyros Markezinis begins his 48-day term as prime minister in an abortive attempt to lead Greece to parliamentary rule.
  • 1974 Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
  • 1978 Australia's Ken Warby sets the current world water speed record of 275.97 knots at Blowering Dam, Australia.

Famous people born on 8 October

  • Matt Damon, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1970)
  • Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (born 1985)
  • Zheng Qinwen, Chinese tennis player (born 2002)
  • Sigourney Weaver, American actress and producer (born 1949)

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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.
More events of 1974 →Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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