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16 September 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 16 September 1974 was a Monday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single 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 16 September is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 16 September 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 16 September 1974 was New Moon.
On this day: 16 September
- 1970 King Hussein of Jordan declares war against the Palestine Liberation Organization, the conflict came to be known as Black September.
- 1975 Papua New Guinea gains independence from Australia.
- 1975 Cape Verde, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations.
- 1975 The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
- 1976 Armenian champion swimmer Shavarsh Karapetyan saves 20 people from a trolleybus that had fallen into a Yerevan reservoir.
Famous people born on 16 September
- Alexis Bledel, American actress (born 1981)
- Nick Jonas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1992)
- Henry V of England (1386–1422)
- Chase Stokes, American actor (born 1992)
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Events of 1974 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '1974 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 1 January – 7 March – The Three-Day Week is introduced by the Conservative Government as a measure to conserve electricity during the period of industrial action by coal miners.
- 7 February – Grenada becomes independent of the United Kingdom.
- 28 February – The general election results in the first hung parliament since 1929, with the Conservative government having 297 seats – four fewer than Labour, who have 301 – and the largest number of votes.
Life in 1974
Prime Minister
Harold Wilson
Monarch
Elizabeth II
Pint of Beer
22p
Loaf of Bread
14p
Average House
£10,990
Weekly Wage
£48.50
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Famous Faces Born in the 1970s
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Matthew Rhys8 November 1974ActorView their day →Hannah Waddingham28 July 1974ActressView their day →Andy Burnham7 January 1970PoliticianView their day →Christopher Nolan30 July 1970FilmmakerView their day →Lucy Davis17 February 1973ActressView their day →Tom Hardy15 September 1977ActorView their day →Christian Bale30 January 1974ActorView their day →Kelly Macdonald23 February 1976ActressView their day →Sources: Wikidata and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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