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23 August 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 23 August 1974 was a Friday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 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.
- Bestselling Novel of 1974
- “Centennial” by James A. Michener was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1974.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1974–75 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 23 August is Virgo.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 23 August 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for August is Peridot.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 23 August 1974 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 23 August
- 1966 Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the first photograph of Earth from orbit around the Moon.
- 1970 Organized by Mexican American labor union leader César Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the largest farm worker strike in U.S. history, begins.
- 1975 The start of the Wave Hill walk-off by Gurindji people in Australia, lasting eight years, a landmark event in the history of Indigenous land rights in Australia, commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kelly song and an annual celebration.
- 1975 The Pontiac Silverdome opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, Michigan.
- 1977 Waylon Jennings arrested in a drug raid.
Famous people born on August 23
- River Phoenix, American actor (1970–1993)
- Kobe Bryant, American basketball player and businessman (1978–2020)
- Scott Caan, American actor (born 1976)
- Louis XVI (1754–1793)
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Events of 1974 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '1974 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 15 – Happy Days, a sitcom about life in the 1950s, debuts on ABC.
- March 4 – People magazine's first issue is published in the U.S., with Mia Farrow on the cover.
- April 2 – The 46th Academy Awards ceremony, hosted by Burt Reynolds, Diana Ross, John Huston and David Niven, is held at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. George Roy Hill's The Sting wins seven awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Hill.
Life in the US in 1974
President
Gerald Ford
Gas (per gallon)
$0.53
Loaf of Bread
$0.34
Average House
$25,900
Weekly Wage
$176
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