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9 November 1974 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 9 November 1974 was a Saturday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet” by Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
- 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 9 November is Scorpio.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 9 November 1974 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for November is Topaz.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 9 November 1974 was Waning Crescent.
On this day: 9 November
- 1965 Several U.S. states and parts of Canada are hit by a series of blackouts lasting up to 13 hours in the Northeast blackout of 1965.
- 1965 A Catholic Worker Movement member, Roger Allen LaPorte, protesting against the Vietnam War, sets himself on fire in front of the United Nations building.
- 1967 Apollo program: NASA launches the unmanned Apollo 4 test spacecraft, atop the first Saturn V rocket, from Florida's Cape Kennedy.
- 1970 Vietnam War: The Supreme Court of the United States votes 6–3 against hearing a case to allow Massachusetts to enforce its law granting residents the right to refuse military service in an undeclared war.
- 1979 Cold War: Nuclear false alarm: The NORAD computers and the Alternate National Military Command Center in Fort Ritchie, Maryland, detect a purported massive Soviet nuclear strike. After reviewing the raw data from satellites and checking the early-warning radars, the alert is cancelled.
Famous people born on November 9
- Eric Dane, American actor (1972–2026)
- Edward VII (1841–1910)
- Delta Goodrem, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (born 1984)
- Ryan Murphy, American television writer, producer, and director (born 1965)
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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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