What are the important events that happened on July 24, 1974? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

July 24, 1974: Facts & Myths About This Day

July 24, 1974 is the 205^th day of the year 1974 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 160 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 11, 1974 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 143,856,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentagon’ day.

If a person born on this day saved a Half dollar every day starting at age 6, then by now that person has accumulated $7,989.50. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)

Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

Tiger is the mythical animal and Wood is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.

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July 24, 1974 Historical Events

• 1974 –
  Constantine Karamanlis arrives in Greece following the collapse of the Greek military junta, beginning Greece’s metapolitefsi era.
• 1974 –
  Watergate scandal: the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

Who died on July 24, 1974?

• 1974 –
  James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)

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