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4 unusual facts about February 1974


Alan Clark Diaries

The first published diaries open with Alan Clark, Conservative Member of Parliament for Plymouth Sutton since February 1974, about to seek re-election at the 1983 general election.

Malcolm Bishop

He has also been a Prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, standing for Bath in February 1974 and October 1974.

Norton Motorcycle Company

In 1974, the UK's outgoing Conservative government withdrew subsidies, but the incoming Labour government restored them after the General Election.

Simon Kerslake

Boundary changes lead to the abolition of his constituency at the February 1974 general election but he finds another and returns to the Commons at the October 1974 general election.


Edward Graham, Baron Graham of Edmonton

He was Member of Parliament for Edmonton from February 1974 to 1983, when he lost the seat to Dr Ian Twinn as part of Labour's landslide election defeat that year.

Mark Woodnutt

At the February 1974 election he lost the seat by 7,766 votes to the Liberal candidate Stephen Ross despite having won a huge 17,326 majority over Labour in 1970.

United Kingdom general election, 1951

This was the second of three elections in the 20th Century where a party lost the popular vote but won the most seats, the others being 1929 and February 1974; it also happened in 1874.


see also

Ambrose Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End

Ambrose Edgar Woodall, 1st Baron Uvedale of North End MD, FRCS (24 April 1885 – 28 February 1974), known as Sir Ambrose Woodall between 1931 and 1946, was a British surgeon.

Ben Manga

Bienvenido "Ben" Manga Ubenga (born 11 February 1974 in Bata) is an Equatoguinean football scout and former player.

Fulda station

In the continuation of the regional planning process for the KörleBavarian/Hessian border section, which had started in February 1974, two other variants were introduced into the discussion in June, 1976.

Games '74

Games '74 is a 1974 New Zealand–made documentary film of the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, held in Christchurch, New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974.

Geoffrey Johnson-Smith

His time there was dominated by the Kenneth Littlejohn affair, which was still rumbling on when Heath called a snap election in February 1974.

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo

Gérard Kango Ouédraogo (born Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso 19 September 1925) served as Prime Minister of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 13 February 1971 to 8 February 1974.

Giannis Mallous

Giannis Mallous (born on 7 February 1974 in Dortmund, Germany) is a retired Greek footballer who played as a defender.

Gildersome

On 4 February 1974, the village and surrounding area gathered widespread national attention, when there was a coach bomb, on the M62 motorway which passes the boundary of the village.

Goronwy Roberts, Baron Goronwy-Roberts

He was MP for Caernarvonshire from 1945 (when he replaced the similarly named Liberal MP Goronwy Owen) until 1950, and then for Caernarvon from 1950 until February 1974, when he lost his seat to Dafydd Wigley of Plaid Cymru.

Judith Ward

The National Defence College in Latimer, Buckinghamshire was bombed on 12 February 1974, but caused no serious damage.

K. Rajah Iyer

Rajah Iyer (15 July 1890 - 18 February 1974) was an Indian lawyer of the Madras High Court who served as Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from July 1945 to 1950.

M62 coach bombing

The M62 coach bombing happened on 4 February 1974 on the M62 motorway in northern England, when a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb exploded in a coach carrying off-duty British Armed Forces personnel and their family members.

Masayoshi Tomizuka

Professor Masayoshi Tomizuka received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from Keio University, Tokyo, Japan in 1968 and 1970, and his Ph. D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in February 1974.

Murder of Maxwell Confait

Meanwhile, the General Election on February 1974 brought Roy Jenkins and Alex Lyon into the Home Office, both of whom were committed to reviewing miscarriages of Justice.

Ophélie Winter

Ophélie Kleerekoper-Winter (born 20 February 1974) is a French singer and actress.

Ronald Wayne

According to Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs, Wayne came out as gay to Jobs shortly after February 1974, while both men were employees at Atari.

The Winkies

In March 1974 the John Peel BBC radio show broadcast four songs from the 19 February 1974 performance - "The Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch", "Totalled", "Baby's on Fire" and a cover version of "Fever".

Tony Stevens

This line-up of Foghat released four albums through 1974, the most successful of which was Energized (released February 1974; U.S. Billboard No. 34).

Zamalek disaster

The Zamalek disaster occurred on 17 February 1974 when fans were crushed before a football friendly match at the Zamalek Stadium in Cairo between Zamalek SC of Egypt and Dukla Prague of Czechoslovakia.