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August 8, 1974

On August 8, 1974, president Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day. The year's #1 song was "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand. Àlex Corretja, Ashot Danielyan, David Jassy would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.

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On August 8, 1974

  1. 1974 President Richard Nixon, in a nationwide television address, announces his resignation from the office of the President of the United States effective noon the next day.

    President of the United States from 1969 to 1974

    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961.

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The class of 1974

Others born in 1974

Àlex Corretja 1974– Spanish tennis player and coach
Ashot Danielyan 1974– Armenian weightlifter
David Jassy 1974– Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
Mikael Åkerfeldt 1974– Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
Victoria Beckham 1974– English singer and fashion designer
Edgar Wright 1974– English filmmaker

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