Date in year · 1974 · The 1970s
On January 20, 1974, china gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam. 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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Featured · January 20, 1974
The Paracel Islands archipelago, also known as the Hoàng Sa Archipelago and the Xisha Islands, are an archipelago in the South China Sea. Sovereignty of the archipelago and of individual features within it is disputed, with control since 1974 by the People's Republic of China.
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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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Disputed islands in the South China Sea
The Paracel Islands archipelago, also known as the Hoàng Sa Archipelago and the Xisha Islands, are an archipelago in the South China Sea. Sovereignty of the archipelago and of individual features within it is disputed, with control since 1974 by the People's Republic of China.
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