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January 20, 1974

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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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 January 20, 1974

  1. 1974 China gains control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of China and South Vietnam.

    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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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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