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May 28, 1974

On May 28, 1974, northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists. 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

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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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What happened

On May 28, 1974

  1. 1974 Northern Ireland's power-sharing Sunningdale Agreement collapses following a general strike by loyalists.

    Part of the United Kingdom

    Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region. Northern Ireland shares an open border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland.

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Born on May 28, 1974

Hans-Jörg Butt 1974– German footballer (born 1974)
Misbah-ul-Haq 1974– Pakistani cricketer

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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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