Discover what happened on 6 October 1974 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Vladimir Degtyaryov (Russian film director and animator (1916-1974))
- Luther H. Hodges (American politician (1898-1974))
- Vengalil Krishnan Krishna Menon (Indian politician (1896-1974))
- Guglielmo Pelizzo (Italian politician (1904–1974))
- Sandro Dalla Libera (Italian organist, composer and musicologist (1912-1974))
- Isaak Bruk
- Ed Grimes (baseball player)
- Guillermo Castillo Bustamante (Venezuelan pianist (1910-1974))
- Kenneth Leslie (Canadian songwriter and poet (1892-1974))
- Leonard Cottrell (British writer)
- Leslie Coleman (Australian politician)
- Robert G. Robinson (United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1896–1974))
- Aleksy Melcer
- Anna Sołtan-Romerowa (Polish painter (1895-1974))
- Jerzy Kobza-Orłowski
- Wilhelm Breitmeyer (German politician (1887-1974))
- Ivan Kaminsky
- Giusep Condrau (Swiss politician (1894-1974))
- Tellervo Tapionlinna (Finnish professor (1911-1974))
- David Wallace (Ford executive (1908-1974))
- Edmund Daser ((1908-1974))
- Delia Reinhardt (German opera singer and painter (1892-1974))
- Josef Hennerici (German politician)
- John Derrickson McCurdy (American painter (1940–1974))
- Enrique Gaudino
- Carin de Frumerie-Luthander (Swedish violoncellist (1911-1974))
- Jaroslav Adlof
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- Don Giuseppi
- Boris Starck (Romanian jurist and teacher active in France)
- Erling Swenson (American politician – Minnesota -House 1919 (District 35); House 1921-26 (District 35); Senate 1927-30 (District 35))
- Ivan Pavlovič Vereščagin
- Jova Valdes Pozo (victim of the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet)
- Scotty Stevenson