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By Barry Boyce,
CyclingRevealed Historian |
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| Date |
Race |
Winner |
Distance |
| March 18, 1974 |
Milan-San Remo |
Felice Gimondi (Ita) |
288 km |
| March 31, 1974 |
Tour of Flanders |
Cees Bal (Hol) |
256 km |
| April 7, 1974 |
Paris-Roubaix |
Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) |
274 km |
| April 21, 1974 |
Liege-Bastogne-Liege |
Georges Pintens (Bel) |
246 km |
| April 23-May 12, 1974 |
Vuelta a Espana |
Jose Mavel Fuente (Spa) |
19 Stages,
2,988 km |
| May 16-June 9, 1974 |
Giro d'Italia |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
22 Stages
4,001 km |
| June 27-July 21, 1974 |
Tour de France |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
22 Stages
4,105 km |
| August 25, 1974 |
World
Championships |
Eddy Merckx (Bel) |
Montreal, Canada 262.5 km |
October 12, 1974 |
Giro
di Lombardia |
Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) |
Milan-Como,
266 km |
• 55 MPH - Richard Nixon signed a bill setting the national speed limit at 55 MPH. The lower speed limit was designed to conserve gas during the OPEC oil embargo.
• February 5, 1974 - Patricia “Patty” Hurst, daughter of publisher Randolph Hurst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army .
• Nixon Resigns - July 31, 1974, facing impeachment charges, US President Richard M. Nixon resigned the presidency and left office.
• Germany - Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns from office after it is disclosed that a close aide is an East German spy.
Notable Deaths - Jack Benny, 1894-1974 , born Benjamin Kubelsky in Waukegan, Illinois, Benny was a brilliant comedian of old-time radio and early television. Known for his cheapness, Benny's comedic timing was legendry; he was the ultimate straight man.
Oscar Schindler, 1908-1974, Nazi industrialist whose factories saved over 1,000 Polish and Czech Jews from Hitler's death camps during WW2. Oscar Schindler's story was told in the 1993, Steven Spielberg movie “Schindler's List.”
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