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June 25, 1974

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Headlines from June 25, 1974

Milhaud Dies at 81

By Unknown Author

Darius. Milhaud, composer who helped overturn traditional French music in the nineteen‐twenties, died at his home in Geneva. He was 81 years old. Page 40.

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RODINO UNIT ISSUES 4 NEW SUBPOENAS; 49 TAPES SOUGHT

By Unknown Author

House Judiciary Com on June 24 issues subpoena for tapes among which are those of five '71 conversations that com attys may document charge by Charles W Colson that Nixon had urged him to disseminate derogatory information about Daniel Ellsberg (S)

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Music on My Birthday

Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of June 19, 1974, covering June 25, 1974.

  1. 1
    Album cover for Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot

    Sundown

    Gordon Lightfoot

    Last week
    3
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    21
  2. 2
    Album cover for Band On The Run by Paul McCartney And Wings

    Band On The Run

    Paul McCartney And Wings

    Last week
    1
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    27
  3. 3
    Album cover for The Sting by Soundtrack

    The Sting

    Soundtrack

    Last week
    2
    Peak
    1
    Weeks
    22
  4. 4
    Album cover for Buddha And The Chocolate Box by Cat Stevens

    Buddha And The Chocolate Box

    Cat Stevens

    Last week
    4
    Peak
    2
    Weeks
    11
  5. 5
    Album cover for Maria Muldaur by Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

    Maria Muldaur

    Last week
    5
    Peak
    3
    Weeks
    40

Notable Births

1974Nisha Ganatra, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]

Nisha Ganatra is a Canadian-American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actress of Indian descent. She wrote, directed, and produced the independent comedy drama Chutney Popcorn (1999) and later directed the independent film Cosmopolitan (2003) and the romantic-comedy Cake (2005). Ganatra has directed for numerous television shows, including The Real World, Transparent, You Me Her, Better Things, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. She also directed the comedy-dramas Late Night (2019) and The High Note (2020). Ganatra served as a consulting producer on the first season of Transparent, for which she was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series.

Glen Metropolit

1974Glen Metropolit, Canadian ice hockey player[†]

Glen David Metropolit is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who most notably played over 400 games in the National Hockey League (NHL)

Notable Deaths

Cornelius Lanczos

1974Cornelius Lanczos, Hungarian mathematician and physicist (born 1893)[†]

Cornelius (Cornel) Lanczos was a Hungarian-Jewish, Hungarian-American and later Hungarian-Irish mathematician and physicist. According to György Marx he was one of The Martians.

Historical Context for June 25, 1974

In 1974, the world population was approximately 3,996,416,096 people[†]