January 3, 1974, was a Thursday. It was 50 years, 11 months, and 19 days ago. The zodiac star sign for this date is Capricorn.
Songs that were on top of the charts in the USA and the United Kingdom on January 3, 1974:
These were the top five songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart:
The movie "Papillon" was at the top of the box office on January 3, 1974.
This date occurred 18,616 days ago. Approximately 621 months have passed. It was the 3rd day of 1974, in week 01. The decade was the seventies. People who were born on January 3, 1974, are now 50 years old and belong to the Generation X generation. The Earth has experienced 207 seasons of weather since then.
Let's take a stroll down memory lane.
The date is January 3, 1974, and it's a Thursday. Anyone born today will have the star sign Capricorn. People are starting to return back to work and school after the Christmas holidays.
In America, the song "Time In A Bottle" by Jim Croce is at the top of the singles charts, while "Merry Xmas Everybody" by Slade is the number-one song in the UK. Richard Nixon is the President of the United States, and the movie Papillon is at the top of the box office. Edward Heath is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
On television, people are watching popular shows such as "Hawaii Five-O", "Adam-12", "The Waltons", and "Last of the Summer Wine". A horror film called "The Exorcist" is currently being shown in movie theaters. Because it's 1974, the music charts are being dominated by the likes of Carl Douglas, ABBA, Mud, the Steve Miller Band, George McCrae and Terry Jacks.
In fashion, the hippie look from the 1960s and early 1970s has disappeared. The disco look is beginning to take off. Women are wearing t-shirts, khaki pants, mood rings, kimonos and flare jumpsuits. Meanwhile, men are wearing velvet sports coats, slogan t-shirts, flannel, frilly shirts, jeans and khaki chinos. If you were to travel back to this day, notable figures such as Oskar Schindler and Eamon de Valera would be still alive. People are playing video games such as "Pong", "Space Race", and "Gotcha".
Kids and teenagers are watching TV shows such as "Captain Kangaroo", "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood", "Inch High, Private Eye", and "The Addams Family". Children are playing with toys such as Etch A Sketch, VertiBird (toy helicopter), Big Jim (action figure), and Magna Doodle.
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News stories, pop culture trends, and other events that happened around January 3, 1974.
Photographs of 1970s fashion and hairstyles.
Television shows that people were watching in January 1974:
1974 saw the introduction of cars such as the Volkswagen Golf, the Dodge Ramcharger, the Audi 50, the Volvo 200 Series, the Renault 7, and the Ford Elite.
Children and teenagers were watching the following cartoons and TV series:
Children were playing with the following toys and games:
Popular video games that people were playing in January 1974.
If you were born on this date, then it is unlikely that you will remember anything from the year 1974.
This is because humans find it difficult to retrieve memories of their early childhood.
If you are looking for some childhood nostalgia, then you should check out January 3, 1980, instead.
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Richard Nixon was the President of the United States on January 3, 1974.
Edward Heath was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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