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*'''Died:''' Officer [[Gail Cobb]], 24, of the [[Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia]], was shot and killed by a bank robbery suspect she was attempting to arrest.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.odmp.org/officer/3199-officer-gail-a-cobb |title=Officer Gail A. Cobb, Metropolitan Police Department, District of Columbia |publisher=[[The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc]] |access-date=11 November 2023}}</ref><ref name="Wilbanks">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9zkaLjPuScMC&q=%22Gail+a.+cobb%22&pg=PA29 |last=Wilbanks |first=William |title=True Heroines: Police Women Killed in the Line of Duty Throughout the United States 1916-1999 |location=[[Paducah, Kentucky]] |publisher=[[Turner Publishing Company]] |year=2000 |isbn=1-56311-523-9 |pages=29-31 |access-date=11 November 2023 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> She was the first female African-American police officer killed in the line of duty in the United States.<ref name="Wilbanks"/> |
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The following events occurred in September 1974:
September 1, 1974 (Sunday)
- Maltese boxer Charles "Big Boy" Cutajar sustained a cut vein in his head during a fight with Italian boxer Francesco Piccanelli, who won by knockout. Cutajar would die from a hemorrhage the following day.[1]
- A medical board cleared Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who had delegated his powers as Head of the Spanish State to Prince Juan Carlos de Borbón on July 19, to resume his regular duties, which he did the following day.[2][3]
- A United States Air Force SR-71 reconnaissance aircraft, flown by Maj. James V. Sullivan and Maj. Noel F. Widdifield, set a new speed record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean from New York City to London, making the 3,490-mile (5,620 km) flight in 1 hour 55 minutes 42 seconds at an average speed of 1,817 miles per hour (2,924 km/h). The plane flew direct to London from Beale Air Force Base in California, twice receiving aerial refueling, but crossed North America in subsonic flight.[4]
- A riot broke out at a Puerto Rican Labor Day weekend festival at Branch Brook Park in Newark, New Jersey, leading to 8 arrests and 16 injuries.[5]
- Richard Cowden, his wife Belinda June Cowden, and their children, 5-year-old David James Phillips and 5-month-old Melissa Dawn Cowden, disappeared from their campground in Applegate Valley near Copper, Jackson County, Oregon. Their bodies would be discovered in April 1975.[6] The case remains unsolved.
- 17-year-old Martha Morrison disappeared from Portland, Oregon. The remains of two women would be discovered on October 12 near Vancouver, Washington. One woman was immediately identified as Carol Platt Valenzuela; the other was identified as Morrison by DNA profiling in 2015.[7][8] Warren Forrest was convicted of Morrison's murder on February 1, 2023.[9]
- Died:
- Jaime Diligenti, 75, Italian-born Argentinian businessman, father of the Diligenti quintuplets[10]
- John F. Shelley, 68, American politician, former member of the United States House of Representatives from California and Mayor of San Francisco, died of lung cancer.[11][12]
- Harold L. Yochum, 71, American theologian and church leader, former president of Capital University, died of a heart attack.[13]
September 2, 1974 (Monday)
- Cale Yarborough won the 1974 Southern 500, a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.[14]
- Died:
- Joseph A. Beirne, 63, American labor union leader (Communications Workers of America), died of cancer.[15]
- Moses Soyer, 74, Russian-born American realist painter[16]
September 3, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Jen Royle, American sports reporter and chef[17][unreliable source?]
- Died: Harry Partch, 73, American composer
September 4, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Naved Ashraf (born Mohammad Naved Ashraf Qureshi), Pakistani cricketer; in Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan[18]
- Carmit Bachar, American singer (The Pussycat Dolls); in Los Angeles, California[19]
- Nona Gaye, American singer and fashion model; in Washington, D.C.[20]
- Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer; in Accord, Tobago[21]
- Died:
- Creighton Abrams, 59, American general
- Marcel Achard, 75, French playwright and scriptwriter
September 5, 1974 (Thursday)
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September 6, 1974 (Friday)
- Born:
- Tim Henman, English Olympic and professional tennis player; in Oxford, England[22]
- Nina Persson, Swedish singer; in Örebro[23]
- Justin Whalin, American actor (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and teacher; in San Francisco, California[24]
- Died:
- Olga Baclanova, 81, Soviet stage and screen actress, operatic singer, and ballerina
- Michael Benthall CBE, 55, English theater director[25]
- Otto Kruger, 89, American actor
September 7, 1974 (Saturday)
- Born: Glenn Ljungström, Swedish guitarist (In Flames, The Resistance); in Gothenburg[26]
- Died: Juan Antonio Ipiña, 62, Spanish football manager
September 8, 1974 (Sunday)
- TWA Flight 841 crashed into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after takeoff from Athens, after a bomb exploded in the cargo hold, and killed 88 people.[27][28]
- U.S. President Gerald Ford issued Proclamation 4311, granting a "full, free and absolute pardon" to Richard Nixon, his predecessor, for any crimes that he might have committed against the United States during his presidency.[29][30]
- During an air show at Naval Air Station South Weymouth in Massachusetts, 31-year-old American stunt pilot Shannon Leithoff was killed in the crash of her biplane in front of a crowd of 100,000.[31]
- American daredevil Evel Knievel made a failed attempt to jump over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho aboard the Skycycle X-2, a steam-powered rocket. Although Knievel cleared the canyon, a premature parachute deployment caused the rocket to drift back to the launch side, landing at the bottom of the canyon near the river.[32][33][34]
- Died: Wolfgang Windgassen, 60, German operatic heldentenor known for Wagnerian roles and director of the Stuttgart Opera, died of a heart attack.[35]
September 9, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Leah O'Brien, American 3-time Olympic champion softball player; in Garden Grove, California[36]
September 10, 1974 (Tuesday)
- The Portuguese military junta granted independence to Guinea-Bissau.
- Born:
- Mirko Cro Cop (ring name of Mirko Filipović), Croatian anti-terrorist police officer, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter; in Vinkovci, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia[37][38]
- Ryan Phillippe, American actor; in New Castle, Delaware[39][40]
- Ben Wallace, American basketball player; in White Hall, Alabama[41]
- Died: Melchior Wańkowicz, 82, Polish army officer, writer, journalist, and publisher
September 11, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashed during approach to Charlotte Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, North Carolina, en route to Charleston, South Carolina. Out of 82 people on board (78 passengers, 4 crew members), only 13 people survived the immediate crash, with 3 of those dying within a month. The NTSB determined that the probable cause of the accident was a "lack of altitude awareness" of the pilots at critical points during the approach.[42]
September 12, 1974 (Thursday)
- Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was deposed by the Derg, bringing an end to the Solomonic dynasty's rule since 1270. The Ethiopian Civil War began.
- African Youth Amílcar Cabral was founded in Guinea-Bissau.
- Died: Prince Nikita Alexandrovich of Russia, 74
September 13, 1974 (Friday)
- Japanese Red Army members seized the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
September 14, 1974 (Saturday)
- Born: Hicham El Guerrouj, 2-time Olympic champion Moroccan middle-distance runner; in Berkane[43]
September 15, 1974 (Sunday)
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September 16, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Loona (born Marie-José van der Kolk), Dutch singer; in IJmuiden[44][45]
- Died: Phog Allen (born Forrest Clare Allen), 88, American basketball and baseball player
September 17, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player; in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[46]
September 18, 1974 (Wednesday)
- Born:
- Sol Campbell (born Sulzeer Jeremiah Campbell), English footballer and manager; in Plaistow, Newham, London[47]
- Xzibit (stage name of Alvin Nathaniel Joiner), American rapper; in Detroit, Michigan[48]
- Died: Edna Best, 74, British actress
September 19, 1974 (Thursday)
- Born:
- Jimmy Fallon, American actor, comedian, and television personality; in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York City[49]
- Hidetaka Miyazaki, Japanese video game designer and executive[50][51]
- Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model; in Skelleftehamn[52]
September 20, 1974 (Friday)
- The Kootenai War was declared.
- 10-cent tolls were charged on U.S. Highway 95.
- Died: Officer Gail Cobb, 24, of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, was shot and killed by a bank robbery suspect she was attempting to arrest.[53][54] She was the first female African-American police officer killed in the line of duty in the United States.[54]
September 21, 1974 (Saturday)
- Died:
- Walter Brennan, 80, American actor
- Jacqueline Susann, 56, American writer and actress
September 22, 1974 (Sunday)
- Died: Winfried Otto Schumann, 86, German physicist
September 23, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler; in Cameron, North Carolina[55]
- Died: Cliff Arquette, 68, American comedian who created the character Charlie Weaver
September 24, 1974 (Tuesday)
- Born: Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer; in Szentendre[56][57]
September 25, 1974 (Wednesday)
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September 26, 1974 (Thursday)
- Died: Jean Gale, 62, American vaudeville performer
September 27, 1974 (Friday)
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September 28, 1974 (Saturday)
- Died: Arnold Fanck, 85, German film director
September 29, 1974 (Sunday)
- Died: David Meirhofer, 25, American serial killer, hanged himself at the Gallatin County Jail in Bozeman, Montana.
September 30, 1974 (Monday)
- Born: Yul Bürkle, Venezuelan actor and model; in Caracas[58]
- Died:
- Sofía Cuthbert, 55, wife of Carlos Prats, was assassinated with him in a car bombing in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Carlos Prats, 59, Chilean general and politician, was assassinated in a car bombing.
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