Happy Birthday Ian James (1974)
Ian James (born 22 July 1974 in Epsom) is a British-American racing driver and principal of the Heart of Racing Team, competing in the IMSA SportsCar Championship. James has 11 total sports-car wins. In…
Happy Birthday Alexander Wurz (1974)
Alexander Wurz (born 15 February 1974) is an Austrian former racing driver, motorsport executive and businessman, who competed in Formula One between 1997 and 2007. In endurance racing, Wurz is a two-time winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1996 and 2009 with Joest and Peugeot, respectively. Amongst several test driver roles,…
Lucy is Discovered in Ethiopia (1974)
AL 288-1, commonly known as Lucy, is a collection of several hundred pieces of fossilized bone comprising 40 percent of the skeleton of a female of the hominin species Australopithecus afarensis. It was discovered…
Happy Birthday Dale Earnhardt Jr. (1974)
Ralph Dale Earnhardt Jr. (born October 10, 1974), also known as “Dale Jr” or simply “Junior”, is an American professional stock car racing driver, team owner, broadcaster for Amazon Prime…
Maiden Flight of the Panavia Tornado
The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants:…
Discovery of Qin Shi Huang’s Terracotta Army (1974)
The Terracotta Army is a collection of terracotta sculptures depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. It is a form of funerary art buried with…
Skylab 4 Crew Returns to Earth (1974)
Today we remember the safe return of the Skylab 4 crew to earth, 51 years ago. On the 8th of February 1974 the crew splashed down in the Pacific. Skylab…