1974 in Germany

none 1974 Events in the year 1974 in Germany. Incumbents President Gustav Heinemann (until 30 June 1974) Walter Scheel (from 1 July 1974) Chancellor Willy Brandt (until 7 May 1974) Walter Scheel (Acting; 7–16 May 1974) Helmut Schmidt (from 16 May 1974) Events Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974 29 March - Launch of the Volkswagen Golf, a front-wheel drive hatchback which is planned to replace the Beetle. 2 April - Westfalenstadion is opened in Dortmund. 24 April - Guillaume Affair 16 May - The First Schmidt cabinet led by Helmut Schmidt was sworn in. 23 May - West German presidential election, 1974 13 June-7 July - 1974 FIFA World Cup, held in West Germany 21 June - 2 July - 24th Berlin International Film Festival 7 October - East German Republic Day Parade of 1974 Births January 1 - Marco Schreyl, German television presenter January 4 - Danilo Hondo, German cyclist January 21 - Kim Dotcom, German-Finnish internet activist January 22 - Annette Frier, German comedian January 30 - Maren Eggert, German actress January 31 - Ralf Akoto, German judoka March 5 - Barbara Schöneberger, German actress and television presenter March 20 - Janine Kunze, German actress March 28 - Matthias Koeberlin, German actor March 21 - Klaus Lederer, German politician April 1 - Sandra Völker, German swimmer April 7 - Ronny Ostwald, German athlete May 23 - Manuela Schwesig, German politician June 6 - Dunja Hayali, German journalist June 9 - Benjamin Heisenberg, German film director April 1 - Sandra Völker, German swimmerLohn John Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming 2010 Scarecrow Press 978-0-8108-6775-8 163 https://books.google.com/books?id=RWLKhp7HEkMC&pg=PA163 en July 14 - Martina Hill, actress, comedian and impersonator July 22 - Franka Potente, German actress July 28 - Axel Bernstein, German politician (died 2017) August 19 - Anja Knippel, German runner August 22 - Peter Tauber, German politician September 9 - Philipp Kadelbach, German film director September 17 - Bianca Shomburg, German singer September 25 - Timo Hoffmann, German boxer September 26 - Andreas Scheuer, German politician October 29 - Hansjörg Schmidt, German politician November 9 - Sven Hannawald, German ski jumper November 9 - Kurt Krömer, German comedian and television presenter December 4 - Manuela Henkel, German cross-country skier Deaths January 26 - Johanna Langefeld, German guard, supervisor of three Nazi concentration camps (born 1900) January 27 - Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, German general (born 1886) February 13 - Adolf Arndt, German politician (born 1904) February 24 - Robert A. Stemmle, German film director and screenwriter (born 1903) April 20 - Richard Huelsenbeck, German poet and writer (born 1892) May 24 - Konrad Frey, German gymnast (born 1909) June 24 - Gero Wecker, German film producer (born 1923) July 29 - Erich Kästner, German author, poet, screenwriter and satirist (born 1899) August 14 — Arnulf Klett, German lawyer and politician (born 1905) October 10 - Marie Luise Kaschnitz, German writer (born 1901) October 27- Rudolf Dassler, German founder of the sportswear company Puma (born 1898) November 9 — Holger Meins, German cinematography student (born 1941) November 16 - Walther Meissner, German physicist (born 1882) December 3 - Hans Leibelt, German film actress (born 1885) December 14 — Kurt Hahn, German educator (born 1886) December 19 — Bernd von Brauchitsch, German air force officer (born 1911) See also 1974 in German television References 1974 Category:Years of the 20th century in Germany Category:1970s in Germany Germany Germany