19740719

19740719 is the compact numeric date representation for July 19, 1974. In the Gregorian calendar, it fell on a Friday.

It was the 200th day of the year 1974; 1974 was not a leap year, so February had 28 days and the year progressed normally through midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere.

The date is commonly expressed as 1974-07-19 in ISO 8601 format, and as 19 July 1974 in day-month-year formats. The contiguous form 19740719 is often used in data systems and filenames because it preserves chronological order when sorted as text.

Context for the period: 1974 was a year marked by ongoing geopolitical and economic developments in the Cold War era, including the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis. In the United States, political events related to the Watergate investigations culminated later in the year with President Richard Nixon’s resignation in August 1974, shaping the political climate of the era.

No single globally recognized event is universally anchored specifically to this date, but 19740719 sits within a year notable for significant regional and global transitions. The date remains a useful reference point in discussions of calendar conventions, historical timelines, and data formatting practices.