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1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year that started on a Tuesday. In the Gregorian calendar, it was the 1974th year of the Common Era or of Anno Domini; the 974th year of the 2nd millennium and the 5th of the 1970s decade.
Events
January
- January 26 – Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP )
February
- February 1 – Fire breaks out in the Joelma Building in São Paulo, Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
- February 1 – Kuala Lumpur, the capital of Malaysia, was declared as a Federal Territory.
- February 8 – After a record 84 days in orbit, the crew of Skylab 4 returns to Earth.
- February 17 – A soccer stampede occurs in Cairo, killing 49.
March
- March 3 – A Turkish Airlines DC-10 travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. Turkish Airlines Flight 981.
- March 8 – Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
- March 10 – A Japanese World War II soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda, surrenders in the Philippines.
- March 18 – End of Oil embargo crisis: Most OPEC nations end a 5-month oil embargo against the United States, Europe and Japan.
April
- April 24 – Stephen King publishes his first novel, Carrie, under his own name.
- April 25 – Carnation Revolution: A coup in Portugal restores democracy.
May
- May 4 – An all-female Japanese team summits Manaslu in Nepal, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak.
- May 4 – The Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington.
- May 18 – Nuclear test: Under Project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonates its first nuclear weapon, becoming the 6th nation to do so.
- May 18 – The Warsaw radio mast is completed, the tallest structure ever built (it collapses on August 8, 1991).
- May 30 – NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
June
- June 13 – The 1974 FIFA World Cup begins in West Germany.
- June 26 – The Universal Product Code is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
July
- July 7 – West Germany beats the Netherlands 2–1 to win the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
August
- August 4 – A bomb explodes in an Italicus Expressen train between Italy and West Germany. Italian neo-fascist terrorists take responsibility.
- August 8 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (effective August 9).
- August 14 – Turkey invades for the second time in Cyprus, occupying 37% of the island's territory.
- August 30 – An express train bound for Germany from Belgrade derails in Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), killing more than 150 passengers.
September
- September 8 – TWA Flight 841 crashes into the Ionian Sea 18 minutes after take off from Athens, after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people.
- 12 September – Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed by the Derg.
- September 13 – Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague, Netherlands.
- September 23 – Ceefax (one of the first public service information systems) is started by the BBC.
October
- October 30 – The Rumble in the Jungle takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 8 rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.
November
- November 1 – World Tourism Organization (WTO or WToO) established.
- November 16 – The Arecibo radio telescope sends an interstellar radio message towards the M13 Great Globular Cluster. The message will reach its destination around the year 27,000.
- November 21 – In Birmingham, England, 2 pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this).
- November 22 – The United Nations General Assembly grants the Palestine Liberation Organization observer status.
- November 24 – A skeleton from the hominid species Australopithecus afarensis is discovered and named Lucy.
December
- December 1 – A Boeing 727 carrying TWA Flight 514 crashes 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Dulles International Airport during bad weather, killing all 92 people on board.
- December 9 – The Paris summit, reuniting the European communities' heads of state and government, commences.
- December 17 – WIPO becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
- December 24–25 – Darwin, Australia is almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy.
Ongoing
- Cold War
- Conflict in Northern Ireland, (The Troubles).
Births
January
- January 3 – Alessandro Petacchi, Italian professional road cyclist
- January 10 – Hrithik Roshan, Bollywood actor
- January 12 – Tor Arne Hetland, Norwegian cross-country skiier
- January 12 – Melanie Chisholm, English singer-songwriter
- January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
- January 23 – Tiffani Thiessen, American actress.
- January 27 – Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Norweigian biathlete
- January 28 – Kari Traa, Norwegian freestyle skier
- January 30 – Christian Bale, British actor
February
- February 7 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player
- February 7 – J Dilla, also known as Jay-Dee, African-American hip-hop producer (d. 2006)
- February 8 – Seth Green, American actor
- February 8 – Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, French musician and record producer
- February 10 – Ivri Lider, Israeli singer
- February 13 – Robbie Williams, English rock singer.
- February 14 – Philippe Léonard, Belgian footballer
- February 15 – Tomi Putaansuu, Finnish rock singer (Lordi)
- February 15 – Alexander Wurz, Austrian Formula 1 driver
- February 22 – James Blunt, English singer
- February 24 – Chad Hugo, American rock musician and producer (N*E*R*D)
- February 26 – Sebastien Loeb, French rally driver
- February 27 – Hiroyasu Shimizu, Japanese speed skater
March
- March 1 – Mark-Paul Gosselaar, American actor
- March 4 – Karol Kučera, Slovakian tennis player
- March 4 – Ariel Ortega, Argentine football player
- March 5 – Jens Jeremies, German footballer
- March 5 – Matt Lucas, British comedian
- March 5 – Eva Mendes, American actress
- March 6 – Anthony Carelli, Canadian professional wrestler
- March 7 – Jenna Fischer, American actress
- March 15 – Percy Montgomery, South African rugby union player
- March 20 – Carsten Ramelow, German footballer
- March 22 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
- March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
April
- April 2 – Håkan Hellström, Swedish musician
- April 9 – Jenna Jameson, American actress
- April 11 – Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress and model
- April 12 – Marley Shelton, American actress
- April 17 – Victoria Beckham, English singer.
- April 17 – Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician.
- April 18 – Edgar Wright, English film director
- April 22 – Shavo Odadjian, Armenian-born rock bassist (System of a Down)
- April 28 – Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress
May
- May 7 – Breckin Meyer, American Actor
- May 16 – Laura Pausini, Italian singer
- May 17 – Andrea Corr, Irish singer.
- May 23 – Jewel, American singer
- May 26 – Lars Frölander, Swedish swimmer
- May 28 – Mikael Stanne, Swedish singer.
- May 30 – Big L, American rapper (d. 1999)
June
- June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
- June 2 – Gata Kamsky, American chess player
- June 7 – Mahesh Bhupathi, Indian tennis player
- June 7 – Edward Michael Grylls, British survivalist
- June 13 – Steve-O, American actor
- June 13 – Takahiro Sakurai, Japanese voice actor
- June 22 – Donald Faison, American actor
- June 25 – Karisma Kapoor, Indian actress
- June 26 – Derek Jeter, American baseball player
July
- July 1 – Jefferson Perez, Ecuadorean race walker
- July 2 – Rocky Gray, American musician
- July 8 – Dragoslav Jevrić, Montenegrin footballer
- July 12 – Gregory Helms, American professional wrestler
- July 12 – Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer.
- July 23 – Maurice Greene, American athlete
- July 23 – Rik Verbrugghe, Belgian professional road racing cyclist
- July 26 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player
- July 30 – Hilary Swank, American actress
- July 31 – Emilia Fox, English actress
August
- August 9 – Derek Fisher, American basketball player
- August 15 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress and model
- August 16 – Krisztina Egerszegi, Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer
- August 20 – Misha Collins, American actor
- August 20 – Amy Adams, American actress
- August 20 – Maxim Vengerov, Russian violinist
- August 23 – Ray Park, Scottish actor, martial artist
- August 28 – Carsten Jancker, German soccer player
September
- September 4 – Carmit Bachar, American singer
- September 6 – Tim Henman, English tennis player
- September 6 – Nina Persson, Swedish singer
- September 10 – Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- September 10 – Mirko Filipović, Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter.
- September 14 – Hicham El Guerrouj, Moroccan athlete
- September 17 – Rasheed Wallace, American basketball player
- September 18 – Sol Campbell, English footballer
- September 18 – Xzibit, American rapper
- September 19 – Jimmy Fallon, American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
- September 19 – Victoria Silvstedt, Swedish model
- September 23 – Matt Hardy, American professional wrestler
- September 26 – Gary Hall, Jr., American swimmer
October
- October 3 – Marianne Timmer, Dutch speed skater
- October 8 – Koji Murofushi, Japanese hammer thrower
- October 10 – Dale Earnhardt, Jr., American race car driver
- October 11 – Jason Arnott, Canadian hockey player
- October 16 – Paul Kariya, Canadian hockey player
- October 21 – Lera Auerbach, Russian composer & pianist
- October 23 – Sander Westerveld, Dutch soccer player
- October 28 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
- October 31 – Natasja Saad, Afro Danish rapper & reggae singer (d. 2007)
November
- November 2 – Nelly, American rapper.
- November 4 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mexican-American singer/lyricist
- November 5 – Ryan Adams, American singer and songwriter
- November 5 – Jerry Stackhouse, American basketball player
- November 8 – Masashi Kishimoto, Japanese manga author
- November 8 – Penelope Heyns, South African swimmer
- November 8 – Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor
- November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor.
- November 15 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer
- November 16 – Paul Scholes, English football player
- November 18 – Petter Solberg, Norweigian rally driver
- 27 November – Zsófia Polgár, Hungarian-born chess player
December
- December 1 – Costinha, Portuguese footballer
- December 10 – Meg White, American rock drummer (The White Stripes)
- December 11 – Rey Mysterio, American professional wrestler
- December 13 – Nicholas McCarthy, English guitarist.
- December 18 – Kari Byron, American artist and television personality.
- December 24 – Ryan Seacrest, American television personality
- December 24 – Marcelo Salas, Chilean footballer
- December 27 – Fumiko Orikasa, Japanese seiyū and singer
Unknown
- Banksy, British graffiti artist (Said to have been born in 1974 or 1975).
Deaths
January
- January 27 – Georgios Grivas, Greek-Cypriot colonel (b. 1898)
- January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-born American film studio executive (b. 1879)
- January 31 – Glenn Morris, American Olympic decathlete and actor (b. 1912)
February
- February 2 – Imre Lakatos, Hungarian philosopher (b. 1922)
- February 4 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. 1894)
- February 15 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer (b. 1887)
March
- March 4 – Adolph Gottlieb, American abstract expressionist painter (b. 1903)
- March 9 – Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., American physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1915)
- March 17 – Louis Kahn, Estonian architect (b. 1901)
- March 22 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
April
- April 2 – Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
- April 18 – Betty Compson, American actress (b. 1897)
- April 18 – Marcel Pagnol, French novelist (b. 1895)
- April 19 – Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (b. 1907)
- April 24 – Bud Abbott, American actor (Abbott and Costello) (b. 1895)
- April 24 – Franz Jonas, Austrian president (b. 1899)
- April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
May
- May 24 – Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. 1899)
- May 25 – Donald Crisp, English actor (b. 1882)
June
- June 9 – Miguel Ángel Asturias, Guatemalan writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1890)
- June 10 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, Governor-General of Australia (b. 1900)
- June 18 – Georgy Zhukov, Soviet general (World War II) (b. 1896)
- June 22 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (b. 1892)
July
- July 1 – Juan Domingo Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
- July 8 – Deborah Gail Stone (b. 1956)
- July 9 – Earl Warren, Governor of California and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (b. 1891)
- July 11 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 13 – Patrick Blackett, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
- July 24 – James Chadwick, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
- July 29 – Cass Elliott, American vocalist (b. 1941)
- July 29 – Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
August
- August 8 – Baldur von Schirach, Nazi German Hitler Youth leader (b. 1907)
- August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American aviator (Spirit of St. Louis) (b. 1902)
- August 27 – Otto Strasser, Nazi German politician (b. 1897)
September
- September 3 – Harry Partch, American composer (b. 1901)
- September 4 – Creighton Williams Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
- September 4 – Marcel Achard, French playwright and scriptwriter (b. 1899)
- September 21 – Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)
October
- October 4 – Anne Sexton, American poet and writer (b. 1928)
- October 9 – Oskar Schindler, Sudetgerman businessman (b. 1908)
- October 13 – Ed Sullivan, American television host (b. 1901)
- October 24 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)
November
- November 13 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
- November 17 – Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905)
- November 21 – Frank Martin, Swiss composer (b. 1890)
- November 23 – Manuel dos Reis Machado, Brazilian martial arts Master (b. 1899)
- November 23 – Cornelius Ryan, Irish-American writer (b. 1920)
- November 25 – Nick Drake, British musician (b. 1948)
- November 25 – U Thant, Burmese diplomat and Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
- November 29 – James J. Braddock, American boxer (b. 1905)
- November 29 – Peng Dehuai, Chinese leader (b. 1898)
December
- December 2 – Max Weber, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1897)
- December 5 – Pietro Germi, Italian film director (b. 1914)
- December 14 – Walter Lippmann, American writer and journalist (b. 1889)
- December 15 – Anatole Litvak, Ukrainian-born film director (b. 1902)
- December 20 – André Jolivet, French composer (b. 1905)
- December 26 – Jack Benny, American comedian (b. 1894)
- December 27 – Vladimir Fock, Soviet physicist (b. 1898)
Awards
Nobel Prizes
- Physics – Sir Martin Ryle, Antony Hewish
- Chemistry – Paul J. Flory
- Medicine – Albert Claude, Christian de Duve, George E. Palade
- Literature – Eyvind Johnson, Harry Martinson
- Peace – Séan MacBride, Eisaku Sato
- Economics – Gunnar Myrdal, Friedrich von Hayek
Major religious holidays
- January 6 – Christmas in most Armenian Apostolic Churches of Christianity
- January 7 – Christmas in the Russian Orthodox Church and Georgian Orthodox Church of Christianity
- January 14 – Pongal
- January 26 – Lunar New Year
- February 23 – Shivaratri
- February 25 – Ash Wednesday
- March 10 – Mawlid
- March 11 – Holi
- April 3 – Rama Navami
- April 8 – Passover begins
- April 12 – Easter in Western Christianity
- April 14 – Vaisakhi in Sikhism
- April 19 – Easter for many[which?] Eastern Christians
- May 2 – Buddha's Birthday
- May 8 – Buddha Purnima / Vaisakhi Purnima
- May 28 – Shavuot begins
- August 6 – Raksha Bandhan
- August 14 – Krishna Janmashtami
- August 22 – Ramadan begins
- August 23 – Ganesh Chaturthi
- September 2 – Onam
- September 18 – Rosh Hashanah begins
- September 19 – Navratri begins
- September 20 – Eid ul-Fitr
- September 27 – Yom Kippur begins
- September 28 – Dussehra
- October 2 – Sukkot begins
- October 17 – Diwali
- November 1 – All Saints' Day in Western Christianity
- November 27 – Eid al-Adha
- December 11 – Hanukkah begins
- December 18 – Islamic New Year (1 Muharram 1431)
- December 25 – Christmas in Western Christianity and most Eastern Orthodox Churches
References
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