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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 – Ian Vine, British composer
• 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
• 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. 1897)
• 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 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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