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('''
MCMLXXIV ''') was a
Common Year Starting On Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar).
- February 1 - Fire in Joelman Bank Building in São Paulo , Brazil - 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
- February 3 - Prisoners riot in the Bathurst Jail Riots , destroying much of the jail.
- February 4 - Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patricia Hearst , the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst
- February 8 - After 84 days in Space , the crew of the temporary American Space Station , Skylab , return to Earth .
- February 12 - US District Court Judge George Boldt rules that Native American tribes in Washington State are entitled to half of the legal Salmon and Steelhead catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the US government.
- February 13 - Nobel Prize winning writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union (he returns May 27 1994 )
- February 17 - Soccer stampede in Cairo - 49 dead
- February 20 - Following a visit to his home from a woman wearing a strange pendant, Phillip K Dick begins to receive a series of visions which he refers to as 2-3-74, shorthand for February/March of 1974.
- February 21 - The long-running comic strip " Sazae-san " is published in the '' Asahi Shimbun '' for the final time after 28 years of daily installments.
- February 23 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demand $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst .
- February 27 - '' People '' Magazine is published for the first time.
- February 28 - United Kingdom General Election results in an almost dead-heat. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister again despite his Labour Party (UK) having received fewer votes than the Conservative Party (UK) .
- February 28 - Ethiopia n prime minister Tsehafi Aklilu Habte-Wold , who has held the position since 1961 , is dismissed by Emperor Haile Selassie and replaced with Endelkachew Makonnen .
- May 4 - All female Japan ese team summits Manaslu and become the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak.
- May 4 - Expo '74 World's Fair opens in Spokane, Washington , USA
- May 9 - The United States House Of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public Impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon
- May 17 - Los Angeles, California police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing six members, including Camilla Hall
- May 17 - Thirty-three people die in the Dublin And Monaghan Bombings in Ireland . Members of the UDR and UVF , allegedly assisted by British Intelligence , are behind the blast.
- , India successfully detonates its first Nuclear Weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- May 18 - Completion of Warsaw Radio Mast . The Warsaw radio mast was the tallest construction ever built. It collapsed on August 8 , 1991
- May 19 - In the second round of the presidential elections in France , Valéry Giscard D'Estaing wins from François Mitterrand , but by a close margin.
- January 2 - Tricia Helfer , Canadian actress and model
- January 11 - The Rosenkowitz Sextuplets (Cape Town, South Africa), the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy.
- January 12 - Tor Arne Hetland , Norwegian cross-country skiier
- January 16 - Kate Moss , English model
- January 17 - Ladan And Laleh Bijani , Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003 )
- January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen , American actress
- January 27 - Chaminda Vaas , Sri Lankan cricketer
- January 28 - Tony Delk , American basketball player
- January 30 - Christian Bale , Welsh actor
- January 31 - Ian Huntley , English murderer
- February 7 - Steve Nash , Canadian basketball player
- February 8 - Seth Green , American actor
- February 8 - Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo , French DJ, ( Daft Punk )
- February 11 - D'Angelo , American singer
- February 13 - Gus Hansen , Danish poker player
- February 13 - Robbie Williams , English singer
- February 15 - Seattle Slew , American racehorse (d. 2002 )
- February 15 - Ugueth Urbina , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- February 24 - Chad Hugo , American musician and producer ( The Neptunes )
- March 1 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar , American actor
- March 5 - Jens Jeremies , German footballer
- March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati , Italian singer and actor
- March 11 - Bobby Abreu , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- March 11 - Russ Haas , American wrestler (d. 2001 )
- March 20 - Paula Garces , Colombian actress
- March 20 - Andrzej Pilipiuk , Polish writer
- March 20 - Carsten Ramelow , German footballer
- March 22 - Marcus Camby , American basketball player
- March 24 - Alyson Hannigan , American actress
- March 25 - Lark Voorhies , American actress
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette , Canadian singer
- June 2 - Gata Kamsky , American chess player
- June 7 - Mahesh Bhupathi , Indian tennis player
- June 10 - James Spix , American author
- June 12 - Hideki Matsui , Japanese baseball player
- June 13 - Brande Roderick , American actress
- June 20 - Steve 'Flash' Juon , American webmaster and writer
- June 21 - Natasha Desborough , British radio personality
- June 25 - Karisma Kapoor , Indian actress
- June 26 - Derek Jeter , baseball player
- July 2 - Matthew Reilly , Australian writer
- July 4 - La'Roi Glover , American football player
- July 8 - Allen Skillicorn , American race car driver
- July 19 - Preston Wilson , baseball player
- July 22 - Daddy Kev , American record producer
- July 23 - Maurice Greene , American athlete
- July 27 - Eason Chan , Hong Kong singer; Pete Yorn, American Singer/Songwriter
- July 31 - Emilia Fox , English actress
- July 31 - Jonathan Ogden , American football player
- August 2 - Jeremy Castle , American singer and songwriter
- August 5 - Kajol Devgan , Indian actress
- August 9 - Matt Morris , baseball player
- August 15 - Natasha Henstridge , Canadian actress and model
- August 20 - Maxim Vengerov , Russian violinist
- August 23 - Ray Park , Scottish actor
- August 24 - Jennifer Lien , American actress
- August 25 - Eric Millegan , American actor
- August 27 - Jose Vidro , baseball player
- August 27 - Mase , American rapper
- September 1 - Jhonen Vasquez , American comic book artist
- September 2 - Lisa Snowdon , English television presenter
- September 6 - Tim Henman , English tennis player
- September 6 - Nina Persson , Swedish singer.
- September 10 - Ben Wallace , American basketball player
- September 14 - Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- September 17 - Rasheed Wallace , American basketball player
- September 18 - Sol Campbell , English football player
- September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt , Swedish model
- September 19 - Jimmy Fallon , American actor and comedian
- September 23 - Matt Hardy , American Professional Wrestler
- October 7 - Allison Munn , American actress
- October 10 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. , American race car driver
- October 11 - Terje Haakonsen , Norwegian snowboarder
- October 16 - Paul Kariya , Canadian hockey player
- October 21 - Lera Auerbach , Russian composer, pianist, and poet
- October 23 - Sander Westerveld , Dutch soccer player
- October 26 - LISA , Japanese musician
- October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix , American actor
- October 29 - Michael Vaughan , English cricketer
- November 1 - VVS Laxman , Indian cricketer
- November 4 - Louise Redknapp , English singer
- November 5 - Ryan Adams , American singer and songwriter
- November 5 - Jerry Stackhouse , American basketball player
- November 9 - Uncle Kracker , American singer
- November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
- November 11 - Bettina Goislard , French UN worker (d. 2003 )
- November 22 - David Pelletier , Canadian figure skater
- November 23 - Jamie Sharper , American football player
- November 27 - Zsófia Polgár , Hungarian-born chess player
- December 1 - Costinha , Portuguese footballer
- December 7 - Nicole Appleton , Canadian singer ( All Saints )
- December 8 - Maya Mishalska , Mexican actress
- December 13 - Nicholas McCarthy , English-born guitarist ( Franz Ferdinand (band) )
- December 14 - Billy Koch , baseball player
- December 18 - Peter Boulware , American football player
- December 19 - Jake Plummer , American football player
- December 19 - Ricky Ponting , Australian cricketer
- December 21 - Karrie Webb , Australian golfer
- December 23 - Aimee Nezhukumatathil , Asian-American poet
- December 24 - Ryan Seacrest , American television host
- December 29 - Jenny Barker , British radio presenter
- December 29 - Richie Sexson , baseball player
- December 29 - Brad Hodge , Australian cricketer
- November 11 - Alfonso Leng , Chilean composer (b. 1894 )
- November 13 - Vittorio De Sica , Italian film director (b. 1901 )
- November 17 - Erskine Hamilton Childers , fourth President Of Ireland (b. 1905 )
- November 19 - George Brunies , American musician (b. 1902 )
- November 21 - John B. Gambling , American radio talk-show host (b. 1897 )
- November 21 - Frank Martin , Swiss composer (b. 1890 )
- November 24 - Nick Drake , British musician (b. 1948 )
- November 24 - Endelkachew Makonnen , Ethiopian politician (b. 1927 )
- November 29 - Peng Dehuai , Chinese leader (b. 1898 )
- November 29 - H. L. Hunt , American oil tycoon (b. 1889 )
