Year (''' MCMLXXIV ''') was a Common Year Starting On Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian Calendar .
- February 1 - Fire breaks out in the Joelman Bank Building in São Paulo , Brazil ; 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
- February 3 - In the second Bathurst Gaol riot, prisoners destroy much of the facility with petrol bombs.
- February 4 - The Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patricia Hearst , the 19-year-old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst .
- February 8 - After 84 days in Outer Space , the crew of '' Skylab 4 '' returns to Earth .
- February 12 - U.S. 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 U.S. government.
- February 13 - Nobel Prize winning writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn is expelled from the Soviet Union (he returns May 27 , 1994 ).
- February 17 - A Soccer stampede occurs in Cairo , killing 49.
- 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 22 - The Second Islamic Summit Conference by Organization Of The Islamic Conference (OIC) was held in Lahore, Islamic Republic of Pakistan , from 29 Moharram to 1st Safar , 1394 H, (22-24 February, 1974).
- February 23 - The Symbionese Liberation Army demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim Patty Hearst .
- February 28 - The United Kingdom General Election results in an almost dead-heat. Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister again, despite his Labour Party having received fewer votes than the Conservative Party .
- February 28 - Ethiopia n prime minister Tsehafi Taezaz Aklilu Habte-Wold , who has held the position since 1961 , is dismissed by Emperor Haile Selassie and replaced with Endelkachew Makonnen .
- officials are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
- March 1 - Pierre Messmer finishes his first term as Prime Minister Of France .
- March 3 - A Turkish Airlines DC-10 travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard.
- March 4 - Simen Hestnæs ( ICS Vortex ), the vocalist/bassist of Lamented Souls , Ved Buens Ende , Borknagar , Dimmu Borgir , Arcturus , and Code , is born.
- March 8 - '' The Brady Bunch '', starring Robert Reed and Florence Henderson , is cancelled after five seasons.
- March 8 - Charles De Gaulle Airport opens in Paris , France .
- March 10 - Japan ese World War II soldier, Second Lieutenant Hiroo Onoda , surrenders in the Philippines .
- March 18 - Ten miners die in a Methane gas explosion at Golborne Colliery near Wigan , Lancashire .
- nations end a 5-month Oil embargo against the United States , Europe and Japan .
- March 20 - Ian Balls fails in his attempt to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall , outside Buckingham Palace .
- March 29 - '' Mariner 10 '' approaches Mercury .
- April 1 - The Local Government Act 1972 comes into effect in England And Wales , creating six new Metropolitan Counties and comprehensively redrawing the administrative map.
- April 2 - French President Georges Pompidou dies; Senate President Alain Poher becomes Acting President for the second time.
- April 3 - The Super Outbreak , the largest series of Tornado es in history, hits 13 U.S. states and one Canadian province. By the time the last of 149 tornadoes hit early the following morning, 315 die and over 5,000 are injured.
- April 8 - Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves breaks Babe Ruth 's home run record by hitting his 715th career home-run off Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Al Downing at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium .
- April 10 - In Israel , Golda Meir resigns as Prime Minister.
- April 15 - In San Francisco , members of the Symbionese Liberation Army rob a branch of the Hibernia National Bank , joined by Patricia Hearst , their erstwhile captive.
- April 24 - Stephen King publishes his first novel, Carrie , under his own name.
- in Portugal restores Democracy .
- May 4 - An all female Japan ese 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 7 - West German Chancellor Willy Brandt resigns.
- May 9 - The United States House Of Representatives Judiciary Committee opens formal and public Impeachment hearings against President Richard M. Nixon .
- May 12 - Fire damages the carousel in Port Dalhousie , Ontario , Canada , damaging 20 animals.
- May 15 - German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel is elected President Of Germany for a term beginning July 1 .
- May 16 - Helmut Schmidt is elected West German Chancellor .
- May 17 - Los Angeles, California police raid Symbionese Liberation Army headquarters, killing 6 members, including Camilla Hall .
- May 17 - Thirty-three people die and over three-hundred are wounded in the Dublin And Monaghan Bombings in the Republic Of Ireland . Members of the Loyalist , Ulster Volunteer Force are behind the blast, allegedly in collusion with members of the British intelligence service.
- , India successfully detonates its first Nuclear Weapon , becoming the sixth nation to do so.
- May 18 - The Warsaw Radio Mast is completed, the tallest construction ever built (it collapses on August 8 , 1991 ).
- May 19 - In the second round of the presidential elections in France , Valéry Giscard D'Estaing wins over François Mitterrand , but by a close margin.
- May 19 - The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Boston Bruins , thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the Stanley Cup .
- May 28 - The Italian fascist organization Ordine Nuovo bombs demonstrators in Brescia , killing 6.
- May 30 - NASA 's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
- , UK , kills 28 people.
- June 4 - The Cleveland Indians stage an ill-advised Ten Cent Beer Night for a game against the Texas Rangers at Cleveland Municipal Stadium . Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
- June 6 - A new Instrument Of Government is promulgated, making Sweden a Parliamentary Monarchy .
- June 13 - The 1974 FIFA World Cup begins in West Germany .
- clash with leftist counter-protesters in London 's West End; one student is killed.
- June 16 - The first Darwin Beer-can Regatta is held in Darwin , Australia ; 63 crafts made of Beer Can s participate.
- June 17 - A bomb explodes at the Houses Of Parliament in London , damaging Westminster Hall . The Provisional Irish Republican Army claims responsibility for planting the bomb.
- 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.
- June 29 - Isabel Peron becomes interim president of Argentina , when Juan Peron falls seriously ill.
- June 30 - Alberta Williams King , mother of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. , is killed during a church service in Atlanta, Georgia .
- September 1 - Daredevil Bob Gill fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in West Virginia .
- pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
- September 8 - Professional stuntman Evel Knievel fails to cross the Snake River Canyon in Idaho , when a drogue parachute deploys prematurely on his rocket-powered Skycycle X-2 .
- 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, killing 88 people.
- September 9 - Classes begin at original Science High School in Newark, NJ at 40 Rector Street.
- September 13 - Japanese Red Army members seize the French Embassy in The Hague , Netherlands . They secure the release of member Yatuka Fumiya, $300,000 and a flight to Aden .
- September 16 - Courageous Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross" .
- September 23 - Ceefax is started by the BBC - one of the first public service information systems.
- November 5 - Democrat s make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as voters punish the Republican Party over the Watergate Scandal .
- November 7 - Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl Of Lucan disappears in England .
- November 7 - A Provisional Irish Republican Army bomb explodes at the Kings Arms, Woolwich .
- November 8 - In Salt Lake City, Utah , Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer Ted Bundy .
- November 10 - Movement 2 June members try to kidnap Günter von Drenkmann, the president of West Germany 's Superior Court of Justice, at his home, but he is fatally shot during the attempt.
- November 13 - Ronald DeFeo, Jr. murders his parents and his four siblings in what would later become known as " The Amityville Horror House ".
- 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 27000 .
- November 17 - In Dublin, Ireland , President Erskine H. Childers dies suddenly of a heart attack in the middle of a public speech.
- November 20 - The United States Department Of Justice files its final anti-trust suit against AT&T . This suit later leads to the break up of AT&T and the Bell System .
- 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 27 - The Prevention Of Terrorism Act is passed in the United Kingdom .
- November 30 - A skeleton from the Hominid species Australopithecus Afarensis is discovered and named Lucy .
- January 3 - Alessandro Petacchi , Italian professional road cyclist
- January 7 - John Rich , American guitarist and bassist ( Big & Rich )
- January 10 - Hrithik Roshan , Bollywood actor
- January 11 - The Rosenkowitz Sextuplets (Cape Town, South Africa), the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy.
- January 11 - Cody McKay , Canadian baseball player
- January 12 - Tor Arne Hetland , Norwegian cross-country skiier
- January 12 - Melanie Chisholm , English singer-songwriter
- January 16 - Kate Moss , English model
- January 17 - Ladan And Laleh Bijani , Iranian conjoined twins (d. 2003 )
- January 21 - Rove McManus Australian talk show host
- January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen , American actress
- January 24 - Melissa Tkautz , Australian singer and 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 7 - J Dilla , also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. 2006 )
- February 8 - Seth Green , American actor
- February 8 - Guy-Manuel De Homem-Christo , French disc jockey
- February 11 - D'Angelo , American singer
- February 12 - Naseem Hamed , British boxer
- February 13 - Robbie Williams , English singer
- February 15 - Tomi Putaansuu , Finnish singer Lordi
- February 15 - Ugueth Urbina , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- February 15 - Seattle Slew , American racehorse (d. 2002 )
- February 22 - Chris Moyles , English disc jockey
- February 22 - James Blunt , English Singer
- February 24 - Chad Hugo , American musician and producer ( The Neptunes )
- March 1 - Mark-Paul Gosselaar , American actor
- March 4 - Karol Kučera , Slovakian tennis player
- March 4 - Ariel Ortega , Argentine football player
- March 4 - Tommy Phelps , South Korean professional baseball player
- March 5 - Jens Jeremies , German footballer
- March 6 - Anthony Carelli , professional wrestler
- March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati , Italian singer and actor
- March 7 - Jenna Fischer , American actress
- March 8 - Fardeen Khan , Bollywood 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 21 - Alan Iverson , Australian Filmmaker
- March 22 - Marcus Camby , American basketball player
- March 22 - Kidada Jones , American actress, model, fashion designer
- March 24 - Chad Butler , American drummer ( Switchfoot )
- March 24 - Alyson Hannigan , American actress
- March 25 - Lark Voorhies , American actress
- March 25 - Tapani Mokko , Finnish artist
- April 1 - Richard Christy , American musician and radio writer
- April 2 - Håkan Hellström , Swedish musician
- April 4 - Dave Mirra , American athlete
- April 9 - Jenna Jameson , American actress
- April 11 - Trot Nixon , baseball player
- April 12 - Belinda Emmett , Australian actress and singer (d. 2006 )
- April 12 - Marley Shelton , American actress
- April 14 - Tricia Helfer , Canadian actress and model
- April 14 - Da Brat , American rapper
- April 15 - Josh Todd , American musician and singer ( Buckcherry )
- April 17 - Victoria Beckham , English singer ( Spice Girls )
- April 17 - Mikael Åkerfeldt , Swedish musician ( Opeth )
- April 22 - Shavo Odadjian , Armenian-born bassist ( System Of A Down )
- April 23 - Kirill Seleznyov , Russian businessman
- April 27 - Johnny Devine , Canadian professional wrestler
- April 28 - Penélope Cruz , Spanish actress
- April 28 - Richel Hersisia , Dutch boxer
- May 4 - Miguel Cairo , Venezuelan baseball player
- May 8 - Korey Stringer , American football player (d. 2001 )
- May 11 - Kevin Brown , English-born ice hockey player
- May 11 - Billy Kidman , American professional wrestler
- May 16 - Laura Pausini , Italian singer
- May 16 - Sonny Sandoval , American singer for Payable on Death, aka. P.O.D.
- May 17 - Andrea Corr , Irish singer ( The Corrs )
- May 19 - Andrew Johns , Australian rugby league player
- May 21 - Havoc , American rapper ( Mobb Deep )
- May 21 - Eduardo Verástegui , Mexican actor.
- May 23 - Ken Jennings , American game show winner
- May 23 - Jewel , American singer
- May 23 - Monica Naranjo , Spanish singer
- May 23 - Charlie Yeung , Hong Kong actress and singer
- May 24 - Daniel Lorenz Johnson , social activist/artist
- May 26 - Lars Frölander , Swedish swimmer
- May 27 - Danny Wuerffel , American football player
- May 30 - Big L , American rapper (d. 1999 )
- May 31 - Adrian Tomine , American cartoonist
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette , Canadian singer
- June 2 - Gata Kamsky , American chess player
- June 2 - Matt Serra , American Mixed Martial Arts fighter
- June 7 - Mahesh Bhupathi , Indian tennis player
- June 12 - Hideki Matsui , Japanese baseball player
- June 13 - Brande Roderick , American actress
- June 13 - Takahiro Sakurai , Japanese voice actor
- June 13 - Steve-O , American actor
- June 14 - Jang Jin-young , South Korean 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
- June 28 - Rob Dyrdek , pro skateboader
- July 2 - Matthew Reilly , Australian writer
- July 2 - Rocky Gray , American musician
- July 4 - La'Roi Glover , American football player
- July 4 - Gackt , Japanese singer
- July 8 - Allen Skillicorn , American race car driver
- July 8 - Tami Erin , American actress and model
- July 12 - Gregory Helms , American professional wrestler
- July 18 - Alan Morrison , British poet
- July 19 - Malcolm O'Kelly , Irish rugby player
- July 19 - Preston Wilson , American baseball player
- July 22 - Daddy Kev , American record producer
- July 22 - Sonija Kwok , Hong Kong actress
- July 23 - Maurice Greene , American athlete
- July 23 - Rik Verbrugghe , Belgian professional road racing cyclist
- August 2 - Jeremy Castle , American singer and songwriter
- August 2 - Angie Cepeda , Colombia n actress
- August 7 - Sek Loso , Thai singer, songwriter and guitarist
- August 9 - Matt Morris , baseball player
- August 14 - Christopher Gorham , American actor
- August 15 - Natasha Henstridge , Canadian actress and model
- August 16 - Krisztina Egerszegi , Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer
- August 20 - Andy Strachan , Australian musician ( The Living End )
- August 20 - Maxim Vengerov , Russian violinist
- August 22 - Agustín Pichot , Argentine rugby player
- August 23 - Ray Park , Scottish actor, martial artist
- August 24 - Jennifer Lien , American actress
- August 25 - Eric Millegan , American actor
- August 25 - Kenzo Suzuki , Japanese professional wrestler
- August 27 - Jose Vidro , baseball player
- August 27 - Mase , American rapper
- August 28 - Johan Andersson , Swedish game programmer
- August 28 - Carsten Jancker , German footballer
- August 30 - Mark Gottlieb , American game designer and web columnist
- September 1 - Jhonen Vasquez , American comic book artist
- September 2 - Lisa Snowdon , English television presenter
- September 4 - Carmit Bachar , singer The Pussycat Dolls
- September 4 - Nona Gaye , American actress and singer
- September 5 - Justin Nimmo , American actor
- 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 11 - DeLisha Milton-Jones , American basketball player
- September 13 - Stephen Lawrence , young black teenager murdered in 1993
- September 14 - Hicham El Guerrouj , Moroccan athlete
- September 15 - Jamie Stevens , German pop singer
- September 17 - Rasheed Wallace , American basketball player
- September 18 - Sol Campbell , English footballer
- September 18 - Xzibit , American rapper
- September 19 - Victoria Silvstedt , Swedish model
- September 19 - Jimmy Fallon , American actor and comedian
- September 21 - Katharine Merry , English sprinter
- September 23 - Matt Hardy , American professional wrestler
- September 29 - Brian Ash , American screenwriter and producer
- October 1 - Mats Lindgren , Swedish ice hockey player
- October 5 - Valerie Vernon , American actress
- October 7 - Allison Munn , American actress
- October 10 - Dale Earnhardt, Jr. , American race car driver
- October 11 - Jason Arnott , Canadian ice hockey player
- October 11 - Terje Haakonsen , Norwegian snowboarder
- October 11 - Kane Kosugi , Japanese-American martial artist/actor
- October 16 - Paul Kariya , Canadian hockey player
- October 16 - Deo Grech , Maltese songwriter & presenter
- October 21 - Nakia Burrise , American actress
- October 21 - Lera Auerbach , Russian composer & pianist
- October 23 - Sander Westerveld , Dutch soccer player
- October 24 - Catherine Sutherland , Australian actress
- October 26 - LISA , Japanese musician
- October 29 - Michael Vaughan , English cricketer
- November 1 - VVS Laxman , Indian cricketer
- November 2 - Beverley Mahood , Canadian singer and songwriter
- November 2 - Nelly , American rapper
- November 4 - Louise Redknapp , English singer
- November 5 - Ryan Adams , American singer and songwriter
- November 5 - Jerry Stackhouse , American basketball player
- November 8 - Masashi Kishimoto , Japanese manga author
- November 9 - Uncle Kracker , American singer
- November 9 - Alessandro Del Piero , Italian footballer and
- November 11 - Leonardo DiCaprio , American actor
- November 11 - Bettina Goislard , French UN worker (d. 2003 )
- November 15 - Chad Kroeger , Nickleback lead vocals
- November 20 - Jason Faunt , American actor
- November 22 - David Pelletier , Canadian figure skater
- November 23 - Jamie Sharper , American football player
- November 24 - Stephen Merchant , British comedian
- November 27 - Zsófia Polgár , Hungarian-born chess player
- December 1 - Costinha , Portuguese footballer
- December 6 - Nick Stajduhar , Canadian ice hockey player
- December 7 - Nicole Appleton , Canadian singer ( All Saints )
- December 8 - Maya Mishalska , Mexican actress
- December 10 - Meg White , drummer ( The White Stripes )
- December 11 - Rey Mysterio , American professional wrestler
- December 13 - Nicholas McCarthy , English-born guitarist ( Franz Ferdinand )
- December 14 - Billy Koch , baseball player
- December 16 - Frida Hallgren , Swedish actress
- December 17 - Duff Goldman , American celebrity chef
- December 18 - Kari Byron , artist and television personality
- December 18 - Peter Boulware , American football player
- December 18 - Euroboy , Norwegian musician ( Turbonegro )
- December 19 - Jake Plummer , American football player
- December 19 - Ricky Ponting , Australian cricketer
- December 21 - Karrie Webb , Australian golfer
- December 23 - Aimee Nezhukumatathil , American poet
- December 24 - Ryan Seacrest , American television host
- December 24 - Marcelo Salas , Chilean footballer
- December 27 - Bojan Sarcevic , Bosnia n-French sculptor
- December 28 - Wilson Kirwa , Kenyan-born Finnish athlete
- December 29 - Jenny Barker , British radio presenter
- December 29 - Richie Sexson , baseball player
- December 29 - Brad Hodge , Australian cricketer
- December 31 - Ryan Sakoda , Japanese American professional wrestler
- 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 15 - Christine Chubbuck , American television reporter (b. 1944 )
- July 19 - Joe Flynn , American character actor (b. 1924 )
- July 24 - James Chadwick , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891 )
- July 29 - "Mama Cass" Elliott , American rock music vocalist (b. 1941 )
- July 29 - Erich Kästner , German author (b. 1899 )
- October 4 - Anne Sexton , American poet and writer (suicide) (b. 1928 )
- October 6 - V.K. Krishna Menon , Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. 1897 )
- October 9 - Oskar Schindler , Austrian industrialist (b. 1908 )
- October 13 - Ed Sullivan , American television host (b. 1901 )
- October 16 - Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar , Carnatic Music ian (b. 1895 )
- October 24 - David Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908 )
- 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 )
- November 29 - Lawrence Riley , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1896 )
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