1974

Year 1974 () was a (link will display full calendar) of the 1974.

January

 * - Citing executive privilege, U.S. President refuses to surrender 500 tapes and documents which have been ed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
 * - In response to the, commences nearly 4 months early in the.
 * - In (men's),  defeats  71-70, ending the Bruins' record 88-game winning streak.
 * - Brisbane Qld Australia is.
 * - is found guilty of  charges.
 * - In his, U.S. President declares, "One year of Watergate is enough."

February

 * - Fire breaks out in the Joelman Bank Building in, ; 177 dead, 293 injured, 11 die later of their injuries.
 * - In the second riot, prisoners destroy much of the facility with petrol bombs.
 * - The kidnaps, the 19-year-old granddaughter of publisher.
 * - After 84 days in, the crew of  returns to.
 * - U.S. District Court Judge rules that Native American tribes in  are entitled to half of the legal  and  catches, based on treaties signed by the tribes and the U.S. government.
 * - winning writer  is expelled from the Soviet Union (he returns, ).
 * - A stampede occurs in, killing 49.
 * - The long-running comic strip "" is published in the  for the final time, after 28 years of daily installments.
 * - The Second Islamic Summit Conference by (OIC) was held in Lahore, Islamic Republic of, from 29  to 1st , 1394 H, (22-24 February, 1974).
 * - The demands $4 million more to release kidnap victim.
 * - The  results in an almost dead-heat.   becomes  again, despite his  having received fewer votes than the.
 * - n prime minister, who had held the position since , is dismissed by Emperor and replaced with.

March

 * - : Seven former officials are indicted for their role in the  break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
 * - finishes his first term as.
 * - A  travelling from Paris to London crashes in a wood near Paris, killing all 346 aboard.
 * - , starring and, is cancelled after five seasons.
 * - opens in,.
 * - ese soldier, Second Lieutenant, surrenders in the.
 * - Ten miners die in a gas explosion at   near,.
 * - : Most nations end a 5-month  embargo against the,  and.
 * - Ian Balls fails in his attempt to kidnap Her Royal Highness and her husband Captain  in, outside.
 * -  approaches.

April

 * - The comes into effect in, creating six new  and comprehensively redrawing the administrative map.
 * - President  dies; Senate President  becomes Acting President for the second time.
 * - The, the largest series of 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.
 * - of the  breaks 's home run record by hitting his 715th career home-run off  pitcher  at.
 * - In, resigns as Prime Minister.
 * - In, members of the rob a branch of the , joined by , their erstwhile captive.
 * - publishes his first novel,, under his own name.
 * - : A in  restores.

May

 * - An all female ese team summits in, becoming the first women to climb an 8,000 metre peak.
 * - The  opens in.
 * - The Liverpool beat Newcastle 3-0 to win the FA Cup final at Wembley.
 * - West  resigns.
 * - The Judiciary Committee opens formal and public  hearings against President.
 * - Fire damages the carousel in, , , damaging 20 animals.
 * - Foreign Minister  is elected  for a term beginning.
 * - is elected West.
 * - police raid  headquarters, killing 6 members, including.
 * - Thirty-three people die and over three-hundred are wounded in the in the . Members of the,  are behind the blast, allegedly in collusion with members of the British intelligence service.
 * - : Under project, successfully detonates its first , becoming the sixth nation to do so.
 * - The is completed, the tallest construction ever built (it collapses on, ).
 * - In the second round of the presidential elections in, wins over , but by a close margin.
 * - The defeat the, thereby becoming the first expansion team to win the.
 * - The Italian fascist organization bombs demonstrators in, killing 6.
 * - 's satellite is launched.

June

 * - : An explosion at a chemical plant in, , kills 28 people.
 * - The stage an ill-advised  for a game against the  at . Cleveland forfeits after alcohol-fueled mayhem and violence spreads from the stands onto the field.
 * - A new is promulgated, making  a.
 * - The begins in.
 * - : Members of the fascist clash with leftist counter-protesters in 's West End; one student is killed.
 * - The first is held in, ; 63 crafts made of s participate.
 * - A bomb explodes at the in, damaging . The  claims responsibility for planting the bomb.
 * - The is scanned for the first time, to sell a package of Wrigley's chewing gum at the Marsh Supermarket in Troy, Ohio.
 * - becomes interim president of, when  falls seriously ill.
 * -, mother of the late , is killed during a church service in.

July

 * -, President of Argentina dies. He's succeeded by his wife, Vice President . She becomes the first female Head of State in South America.
 * - beats  2-1 to win the.
 * -, U.S. television presenter for , draws a revolver and shoots herself in the head during a live broadcast. She dies in a hospital 14 hours later.
 * - A military coup overthrows  in.
 * - An bomb explodes in the  at the, killing 1 person and injuring 41. Another bomb explodes outside a government building in South.
 * - : Forces from invade  after the  by.
 * - n Prime Minister Endelkachew Makonnen is replaced with Mikael Imru.
 * - The collapses.
 * - is sworn in as interim Prime Minister of.
 * - : The unanimously rules () that President  can not withhold subpoenaed  tapes, and orders him to surrender them to the Watergate special prosecutor.
 * - - Watergate Scandal: The Judiciary Committee adopts 3 articles of  charging President  with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee.

August

 * - A bomb explodes in an train between  and .   Italian neo-fascist terrorists take responsibility.
 * - : The "" tape of, is revealed, in which U.S. President  and  discuss using the  to block a  inquiry into .   Nixon's support in  collapses.
 * - Three congressional leaders (,  and ) visit President  in the .   They inform him that he lacks the votes to escape  in the  and conviction in the .    walks across a  slung between the  of the  in.
 * - : U.S. President announces his resignation (effective ).
 * - becomes the first  to resign from office, an action taken to avoid being removed by impeachment in response to his role in the . , becomes the 38th President, taking the oath of office in the East Room of the.
 * - Turkey invades for the second time in Cyprus, occupying 37% of the island's territory.
 * - Line 1 is opened.
 * - becomes  of.
 * - An express train bound for from  derails in,  (now ), killing more than 150 passengers.

September

 * - Daredevil fails a world-record attempt to jump Appalachia Lake in.
 * - : U.S. President pardons former President  for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
 * - Professional stuntman fails to cross the  in, when a drogue parachute deploys prematurely  on his rocket-powered.
 * - crashes into the, 18 minutes after take off from , after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, killing 88 people.
 * - Classes begin at original in Newark, NJ at 40 Rector Street.
 * - members seize the French Embassy in, . They secure the release of member Yatuka Fumiya, $300,000 and a flight to.
 * - Newport, Rhode Island, America's Cup defender "Courageous", skippered by Ted Hood, wins over Australian challenger "Southern Cross".
 * - is started by the  - one of the first public service information systems.

October

 * - The s at The Horse and Groom and The Seven Stars kill 5 people, and lead to the wrongful conviction and imprisonment of the the next year.
 * - collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it was the largest bank failure in the history of the.
 * - The second  of the year results in a narrow victory for Labour, still led by.
 * - U.S. President signs a federal campaign reform bill, which sets new regulations in the wake of the.
 * - Ending nine years of nearly constant touring, the begin an extended hiatus after finishing their Fall U.S. tour at the  in San Francisco.
 * - The "" between and  takes place in, . Using his new "rope-a-dope" strategy, Ali knocks out an exhausted Foreman after 8 rounds, regaining the Heavyweight Boxing Title.

November

 * - s make significant gains in the U.S. Congressional midterm elections, as voters punish the over the.
 * - disappears in.
 * - A bomb explodes at the.
 * - In, Carol DaRonch narrowly escapes abduction by serial killer.
 * - members try to kidnap Günter von Drenkmann, the president of 's Superior Court of Justice, at his home, but he is fatally shot during the attempt.
 * - murders his parents and his four siblings in what would later become known as "".
 * - The sends an  towards the  Great Globular Cluster. The message will reach its destination around the year.
 * - In, President dies suddenly of a heart attack in the middle of a public speech.
 * - The files its final anti-trust suit against . This suit later leads to the break up of  and the.
 * - In, 2 pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the are later sentenced to life in prison for this).
 * - The General Assembly grants the  observer status.
 * - The is passed in the.
 * - A skeleton from the species  is discovered and named.

December

 * - A carrying  crashes 25 miles (40 km) northwest of  during bad weather, killing all 92 people on board.
 * - voters reject a proposal to restore the Greek monarchy.
 * - becomes the fifth, in a state inauguration in.
 * - Former New York Governor is sworn in as.
 * - Former British minister, who faked his drowning in Florida, is arrested in ,.
 * - - is almost completely destroyed by.
 * - Restrictions on holding private within the, implemented by  in , are removed.

Undated

 * The first described by    in his 1974 book Obedience to Authority; An Experimental View.
 * 's  first enters production. VW will go on to sell 22 million Golfs, and the model is still in full scale production as of 2006.
 * The is founded by  conductor
 * reached 4 billion people.
 * layout modified using and bifurcation (balancing load on typist's fingers) techniques, in.
 * layout modified using and bifurcation (balancing load on typist's fingers) techniques, in.

January-February

 * -, Italian professional road cyclist
 * -, American guitarist and bassist
 * -, Bollywood actor
 * - The (Cape Town, South Africa), the first sextuplets known to survive their infancy.
 * -, Canadian baseball player
 * -, Norwegian cross-country skiier
 * -, English singer-songwriter
 * -, English model
 * -, Iranian conjoined twins (d. )
 * - Australian talk show host
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian singer and actress
 * -, Sri Lankan cricketer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Welsh actor
 * -, English murderer


 * -, American musician and record producer
 * -, Canadian basketball player
 * -, also known as Jay-Dee, American hip-hop producer (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * -, French disc jockey
 * -, American singer
 * -, British boxer
 * -, English singer
 * -, Finnish singer
 * -, Venezuelan player
 * -, American racehorse (d. )
 * -, English disc jockey
 * -, English Singer
 * -, American musician and producer

March-April

 * -, American actor
 * -, Slovakian tennis player
 * -, Argentine football player
 * -, South Korean professional baseball player
 * - Simen Hestnæs, the vocalist/bassist of , , , , , and.
 * -, German footballer
 * -, British-American actor
 * -, professional wrestler
 * -, Italian singer and actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Bollywood actor
 * -, Venezuelan player
 * -, American wrestler (d. )
 * -, South African player
 * -, Colombian actress
 * -, Polish writer
 * -, German footballer
 * -, Australian Filmmaker
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, American actress, model, fashion designer
 * -, American drummer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American teacher
 * -, American actress
 * -, Finnish artist
 * -, New Zealand actress


 * -, American musician and radio writer
 * -, Swedish musician
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American actress
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Australian actress and singer (d. )
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian actress and model
 * -, American rapper
 * -, American musician and singer
 * -, English singer
 * -, Swedish musician
 * -, Armenian-born bassist
 * -, Russian businessman
 * -, Canadian professional wrestler
 * -, Spanish actress
 * -, Dutch boxer

May-June

 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * -, English-born ice hockey player
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, Italian singer
 * May 16 -, American singer for Payable on Death, aka.
 * -, Irish singer
 * -, Australian rugby league player
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Mexican actor.
 * -, American game show winner
 * -, American singer
 * -, Spanish singer
 * -, Hong Kong actress and singer
 * -, social activist/artist
 * -, Swedish swimmer
 * -, American football player
 * -, American rapper (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist


 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, American chess player
 * -, American fighter
 * -, Indian tennis player
 * -, Japanese baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese voice actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, South Korean actress
 * -, American webmaster and writer
 * -, British radio personality
 * -, Indian actress
 * -, baseball player
 * -, pro skateboader

July-August

 * -, Australian writer
 * -, American musician
 * -, American football player
 * -, Japanese singer
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, American actress and model
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, British poet
 * -, Irish rugby player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American record producer
 * -, Hong Kong actress
 * -, American athlete
 * -, Belgian professional road racing cyclist


 * -, Canadian poker player
 * -, Hong Kong singer
 * -, English comedian, TV and radio presenter
 * -, American actress
 * -, English actress
 * -, American football player


 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, n actress
 * -, Thai singer, songwriter and guitarist
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress and model
 * -, Hungarian Olympic champion swimmer
 * -, Australian musician
 * -, Russian violinist
 * -, Argentine rugby player
 * -, Scottish actor, martial artist
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese professional wrestler
 * -, baseball player
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Swedish game programmer
 * -, German footballer
 * -, American game designer and web columnist

September-October

 * -, American comic book artist
 * -, English television presenter
 * -, singer The Pussycat Dolls
 * -, American actress and singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, English tennis player
 * -, Swedish singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Croatian and  fighter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, young black teenager murdered in 1993
 * -, Moroccan athlete
 * -, German pop singer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, English footballer
 * -, Most beautiful woman ever
 * -, American rapper
 * -, Swedish model
 * -, American actor and comedian
 * -, English sprinter
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American screenwriter and producer


 * -, Swedish ice hockey player
 * -, American actress
 * -, American actress
 * -, American race car driver
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Norwegian snowboarder
 * -, Japanese-American martial artist/actor
 * -, Juggalo Rapper
 * -, Canadian hockey player
 * -, Maltese songwriter & presenter
 * -, American actress
 * -, Russian composer & pianist
 * -, Dutch soccer player
 * -, Australian actress
 * -, Japanese musician
 * -, English cricketer

November-December

 * -, Indian cricketer
 * -, Canadian singer and songwriter
 * -, American rapper
 * -, lead guitarist for
 * -, English singer
 * -, American singer and songwriter
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Japanese manga author
 * -, American singer
 * -, Italian footballer and
 * -, American actor
 * -, French UN worker (d. )
 * -, Nickleback lead vocals
 * -, English football player
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actress
 * -, Canadian figure skater
 * -, American football player
 * -, British comedian
 * -, Hungarian-born chess player


 * -, Portuguese footballer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Canadian singer
 * -, Mexican actress
 * -, drummer
 * -, American professional wrestler
 * -, English-born guitarist
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Swedish actress
 * -, American celebrity chef
 * -, artist and television personality
 * -, American football player
 * -, Norwegian musician
 * -, American football player
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Australian golfer
 * -, American poet
 * -, American television host
 * -, Chilean footballer
 * -, n-French sculptor
 * -, Kenyan-born Finnish athlete
 * -, British radio presenter
 * -, baseball player
 * -, Australian cricketer
 * -, Japanese American professional wrestler

January - March

 * -, American actor and singer (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Polish-born film studio executive (b. )


 * -, Hungarian philosopher (b. )
 * -, Indian mathematician and physicist (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Swedish actress (b. )
 * -, New Zealand cricketer (b. )
 * -, Swedish composer (b. )
 * -, Canadian hockey player (b. )
 * -, American composer and writer (b. )


 * -, American jazz pianist (b. )
 * -, American abstract expressionist painter (b. )
 * -, Russian-born impresario (b. )
 * -, American cultural anthropologist (b. )
 * -, American physiologist, laureate (b. )
 * -, drive-in bank innovator (b. )
 * -, American television journalist (b. )
 * -, American race car driver (b. )

April - June

 * -, (b. )
 * -, Canadian painter (b. )
 * -, Italian songwriter (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Austrian president (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )


 * -, Australian actress (b. )
 * -, American jazz pianist and bandleader (b. )


 * -, Guatemalan writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * Soviet General. (b.
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )

July - September

 * -, (b. )
 * -, Governor of California and  (b. )
 * -, Swedish writer, laureate (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American television reporter (b. )
 * -, American character actor (b. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American rock music vocalist (b. )
 * -, German author (b. )


 * -, American jazz saxophonist (b. )
 * -, aviator (b. )
 * -, American pilot


 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, American general (b. )
 * -, French playwright and scriptwriter (b. )
 * -, member of the , "".
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the
 * -, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of

October - December

 * -, American poet and writer (suicide) (b. )
 * -, Indian freedom fighter and politician (b. )
 * -, Austrian industrialist (b. )
 * -, American television host (b. )
 * -, ian (b. )
 * -, Ukrainian violinist (b. )
 * -, Chilean composer (b. )
 * -, Italian film director (b. )
 * -, fourth (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, American radio talk-show host (b. )
 * -, Swiss composer (b. )
 * -, British musician (b. )
 * -, Ethiopian politician (b. )
 * -, Chinese leader (b. )
 * -, American oil tycoon (b. )
 * -, American playwright and screenwriter (b. )


 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, French composer (b. )
 * -, American comedian (b. )
 * -, Cincinnati TV personality (b. )