1974: On This Year

• 1974 saw the world population reach 4 billion people, according to an estimation by the U.S. Census Bureau released in April.
• On March 18th, the oil crisis caused by the embargo on oil sales to the U.S, Europe, and Japan ended as most of the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) lifted the embargo.
• In Portugal, a right-wing military coup referred to as the Carnation Revolution conducted on April 25th ended 48 years of dictatorship in the country. In the same vein, the Greek military junta was replaced by a civilian government on July 23rd after seven years of military rule.
• In the United States, President Richard Nixon announced his resignation following the Watergate Scandal on August 8, one day after French high-wire artist completed his famed high-wire walk between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. Vice President Gerald Ford succeeded Nixon as 38th President of the United States and pardoned his predecessor a month later.
• In sports, on April 8th baseball player Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth for the all-time number of home runs with his 714th, a record he would break four days later in Atlanta. At the international level, West Germany won the 1974 FIFA world cup by defeating the Netherlands 2-1 on July 7th.
• English rock group Queen released the first of a string of hit singles, “Seven Seas of Rhye” on March 8th and the Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubikinvented the famous Rubik’s Cube Puzzle. George Roy Hill’s The Sting won the Oscar for Best Picture. In science, the skeleton of a member of the Australopithecus afarensis, nicknamed “Lucy” was discovered on November 24th.
• Notable births in 1974 include English Actor Christian Bale, English singer Victoria Beckham and Spanish actress Penélope Cruz.

According to the Chinese Zodiac and Astrology 1974 was the Year of the Tiger.

Discover Zodiac Sign Characteristics and Personality Traits of people born under the Tiger sign.

1974: Who won the Nobel Peace Prize ?

• Seán MacBride
• Eisaku Satō

1974: Who won the Nobel Prize in Literature ?

• Eyvind Johnson
• Harry Martinson

1974: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics ?

• Martin Ryle
• Antony Hewish

1974: Who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences ?

• Gunnar Myrdal
• Friedrich Hayek

1974: Who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry ?

• Paul Flory

1974: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ?

• Albert Claude
• Christian de Duve
• George Emil Palade

The 3 most popular baby names in 1974 were Michael, Jason and Christopher for boys and Jennifer, Amy and Michelle for girls according to the US Census Bureau historical records.

1974: What were the Top #10 male names given to baby boys that year?

The Top # 10 male names given to baby boys in 1974 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

• Michael
• Jason
• Christopher
• David
• James
• John
• Robert
• Brian
• Matthew
• William

1974: What were the Top #10 female names given to baby girls that year?

The Top # 10 female names given to baby girls in 1974 in the USA according to the US Census Bureau historical records were:

• Jennifer
• Amy
• Michelle
• Heather
• Angela
• Kimberly
• Melissa
• Lisa
• Stephanie
• Rebecca

1974: What was the number 1 song in the USA that year?

The number 1 song in the USA in 1974, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was Bennie And The Jets by Elton John

1974: What was the music chart in the USA that year?

The Music Chart in the USA in 1974 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

1. Bennie And The Jets by Elton John
2. Dancing Machine by Jackson 5
3. The Way We Were by Barbra Streisand
4. Then Came You by Dionne Warwicke
5. Seasons In The Sun by Terry Jacks
6. The Streak by Ray Stevens
7. You Make Me Feel Brand New by The Stylistics
8. Annie's Song by John Denver
9. Billy, Don't Be A Hero by Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
10. You Haven't Done Nothin' by Stevie Wonder

1974: What was the number 1 song in the UK that year?

The number 1 song in the UK in 1974, i.e. the best selling and most popular song of tha year, was You're The First, The Last, My Everything by Barry White

1974: What was the music chart in the UK that year?

The Music Chart in the UK in 1974 with the top 10 most popular songs, was:

1. You're The First, The Last, My Everything by Barry White
2. Billy, Don't Be A Hero by Paper Lace
3. Annie's Song by John Denver
4. Sugar Baby Love by The Rubettes
5. Devil Gate Drive by Suzi Quatro
6. Everything I Own by Ken Boothe
7. Tiger Feet by Mud
8. Rock Your Baby by George McCrae
9. Kissin' In The Back Row by The Drifters
10. You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet by Bachman-Turner Overdrive

The world population in 1974 was 4,003,794,172 people according to data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. This figure includes both urban and rural populations. The urban population at that time accounted for 37.0% of the total population, which is roughly 1.5 billion individuals.The annual population change in 1974 was an increase of +76.2 million people, representing a percentage increase of +1.94% over the previous year.The average population density in 1974 was 17 persons per square mile (or 27 persons per square kilometer).

Here's what happened in 1974:

• Jan 1, 1974: World Population Year begins
• Jan 2, 1974: 55 mph speed limit imposed by Richard Nixon
• Jan 3, 1974: Arias Navarro succeeds Carrero Blanco as premier of Spain.
• Jan 4, 1974: United States President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee.
• Jan 5, 1974: Raul Julia appears on Bob Newhart Show in Oh, Brother
• Jan 6, 1974: CBS Mystery Theater, premieres on radio
• Jan 7, 1974: Dutch rations gasoline
• Jan 8, 1974: Loch Ness Monster photographed
• Jan 11, 1974: ABC airs final episode of Love, American Style
• Jan 12, 1974: Libya and Tunisia announces they are merging as "Islamic Arab Republic".
• Jan 13, 1974: Super Bowl VIII: Miami Dolphins beat Minnesota Vikings, 24-7 in Houston, Texas; Most Valuable Player: Larry Csonka, running back.
• Jan 14, 1974: World Football League founded.
• Jan 15, 1974: Happy Days begins an 11 year run on ABC
• Jan 16, 1974: Jaws by Peter Benchley is published
• Jan 18, 1974: $6 Million Man starring Lee Majors premieres on ABC TV
• Jan 19, 1974: Notre Dame beats UCLA, ends NCAA-record 88-game basketball win streak.
• Jan 20, 1974: A college basketball game ends 210-67
• Jan 21, 1974: Gold hits record $161.31 / silver hits record $3.97 an ounce in London
• Jan 25, 1974: Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old
• Jan 26, 1974: Bülent Ecevit, of CHP forms the new government of Turkey (37th government, partner MSP )
• Jan 27, 1974: Lorelei opens at Palace Theater NYC for 320 performances
• Jan 28, 1974: Sam Thompson, Jim Bottomley, and Jocko Conlan elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• Jan 29, 1974: 27th NHL All-Star Game: West beat East 6-4 at Chicago.
• Feb 1, 1974: Good Times (spinoff from Maude) premieres on CBS TV
• Feb 2, 1974: Pope Paul VI encyclical "To Honor Mary".
• Feb 3, 1974: Pajama Game closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 65 performances
• Feb 4, 1974: Benzine rationing ends in the Netherlands
• Feb 5, 1974: British mine strike
• Feb 6, 1974: 3rd time Rangers shut-out Islanders 6-0
• Feb 7, 1974: Grenada gains independence from Britain
• Feb 8, 1974: Good Times, debuts on CBS TV
• Feb 9, 1974: Daddy What If by Bobby Bare peaks at #41
• Feb 10, 1974: Gigi closes at Uris Theater NYC after 103 performances
• Feb 11, 1974: Titan-Centaur test launch fails.
• Feb 12, 1974: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1970, is exiled from the Soviet Union.
• Feb 13, 1974: Rainbow Jones opens and closes at Music Box Theater, New York City
• Feb 17, 1974: Carol Mann wins LPGA Naples Lely Golf Classic.
• Feb 18, 1974: NASA launches Italian satellite San Marcos C-2
• Feb 19, 1974: 1st American Music Award
• Feb 20, 1974: Cher files for separation from husband Sonny Bono
• Feb 21, 1974: Israeli forces leave western Suez.
• Feb 22, 1974: Samuel Byck tries and fails to assassinate U.S. President Richard Nixon.
• Feb 23, 1974: Patty Hearst, Daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by SLA
• Feb 24, 1974: Atje Keulen-Deelstra becomes world champion all-round skater.
• Feb 25, 1974: Veronica and Colin Scargill (England) begin tandem bicycle ride a record 18,020 miles around the world, completed on August 27, 1975.
• Feb 26, 1974: Gold hits record US$188 an ounce in Paris, France. Silver peaks at US$6.70 per ounce.
• Feb 27, 1974: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• Feb 28, 1974: Taiwan police shoots into crowd
• Mar 1, 1974: George Harrison announces his concert tour of US in November
• Mar 2, 1974: 1st class postage raised to 10 cents from 8 cents
• Mar 3, 1974: Sextet opens at Bijou Theater NYC for 9 performances
• Mar 4, 1974: People magazine is published for the first time.
• Mar 5, 1974: Candide opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 740 performances
• Mar 6, 1974: Over Here opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 341 performances
• Mar 7, 1974: Monitor (US Civil War Ship) restored at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
• Mar 8, 1974: Charles de Gaulle Airport opens in Paris, France.
• Mar 9, 1974: Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended.
• Mar 10, 1974: Sextet closes at Bijou Theater NYC after 9 performances
• Mar 11, 1974: Mount Etna in Sicily erupts.
• Mar 12, 1974: Bundy victim Donna Manson disappears, Evergreen SC, Olympia, Washington
• Mar 13, 1974: Charles de Gaulle Airport opens near Paris, France.
• Mar 16, 1974: First performance at new Grand Ole Opry House at Opryland in Nashville, Tennessee.
• Mar 17, 1974: Jane Blalock wins LPGA Bing Crosby Golf Classic International.
• Mar 18, 1974: Most Arab oil-producing nations end embargo against US.
• Mar 19, 1974: Jefferson Starship begins their first tour.
• Mar 20, 1974: Ian Ball attempts, but fails, to kidnap Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and her husband Captain Mark Phillips in The Mall, outside Buckingham Palace, London.
• Mar 24, 1974: 36th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina State beats Marquette 76-64; this ends UCLA's 7-year reign as NCAA basketball champions.
• Mar 25, 1974: Barbra Streisand records the album Butterfly
• Mar 26, 1974: Romanian communist party names party leader Nicolae Ceausescu President.
• Mar 28, 1974: Rock group Raspberries breakup
• Mar 29, 1974: NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
• Apr 1, 1974: Pioneer Hall opens
• Apr 2, 1974: 46th Academy Awards - The Sting, Glenda Jackson and Jack Lemmon win.
• Apr 3, 1974: 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
• Apr 5, 1974: World's tallest building, the World Trade Center opens in New York City (110 stories).
• Apr 6, 1974: 200,000 attend rock concert California Jam
• Apr 8, 1974: Discovery Island opens
• Apr 10, 1974: American Boccaccio Association forms
• Apr 11, 1974: WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
• Apr 13, 1974: Western Union (in cooperation with NASA and Hughes Aircraft) launches the United States' first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, Westar 1.
• Apr 14, 1974: 38th Golf Masters Championship: Gary Player wins, shooting a 278.
• Apr 15, 1974: 78th Boston Marathon won by Neil Cusack of Ireland in 2:13:39.
• Apr 16, 1974: Words & Music opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 127 performances
• Apr 17, 1974: Bundy victim Susan Rancourt disappears from CWU, Ellensburg, Washington
• Apr 18, 1974: Red Brigade kidnaps Italian Attorney General Mario Sossi.
• Apr 19, 1974: Oriole Al Bumbry hits an inside-the-park HR against New York Yankees
• Apr 20, 1974: Paul McCartney releases Band on the Run
• Apr 21, 1974: 28th Tony Awards: River Niger and Raisin win.
• Apr 22, 1974: Barbara Walters becomes news co-anchor of Today Show
• Apr 23, 1974: Carl Barnett dies at age 59 of a heart attack while conducting Bach's Come, Sweet Death at the Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
• Apr 24, 1974: NFL grants franchise to Tampa Bay (Buccaneers).
• Apr 25, 1974: NFL moves the goal posts and adopts sudden-death playoff.
• Apr 26, 1974: Landslide in Huancavelica Province, Peru creates a natural dam.
• Apr 27, 1974: Pan Am 707 crashes into mountains of Bali, killing 107.
• Apr 28, 1974: Jane Blalock wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
• Apr 29, 1974: President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
• Apr 30, 1974: US President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings.
• May 2, 1974: Former VP Spiro Agnew disbarred
• May 4, 1974: 100th Kentucky Derby: Angel Cordero Jr aboard Cannonade wins in 2:04.
• May 5, 1974: Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Tara Golf Classic.
• May 6, 1974: Bundy victim Roberta Parks disappears from OSU, Corvallis, Ore
• May 7, 1974: Pulitzer prize awarded to Robert Lowell (Dolphin).
• May 8, 1974: FC Magdenburg wins 14th Europe Cup II.
• May 9, 1974: House Judiciary Committee begins formal hearings on President Richard Nixon impeachment.
• May 10, 1974: 7th ABA championship: New York Nets beats Utah Stars, 4 games to 1.
• May 11, 1974: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown by Frank Sinatra hits #83
• May 12, 1974: 28th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3.
• May 14, 1974: Symbionese Liberation Army destroyed in shoot-out, six killed.
• May 15, 1974: Walter Scheel succeeds Heinemann as president of Germany.
• May 16, 1974: Helmut Schmidt is elected German Chancellor after Willy Brandt resigns due to the spy in his office. Hans-Dietrich Genscher (FDP) becomes vice chancellor and foreign minister.
• May 17, 1974: Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 15th String quartet
• May 18, 1974: 100th Preakness: Miguel Rivera aboard Current Little wins in 1:54.6.
• May 19, 1974: Joanne Carner Golf Invitational wins LPGA Bluegrass
• May 20, 1974: Soyuz 14 returns to Earth.
• May 22, 1974: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• May 23, 1974: Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• May 24, 1974: Dean Martin Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• May 26, 1974: During a David Cassidy concert in London a 14 year old is trampled
• May 28, 1974: Magic Show opens at Cort Theater NYC for 1859 performances
• May 29, 1974: Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster.
• May 30, 1974: NASA's ATS-6 satellite is launched.
• May 31, 1974: Israel and Syria sign an agreement concerning Golan Heights.
• Jun 1, 1974: My Girl Bill by Jim Stafford hits #12
• Jun 2, 1974: Judy Rankin wins LPGA Baltimore Golf Classic
• Jun 3, 1974: Yitzhak Rabin forms a new Israeli government
• Jun 4, 1974: 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
• Jun 6, 1974: 47th National Spelling Bee: Julie Ann Junkin wins spelling hydrophyte
• Jun 7, 1974: Padres draft Brown University shortstop Bill Almon #1
• Jun 8, 1974: 106th Belmont: Miguel Rivera aboard Little Current wins in 2:29.2
• Jun 9, 1974: Joanne Carner wins LPGA Desert Inn Golf Classic
• Jun 10, 1974: Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
• Jun 11, 1974: Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Washington
• Jun 13, 1974: Henry Aaron addresses House of Representatives
• Jun 15, 1974: Streak by Ray Stevens hit #1 on UK pop chart
• Jun 16, 1974: 74th US Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 287 at Winged Foot Golf Club - New York
• Jun 18, 1974: Gaston Thorn forms Luxembourg government
• Jun 19, 1974: Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) suspends constitution
• Jun 21, 1974: Francine Irving Neff begins term as 35th Treasurer of the US.
• Jun 23, 1974: 1st extraterrestrial message sent from Earth into space
• Jun 24, 1974: Steve Busby retires 1st 9 White Sox to set AL record with 33 consecutive batters retired
• Jun 26, 1974: 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
• Jun 27, 1974: Flip Wilson Show, last airs on NBC-TV
• Jun 28, 1974: Fall of earth and rocks kill 200
• Jun 29, 1974: Military coup in Ethiopia
• Jun 30, 1974: 2nd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Carole Jo Skala
• Jul 1, 1974: 1st Laura Ashley-store in US opens
• Jul 2, 1974: Fernando Mameda of Portugal sets record for 10,000 m
• Jul 3, 1974: Pitching in major league-record 13th consecutive game for Dodgers
• Jul 4, 1974: Mike Marshall goes 9-0 with 3 saves in 20 appearances in 30 days
• Jul 5, 1974: 81st Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Chris Evert beats Olga Morzova
• Jul 6, 1974: 88th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats K Rosewall
• Jul 7, 1974: Brewer Don Money sets record of consecutive errorless games at 3rd
• Jul 10, 1974: OPEC ends oil boycott against Netherlands
• Jul 11, 1974: US House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry.
• Jul 13, 1974: 103rd British Golf Open: Gary Player shoots a 282 at Royal Lytham
• Jul 14, 1974: Billy Martin is 1st AL manager ejected by ump from 2 games in 1 day
• Jul 15, 1974: Military coup on Cyprus: Archbishop / President Makarios flees
• Jul 17, 1974: Bob Gibson becomes 2nd pitcher to strike-out 3,000
• Jul 19, 1974: Soyuz 14 lands
• Jul 20, 1974: Heng Yo and Heng Ju, completes 1,000 mile (SF-Seattle) pilgrimage
• Jul 21, 1974: Eddy Merckx wins his 5th Tour de France
• Jul 23, 1974: 45th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-2 at 3 Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh
• Jul 24, 1974: Supreme Court unanimously rules Nixon must turn over Watergate tapes
• Jul 26, 1974: Greek Prime Minister Constantinos Karamanlis forms the country's first civil government after seven years of military rule.
• Jul 27, 1974: Kanhai and Jameson add 465 for 2nd wicket, Warwickshire vs. Gloucs
• Jul 28, 1974: Carole Jo Skala wins LPGA Wheeling Ladies Golf Classic
• Jul 29, 1974: Episcopal Church ordained female priests
• Jul 30, 1974: House Judiciary Committee votes on 3rd and last charge of high crimes and misdemeanors to impeach President Nixon in the Watergate cover-up
• Jul 31, 1974: Congress passes legislation giving the president authority to legalize private ownership of gold.
• Aug 1, 1974: Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr J" Erving to the New York Nets.
• Aug 3, 1974: Little Night Music closes at Shubert Theater NYC after 601 performances
• Aug 4, 1974: Sandra Haynie wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic
• Aug 5, 1974: Joan Jett forms her rock group Runaways
• Aug 6, 1974: Explosion and fire destory Great Northern railroad yard in Wenatchee, Washington.
• Aug 7, 1974: Actress Faye Dunaway weds Peter Wolf of J Geils Band
• Aug 8, 1974: President Richard M Nixon announces he will resign his office 12PM August 9.
• Aug 9, 1974: US President Richard Nixon resigns presidency, Vice President Gerald Ford becomes 38th president.
• Aug 10, 1974: Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open
• Aug 11, 1974: 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood, North Carolina
• Aug 12, 1974: Nolan Ryan strikes out 19 and walks only 2 as Angels top Red Sox, 4-2
• Aug 14, 1974: Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold
• Aug 15, 1974: Hurricane / floods ravage Bangladesh, 4,000 killed
• Aug 18, 1974: Joanne Carner wins LPGA St. Paul Keller Golf Open
• Aug 20, 1974: Brooklyn pitcher Dan Bankhead is 1st black to homer in his 1st at bat
• Aug 23, 1974: John Lennon reports seeing a UFO in New York City
• Aug 24, 1974: Sandra Haynie wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
• Aug 26, 1974: Guinee-Bissau becomes independent of Portugal
• Aug 27, 1974: New York Mets' Benny Ayala hits a home run in his first at bat.
• Aug 28, 1974: Soyuz 15 returns to Earth.
• Aug 29, 1974: USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
• Aug 30, 1974: Launching of 1st Dutch satellite, ANS, from Vandenberg
• Aug 31, 1974: Pirate Radio Veronica moves into Scheveningen harbor
• Sep 1, 1974: Dutch law against pirate radio goes into effect
• Sep 2, 1974: Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act
• Sep 3, 1974: Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut
• Sep 4, 1974: Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
• Sep 7, 1974: Irene closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 605 performances
• Sep 8, 1974: 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong
• Sep 9, 1974: 88th US Womens Tennis: B J M King beats E Goolagong Cawley
• Sep 10, 1974: New York Dolls disband
• Sep 11, 1974: Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashes in Charlotte, North Carolina, killing 69 passengers and two crew.
• Sep 12, 1974: Coup overthrows Emperor Haile Selassie in Ethiopia
• Sep 13, 1974: 1st broadcast of Rockford Files on NBC-TV
• Sep 14, 1974: Charles Kowal discovers Leda, 13th satellite of Jupiter.
• Sep 15, 1974: Market Square Arena in Indianapolis opens
• Sep 16, 1974: BART begins regular transbay service
• Sep 17, 1974: Bangladesh, Grenada and Guinea-Bissau join the United Nations.
• Sep 18, 1974: Hurricane Fifi strikes Honduras with 110 mph winds, killing 5,000 people.
• Sep 21, 1974: US Mariner 10 makes 2nd fly-by of Mercury
• Sep 23, 1974: Gypsy opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 120 performances
• Sep 24, 1974: Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
• Sep 28, 1974: Live It Up Part 1 by Isley Brothers peaks at #52
• Sep 29, 1974: 5th NYC Marathon won by Norbert Sander in 2:26:30
• Oct 1, 1974: Watergate cover-up trial opens in Washington DC
• Oct 3, 1974: Pele retires as soccer player
• Oct 4, 1974: John Lennon releases Walls & Bridges album
• Oct 5, 1974: Guildford pub bombings: bombs planted by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) kill four British soldiers and one civilian.
• Oct 6, 1974: Mack & Mabel, opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 66 performances
• Oct 7, 1974: German DR amends constitution
• Oct 8, 1974: Franklin National Bank collapses due to fraud and mismanagement; at the time it is the largest bank failure in the history of the United States.
• Oct 9, 1974: Frank Robinson became 1st Black baseball manager
• Oct 10, 1974: Canadian John Hathaway begins two-year ride of 50,600 miles.
• Oct 11, 1974: The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the second general election of the year, forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.
• Oct 14, 1974: 8th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Rich
• Oct 15, 1974: Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Paul J Flory
• Oct 17, 1974: NBA New Orleans Jazz begin a 28 game road losing streak
• Oct 18, 1974: 1st NBA game at Market Square Arena - Pacers beat Spurs 129-121
• Oct 19, 1974: Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers in Portland
• Oct 20, 1974: 1st broadcast of Derrick on ZDF
• Oct 21, 1974: 1st Islander shut-out opponent-Billy Smith 5-0 vs. Caps
• Oct 22, 1974: Yanks trade Bobby Murcer to Giants for Bobby Bonds
• Oct 24, 1974: Billy Martin named American League Manager of the Year (Texas Rangers).
• Oct 25, 1974: Air Force fires 1st ICBM
• Oct 27, 1974: Chantal Langlace runs female world record marathon
• Oct 28, 1974: Luna 23 launched
• Oct 29, 1974: Law bans discrimination of sex or marital status in credit application
• Oct 30, 1974: California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch
• Oct 31, 1974: Marines terminate gijzelingsactie in strafgevangenis Scheveningen
• Nov 1, 1974: UN affirms independence of Cyprus
• Nov 2, 1974: Art Modell gets snowed in and misses his 1st Cleveland Brown game in 33 yrs
• Nov 3, 1974: Lorelei closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
• Nov 5, 1974: Dmitri Sjotakovitch completes Michelangelo-liederen
• Nov 6, 1974: Dodger Mike Marshall is 1st relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award
• Nov 7, 1974: 63rd Davis Cup: South Africa beats India in
• Nov 8, 1974: British Lord Lucan disappears
• Nov 10, 1974: 2nd meeting of Giants-Jets, Jets even series at 1 with 26-20 OT win
• Nov 12, 1974: South Africa suspended from UN General Assembly over racial policies
• Nov 13, 1974: Dodgers Steve Garvey wins NL MVP
• Nov 15, 1974: Ringo releases Goodnight Vienna andOnly You in the UK
• Nov 16, 1974: Milwaukee Bucks lose their 11th straight NBA game (team record).
• Nov 17, 1974: Bonnie Bryant wins Bill Branch LPGA Golf Classic
• Nov 20, 1974: The US files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
• Nov 21, 1974: In Birmingham, England, 2 pubs are bombed, killing 21 people (the Birmingham Six are later sentenced to life in prison for this).
• Nov 22, 1974: Lake Buena Vista Club opens
• Nov 23, 1974: 60 Ethiopia government officials executed
• Nov 24, 1974: 2 truck hijackers freed
• Nov 25, 1974: Irish Republican Army is outlawed in Britain following deaths of 21
• Nov 26, 1974: Catfish Hunter and Charlie Finley meet in arbitration
• Nov 27, 1974: Cardinals outfielder Bake McBride wins NL Rookie of Year
• Nov 28, 1974: Bowie Kuhn suspends George Steinbrenner for 2 years
• Nov 30, 1974: Good Evening closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 438 performances
• Dec 1, 1974: LA Skid Row slasher kills 1st of 8
• Dec 2, 1974: Cowhide, rather than just horsehide, can be used to make baseballs
• Dec 4, 1974: Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Muslim pilgrims.
• Dec 5, 1974: 1st Washington Capitals penalty shot, Tom Williams unsuccessful vs. Buff Sabres
• Dec 6, 1974: George Harrison releases Ding Dong, Ding Dong
• Dec 8, 1974: Sandra Post wins LPGA Colgate Far East Golf Open.
• Dec 9, 1974: Dow Jones index hits 570.01
• Dec 10, 1974: Space probe Helios 1 launched
• Dec 13, 1974: Malta becomes a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations
• Dec 16, 1974: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• Dec 17, 1974: WIPO becomes a specialized agency of the United Nations.
• Dec 18, 1974: San Francisco Visitors Center at City Hall opens
• Dec 19, 1974: Man With Golden Gun premieres in US
• Dec 20, 1974: George Harrison releases his Dark Horse album in the UK
• Dec 22, 1974: 2nd cease-fire between IRA and British; lasts until approximately April 1975
• Dec 23, 1974: Good News opens at St. James Theater NYC for 16 performances
• Dec 24, 1974: Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Australia.
• Dec 25, 1974: Cyclone Tracy devastates Darwin, Northern Territory Australia.
• Dec 26, 1974: Washington Capitals 1st NHL sellout
• Dec 27, 1974: Dear Abby show ends run on CBS radio after 11 years
• Dec 28, 1974: 6.3 earthquake strikes Pakistan: 5200 killed
• Dec 30, 1974: Japanese soldier Teruo Nakamura surrenders on the Indonesian island of Morota, 34 years after beginning service in World War II
• Dec 31, 1974: New York Yankees sign Jim Catfish Hunter to 5 yrs for record $3.75 million

The year 1974 refers to a specific year in the Gregorian calendar, which is commonly used internationally. It is the 75th year of the 20th century and the 4th year of the 1970s decade. In the Gregorian calendar, it follows 1973 and precedes 1975.