1974

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1974th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1970s decade.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years:	1971 1972 1973 – 1974 – 1975 1976 1977

Events

• February 7 – Grenada becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
• March 3 – a Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashes outside Paris, France, killing all 346 people on board; the cause of the crash was a design flaw in the plane's rear cargo door.
• February 22 – Bangladesh is recognized by Pakistan
• April 25 – Portuguese Revolution or the Carnation Revolution. – A half-century of fascist rule was ended.
• May 18 – India tests nuclear weapons.
• July 15- Christine Chubbock, a TV host in Sarasota, Florida commits suicide during the taping of her show live on air.
• August 8 – United States President Richard Nixon announces his resignation (Watergate scandal).
• December 8 – Greek voters reject a proposal to restore the Greek monarchy.
• December 19 – Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh becomes the fifth President of Ireland, in a state inauguration in Dublin Castle
• December 24-December 25 – Darwin, Australia almost completely destroyed by Cyclone Tracy

Births

• January 16 – Kate Moss, English model
• January 21 – Linda Rosing, Swedish model
• January 28 – Magglio Ordóñez, Venezuelan baseball player
• January 30 – Christian Bale, Welsh actor
• February 8 – Seth Green, American actor
• February 8 – Kimbo Slice American mixed martial artist
• February 13 – Robbie Williams, English singer
• February 15 – Omarosa Manigault Newman, American television personality
• February 22 – Chris Moyles, English disc jockey
• March 6 – Anthony Carelli, American wrestler
• March 13 – Linda Bengtzing, Swedish singer
• March 24 – Alyson Hannigan, American actress
• May 17 – Andrea Corr, Irish lead-singer of the music group The Corrs
• May 23 – Ken Jennings, Jeopardy! champion
• June 1 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer
• July 28 – Justin Lee Collins, English television presenter
• August 17 – Tomomi Kahala, Japanese singer
• August 25 – Mario Jeckle, German computer scientist (d. 2004)
• September 6 – Tim Henman, English tennis player
• September 14 – Nas, American rapper
• October 28 – Joaquin Phoenix, American actor
• November 2 – Nelly, American rapper
• November 11 – Leonardo DiCaprio, American actor
• November 15 – Chad Kroeger, Canadian singer and guitarist
• December 3 – Albena Denkova, Bulgarian ice dancer
• December 6 – Jens Pulver, American mixed martial artist
• December 10 – Meg White, American singer and drummer (The White Stripes)
• December 13 – Sara Cox, English television presenter

Deaths

January

• January 2 – Tex Ritter, American country musician (b. 1905)
• January 6 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, Polish-American movie producer (b. 1879)
• January 31 – Glenn Morris, American track and field athlete (b. 1912)

February

Satyendra Nath Bose

• February 4 – Satyendra Nath Bose, Indian physicist and polymath from Bengal (b. 1894)

March

• March 27 – Eduardo Santos Montejo, President of Colombia (b. 1888)

April

Georges Pompidou

Ayub Khan

Franz Jonas

Agnes Moorehead

• April 2 – Georges Pompidou, President of France (b. 1911)
• April 19 – Ayub Khan, President of Pakistan (b. 1907)
• April 24 – Franz Jonas, President of Austria (b. 1899)
• April 24 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• April 30 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)

May

Duke Ellington

• May 7 – Fred Kelly, American hurdler (b. 1891)
• May 24 – Duke Ellington, American pianist and jazz musician (b. 1899)

June

Eurico Gaspar Dutra

Georgy Zhukov

• June 4 – Mamerto Urriolagoitía, 43rd President of Bolivia (b. 1895)
• June 11 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• June 18 – Georgy Zhukov, Soviet general during World War II (b. 1896)

July

Juan Perón

Earl Warren

James Chadwick

Cass Elliot

Erich Kästner

• July 1 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
• July 9 – Earl Warren, 14th Chief Justice of the United States (b. 1891)
• July 24 – James Chadwick, English physicist (b. 1891)
• July 29 – Cass Elliot, American singer and actress (b. 1941)
• July 29 – Erich Kästner, German children's writer (b. 1899)

August

Charles Lindbergh

• August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (b. 1902)

September

Walter Brennan

• September 21 – Walter Brennan, American actor (b. 1894)

October

Zalman Shazar

Oskar Schindler

Ed Sullivan

Everaldo

• October 5 – Zalman Shazar, 3rd President of Israel (b. 1899)
• October 9 – Oskar Schindler, German businessman (b. 1908)
• October 13 – Ed Sullivan, American television personality (b. 1901)
• October 28 – Everaldo, Brazilian footballer (b. 1944)

November

Vittorio De Sica

U Thant

• November 13 – Vittorio De Sica, Italian film director (b. 1901)
• November 17 – Erskine Hamilton Childers, 4th President of Ireland (b. 1905)
• November 25 – U Thant, Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)

Nobel Prizes

• Nobel Prize in 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

Movies released

• Blazing Saddles
• Chinatown
• Earthquake
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• The Towering inferno
• The Longest Yard
• Young Frankenstein

Hit songs

• "(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka & Odia Coates
• "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John
• "Seasons in the Sun" – Terry Jacks
• "Already Gone" – The Eagles
• "Another Saturday Night" – Cat Stevens
• "Band on the Run" – Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Beach Baby" – First Class
• "Best Of My Love" – The Eagles
• "Billy, Don't Be a Hero" – Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
• "Can't Get Enough" – Bad Company
• "Caroline Says" – Lou Reed
• "China Grove" – The Doobie Brothers
• "Devil Gate Drive" – Suzi Quatro
• "Diamond Dogs" – David Bowie
• "Dirty Old Man" – The Three Degrees
• "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" – Stevie Wonder
• "Down Down" – Status Quo
• "Honey, Honey" – ABBA
• "I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe" – Genesis
• "It's Only Rock And Roll" – The Rolling Stones
• "Jessica" – Allman Brothers Band
• "Jet" – Paul McCartney and Wings
• "Jungle Boogie" – Kool and the Gang
• "Junior's Farm" – Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Killer Queen" – Queen
• "Kung Fu Fighting" – Carl Douglas
• "Listen To The Music" – The Doobie Brothers
• "Long Train Running" – The Doobie Brothers
• "Love's Theme" – Love Unlimited Orchestra
• "Machine Gun" – The Commodores
• "Magic" – Pilot
• "Midnight At The Oasis" – Maria Muldaur
• "Midnight Rider" – Gregg Allman
• "Money" – Pink Floyd
• "Oh Very Young" – Cat Stevens
• "Phil Spector's Christmas Single" – Various Artists
• "Queen Of Clubs" – KC and the Sunshine Band
• "Rebel Rebel" – David Bowie
• "Rock And Roll Suicide" – David Bowie
• "Samba Pa Ti" – Santana
• "Shang-A-Lang" – Bay City Rollers
• "Smokin' In The Boys Room" – Brownsville Station
• "So Long" – ABBA
• "Sugar Baby Love" – The Rubettes
• "Summer Breeze" – The Isley Brothers
• "Sweet Home Alabama" – Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "The Bump" – Kenny
• "The Love I Lost" – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
• "The Man Who Sold The World" – Lulu
• "This Town's Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" – Sparks
• "Tiny Dancer" – Elton John
• "Walk On" – Neil Young
• "Waterloo" – ABBA
• "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" – John Lennon
• "Wild Horses" – The Rolling Stones
• "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" – Bachman-Turner Overdrive
• "You're The First The Last My Everything" – Barry White