1974

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Years:	1971 1972 1973 – 1974 – 1975 1976 1977

1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar

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-Stallworth, 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 6 – David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexican painter (b. 1896)
• January 31 – Samuel Goldwyn, movie producer (b. 1879)
• April 24 – Bud Abbott, American actor and comedian (b. 1895)
• July 1 – Juan Perón, President of Argentina (b. 1895)
• July 24 – James Chadwick, English physicist (b. 1891)
• August 26 – Charles Lindbergh, American pilot (b. 1902)

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

• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

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