1974 Events

1974 'A Great Day for Up!' is Published
Few children are guilty of thinking too much, but Great Day for Up at least gets them started. Many adults take for granted the multiple meanings of many words. In this book Dr. Seuss hel...
1974 Bill Clinton loses an Arkansas congressional race
After graduating from Yale Law School, Clinton returned to Arkansas and became a professor at the University of Arkansas. A year later, he ran for the House of Representatives in 1974. Th...
1974 Bob Marley and the Wailers Release "No Woman, No Cry"
"No Woman, No Cry" is a reggae song made famous by Bob Marley & The Wailers. The song first became world-famous in 1974 through the studio album Natty Dread. The live version from the 197...
1974 Ford Elite is First Produced
The Ford Elite was an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market from 1974 to 1976. The Elite was based on the Ford Torino, and was a two-door coupe inten...
1974 Lamborghini Countach is First Produced
The Lamborghini Countach was a mid-engined sports car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini from 1974 to 1990. Its design both pioneered and popularized the wedge-shaped, sharply angl...
1974 Michael Jackson introduces "The Robot"
In 1974, during a performance on "Soul Train," Jackson introduced a dance called the robot, made of moves that were mimicked on dance floors across the country.
1974 Nissan 200SX is First Produced
The SX name refers to several models of automobile sold by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. around the world. Beginning in 1974, the "200SX" badging was utilized until 2002. The history of the "...
1974 Norman Hsu Marries
Former democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who raised over $100,000 for Hillary Clinton's campaign, turned himself over to California authorities in 2007 after being discovered as a fugitiv...
1974 Sears Tower Completed
Willis Tower, formerly named Sears Tower, is a 108-story 1,451 feet (442 m) skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its completion in 1974, it was the tallest building in the worl...
1974 'There's A Wocket in my Pocket' is Published
There's a Wocket in My Pocket is a short childrens book by Dr. Seuss. It features a little boy talking about what strange creatures live in his house, such as the yeps on the steps, the n...
1974 Volvo 200 is First Produced
The Volvo 200 series was a range of luxury mid-size cars produced by Volvo from 1974 to 1993, with more than 2.8 million sold worldwide. Also designed by Jan Wilsgaard, the 200 series was...
1974 Jan 13 Super Bowl VIII - Dolphins 24, Vikings 7
Super Bowl VIII was a professional American football game played on January 13, 1974 at Rice Stadium. in Houston, Texas to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion following the...
1974 Jan 16 "The Clockmaker" Is Released
The Clockmaker (French: L' Horloger de Saint-Paul, also known as The Clockmaker of St. Paul and The Watchmaker of St. Paul is a 1974 French crime drama film directed by Bertrand Tavernier...
1974 Jan 23 Berwyn Mountain UFO Incident
During the evening of January 23rd 1974, the peace of the Berwyn Mountains was shattered by an incident which has gone down in the annals of Ufology not just in the U.K. but on an interna...
1974 Jan 28 Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a rematch fight
In 1973, Ali fought Ken Norton, who broke Ali's jaw and won by split decision in 12 rounds. Ali won the rematch, also by split decision, on September 10, 1973, which set up Ali-Frazier II...
1974 Jan 30 "Lacombe, Lucien" Is Released
Lacombe Lucien (in English, Lacombe, Lucien) (1974) is a French film that tells the story of a teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II. It is based in part on d...
1974 Feb 1 Joelma Building Fire
Joelma Building is the famous 25 storied skyscraper located in Sao Paolo Brazil, exactly based in “225 Avenida 9 de Julho”. It is one of the most memorable tragedies that ever took place ...
1974 Feb 4 Boston University defeats Northeastern, 6-1
1974 Feb 4 Harvard defeats Boston College, 11-6
1974 Feb 5 Kiss starts first tour
Kiss's first tour started on February 5, 1974 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.
1974 Feb 7 "Blazing Saddles" Is Released
Vulgar, crude, and occasionally scandalous in its racial humor, this hilarious bad-taste spoof of Westerns, co-written by Richard Pryor, features Cleavon Little as the first black sheriff...
1974 Feb 11 Harvard defeats Boston University, 5-4
1974 Feb 11 Northeastern defeats Boston College, 4-3
1974 Feb 15 Deep Purple release Burn
Burn is the eighth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland, in November 1973 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in Februar...
1974 Feb 18 Kiss releases self titled debut
Kiss is the self-titled debut album from the American hard rock band Kiss. When it was released, on February 18, 1974, Kiss had been a band for little more than one year. Much of the mate...
1974 Feb 19 Kiss debuts on television
On February 19, the band performed "Nothin' to Lose," "Firehouse," and "Black Diamond" for what would become their first national television appearance, on ABC's Dick Clark's In Concert (...
1974 Feb 25 Aretha Franklin Releases "Let Me in Your Life"
Let Me in Your Life is an album by Aretha Franklin.
1974 Mar 1 Aerosmith releases Get Your Wings
Get Your Wings is the second studio album by American hard rock band Aerosmith, released March 1, 1974. The album is the first to feature production from Jack Douglas, who would go on to ...
1974 Mar 1 Rush release self-titled debut album
Rush is the eponymous debut studio album by Canadian rock band Rush, released in 1974 and remastered in 1997. Rush's first release shows much of the heavy metal sound typical of many of t...
1974 Mar 3 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Crashes from Cargo Hatch Failure
Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, registered TC-JAV and nicknamed the Ankara, that crashed just outside Senlis, France, on 3 March 1974 killing all on board. Know...
1974 Mar 20 Elvis Presley releases Good Times
Good Times is a 1974 album by Elvis Presley. The album was constructed by the first pick of a session held by Elvis in Memphis, it includes a collection of songs that vary in style and...
1974 Mar 22 The Eagles release On the Border
On the Border is the third studio album by the Eagles, released in 1974. During the making of the album, the band experienced significant changes. As the band tried to lean towards a more...
1974 Mar 25 NC State Beats Marquette in Final Four
The 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 25 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball....
1974 Apr Blue Öyster Cult releases Secret Treaties
Secret Treaties is Blue Öyster Cult's third studio album, released in 1974. In 1975, a Melody Maker poll of critics voted Secret Treaties as the "Top Rock Album of All Time." The album...
1974 Apr 2 46th Academy Awards
The 46th Academy Awards were presented April 2, 1974 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by John Huston, Diana Ross, Burt Reynolds, David Niven.
1974 Apr 3
to 1974 Apr 4
 Super Outbreak
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the April 3-4, 1974, super tornado outbreak. It was the worst tornado outbreak in U.S. history with 148 twisters touching down in 13 states. Before...
1974 Apr 5 Stephen King publishes Carrie
Carrie is an American horror novel and was American author Stephen King's first published novel, released in 1974. It revolves around the eponymous Carrie, a shy high-school girl, who use...
1974 Apr 7 "The Conversation" Is Released
The Conversation is a 1974 mystery thriller about audio surveillance, written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Gene Hackman, John Cazale, Allen Garfield, Cindy Williams a...
1974 Apr 8 Hank Aaron Hits Home Run No. 715, Breaks Babe Ruth's Record
As the 1974 season began, Aaron's pursuit of the record caused a small controversy. The Braves opened the season on the road in Cincinnati with a three-game series against the Cincinnati...
1974 Apr 11
to 1974 Apr 14
 Gary Player wins the 38th Masters Tournament
Gary Player won the 1974 Masters, the second of three Masters titles he would collect in his career, and the seventh of his nine career major victories. Player sealed the win by nearly ho...
1974 Apr 11 Kiryat Shmona massacre
On 11 April 1974, three members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command crossed the Israeli border from Lebanon. They entered an apartment building in the t...
1974 Apr 22 "Apostrophe (')" by Frank Zappa Is Released
Apostrophe (’) is an album by Frank Zappa, his eighteenth, released on April 22, 1974 in both stereo and quadraphonic formats. An edited version of its lead-off track, “Don’t Eat the Yell...
1974 Apr 24 David Bowie releases Diamond Dogs
Diamond Dogs is a concept album by David Bowie, originally released by RCA Records in 1974. Thematically it was a marriage of the novel Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Bowie's o...
1974 Apr 24 Larry Bird signs letter of intent to play for Bob Knight and Indiana University
April 24, 1974 Signs a letter of intent to play basketball for Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers, choosing the Bloomington school over Purdue and Indiana State.
1974 Apr 29 Kiss performs on The Mike Douglas Show
On April 29, the band performed "Firehouse" on The Mike Douglas Show. This broadcast included Simmons' first televised interview, a conversation with Douglas in which Simmons declared him...
1974 May 15 Ma'alot massacre
The Ma'alot massacre was an attack on May 15, 1974 in Ma'alot, Israel, in which 22 Israeli high school students, aged 14–16, from Safed were killed by three members of the Democratic Fron...
1974 May 18
8:05AM
 India tests its first atomic bomb to become the world's sixth nuclear power, code named Smiling Buddha
While touring the Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC) on 7 September 1972 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi gave verbal authorization to the scientists there to manufacture the nuclear device...
1974 May 19 Philadelphia Flyers win Stanley Cup
The 1974 Stanley Cup Final was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers. The Flyers made their first Final appearance and the Bruins returned to the Finals after having ...
1974 Jun The Bee Gees release Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural is the Bee Gees' twelfth album (tenth worldwide), released in July 1974. It was the first Bee Gees release to be produced by Arif Mardin, who was partially responsible for lau...
1974 Jun 14 "The Parallax View" Is Released
The Parallax View is a 1974 American thriller film directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Warren Beatty, who was also a producer. The film was adapted by David Giler, Lorenzo Semple Jr a...