Events in 1974

249 notable events from 1974. Page 1 of 3.

• Ted Bundy
  Jan 4, 1974–Feb 9, 1978 · United States
• Dennis Rader
  Jan 15, 1974–Jan 19, 1991 · United States
• Joseph James DeAngelo
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1986 · United States
• Carnation Revolution
  Apr 25, 1974 · Portugal
• Robert Maudsley
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · United Kingdom
• Turkish invasion of Cyprus
  Jul 20, 1974–Aug 18, 1974 · Cyprus
• Eastern Air Lines Flight 212
  Sep 11, 1974 · United States
• Smurl haunting
  1974–1989 · United States
• Jack Unterweger
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1992 · Austria
• Turkish Airlines Flight 981
  Mar 3, 1974 · France
• Joseph Kallinger
  Jul 7, 1974–Jan 8, 1975 · —
• 1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing
  Aug 30, 1974 · Japan
• Ethiopian Civil War
  Sep 12, 1974–Jun 4, 1991 · Ethiopia
• Piazza della Loggia bombing
  May 28, 1974 · Italy
• Koyama Incident
  1974 · Japan
• Oscar Zeta Acosta
  May 1, 1974 · Mexico
• Amityville murders
  Nov 13, 1974 · United States
• Ten-Cent Beer Night
  Jun 4, 1974 · United States
• Project Azorian
  Aug 12, 1974 · Russian Federation
• Dublin and Monaghan bombings
  May 17, 1974 · Ireland
• Daniel Camargo Barbosa
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1986 · Colombia
• Connie Converse
  Aug 10, 1974 · United States
• Murder of Carla Walker
  Feb 17, 1974 · United States
• Bruce Lindahl (criminal)
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1981 · United States
• Carl Eugene Watts
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1982 · United States
• Piano noise murder case
  Aug 28, 1974 · Japan
• 1974 Cypriot coup d'état
  Jul 15, 1974 · Cyprus
• Hi-Fi murders
  Apr 22, 1974 · United States
• Clayton Fountain
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1983 · —
• Ma'alot massacre
  May 15, 1974 · Israel
• Joseph Naso
  Jan 1, 1974–Aug 14, 1994 · —
• Christian Ranucci case
  Jun 3, 1974 · France
• Paul John Knowles
  Jul 26, 1974–Nov 16, 1974 · United States
• Ervil LeBaron
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1981 · —
• TWA Flight 514
  Dec 1, 1974 · United States
• Lufthansa Flight 540
  Nov 20, 1974 · Kenya
• Fort Worth missing trio
  Dec 23, 1974 · United States
• Italicus Express bombing
  Aug 4, 1974 · Italy
• Joelma Building fire
  Feb 1, 1974 · Brazil
• Doodler
  Jan 1, 1974–Sep 1, 1975 · United States
• Guildford pub bombings
  Oct 5, 1974 · United Kingdom
• Volker Eckert
  May 7, 1974–Nov 2, 2006 · Czechia
• Wayne Nance
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1986 · United States
• Disappearance of Amy Billig
  Mar 5, 1974 · United States
• Thomas Eugene Creech
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1981 · —
• Samuel Byck
  Feb 22, 1974 · —
• Patrick Mackay
  Feb 1, 1974–Mar 1, 1975 · —
• Murder of Georgann Hawkins
  Jun 11, 1974 · United States
• Ronald Clark O'Bryan
  Oct 31, 1974 · —
• Birmingham pub bombings
  Nov 21, 1974 · United Kingdom
• John Smith (murderer)
  Nov 17, 1974 · —
• Christian Ranucci
  Jun 3, 1974 · —
• Flixborough disaster
  Jun 1, 1974 · United Kingdom
• Assassination of Yuk Young-soo
  Aug 15, 1974 · South Korea
• Kidnapping of Tsugawa Masahiko's eldest daughter
  1974 · Japan
• Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231
  Dec 1, 1974 · United States
• Boston desegregation busing crisis
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1976 · United States
• John Childs (murderer)
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · United Kingdom
• 1974 Ethiopian coup d'état
  Sep 12, 1974 · Ethiopia
• Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
  Apr 1974 · Iraq
• Japanese corporate bombing campaign by the East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front
  Aug 1974–Jun 1975 · Japan
• Beppu insurance killing
  Nov 17, 1974 · Japan
• Murder of Ann Ogilby
  Jul 24, 1974 · United Kingdom
• Bangladesh famine of 1974
  Mar 1974–Dec 1974 · Bangladesh
• 10th Yuyo Maru Incident
  Nov 9, 1974 · Japan
• 1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague
  Sep 13, 1974–Sep 17, 1974 · Netherlands
• 1974 Tamil conference incident
  Jan 10, 1974 · Sri Lanka
• Martinair Flight 138
  Dec 4, 1974 · Sri Lanka
• 1974 White House helicopter incident
  Feb 17, 1974 · United States
• Leningrad Metro flood (1974)
  Apr 8, 1974 · Russian Federation
• Amityville affair
  Nov 13, 1974 · United States
• 1974 Huntsville Prison siege
  Jul 24, 1974–Aug 3, 1974 · —
• TWA Flight 841 (1974)
  Sep 8, 1974 · Greece
• James Dupree Henry
  Mar 23, 1974 · United States
• Murder of Linda Pagano
  Sep 1, 1974 · United States
• Cowden family murders
  Sep 1, 1974 · United States
• Roger Dale Stafford
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · —
• M62 coach bombing
  Feb 4, 1974 · United Kingdom
• Carol City murders
  Oct 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · United States
• Pan Am Flight 812
  Apr 22, 1974 · Indonesia
• Joël Matencio
  Jul 3, 1974–Jul 24, 1976 · —
• Operation Rainbow
  Aug 14, 1974 · Japan
• Randy Greenawalt
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1978 · —
• 1974 Lima earthquake
  Oct 3, 1974 · Peru
• Tonglet-Castellano Case
  Aug 21, 1974 · France
• Howard Allen
  Jan 1, 1974–Jan 1, 1987 · United States
• Murder of Martha Morrison
  Sep 1, 1974 · United States
• Pan Am Flight 806
  Jan 30, 1974 · American Samoa
• Trevor Hardy
  Dec 31, 1974–Mar 8, 1976 · —
• Reace case
  Oct 21, 1974–Oct 31, 1974 · Spain
• Disappearance of Margaret Ellen Fox
  Jun 24, 1974 · United States
• Walter E. Ellis
  Aug 10, 1974–Sep 7, 2009 · United States
• 1974 Izu Peninsula earthquake
  May 8, 1974 · Japan
• Françoise Claustre
  Apr 20, 1974 · Chad
• Turkish Airlines Flight 301
  Jan 26, 1974 · Türkiye
• Kiryat Shmona massacre
  Apr 11, 1974 · Israel
• Cafetería Rolando bombing
  Sep 13, 1974 · Spain
• Maratha, Santalaris and Aloda massacre
  Aug 14, 1974 · Cyprus
• Malari incident
  Jan 15, 1974–Jan 16, 1974 · Indonesia
• White Coup
  Aug 1, 1974 · Italy