1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Oklahoma regained the #1 ranking and, following a 45–14 win over Kansas, traveled to Lincoln with a Big Eight Conference title on the line. OU changed its defense for the game against Nebraska, using man-to-man coverage instead of zone. The move paid dividends as the Sooners intercepted four passes, including three by Randy Hughes, while the offense rolled up 482 yards on the ground despite not completing a single pass in the contest. The victory earned Oklahoma its second straight Big Eight Championship with one game remaining against Oklahoma State. Against the Cowboys, OU faced a 13–10 deficit late in the third quarter before scoring five touchdowns during a seven–and–a–half–minute span. The 44–13 victory marked OU's 20th consecutive win and 29th straight game without a loss.


1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team
When Alabama fell to Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl, the Sooners were left as the nation's only unbeaten team. With a #1 ranking in the final AP Poll, OU laid claim to its fourth national championship and first since 1956. To date, the 1974 Sooners are the last NCAA Division I-A team to claim an AP national title without benefit of a postseason bowl win.


1974 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, NFL draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the Big Eight Conference during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Stanley, the Cowboys compiled a 7–5 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 262 to 183.


1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The team's statistical leaders included George Palmer with 516 rushing yards, Charlie Weatherbie with 622 passing yards, and Gerald Bain with 336 receiving yards.


1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The team played its home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma.


1974 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, After the season
The 1975 NFL Draft was held on January 28–29, 1975. The following Cowboy was selected.


1974 Oklahoma gubernatorial election
The 1974 Oklahoma gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974, and was a race for the Governor of Oklahoma. Democrat David Boren defeated Clem McSpadden in a run-off to claim his party's nomination after embattled incumbent David Hall was eliminated in the initial primary. Boren won the general election handily over Republican Jim Inhofe. 20 years later, Inhofe would succeed Boren as Senator from Oklahoma.


1974 Old Dominion 500
The 1974 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on September 29, 1974, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.


1974 Old Dominion 500
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Today, the race is a part of the First Data 500 annual series of Martinsville races that occur in the autumn for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. The race lasted three hours, fifty-eight minutes, and three seconds. Ten cautions were enacted by NASCAR for seventy-nine laps. The event had an attendance of 33,000 people. Attrition took its toll in this race, as there were only 10 cars left running at the end of the race. While the NASCAR Cup Series had progressed when it came to safety measures by the mid-1970s, a lot of the safety features that would make NASCAR safe and enjoyable at the same time only came after the death of Dale Earnhardt at the 2001 Daytona 500.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Canadian Earl Ross (driving for Junior Johnson) defeated his American opponent Buddy Baker by more than one lap, lapping the entire field in the process. Not too many NASCAR Cup Series drivers in the modern era can say that. Ross was also the first rookie to win a NASCAR Cup Series race; this record would not be broken until Dale Earnhardt won the 1979 Southeastern 500.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
He also broke the 23 race winning streak of the "big three drivers" of the 1974 season. Jimmy Hensley leads his first ever laps in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series, and he would have to wait until 1992 to lead again. Sonny Hutchins dominated the first 78 laps of the race and could have easily won the race if his car hadn't blown up; forcing him to crash. Cale Yarborough also looked like a dominant competitor during the race; leading 288 laps during the race and giving the other drivers a difficult time. It was a huge surprise to everyone when he blew an engine with 79 laps to go. Petty, Yarborough and Pearson managed to win 27 out of 30 races in 1974 and the only other drivers to win a race were Bobby Allison, who won twice, and Earl Ross.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
This was the final NASCAR Winston Cup Series start for Pee Wee Wentz.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Pole speed was 84.119 miles (135.376 km) per hour while the average speed was 66.232 miles (106.590 km) per hour. Notable drivers at this race included Richard Petty, Elmo Langley, Cale Yarborough, Benny Parsons, Coo Coo Marlin (father of Sterling Marlin), and Richard Childress (future owner of Richard Childress Racing). There were also some equally notable crew chiefs in the race; including Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman among others.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
There was a thirty driver grid (twenty-nine Americans and one Canadian) compared to the forty-three driver grid of today. The winner received $14,550 ($75,430 when considering inflation) while starting in eleventh place. Modified fan favorite racer Satch Worley makes his Winston Cup debut and scores an impressive top-10 finish.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report
Until Juan Pablo Montoya's most recent victory at Watkins Glen driving the #42 Chevrolet Impala at the 2010 running of the Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips at The Glen race, Canadian Earl Ross' victory in this race was the most recent Cup race won by a foreign driver. The most active Canadian driver in the Monster Energy Cup Series today is Patrick Carpentier who participates as a road course ringer at the Watkins Glen, Infineon and the Montreal Nationwide Series race.


1974 Old Dominion 500, Race report, Technological concerns
Improvements in tire and engine technology in the early 1970s had made NASCAR Cup Series vehicles overpowered compared to the limited space that Martinsville Speedway had for breathing space. Further technological advancements by 2013 have caused further concern for driver safety at Martinsville; indicating that the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series may have to use restrictor plates in Martinsville if tire/engine technology keeps its current pace of development.


1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1974 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Rebels were led by first-year head coach Ken Cooper and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. The team competed as a member of the Southeastern Conference, finishing in last. The Rebels opened the season with an upset of Missouri, but the rest of the season went very poorly, as the team went winless in conference play and finished with a record of 3–8, the school's first losing season since 1949.


1974 Omloop Het Volk
The 1974 Omloop Het Volk was the 29th edition of the Omloop Het Volk cycle race and was held on 2 March 1974. The race started and finished in Ghent. The race was won by Joseph Bruyère.


1974 Open Championship
The 1974 Open Championship was the 103rd Open Championship, held from 10–13 July at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club in Lancashire, England. Gary Player won his third Open Championship, four strokes ahead of runner-up Peter Oosterhuis. It was the eighth of his nine major titles and second of the year; he won the Masters in April. In the other two majors in 1974, the U.S. Open and the PGA Championship, Player had top ten finishes.


1974 Open Championship
The use of the larger "American ball" (diameter 1.68 in, 42.67 mm) was made compulsory. In previous Opens, players could use the smaller "British ball" (1.62 in, 41.15 mm).


1974 Open Championship, Course layout
Source:Previous lengths of the course for The Open Championship (since 1950):


1974 Open Championship, Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Lyle (+10), James (+16), Clark (+21), Burch (+22), Homer (+23), Shaw (+31).


1974 Oran Park 100
The 1974 Oran Park 100, one of three races marketed as the Peter Stuyvesant $100,000 was the fifth round of the 1974 Tasman Series. It was open to racing cars complying with the Tasman Formula, which permitted Formula 5000-style cars and 2-litre cars. The race and was held at Oran Park Raceway on 3 February 1974.


1974 Oran Park 100
It was held on the same circuit that would in November be used for the Australian Grand Prix. Australian driver Max Stewart won the race and would go on to win the Grand Prix as well.


1974 Orange Bowl
The 1974 Orange Bowl was the fortieth edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida, on Tuesday, January 1. The final game of the 1973–74 bowl season, it matched the sixth-ranked independent Penn State Nittany Lions and the #13 LSU Tigers of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).


1974 Orange Bowl
Favored Penn State took the lead in the first half and won, 16–9.


1974 Orange Bowl, Teams, Penn State
Penn State completed its third perfect regular season since 1968, and had their first Heisman Trophy winner, running back John Cappelletti. The Nittany Lions were aiming to end 1973 the same way they did 1968 and 1969, by winning in Miami. The Lions nipped Kansas 15–14 in the 1969 Orange Bowl and stymied Missouri 10–3 the next year.


1974 Orange Bowl, Teams, LSU
The Tigers opened with nine wins and were heading to a SEC title, but lost at home on Thanksgiving to Alabama. A loss at Tulane the following week, the first victory for the Green Wave over the Tigers since 1948 (LSU was 22–0–2 vs. its in-state rival in between), only added to the frustration in Baton Rouge.


1974 Orange Bowl, Teams, LSU
LSU's most recent appearance at the Orange Bowl was three years earlier, a 17–12 loss to national champion Nebraska. The Tigers' previous Orange Bowl win was in January 1962, 25–7 over Colorado in the final game for Paul Dietzel as LSU head coach.


1974 Orange Bowl, Game summary
Steve Rogers gave LSU an early lead on his touchdown run, but Penn State responded with a field goal by Chris Bahr by the end of the first quarter to make it 7–3. Early in the second quarter, Chuck Herd caught a 72-yard touchdown pass from Tom Shuman to give the Nittany Lions a lead they did not relinquish; John Cappelletti scored from a yard out to extend the lead to 16–7, the score at halftime.


1974 Orange Bowl, Game summary
The only scoring in the second half came on a safety when Penn State punter Brian Masella chased down and fell on a poor snap in the third quarter; the Tigers could not muster up points despite out-gaining the Nittany Lions by over ninety yards.


1974 Orange Bowl, Game summary
The game's halftime show was a musical salute to Walt Disney Productions' fiftieth anniversary, and served as the conclusion to the company's year-long "50 Happy Years" promotion.


1974 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
The Tigers did not finish higher than third in the SEC until 1982, which resulted in them gaining smaller bowl invites during that time. LSU stumbled to 5–5–1 in 1974 and 4–7 in 1975, its only non-winning seasons during Charles McClendon's 18-year tenure in Baton Rouge (1962–79).


1974 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
LSU has played in the Orange Bowl only once since, losing 21–20 to Nebraska in 1983, the Tigers' second loss to the Cornhuskers in the Orange Bowl, and the first of three losses in major bowl games between the teams over five seasons (Sugar Bowl in January 1985 and 1987).


1974 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
With the win, the Nittany Lions were 12–0 and had their third undefeated season in six years. However, they finished fifth in the final Associated Press poll behind Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Ohio State, and Alabama.


1974 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
Penn State's next appearance in the Orange Bowl was in 1986, when the top-ranked Nittany Lions lost 25–10 to #3 Oklahoma, costing Penn State the national championship and allowing the Sooners to finish first in the polls.


1974 Orange Bowl, Aftermath
LSU and Penn State did not meet again until the 2010 Capital One Bowl, won by the Nittany Lions, 19–17. in what turned out to be Paterno's last bowl victory. He was fired in November 2011, in the wake of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal centering on former Nittany Lion assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and died two months later.


1974 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1974 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State University in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their tenth season under head coach Dee Andros, the Beavers compiled a 3–8 record (3–4 in Pac-8, tied for fifth), and were outscored 275 to 216. They played their four home games on campus at Parker Stadium in Corvallis.


1974 Oregon State Beavers football team
With their 35–16 win over rival Oregon in the season finale, Andros' record improved to 9–1 over the Ducks in the Civil War game.


1974 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1974 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific-8 Conference (Pac-8) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Led by first-year head coach Don Read, the Ducks compiled a 2–9 record (0–7 in Pac-8, last) and were outscored 330 to 116. Home games were played in Eugene at Autzen Stadium.


1974 Oregon Webfoots football team
A former head coach at Portland State, Read had been an Oregon assistant for two years (quarterbacks, receivers); he was promoted in early January, immediately after Dick Enright was fired by athletic director Norv Ritchey.


1974 Oregon Webfoots football team
Through 2021, this is the most recent season that Oregon football finished last in conference and is widely considered to be the worst season in program history.


1974 Oregon Webfoots football team, All-conference
One Oregon senior was named to the All-Pac-8 team; safety Steve Donnelly was a repeat selection.


1974 Oregon Webfoots football team, NFL Draft
Two Oregon seniors were selected in the draft; tight end Russ Francis (16th) and defensive end George Martin (262nd); Francis sat out the 1974 season.


1974 Oregon gubernatorial election
The 1974 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. Democratic nominee Robert Straub defeated Republican nominee Victor Atiyeh.


1974 Origins Award winners
The following are the winners of the 1st annual (1974) Origins Award, presented at Origins Game Fair 1975:


1974 Origins Award winners
The awards were the "brainchild of Canadian hobbyist John Mansfield." Originally the awards were the Origins Awards but were informally known as the Charles Roberts Awards and it was only in 1988 that Charles Roberts officially agreed to let his name be used.


1974 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1974 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 68th water polo championship in Hungary. There were twelve teams who played two-round match for the title.


1974 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1974 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1974 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 2nd place in the Eastern Conference with a 7–9 record. Head coach Jack Gotta left the Rough Riders to become the head coach of the Birmingham Americans in the World Football League.


1974 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 2, 1974. Controller Lorry Greenberg defeated fellow controller Tom McDougall.


1974 Oxford Street bombing
On the 19 December 1974 the Provisional IRA exploded a car bomb which was parked opposite to Selfridge's department store on Oxford Street in London. The bomb attack was carried out by an IRA active service unit (ASU) known as the Balcombe Street Gang who carried out some 40 attacks in England between October 1974 - December 1975.


1974 Oxford Street bombing
Oxford Street was targeted in IRA bombings many other times during the Troubles.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Background
In August 1974, the Balcombe Street active service unit had been sent to England to await instructions on when to start operations. They opened their campaign with two devastating bombs in Guildford pubs which killed four off-duty British soldiers, one civilian and injured over 60 people. In the run up to Christmas 1974, the unit carried out a string of attacks. On 11 December, the unit carried out a bomb attack on the Long Bar of the Naval and Military Club in Piccadilly.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Background
A few minutes later, other members of the unit carried out a gun attack on the Cavalry Club, nobody was injured in either attack. On 14 December, the unit carried out a gun attack on the Churchill Hotel in Portman Square, London, three people were injured. On 17 December, three time bombs exploded at telephone exchanges in London. In one of the explosions, George Arthur, a post office telephonist, was killed and one other person was injured.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Bombing
On Thursday the 19 December 1974 the IRA unit loaded a light blue Ford Cortina with 150 pounds (68 kg) of gelignite explosive into the boot of the car, the bomb was fitted with a pocket watch timing device and then primed. This was the largest IRA bomb used in England up to that point. The IRA Volunteers drove the bomb car into Oxford Street and parked the stolen car at the side of Selfridge's building.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Bombing
At around 20:40 the leader of the IRA unit Joe O'Connell telephoned a warning to the Daily Mirror in London, giving security & emergency services about 15 – 20 minutes to clear the area. Shortly after 21:00 the bomb exploded. The blast was so loud it could be heard up to two miles away at St. Paul's Cathedral. The explosion shattered glass and blew in doors in shop fronts hundreds of yards away from the site of the bombing in both directions of Oxford Street.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Bombing
O'Connell had used 160 sticks of gelignite to construct the bomb, this had been the largest bomb the IRA had exploded in England up until that point and the explosion was later estimated to have caused £1.5 million worth of damage. Despite the warnings, nine people were injured in the blast and several people were treated for shock.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Aftermath
A ceasefire between the IRA and the British forces in Northern Ireland was called in February 1975 and extended to mainland Britain. The ceasefire in Britain broke down in August 1975 when the IRA bombed a pub in Caterham injuring 33 people. This signaled the renewal of the bombing campaign in England. Oxford Street was again bombed by the IRA unit on 28 August 1975; an undiscovered bomb that had been booby trapped exploded without any injuries. The IRA unit was finally caught at the Balcombe St siege in December 1975, and the four man unit spent 23 years in prison before being released in 1998.


1974 Oxford Street bombing, Aftermath
Oxford Street was targeted by IRA bombs many other times: twice in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1981, 1991 1992 and several times in both 1993 and 1994. The 1981 bombing killed 49 year old Kenneth Howorth, the Metropolitan Police explosives officer who was attempting to defuse the bomb which was planted in a basement toilet in a Wimpy Bar on Oxford Street on the 26 October 1981.


1974 PGA Championship
The 1974 PGA Championship was the 56th PGA Championship, played August 8–11 at Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, North Carolina, a suburb southwest of Winston-Salem. Lee Trevino won the first of his two PGA Championships, one stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nicklaus. It was the fifth of Trevino's six major titles and Nicklaus was the runner-up to Trevino in a major for the fourth and final time. It was the first year since 1969 in which Nicklaus did not win a major championship, but he regained the title the following year.


1974 PGA Championship
Three-time champion Sam Snead, age 62, finished tied for third for his third consecutive top ten finish in the event. It was the final  major in which he was in contention, his next best finish was a tie for 42nd at the PGA Championship in 1979.


1974 PGA Championship
Trevino used a putter he found in a friend's attic only days before and had only one three-putt, on the 71st hole. Tanglewood is a county-owned facility in Forsyth County.


1974 PGA Championship
This championship coincided with the resignation of President Nixon, who left office on Friday.


1974 PGA Tour
The 1974 PGA Tour season was played from January 3 to November 3. The season consisted of 44 official money events. Johnny Miller won the most tournaments, eight, including the first three events. There were 10 first-time winners. The tournament results and award winners are listed below.


1974 PGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1974 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
This is a list of the 1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates.


1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
After three 72-hole regional qualifiers, there were 78 players in the 144-hole final qualifying tournament. The finals were played over two week in November at Silverado Country Club in Napa, California and Canyon Country Club in Palm Springs, California.


1974 PGA Tour Qualifying School graduates
The top 19 players earned their tour card. Fuzzy Zoeller was the medalist. Bob Risch finished runner-up in was his fourth attempt to earn playing privileges. Billy Kratzert attempted to earn his PGA Tour card for the first time. He was not successful.


1974 Pacific Coast Open
The 1974 Pacific Coast Open, also known by its sponsored name Fireman's Fund International, was a men's tennis tournament that was part of the Grade AA category of the 1974 Grand Prix circuit. The event was played on indoor hard courts (Supreme Court) at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, United States. It was the first time the venue was used for the tournament which was the 84th edition and ran from September 24 through September 30, 1974. Unseeded Ross Case won the singles title and the accompanying $16,000 first prize money and 80 Grand Prix points.


1974 Pacific Coast Open, Finals, Doubles
Bob Lutz /  Stan Smith defeated  John Alexander /  Syd Ball 6–4, 7–6(10–8)


1974 Pacific Southwest Open
The 1974 Pacific Southwest Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Los Angeles Tennis Center in Los Angeles, California in the United States. The event was categorized as an AA Group tournament and was part of the 1974 Grand Prix tennis circuit. It was the 48th edition of the tournament and ran from September 17 through September 23, 1974. First-seeded and defending champion Jimmy Connors won the singles title after having survived two matchpoints in his first round match against Mal Anderson. With his victory Connors earned $16,000 first prize money as well as 80 Grand Prix ranking points.


1974 Pacific Southwest Open, Finals, Doubles
Ross Case /  Geoff Masters defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez 6–3, 6–2


1974 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1974 Pacific Tigers football team represented the University of the Pacific (UOP) in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season as a member of the Pacific Coast Athletic Association.


1974 Pacific Tigers football team
The team was led by head coach Chester Caddas, in his third year, and played their home games at Pacific Memorial Stadium in Stockton, California. They finished the season with a record of six wins and five losses (6–5, 2–2 PCAA).


1974 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the NFL
The following UOP players were selected in the 1975 NFL Draft.


1974 Pacific hurricane season
The 1974 Pacific hurricane season featured one of the most active periods of tropical cyclones on record with five storms existing simultaneously. The season officially started May 15 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeast Pacific Ocean.


1974 Pacific hurricane season
With 17 named storms and 11 hurricanes, this season was slightly above average. An additional tropical storm formed in the Central Pacific as well. The year also featured a period where six systems, Ione, Olive, Kirsten, Lorraine, Joyce, and Maggie, were all active at once on August 26, a very unusual occurrence. At the time, Olive was a Central Pacific storm that had weakened to a tropical depression while the other five were of at least tropical storm intensity simultaneously and remained so until early on August 27. Five storms were also active between the evening of August 23 and the morning of August 24.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Season summary
The overall activity of the 1974 season was near normal, with 25 tropical cyclones developing. Of these storms, 18 were named, 11 became hurricanes and 3 reached major hurricane status. Although the overall number of storms was normal, an exceptionally active period took place from August 19 through September 1. During this two-week span, six storms developed, five of which were active simultaneously on August 23: Ione, Joyce, Kirsten, Lorraine and Olive. Of the season's 447 bulletins, 139 were issued during this period.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Aletta
A tropical disturbance formed to the south of the Gulf of Tehuantepec on May 24; sea surface temperatures (SST's) in the area were around 88 °F (31 °C). The disturbance slowly organized over the next 60 hours, as it was detaching from the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). On May 28, Tropical Storm Aletta formed. It recurved to the northeast and made landfall in western Mexico on May 30. Effects were minimal.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Blanca
Blanca formed officially on June 5 and dissipated on June 8 due to surface temps being colder than the required 80 °F for tropical activity. Blanca never had a chance to impact land and had it did at its peak intensity, it would have never done much as its peak wind speeds were 60 mph. Blanca also was the 2nd named storm of the season starting the hurricane season off very weakly. The brunt of the season would start 2 months later in late August.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Connie
Hurricane Connie was the first major hurricane. It took a bizarre, twisting path but never made landfall. Connie was never expected to make landfall because of where it formed and the path it took. Connie's track was unique with 2 major turns and potentially 1 loop.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolores
On June 13, a tropical disturbance south of Mexico showed signs of development. The following day, the system rapidly developed into Tropical Storm Dolores. By June 15, an eye-like feature appeared on satellite imagery as Dolores attained hurricane status. With peak winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), the storm made landfall near Acapulco. Once onshore, Dolores rapidly dissipated and was last noted on June 17.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Dolores
Across Southwestern Mexico, Hurricane Dolores produced heavy rains that triggered widespread flooding and mudslides. Numerous roads sustained damage, separating communities from surrounding areas. At least 18 people were killed and 32 others were injured by the storm. Additionally, an estimated 173,000 people were affected across the country.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Eileen
In late June, a tropical disturbance developed well to the southwest of Mexico. By June 30, sufficient convection had developed over a newly formed area of low pressure to warrant advisories on a tropical depression. Tracking northward, the system gradually attained tropical storm intensity. Due to the lack of direct observations, Eileen's intensity was based solely on satellite estimates; these estimates indicated the cyclone to have attained peak winds of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a minimum pressure of 997 mbar (hPa; 29.44 inHg). By July 2, Eileen entered a region of stable air, causing convection to diminish. The storm degenerated into a non-convective low late on July 3 as it turned northwestward. The remnants of Eileen were last noted on July 4 well to the southwest of the southern tip of Baja California.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Francesca
Francesca was a category 1 hurricane. It neared Baja California by the 17th but turned away before striking.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Gretchen
Gretchen was a category 2 hurricane that threatened southern Baja California, but it turned away without affecting land.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ione
On August 19, a tropical disturbance was identified near the Intertropical Convergence Zone well to the east-southeast of Hawaii. The next morning, the system developed into a tropical depression as it tracked towards the west-northwest. Later on August 20, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Ione. However, cold air from a nearby stratocumulus field became entrained in Ione's circulation, causing it to weaken to a depression 24 hours later. Now moving towards the west-southwest, the system remained weak for nearly two days. On August 23, Ione rapidly intensified as convection deepened and an eye feature appeared on satellite imagery. The storm subsequently attained hurricane status that evening before crossing 140°W and entering the Central Pacific.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ione
Intensification slowed on August 24 as Ione attained winds in excess of 100 mph (155 km/h). Over the next day, the system turned northward and attained its peak intensity late on August 25 with winds of 115 mph (185 km/h). Additionally, the storm attained an estimated minimum central pressure of 954 mbar (hPa; 28.17 inHg). Shortly after reaching this intensity, Ione weakened as it began a U-shaped curve, tracking northeast before turning towards the southwest. During the afternoon of August 27, the system was downgraded to a tropical storm. By August 29, Ione further weakened to a tropical depression and acquired a westward track before dissipating south of Hawaii on August 31.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Olive
On August 21, just one day after Ione formed, another disturbance formed along the ITCZ and developed into a tropical depression the following day. Tracking generally towards the west, the system slowly organized. By August 23, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Olive well to the south of Hawaii. Olive briefly attained winds of 45 mph (75 km/h) before weakening to a tropical depression on August 24. Convection waned for the next 30 hours and Olive degenerated into a disturbance on August 25. The remnant vortex of the storm was last noted on August 26 roughly 210 mi (340 km) southeast of Johnston Island.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Joyce
Joyce was a weak hurricane that did not affect land.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Kirsten
Hurricane Kirsten took an erratic path. After traveling northwest for a while, it reversed direction and backtracked to almost where it started. It then reversed direction again and underwent a Fujiwhara interaction with Hurricane Ione.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Lorraine
Tropical Storm Lorraine took an erratic, Z-shaped path during its life. It formed on August 23 and dissipated August 28.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Maggie
Hurricane Maggie was the strongest storm of the season. It reached Category 4 but never threatened land.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norma
On September 7, a large area of thunderstorms was identified southwest of Mexico. Over the following two days, the system gradually organized as it moved northwest and was declared a tropical depression on September 9. Upon being classified a depression, the storm acquired a more northerly track and soon attained tropical storm status. The newly christened Tropical Storm Norma maintained a general northward track towards Mexico. On September 10, Norma briefly strengthened into a hurricane, with peak winds estimated at 75 mph (120 km/h) before making landfall west of Acapulco. Within hours of moving onshore, the storm rapidly deteriorated and dissipated later that day.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Norma
Heavy rains produced by Norma triggered mudslides in and around Acapulco, resulting in three fatalities.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Orlene
On September 19, Category 2 Hurricane Fifi made landfall in Placencia, Belize just below its peak intensity, becoming the third deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record. Fifi rapidly weakened over land, but was able to remain a tropical depression before crossing into the east Pacific and interacting with another disturbance on September 21. The system restrengthened into a tropical storm and was renamed Tropical Storm Orlene on September 22, although it is unclear how exactly Fifi influenced the formation of Orlene.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Orlene
Orlene gradually intensified as it hugged the coast of Western Mexico, becoming a hurricane again on September 23 as it began recurving to the north-northeast. Orlene reached Category 2 intensity as a small eye developed and the storm made landfall at peak intensity in northwestern Mexico. It rapidly weakened over land and became a remnant low just six hours after landfall. The low continued for several more hours before dissipating over the mountains of Northern Mexico.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Orlene
There were no reports of casualties or major damage in Mexico from either Fifi or Orlene, although reports from Acapulco indicated that 11 in (280 mm) of rain fell within a six-hour span on September 22. Remnant moisture from the hurricane brought minor rainfall to portions of Arizona as well.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Patricia
On October 3, an area of disturbed weather was identified several hundred miles southwest of El Salvador. Over the following day, an area of low pressure developed within the disturbance and was subsequently declared a tropical depression. Tracking west-northwestward, the depression eventually intensified into Tropical Storm Patricia on October 6 in light of a significant in convection. The next day, a ragged eye developed and the storm strengthened into a hurricane. Intensification continued through the evening of October 9, at which time Patricia attained its peak intensity with winds estimated at 90 mph (150 km/h).


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Patricia
Within a day of peaking, the hurricane turned southwestward and weakened. Gradual degradation of the storm took place over the next few days with little convection present over the system by October 11. By then, Patricia had weakened to a tropical depression. On October 15, Patricia was declassified a tropical cyclone as only a low-level circulation devoid of convection remained. The remnants of the storm were last noted on October 17 well to the east-southeast of Hawaii.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Storm Rosalie
On October 18, pronounced thunderstorm activity developed along the ITCZ. Gradually, a tropical disturbance formed within this region well to the west-southwest of Mexico. During the morning of October 20, convection rapidly increased and the system was classified as Tropical Storm Rosalie. Visible satellite imagery revealed only an "oval-shaped" area of thunderstorms with no banding features. Tracking generally towards the west-southwest, Rosalie attained its peak intensity with winds estimated around 65 mph (100 km/h) on October 21. Later that day, the system neared an area of more stable air. Gradual weakening ensued over the following days, with Rosalie degrading to tropical depression status on October 23. Void of convection, the remnant swirl of Rosalie was last noted on October 24 well to the southeast of Hawaii.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Other systems
In addition to the eighteen named storms, there were seven tropical depression during the course of the season.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
The following names were used for named storms that formed in the eastern Pacific in 1974. It is the same list as the 1970 season, except for Aletta, which replaced Adele. This is the last time this list was used to name storms, as modern naming began in 1978. Despite this, the names Aletta, Blanca, Dolores, Norma, Orlene, Patricia and Selma were put on modern naming lists.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Storm names
In this season, the Central Pacific named storms from the western Pacific's typhoon list. One name, Olive, was used.


1974 Pacific hurricane season, Season effects
This is a table of all of the storms in the 1974 Pacific hurricane season. It includes their durations, peak intensities, names, landfall(s), damages, and death totals. Deaths in parentheses are additional and indirect (an example of an indirect death would be a traffic accident), but are still storm-related. Damage and deaths include totals while the storm was extratropical or a wave or a low. All of the damage figures are in 1974 USD.


1974 Pacific typhoon season
The 1974 Pacific typhoon season was the first season on record to not feature a super typhoon. Despite this, the season was overly active, with 32 tropical storms and 16 typhoons being developed this year. It has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1974, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. The 1974 season was at the time the only season to not produce a Category 5 equivalent typhoon, until it happened again in 1977 and 2017.


1974 Pacific typhoon season
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1974 Pacific hurricane season. Tropical Storms formed in the entire west pacific basin were assigned a name by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Tropical depressions in this basin have the "W" suffix added to their number. Tropical depressions that enter or form in the Philippine area of responsibility are assigned a name by the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration or PAGASA. This can often result in the same storm having two names.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems
35 tropical depressions formed this year in the Western Pacific, of which 32 became tropical storms. 16 storms reached typhoon intensity, and none reached super typhoon strength. This season is the most recent to have no super typhoons.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Wanda (Atang)
A tropical disturbance developed on January 8 to the southwest of Palau. By the next day, the disturbance was upgraded to a tropical depression and to a tropical storm. Wanda reached its peak intensity on January 10 as a 65 mph tropical storm. The storm was then downgraded to a tropical depression on January 11. Wanda then dissipated on January 14.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Amy
Tropical Storm Amy formed as a tropical disturbance well south of Guam on March 12, and became a tropical depression on the 14th. It began to turn right late on the 15th, and was heading northeast on the 17th. It became a tropical storm the same day. It transitioned into an extratropical storm on the 19th, and dissipated shortly thereafter.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Babe
Tropical Storm Babe formed as a disturbance just west of Chuuk on the 25th of April. It traveled northwestward, becoming a tropical depression on the 26th as it started to turn northward. It passed just west of Guam and Saipan on the 27th and 28th, before strengthening to a tropical storm on the 29th. It continued northward, becoming extratropical on the 1st of May. As an extratropical storm, it traveled northeastward for a few days before dissipating.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Carla
Typhoon Carla was first noted as a disturbance near the island of Pohnpei on the 29th of April. The disturbance traveled northwestward over the next four days, developing into a tropical storm on the 2nd. The center of Carla passed over Tinian and Saipan on the 3rd. The storm began to turn towards the north later that day. It strengthened into a typhoon on the 4th. It reached its maximum intensity — 965 mb central pressure and 80 to 85-knot winds — on the 5th. It began to weaken under intensifying shear after that, becoming a tropical storm again very late that day. It continued in a northeast direction before being absorbed by a frontal system on the 6th.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Dinah (Bising)
Dinah, which developed on June 7, hit Luzon on the 10th as an 80 mph typhoon. It continued northwestward, hit Hainan Island, crossed the Gulf of Tonkin, and dissipated over North Vietnam. Dinah caused 73 casualties (with 33 missing), with $3 million in crop damage (1974 USD).


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gilda (Deling)
When Tropical Storm Gilda, having weakened from a peak of 100 mph winds, crossed between Japan and South Korea in early July, it brought torrential rains and mudslides, killing 128 people (with 26 missing) and causing damage estimated at $1.5 billion (1974 USD).


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Ivy (Iliang)
66 people were killed when Typhoon Ivy hit Luzon on July 20, the day before the 1974 Miss Universe was held in Manila. It continued northwestward, and hit southeastern China 2 days later.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mary
The monsoon trough spawned a tropical depression on August 10. It tracked to the northeast, then turned to the northwest where it became a tropical storm on the 11th. A tug pulling RMS Caronia to Taiwan was overcome by the weather as it sought shelter at Guam, and cut loose Caronia, which was driven against the breakwater at the entrance to Apra Harbor on August 12, blocking all ship traffic. Mary's appearance resembled an extratropical cyclone due to vertical shear, and as the ridge built over Japan, Mary turned more to the west.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Mary
Conditions were favorable enough for Mary to reach typhoon strength on the 18th, but it weakened to a tropical storm before hitting northeastern China on the 19th. A high pressure system over China forced now Tropical Depression Mary to the southeast, where it restrengthened into a tropical storm on the 24th. The storm turned to the northeast, briefly becoming a typhoon again on the 25th before weakening. Mary hit Japan on the 26th, and dissipated shortly thereafter. 3 lives were lost in Mary's path, with moderate damage occurring.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Depression 16W
16W was just a tropical depression and also hit Thailand for a very brief moment.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Bess (Susang)
Typhoon Bess crossed northern Luzon on October 10, crossed the South China Sea, and hit Hainan Island on the 13th. Bess continued westward, and dissipated over North Vietnam on the 14th. The storm dumped heavy rains on its path, causing 26 deaths (with 3 missing) and $9.2 million (1974 USD) in damage. The name Bess was retired after this season.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Carmen (Tering)
Typhoon Carmen hit Luzon on October 16, just days after Bess hit. It continued northwestward, made landfall on southeastern China, turned south, and dissipated on the 20th. Typhoon Carmen caused sustained storm force winds in Hong Kong and 25 fatalities, with damage estimated at $13 million (1974 USD).


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Elaine (Wening)
23 casualties and $21 million in damage can be attributed to 110 mph Typhoon Elaine hitting northern Luzon on October 27.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Gloria (Aning)
Glorida moved onshore the Philippines and hit as a typhoon..


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Typhoon Irma (Bidang)
The last of the year's 8 typhoons to hit the Philippines made landfall on November 28 as a 100 mph typhoon. Irma, once a 130 mph typhoon, weakened over the islands and restrengthened into a typhoon in the South China Sea. It turned northward, and hit southern China as a weakening tropical storm on December 2, the latest date for a Chinese tropical storm landfall. Irma killed 11 people, and caused $7.3 million in damage (1974 USD).


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Tropical Storm Kit (Delang)
Kit developed on December 18th in the open Pacific. Upon hitting the Philippines, the system weakened to a tropical depression. The storm re-intensified to a tropical storm in the South China Sea before dissipating on December 24th.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
During the season 32 named tropical cyclones developed in the Western Pacific and were named by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center, when it was determined that they had become tropical storms. These names were contributed to a revised list from late 1950.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names
The name Olive from this list was used for a storm that formed in the Central Pacific.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration uses its own naming scheme for tropical cyclones in their area of responsibility. PAGASA assigns names to tropical depressions that form within their area of responsibility and any tropical cyclone that might move into their area of responsibility. Should the list of names for a given year prove to be insufficient, names are taken from an auxiliary list, the first 6 of which are published each year before the season starts. Names not retired from this list will be used again in the 1978 season. This is the same list used for the 1970 season. PAGASA uses its own naming scheme that starts in the Filipino alphabet, with names of Filipino female names ending with "ng" (A, B, K, D, etc.). Names that were not assigned/going to use are marked in gray.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Storm names, Philippines
Due to an extreme impact in the Philippines, PAGASA later retired the name Wening and was replaced by Weling for the 1978 season.


1974 Pacific typhoon season, Season effects
This table will list all the storms that developed in the northwestern Pacific Ocean west of the International Date Line and north of the equator during 1974. It will include their intensity, duration, name, areas affected, deaths, and damage totals. Classification and intensity values will be based on estimations conducted by the JMA, the JTWC, and/or PAGASA. Peak wind speeds are in one-minute sustained standards unless otherwise noted. All damage figures will be in 1974 USD. Damages and deaths from a storm will include when the storm was a precursor wave or an extratropical low.


1974 Palanca Awards
The Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature winners in the year 1974 (rank, title of winning entry, name of author).


1974 Palanca Awards, Filipino division, Poetry
“At Bumagtas ang Dilim” by Cresenciano C. Marquez Jr. “Iluminasyon at iba pang Tula” by Ruben Vega“Quo Vadis, Kapitan at Iba pang Tula” by Celso Daluz“Tinig Sa Bagong Panahon” by Pedro S. Dandan“Tipanan sa Puso ng Kasaysayan” by Bienvenido Ramos


1974 Paris Open
The 1974 Paris Open, also known as the Jean Becker Open for sponsorship reasons, was a men's Grand Prix tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 5th edition of the Paris Open (later known as the Paris Masters). It took place at the Palais omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from 28 October through 3 November 1974. Brian Gottfried won the singles title.


1974 Paris Open, Finals, Doubles
Patrice Dominguez /  François Jauffret defeated  Brian Gottfried /  Raúl Ramírez 7–5, 6–4


1974 Paris Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1974 Paris–Nice
The 1974 Paris–Nice was the 32nd edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 9 March to 16 March 1974. The race started in Paris and finished in Nice. The race was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Gan team.


1974 Paris–Roubaix
The 1974 Paris–Roubaix was the 72nd edition of the Paris–Roubaix cycle race and was held on 7 April 1974. The race started in Compiègne and finished in Roubaix. The race was won by Roger De Vlaeminck of the Brooklyn team.


1974 Paris–Tours
The 1974 Paris–Tours was the 68th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 29 September 1974. The race started in Tours and finished in Versailles. The race was won by Francesco Moser.


1974 Pattan earthquake
The 1974 Pattan earthquake occurred in the rugged and isolated Hunza, Hazara and Swat districts of northern Pakistan at 12:11 UTC on 28 December. The 6.2 surface wave magnitude quake had a shallow focal depth of 22 km and was followed by numerous aftershocks. An official estimate of the number killed was 5,300 with approximately 17,000 injured, and around 4,400 homes were destroyed. A total of 97,000 were reported affected by the tremor. Most of the destruction was centered on the village of Pattan. The village was almost completely destroyed.


1974 Pattan earthquake
The epicentral region is characterized by steep-walled narrow canyons and valleys. Most of the population was concentrated along the rivers. Much of the destruction was caused by the numerous landslides and rockfalls which came tumbling down from high above. The main road leading into the area was blocked for about 25 miles (40 km) by landslides and rockfalls, hampering relief efforts. The government flew in emergency supplies by helicopter until the roads were reopened on 13 January.


1974 Pattan earthquake
The earthquake, which reached MMI V in Kabul, Afghanistan, affected some 1,000 square miles (2,600 km2) of the Indus Valley region. Several nations contributed money and supplies to aid the inhabitants of the stricken area.


1974 Pau Grand Prix
The 1974 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula Two motor race held on 5 May 1974 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Patrick Depailler, driving the March 742. Jacques Laffite finished second and Andy Sutcliffe third.


1974 Peach Bowl
The 1974 Peach Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Vanderbilt Commodores and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. Vanderbilt represented the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Texas Tech represented the Southwest Conference (SWC) in the competition. The game was the final competition of the 1974 football season for each team and resulted in a 6–6 tie.


1974 Peach Bowl, Background
Texas Tech entered the game with a 6–4–1 record and had been ranked most of the season, rising as high as #9 in the AP Poll during the season. Losses in Texas Tech's final two regular season games bumped them out of the poll. Vanderbilt entered the game with a 7–3–1 record, closing their regular season with a tie against rival Tennessee. This was their first bowl game since 1955.


1974 Peach Bowl, Game summary
Neither team scored in the first quarter. Vanderbilt led 3–0 at halftime thanks to a 31-yard field goal kicked with ten minutes left in the second quarter.


1974 Peach Bowl, Game summary
With three minutes left in the third quarter the Red Raiders drove to the Vanderbilt 16 yard line but only got 3 points out of the drive on a 26-yard field goal. Texas Tech then attempted another field goal after a Vanderbilt fumble but the attempt was blocked.


1974 Peach Bowl, Game summary
In the fourth quarter Vanderbilt retook the lead, 6–3, after a 26-yard field goal. Texas Tech responded with a 35-yard field goal with two minutes left in the game. Vanderbilt could not turn its final possession into a score and the game ended in a 6–6 tie.


1974 Peach Bowl, Game summary
Texas Tech finished with 19 first downs to Vanderbilt's 10 and with 306 yards of rushing offense to Vanderbilt's 140.


1974 Penn Quakers football team
The 1974 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Penn finished third in the Ivy League.


1974 Penn Quakers football team
In their fourth year under head coach Harry Gamble, the Quakers compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored opponents 187 to 179. Marty Vaughn was the team captain.


1974 Penn Quakers football team
Penn's 4–2–1 conference record placed third in the Ivy League. The Quakers were outscored 154 to 122 by Ivy opponents.


1974 Penn Quakers football team
Penn played its home games at Franklin Field adjacent to the university's campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1974 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1974 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.


1974 Penn State Nittany Lions football team, Post season, NFL Draft
Ten Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1975 NFL Draft.


1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election
The 1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 5. Incumbent Democratic Governor Milton Shapp defeated Republican Drew Lewis. Under the state's 1968 constitution, Shapp was the first governor who was eligible to run for consecutive terms.


1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Primary elections
Incumbent Governor Shapp easily dispelled a spirited challenge from Martin Mullen, a state representative from Philadelphia who was well known as a firebrand conservative opponent of abortion and pornography. With a short Republican bench, wealthy staffing executive Drew Lewis was the only serious contender in the race.


1974 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, Campaign
Shapp's popularity had waned somewhat since his coasted to victory in 1970; although he could claim to have saved the state from bankruptcy, he did so at the expense of large tax increases. Furthermore, Shapp, an unabashed liberal, had difficulty rekindling support from the state's rural, socially conservative regions. However, Shapp and Democrats as a whole got a huge boost from the Watergate scandal; with President Nixon's popularity in a tailspin, many of the top tier Republicans declined to run. Instead, the party turned to the wealthy businessman Lewis, who was able to project an "outsider" image. Lewis focused on local issues and greatly undercut Shapp in rural areas; despite lagging at the polls in traditional Democratic strongholds such as Pittsburgh and Scranton, Shapp preserved a moderate victory by winning the combined vote of suburban Philadelphia, an almost unthinkable accomplishment at the time.


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1974 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1974 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 42nd season in the National Football League. The team improved upon their previous output of 5–8–1, winning seven games. Despite the improvement, the team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourteenth consecutive season.


1974 Philadelphia Eagles season
After having worn white helmets for the previous four seasons, the Eagles switched back to green helmets in 1974. The team has worn green helmets since.


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1974 Philadelphia Phillies season was the 92nd season in franchise history. The Phillies finished in third place in the National League East with a record of 80 wins and 82 losses. They would not finish below .500 again until going 75–87 in 1985.


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
Third baseman Mike Schmidt had a breakout season in 1974, leading the National League in home runs and demonstrating his prowess in the field. On June 10, Schmidt hit what many felt should have been a home run when the ball hit the public address speaker that hung 117 feet above and 329 feet away from home plate at the Astrodome in Houston. The ball hit the speaker, fell to the field, and, by the Astrodome's ground rules, remained in play. Since Schmidt had already started his slow home run trot, he was held to a single. (There were runners on first and second when the ball was hit, and they each advanced only one base.) Many experts agree the ball would have traveled in excess of 500 feet.


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Regular season
The Phillies became the first team to lead the division at the All-Star break after finishing last in the division one year ago.


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Philippine Championships
The 1974 Philippine Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Manila, the Philippines. It was the second edition of the event and was held from 11 November through 17 November 1974. The tournament was part of the Group B tier of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. Ismail El Shafei won the singles title.


1974 Philippine Championships, Finals, Doubles
Syd Ball /  Ross Case defeated  Mike Estep /  Marcello Lara 6–3, 6–7, 9–7


1974 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
The 1974 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship was the 11th World Match Play Championship. It was played from Thursday 10 to Saturday 12 October on the West Course at Wentworth. Eight players competed in a straight knock-out competition, with each match contested over 36 holes. The champion received £10,000 out of a total prize fund of £30,000. In the final, Hale Irwin beat defending champion Gary Player 3 & 1. It was Player's first defeat in a final after five previous victories.


1974 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship, Prize money
The winner received £10,000, the runner-up £5,000, the losing semi-finalists £3,500 and the first round losers £2,000, making a total prize fund of £30,000.


1974 Pioneer Bowl
The 1974 Pioneer Bowl was a college football bowl game in Texas, played between the Central Michigan Chippewas and Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. The fourth edition of the Pioneer Bowl, it was one of two semifinals in the NCAA Division II playoffs played on December 7.


1974 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1974 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season.


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 93rd season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 88th in the National League. The Pirates finished first in the National League East with a record of 88–74. The Pirates were defeated three games to one by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1974 National League Championship Series.


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season
The 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 42nd in the National Football League. They improved to a 10-3-1 record and culminated in a Super Bowl championship. The team became the first in the Steelers' 42-year history to win a league title following the franchise's greatest playoff run to that point. This was the first of six consecutive AFC Central titles for the Steelers.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season
On March 9, 2007, NFL Network aired America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions, the 1974 Pittsburgh Steelers, with team commentary from Franco Harris, Joe Greene, and Andy Russell, and narrated by Ed Harris.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
During the offseason, the Steelers held their training camp in St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Offseason, NFL Draft
During the 1974 NFL Draft, the Pittsburgh Steelers would draft WR Lynn Swann in Round 1, LB Jack Lambert in Round 2, WR John Stallworth in Round 4, and C Mike Webster in Round 5. All four would later be inducted into the Pro-Football Hall of Fame. By 2014, the 1974 Steelers are the only team in history to select four such players in one single draft alone.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Season
After 2 playoff appearances, the Steelers appeared to be in great shape after finishing the preseason as the only undefeated team in the NFL. After two straight games, the Steelers scored over 50 points and were 1-0-1; but they couldn't beat the Raiders at home. The Steelers starting quarterback at the time, Joe Gilliam's play continually deteriorated. By Week 7, the Steelers were 4-1-1 and Gilliam was benched for Terry Bradshaw during a win against the Falcons. Bradshaw won the next two games, but after a loss in Cincinnati, Noll benched Bradshaw again.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Season
This time he was benched in favor of Terry Hanratty (who was selected in the 1969 Draft). Hanratty however, played horribly in Cleveland. The offense was in a struggle, but the Steelers had won those tough games behind the still-maturing Steel Curtain defense. When Bradshaw was brought back into the lineup, the Steelers beat the Browns and the Saints (in a game that Bradshaw ran for more yards than he passed). After a loss to Houston, the Steelers would play the most important game of the season in New England. With a win against the Patriots, the Steelers would clinch the AFC Central and make their third straight playoff appearance. The Steelers dominated the Pats, then beat the Bengals, and awaited the playoffs.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs
In the Divisional Round Playoff Game, the Steelers would play the Bills. Sports Illustrated's Dan Jenkins felt that Pittsburgh was "the only team to reach the playoffs without a quarterback". However, the Steelers would dominate Buffalo and hold O. J. Simpson to 49 yards rushing (it was O. J. 's only playoff game appearance).


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs
In the 1974 AFC Championship Game, the Steelers would play an old foe, the Raiders. Each year, the rivalry was escalating: in 1972, the Steelers won in Pittsburgh; in 1973, the Raiders returned the favor in Oakland. However, the Steelers were ready for anything the Raiders could throw at them. Using the new "Stunt 4-3 defense" the Steelers held the Raiders to 29 yards rushing as the Steelers themselves ran for over 200 yards in Oakland. After a Franco Harris touchdown run, the Steelers clinched their first Super Bowl appearance in club history (and their first league championship appearance).


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Playoffs, Super Bowl IX
In Super Bowl IX, the Steelers and the Vikings had a hard time in the rough conditions at old Tulane Stadium. After many exchanges of punts, the Steelers finally scored a safety on a bobbled handoff by Fran Tarkenton. The score at the half was 2–0. The Steel Curtain continually dominated the Vikings. While coach Bud Grant tried to run at the strength of the Steel Curtain, they were shut down. The only points Minnesota managed to squeeze off was a blocked punt (the extra point was blocked). After the MVP performance by Franco Harris, the Steelers came away with a 16-6 victory over the Vikings. It was the first league title in Steelers history.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Preseason
In the 1974 Preseason, the Steelers became 6-0 and were the only undefeated team in the NFL. However, most of the talk was centered around the NFL's first successful black quarterback, Joe Gilliam. Chuck Noll did start Gilliam in the preseason and after it ended, Chuck Noll would start him for the 1974 season. Gilliam's stellar performance in the '74 preseason did however spark the quarterback controversy in Pittsburgh.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 1, the Steelers started #17 Joe Gilliam as he completed 17 of his 31 passes for 257 yards, 2 TD's, and an interception. Gilliam became the first African-American Quarterback in league history to play in a game as the designated opening day starter. The defense held Baltimore to 166 total yards and forced 4 turnovers in the shutout win. (1-0)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 2, the Steelers were carried to a 35-35 OT tie with #32 Franco Harris' running game and #17 Joe Gilliam's 348 passing yards. It was the first regular season overtime game in NFL history. Denver coach John Ralston said of Gilliam that "it was possibly the finest performance I have ever seen by a quarterback." (1-0-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 3, after 2 brilliant games by #17 Joe Gilliam, the Raiders came to Pittsburgh for a rematch of the 1973 Divisional Round Playoff game in which Oakland won. However, a fluttering Gilliam completed 10 of his 31 passed which laid the first defeat on Pittsburgh. To make things worse, #32 Franco Harris was injured and would miss the next 2 games. Damp and dark weather hung over the stadium and Terry Bradshaw's relief of Gilliam with a little under 2 minutes left in the game drew cheers from remaining fans. (1-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 4, the Steelers recovered from the loss at home by beating Houston. #17 Joe Gilliam didn't recover completely; he threw for only 202 yards and 2 interceptions. However, on the game's lone touchdown drive, Gilliam completed 4 consecutive passes. Without #32 Franco Harris, the offense would continuously fall apart. (2-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 5, the Steelers came away from Kansas City with a 10-point win, 34-24, behind #27 Glen Edwards' 49 yard interception return. The Chiefs used a combined three quarterbacks to throw 7 interceptions. However, #17 Joe Gilliam's play was still deteriorating, and after the horrible performance in next week's game he was benched. (3-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 6, the Steelers offense continued to flutter with #17 Joe Gilliam's 5 out of 18 and 78 yard passing performance (despite the return of #32 Franco Harris). In the 3 games after the loss to Oakland, the defense forced 15 turnovers, and that is how the Steelers managed to win all 3 games. The front four of #78 Dwight White, #63 Ernie Holmes, #75 Joe Greene, and #68 L. C. Greenwood had become dominant. Together, they became known as the Steel Curtain. After 6 games, the Steelers were 4-1-1, however, the offense was going to need some help if they were to become a contender. In Week 7, the Steelers found that help. (4-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 7, #12 Terry Bradshaw replaced the failing #17 Joe Gilliam. By 1974, the 5-year veteran was known as the unpredictable and inconsistent quarterback of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was often overlooked by fans and coaches for making mistakes. It was at this time Bradshaw was going through some emotional problems. He had lost his starting job and fans and players continuously doubted and sometimes mocked him. A failing relationship with his head coach continued to decline. He was often in seclusion at his home as well.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
Yet, his team did miss him after he watched the first 6 games from the sidelines. However, on a Monday night against Atlanta, Bradshaw returned. The backfield that would start 4 of the next 6 Super Bowls was finally in place. Runningbacks #32 Franco Harris and #20 Rocky Bleier combined for over 200 yards rushing as the Steelers rolled to a 24-17 win. (5-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 8, the Steelers won behind another shutout by the defense that included a 52-yard interception return by #47 Mel Blount. It was one of two career interceptions returned for touchdowns by the Hall of Famer. #12 Terry Bradshaw was still a colt who had not yet been broken; Chuck Noll's patience with him continued to disappear. (5-1-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 9, the Steelers lost to division rival Cincinnati, 17-10. The offense was again struggling, and #12 Terry Bradshaw was benched again, in favor of 5-year veteran #5 Terry Hanratty. (5-2-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In this Week 10 matchup, the Steelers defeated the hosting Browns team for the first time in Cleveland since 1964. However, #5 Terry Hanratty completed only 2 of his passes and threw 3 interceptions. He was relieved by Gilliam, and the quarterback controversy had become a real problem for Pittsburgh. However, the rest of the team was playing at a championship level following this madcap game. The turning point came on a miscue in the Browns backfield. Cleveland quarterback Brian Sipe collided with Billy Lefear on the handoff and the ball squirted loose.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
#74 Joe Greene barged in, grabbed the ball and looked to his left where J.T. Thomas was coming up fast. Greene flipped him the ball and Thomas ran it in from 14 yards out. Earlier in the game, Greene intercepted Sipe and rumbled down to the 14, setting up a Roy Gerela field goal. #32 Franco Harris ran for 156 yards and the defense forced 6 turnovers (overcoming 7 of their own) as the Steelers rallied to defeat the Browns and remain in first place in the AFC Central. (7-2-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 11, #12 Terry Bradshaw was welcomed back into the lineup after the performance by #5 Terry Hanratty. However, in this 28-7 win over the Saints, Bradshaw ran for more yards than he passed. In less than two months, Super Bowl IX was going to be played on the same field. (8-2-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 12, #75 Joe Greene was allowed to use his new technique called the "Stunt 4-3." He would jump in the gap between the guard and the center, and then blow through the gap. Teams were forced to commit so many blockers to Greene, that his teammates often went unblocked. However, this still couldn't stop the lowly Oilers from beating them 13-10. (8-3-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 13, #75 Joe Greene became frustrated and threatened to quit the Steelers after losing to the Oilers the previous week. However, he returned for the most important game of the season in New England. With the win, the Steelers would win the division, as well as clinch their third straight playoff berth. The players were nervous and tense, however, the Steelers made quick work of the Patriots, 21-17. The Steeler offense was finally clicking. (9-3-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Game summaries
In Week 14, the Steelers beat the Bengals in a meaningless game with their offense rolling and their defense dominating. (10-3-1)


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
In this Divisional Round playoff game, the Steelers were described as the only team in the playoffs without a quarterback and were expected to lose at home to Buffalo. The last time the Steelers faced the Bills, O. J. Simpson had rushed for 189 yards and the defense was concerned about him. However, by halftime the Steelers had dominated the line of scrimmage and the offense took time away from the Bills as the Steelers went up 29-7. #12 Terry Bradshaw was in the best game of his career. By the end of the game, O. J. was held to 49 yards rushing in his only playoff game of his career. After three weeks of solid performance by everyone, the Steelers were ready to rematch the Oakland Raiders in the AFC Championship Game.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
In the 1974 AFC Championship Game, all the hype was centered around the Raiders who had ended Miami's reign in stunning a play that went into NFL Lore as the "Sea of Hands". Raiders coach, John Madden however went a little too far in his praising of both teams as he said that when the two best teams in pro-football get together, Miami Dolphins and the Oakland Raiders, great things will happen. Steelers stoic head coach Chuck Noll galvanized the team's spirit by making an unexpected comment.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
He said that the best team in the NFL was the team in this room. The Steelers would dominate the Raiders in Oakland by using the Stunt 4-3 and stopping the great Oakland offensive line. The Steelers rushed for over 200 yards as the Raiders rushed for a mere 29. Franco Harris ran the final touchdown and sealed the first super bowl appearance in Steelers' history. This game would set the tone for what to come for the rest of the decade.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
Approaching Super Bowl IX, Chuck Noll told his team to go out with no bed check and get the town out of their system. The team had a good time in New Orleans. Everyone but #78 Dwight White, who was sick and in the hospital. By Wednesday, they were begging for a bed check. However, that time he gave them and the responsibility was a wonderful way to approach the big game. Noll's approach was in direct contrast to that of Vikings' head coach Bud Grant who had been to two previous super bowls.


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
The Vikings didn't have the relaxed atmosphere was very tense compared to the chilled and relaxed Steelers. Despite the trip to the hospital, #78 Dwight White played and scored the first points in the defensive battle on the first safety in super bowl history. The Steelers shut down the Minnesota run game that wanted to attack the strength like they had Oakland and Buffalo. The Vikings ran 20 times for 17 yards and #10 QB Fran Tarkenton completed just 11 of his 27 passes and threw three picks (1 to #75 Joe Greene though he didn't run very far).


1974 Pittsburgh Steelers season, Postseason game summaries
#32 Franco Harris ran farther than anyone ever had in the super bowl to that point, setting a record with 158 yards rushing. He was the games Most Valuable Player. The Steelers had finally become champions for the first time in their 42-year history when #12 Terry Bradshaw threw a strike to #87 Larry Brown for a TD. The Steelers had finally done it.


1974 Pontins Professional
The 1974 Pontins Professional was the first edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament which took place in May 1974 in Prestatyn, Wales.


1974 Pontins Professional
The tournament featured eight professional players. The quarter-final matches were contested over the best of 13 frames, the semi-final matches over 15 frames, and the final was the best of 19 frames.


1974 Pontins Professional
Ray Reardon won the event, beating John Spencer 10–9 in the final.


1974 Pot Black
The 1974 Pot Black was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which was held in the Pebble Mill Studios in Birmingham, and featured eight professional players. All matches were one-frame shoot-outs.


1974 Pot Black
Broadcasts were on BBC2 and started at 21:00 on Tuesday 5 February 1974  Alan Weeks presented the programme with Ted Lowe as commentator and Sydney Lee as referee.


1974 Pot Black
The tournament was contested by 8 players in two round-robin groups of 4 with the top two players from each group qualifying for the semi-finals. This year's tournament featured the debuts of Cliff Thorburn and Graham Miles who went on to win the Pot Black title at the first attempt beating John Spencer in the final. For the first time the final was decided on aggregate score over two frames, shown on 14 and 21 May, Miles won both frames, 77–37 and 70–49, winning by a score of 147–86.


1974 Prague Skate
The International Figure Skating Competition was held in November 8–10, 1974. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles and ladies' singles.


1974 Preakness Stakes
The 1974 Preakness Stakes was the 99th running of the $210,000 Grade 1 Preakness Stakes thoroughbred horse race. The race took place on May 18, 1974, and was televised in the United States on the CBS television network. Little Current, who was jockeyed by Miguel A. Rivera, won the race by seven lengths over runner-up Neopolitan Way. Approximate post time was 5:41 p.m. Eastern Time. The race was run on a track listed as good in a final time of 1:54-3/5. The Maryland Jockey Club reported total attendance of 54,911, this is recorded as second highest on the list of American thoroughbred racing top attended events for North America in 1974.


1974 President's Cup Football Tournament
The 1974  President Park's Cup Asian Football Tournament (Korean: 제4회 박대통령컵 쟁탈 아시아축구대회) was the fourth competition of Korea Cup. The competition was held from 11 to 20 May 1974, and was won by South Korea for the second time, who defeated PSMS Medan, representative of Indonesia in the final.


1974 Primera División de Chile
The 1974 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was the Chilean football top tier's 42nd season. Huachipato was the tournament's champion. It was its first ever top-level title.


1974 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1974 Prince Edward Island general election was held on April 29, 1974.


1974 Prince Edward Island general election
This election was the first that the New Democratic Party contested as a provincial party on PEI, and the first third party to run candidates since the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the NDP's predecessor, contested their last election in 1951.


1974 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1974 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district. Before 1963, Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district, but afterward were elected in the same manner as Assemblymen.


1974 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1974 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. Princeton tied for fifth in the Ivy League.


1974 Princeton Tigers football team
In their second year under head coach Robert Casciola, the Tigers compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents 188 to 160. Thomas H. Schalch was the team captain.


1974 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton's 3–4 conference record tied for fifth in the Ivy League standings. The Tigers outscored Ivy opponents 149 to 130.


1974 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton played its home games at Palmer Stadium on the university campus in Princeton, New Jersey.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 6 October 1974. It was the 53rd running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The winner was Daniel Wildenstein's Allez France, an American-bred four-year-old filly trained in France by Angel Penna Sr. and ridden by  Yves Saint-Martin. Saint-Martin had previously won the race on Sassafras in 1970 whilst Penna had trained San San to win in 1972. Allez France was the first of Wildenstein's four winners of the race.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
In French racing, horses in the same ownership are usually "coupled" and treated as a single entry for betting purposes. The favourite for the race was the four-year-old filly Allez France, second in the race in 1973 and winner of numerous major prizes including the Critérium des Pouliches, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Prix de Diane, Prix d'Ispahan, Prix Vermeille and Prix Ganay. Allez France was coupled in the betting with Daniel Wildenstein's three-year-old filly Paulista, a four length winner of the Prix Vermeille on her previous start.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
Ten days before the race, Allez France's regular jockey Yves Saint-Martin sustained a serious leg injury and looked likely to be replaced by Lester Piggott, but announced himself fit to ride after undergoing pain-killing injections. Nelson Bunker Hunt was represented by the Mississipian, winner of the Grand Critérium and Prix Niel and by the stayer Busiris. The other French contenders included the Grand Prix de Paris winners Sagaro and Tennyson as well as Kamaraan, On My Way, Margouillat (Prix Dollar) and Comtesse de Loir, winner of the Prix Saint-Alary.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The contenders
A three-horse British entry was headed by Highclere who had won the 1000 Guineas and the Prix de Diane and also included the Eclipse Stakes winner Coup de Feu and the dual Goodwood Cup winner Proverb. Allez France/Paulista headed the betting at odds of 1/2, with Mississipian/Busiris on 6.5/1 and Sagaro (coupled with his pacemaker Valdo) at 9.25/1,


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The race
Valdo took the lead from the start and set the pace from Busiris, Coup de Feu, Riot in Paris, Margouillat, Sagaro, Paulista and Tennyson. Allez France was held up at the back of the field with only five horses, including Comtesse de Loir behind her. On the approach to the straight, Busiris took the lead from Valdo but was soon challenged by Riot in Paris and Tennyson as Allez France began to make rapid progress on the outside. Allez France took the lead and opened up a clear advantage with Margouillat, Kamaraan and Paulista also launching challenges.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, The race
Allez France looked likely to record an easy victory until Comtesse de Loir emerged as a serious threat in the last 200 metres under a "whirlwind" ride from Jean-Claude Desaint. In a closely contested finish, Allez France prevailed by a head from Comtesse de Loir, with Margouillat three-quarters of a length away in third. There was a gap of four lengths back to Kamaraan, who beat Paulista by a length for fourth. Yves Saint-Martin admitted that he had probably taken Allez France to the front too soon.


1974 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Full result
* Abbreviations: ns = nose; shd = short-head; hd = head; snk = short neck; nk = neck


1974 Prize of Moscow News
The 1974 Prize of Moscow News was the ninth edition of an international figure skating competition organized in Moscow, Soviet Union. It was held December 7–11, 1974. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing.


1974 Pro Bowl
The 1974 Pro Bowl was the NFL's 24th annual all-star game which featured the outstanding performers from the 1973 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 20, 1974, at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The final score was AFC 15, NFC 13. The attendance for the game was 51,484 though nearly 70,000 tickets were sold.


1974 Pro Bowl
John Madden of the Oakland Raiders coached the AFC while the NFC was led by the Dallas Cowboys' Tom Landry.


1974 Pro Bowl
Kicker Garo Yepremian of the Miami Dolphins was the game's MVP. Yepremian set a Pro Bowl record which still stands as of 2018, kicking five field goals in the game. This was the last American football game to have the goal posts on the goal line, before being moved back to the endline the next year to make field goals harder for teams to make. The referee for the game was Jack Reader, who retired from on-field work after the Pro Bowl to accept a position as the NFL's Assistant Supervisor of Officials.


1974 Pro Bowl
Players on the winning AFC team each received $2,000 while the NFC participants took home $1,500.


1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1974 Purdue Boilermakers football team represented Purdue University in the 1974 Big Ten Conference football season.


1974 Queensland state election
Elections were held in the Australian state of Queensland on 7 December 1974 to elect the 82 members of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland.


1974 Queensland state election
The National-Liberal Coalition won a third consecutive victory under Joh Bjelke-Petersen, and the seventh consecutive victory for the National Party in Queensland, which had renamed itself from the Country Party since the previous election. The Labor Party lost two-thirds of its seats, including that of leader Perc Tucker—its worst showing in an election until 2012.


1974 Queensland state election
Labor was reduced to only 11 seats, leading observers to call Labor's caucus a "cricket team." William Bowe of Crikey wrote that for years, the election stood as "the gold standard for Australian election massacres."


1974 Queensland state election, Results
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1974 RCD Cup
The RCD Cup 1974 was the fifth edition of the RCD Cup tournament, held in Karachi, Pakistan in 1974. This was a three nation tournament played in league format between Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.


1974 RCD Cup
This was the last tournament under the name of RCD Cup. This tournament was also the first time that Pakistan did not have any Bangali players due to Independence of East Pakistan in 1971 which became known as Bangladesh.


1974 RCD Cup
Iran did not send her national team for this tournament and it was Malavan F.C. that represented Iran at the tournament.


1974 RE-PO 500K
The 1974 RE-PO 500K was an endurance race for Group C Touring Cars. It was held at the Phillip Island Circuit in Victoria, Australia on 24 November 1974 over 106 laps, a race distance of 501 kilometres (311 mi). The race, which was the fifth round of the 1974 Australian Manufacturers' Championship, was the fourth annual "Phillip Island 500K".


1974 RE-PO 500K
The race was won by Holden Dealer Team driver Colin Bond driving a Holden Torana. Bond finishing a lap ahead of the Ford Falcon (XB) of Murray Carter. Brothers Rod and Russ McRae finished three laps behind Bond in a Holden Torana to take third.


1974 Race of Champions
The 1974 Race of Champions was a non-championship Formula One race held at Brands Hatch on 17 March 1974. The 40-lap race featured both Formula One and Formula 5000 cars, and was won by Belgian driver Jacky Ickx in a Lotus-Cosworth, with Austria's Niki Lauda second in a Ferrari and Brazil's Emerson Fittipaldi third in a McLaren-Cosworth.


1974 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1974 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 48th staging of the Railway Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1927. The cup began on 27 January 1974 and ended on 18 March 1974.


1974 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 18 March 1974, Leinster won the cup following a 2-15 to 1-11 defeat of Munster in the final. This was their 15th Railway Cup title overall and their fourth title in succession.


1974 Rallye de Portugal
The 1974 Rally of Portugal (formally the 8º TAP Rallye de Portugal) was the first round of the 1974 World Rally Championship season after the oil crisis forced the cancellation of the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies.


1974 Rallye de Portugal, Report
As with all of the WRC rounds in 1974, there was only a manufacturer championship, so only manufacturers results were counted for points. Only the top finishing car for each manufacturer counted. Fiat locked out the podium places but only picked up 20 points in the championship due to this rule. An advantage is gained though, because the next finishing manufacturer can only pick up the points available for where their driver finished - in this case Ove Andersson took 10 points for 4th place in a Toyota Corolla.


1974 Ramna massacre
1974 Ramna Massacre was a massacre of Jatiyo Samajtantarik Dal supporters that took place on March 17, 1974. The incident took place when a demonstrators from the Jatiyo Samajtantrik Dal, who were blockading the residence of the Home Minister Mansur Ali, located in the Ramna area of Dhaka, was fired upon by members of Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini. The incident reportedly claimed at least fifty lives.


1974 Ramna massacre, Background
After Bangladesh won its independence through the liberation war of 1971, an ideological conflict was raised on the question of how Bangladesh will be governed. When Awami League leadership opted for democracy as its first choice, a large section of Awami League's students front Bangladesh Students League led by A. S. M. Abdur Rab and Shajahan Siraj expressed their dissent with the idea. This section, mostly the followers of former General Secretary of the front Serajul Alam Khan, formed a new political party opposing the Awami League's view and to establish a form of socialism what they called Scientific Socialism.


1974 Ramna massacre, Background
Soon after the formation of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal, the Jasad-fueled protests were met with Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini personnel who were accused of conducting raids in the opposition politicians houses, torture, murders and abductions of the opposition activist.


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
Due to the corruption, misappropriation of relief item, hoarding of essential goods by marketeers, and smuggling of food grains to India, during the initials days of 1974, there was inflation. Moreover, the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini came down hard handed on the protests. Jasad presented 29 points and declared to surround the government establishments those were linked with the distribution of relief goods and food grains on February 10 of 1974 through a public statement if the points were ignored. The statement read,


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
Awami League has already passed 25 months in power. Due to the boundless corruption, nepotism, fascism, torture of civilians, and lousy rule of capitalist


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
Mujib government on one hand and enslaved by other nations on the other hand, the independence and the lives of the people of Bangladesh have turned into a nightmare.


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
Such a situation should not be allowed to prevail sine die. So, it is high time to decide who, between the oppressors and the oppressed, should survive.


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
People of the country think that the government will get enough time to fulfill the demands of the people within March 15 of 1974. We urge the government to take the points seriously.


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
And if the government fails to fulfill the demands, we on behalf of the common mass will go for the following programmes.


1974 Ramna massacre, Declaration
The declaration gave Awami League government around one month time to take necessary measures or to face dire consequence on March 17.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
On March 17, supporters of Jasad and the oppressed people of the capital and its surrounding areas started gathering at the Paltan ground of the capital as Jasad called a public meeting to mark the deadline of the ultimatum. They also distributed anti- government leaflets.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
The rally was supposed to end before the sunset and a then march towards the residence of Home Minister Mansur Ali to submit a Memorandum of Redemption after laying a seize around the house for some moment.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
But once the meeting began, it started getting agitated by the speeches of A. S. M. Abdur Rab, Mohammad Abdul Jalil and other leaders. The crowd subsequently became crazy. After the meeting ended, a large group of people started marching towards Minto Road of Ramna area where the residence of the Home Minister is located. After reaching the gate of the residence, the crowd laid a siege around the residence. An agitated group of people tried to burn down the gate.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
Police charged the crowd to disperse the rally and foil the siege, and a clash ensued between the police and the Jasad men. Jasad men started throwing brickbats targeting the police after the police started firing tear gas shells over the crowd. Within minutes, the area turned into a battlefield and the Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini was called on.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
Once the armed Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini personnel reached the place with trucks, they started firing live bullets on the crowd. At this point the Jasad activists fell down on the streets to save themselves from the bullets. But the Rakkhis then started firing at the ground to ensure that the death toll gets higher than ever.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
Suddenly Rakkhi Bahini and police arrived the spot and started firing. Jalil, Momtaz and I were standing together. Inu commanded us to lie down. We followed the command. Bullets were falling like rain. Suddenly I saw Mukul Desai of Eden College lost her life after being shot. Jahangir was near to me. He died on the spot in front of me.


1974 Ramna massacre, March 17
After gunning down the political opponents of the government, Rakkhi Bahini personnel and the police arrested almost all the leaders of Jasad from the spot. Arrestees included Major Jalil, A.S.M. Abdur Rab, Momtaz Begum, Moinuddin Khan Badal and many others. All of them received bullet injuries and were taken to the hospital for treatment.


1974 Ramna massacre, Death toll
The death toll of the massacre varies from six to around fifty. The government, after the incident issued a pressnote blaming Jasad for what happened. The government pressnote claimed that only six people died during the "clash" and some 20 people got injured. Jasad in an official statement claimed that the death toll is at least fifty.


1974 Ramna massacre, Death toll
Ahmad Ullah Khan was a Deputy Superintendent of Police at Tejgaon of the capital Dhaka. He confirmed that 40-50 dead bodies were taken away by Rakkhi Bahini in their trucks that day.


1974 Ramna massacre, Aftermath
All but Momtaz Begum who was a student were landed in the jail that day. They were released only after the Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. However, Moinuddin Khan Badal eloped from the hospital.


1974 Ramna massacre, Aftermath
The Daily Ganakantha was the spokesman of Jasad, and many of its correspondents were present during the incident to cover the protest rally. After the massacre that lasted for almost one hour, journalists from Daily Ganakantha prepared a news item on the death of around 50 Jasad supporters and the abduction of their corpses by Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini personnel. But the news was not published as the police and Jatiya Rakkhi Bahini personnel raided the office of Ganakantha and arrested the editor, Al Mahmud.


1974 Ramna massacre, Aftermath
In 2016, Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ruhul Kabir Rizvi criticized Hasanul Haq Inu for his role for blockade residence of then home minister Mansur Ali.


1974 Redbridge London Borough Council election
The 1974 Redbridge Council election took place on 2 May 1974 to elect members of Redbridge London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1974 Rhode Island Rams football team
The 1974 Rhode Island Rams football team represented the University of Rhode Island in the 1974 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Jack Gregory and finished the season 5–5 overall and 3–3 in the Yankee Conference, placing in a four-way tie for third.


1974 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
The 1974 Rhode Island gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Democrat Philip Noel defeated Republican nominee James W. Nugent with 78.48% of the vote.


1974 Rhodesian general election
General elections were held in Rhodesia on 30 July 1974. They saw the Rhodesian Front of Ian Smith re-elected, once more winning every one of the 50 seats elected by white voters.