1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships
The Men's 1974 World Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Havana, Cuba from August 17 to 30. The first edition of this competition, held two years before the Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, was organised by the world governing body for amateur boxing AIBA. A total number of 274 boxers from 45 countries entered.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship
The 1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship was the sixth edition of the tournament that later became known as the IBSF World Snooker Championship. The 1974 tournament was played in Dublin from 1 to 16 December 1974. Defending champion Ray Edmonds defeated Geoff Thomas 11–9 in the final to retain the title.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The first World Amateur Snooker Championship was held in 1963. Ray Edmonds, who won the title in 1972, was the defending champion for 1974.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
The tournament was held in Dubin from 1 to 16 December 1974. There were two nine-player round-robin groups, with the top four players from each group progressing to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals onwards were played as a knockout tournament.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Ray Edmonds played Geoff Thomas in the final, which was held on 15 and 16 December, Edmonds led 5–2 after the first session. In the next session, Thomas took a 7–6 lead before Edmonds levelled the score. In the final session, Edmonds moved into a 9–7 lead before Thomas equalised at 9–9. Edmonds won the next two frames to achieve victory at 11–9.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Tournament summary
Alwyn Lloyd made the highest break of the tournament, 104, during the group stage.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Qualifying groups
The final tables are shown below. Players in bold qualified for the next round.


1974 World Amateur Snooker Championship, Final
Scores in bold indicate winning frame scores. *Denotes frame won on a respotted black


1974 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 18th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Varna, Bulgaria, in 1974. This was the first world championships at which the individual all-around titles were contested in a separate session of competition, rather than being decided after the team competition.


1974 World Championship Tennis Finals
The 1974 World Championship Tennis Finals was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 4th edition of the WCT Finals and was part of the 1974 World Championship Tennis circuit. The tournament was played at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas in the United States and was held from May 8 through May 12, 1974. John Newcombe won the singles title.


1974 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Stan Smith was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to John Newcombe.


1974 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles
Newcombe won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2 against Björn Borg.


1974 World Championship Tennis Finals – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1974 World Championship Tennis circuit
The 1974 World Championship Tennis (WCT) circuit was one of the two rival professional male tennis circuits of 1974, the other being the Grand Prix circuit. It was organized by World Championship Tennis (WCT). It was the fourth edition of the WCT circuit and a total of 84 players participated. All players took part in the opening U.S. Pro Indoor tournament in Philadelphia and afterwards were divided into three groups (red, blue and green) of 28 players, with each group playing eight further tournaments. The season final was played in Dallas by the eight best performers, the top two of each group plus the next two highest point winners, and was won by Australian John Newcombe who defeated Björn Borg from Sweden in four sets (4–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–2).


1974 World Championship Tennis circuit, Standings, Green group
* Qualified for the WCT Finals. The best two players from each group qualified plus the next two players with the highest points total.


1974 World Cup (men's golf)
The 1974 World Cup took place 21–24 November at the Lagunita Country Club in Caracas, Venezuela. It was the 22nd World Cup event. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 46 teams. Each team consisted of two players from a country. The combined score of each team determined the team results. The South Africa team of  Bobby Cole and Dale Hayes won by five strokes over the Japan team of Isao Aoki and Masashi Ozaki. The individual competition for the International Trophy, was won by Cole, five strokes ahead Ozaki.


1974 World Cup (men's golf)
Dale Hayes, just 22 years of age and Cole, being 26, became the youngest pair ever to win the World Cup, formerly named the Canada Cup. It was the second victory for South Africa in the history of the event, since Gary Player and Harold Henning won the tournament for South Africa in 1965.


1974 World Fencing Championships
The 1974 World Fencing Championships were held in Grenoble, France.


1974 World Field Archery Championships
The 1974 World Field Archery Championships were held in Zagreb, Yugoslavia.


1974 World Figure Skating Championships
The 1974 World Figure Skating Championships were held at the Olympiahalle in Munich, West Germany from March 5 to 10. At the event, sanctioned by the International Skating Union, medals were awarded in men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance.


1974 World Figure Skating Championships
The ISU Representative was Jacques Favart of France and the ISU Technical Delegate was Josef Dědič of Czechoslovakia.


1974 World Football League season
The 1974 World Football League season was the first season of the World Football League.


1974 World Football League season
Twelve teams began the inaugural 1974 season, which launched July 10 and lasted 19 weeks with no bye week. The league doubled up the week of Labor Day by playing four games over the course of three weeks on a Wednesday, Monday (Labor Day), Friday, Wednesday schedule, giving the WFL teams 20 games each. Two teams, the Detroit Wheels and Jacksonville Sharks dropped out and folded after fourteen weeks, with the New York Stars and Houston Texans relocating to other markets (Charlotte and Shreveport respectively) during the season. Portland and Detroit played a week 9 regular season game in London, Ontario at Little Stadium.


1974 World Football League season
The season culminated in World Bowl 1 on December 5, 1974, won by the Birmingham Americans.


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, Final standings
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT= Winning Percentage, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs
The original WFL schedule had the three division champions plus one wild-card qualify, culminating in a "World Bowl" on the evening after Thanksgiving at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville.


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs
Eventually, the playoffs were set with the opening rounds consisting of two teams from each division, with the two qualifying teams from the Central Division (Memphis and Birmingham), who ranked first and second in overall record, given byes to the next round. The Hawaiians faced Southern California in the West, but in the East, Florida instead faced Philadelphia, even though, at 9–11, the Bell were 1 game behind 10–10 Charlotte in the standings. However, when only 1,000 advance tickets were sold for the Blazers-Hornets matchup, league officials replaced the Hornets with the Bell.


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs
The Hornets were still reeling from their New York debts, and it was believed that the advance gate would not be nearly enough to justify the trip (reportedly, the players would have been lucky to get $100 for the game). The Bell, on the other hand, were on far stronger financial ground, and it was believed they could cover their own expenses.


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Hawaiians defeated the Southern California Sun, 32–14 (@ Anaheim, California on Wednesday, November 20, 1974)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs, Quarterfinals
Florida Blazers defeated Philadelphia Bell, 18–3 (@ Orlando, Florida on Thursday, November 21, 1974)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs, Semifinals
Birmingham Americans defeated The Hawaiians, 22–19 (@ Birmingham, Alabama on Wednesday, November 27, 1974)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs, Semifinals
Florida Blazers defeated Memphis Southmen, 18–15 (@ Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, November 29, 1974)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 Playoffs, World Bowl
Birmingham Americans 22, Florida Blazers 21 (@ Birmingham, Alabama on Thursday, December 5, 1974)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 All-WFL Team
OffenseWR–Tim Delaney, Hawaiians (TSN, P&C)WR–Alfred Jenkins, Birmingham Americans (TSN, P&C)TE–Ed Marshall,  Memphis Southmen (TSN)TE–Greg Latta, Florida Blazers (P&C)OT–Bob Wolfe, Birmingham Americans (TSN)OT–Wally Highsmith, Memphis Southmen (P&C)OT–Ron Mikolajczyk, Memphis Southmen (P&C)OG–Rick Anthony, Florida Blazers P&C (P&C)OG–Dave Bradley, Chicago Fire (TSN)OG–Buddy Brown, Birmingham Americans (TSN, P&C)C–Bob Kuziel, New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets (TSN)C–Ralph Hill, Memphis Southmen (P&C)QB–Tony Adams, Southern California Sun (TSN)QB–Randy Johnson, Hawaiians (P&C)RB–Tommy Reamon, Florida Blazers (TSN, P&C)RB–J.J. Jennings, Memphis Southmen (TSN, P&C)K–Grant Guthrie, Jacksonville Sharks/Birmingham Americans (TSN, P&C)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 All-WFL Team
DefenseDE–Gerry Philbin, New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets (TSN, P&C)DE–Louis Ross, Florida Blazers (TSN)DE–John Ricca, Florida Blazers (P&C)DT–Mike McBath, Florida Blazers (TSN, P&C)DT–John Elliott, New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets (TSN)DT–Dave Roller,  Southern California Sun (TSN, P&C)LB–Ross Brupbacher, Birmingham Americans (TSN, P&C)LB–Rudy Kuechenberg,  Chicago Fire (TSN, P&C)LB–John Villapiano, Houston Texans/Shreveport (TSN, P&C)CB–Miller Farr,  Florida Blazers (TSN, P&C)CB–Ron Mabra,  Philadelphia  Bell (TSN, P&C)S–Dave Thomas, Memphis Southmen (TSN, P&C)S–Jeff Woodcock, New York Stars/Charlotte Hornets (TSN, P&C)P–Ken Clark, Portland Storm (TSN, P&C)


1974 World Football League season, 1974 season, 1974 All-WFL Team
Head Coach: Jack Pardee, Florida Blazers (TSN, P&C)Tri-MVPs: Tony Adams, Southern California, J.J. Jennings, Memphis, and Tommy Reamon, Florida. Key: PC = voted on by players and coaches of the WFL; TSN = selection by The Sporting News


1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships were held in Leningrad, Soviet Union between December 27, 1973, and January 6, 1974. The host Soviet team won the tournament with a perfect 5–0 record. This was the first edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship, but the results are not included in official IIHF records. Canada was represented by a club team, the Peterborough Petes, while the other five nations were represented by teams of their top under-20 players.


1974 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Final standings
The tournament was a round-robin format, with each team playing each of the other five teams once each.


1974 World Lacrosse Championship
The 1974 World Lacrosse Championship was an international lacrosse tournament played at the Olympic Park Stadium, Melbourne, Australia from 30 June to 4 July 1974. It was the second World Lacrosse Championship with the first being played seven years prior. Four teams played in the 1974 championships with the United States taking out the round robin tournament defeating the other three teams that was competing in the tournament.


1974 World Masters
The 1974 World Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament held from 1 to 5 July 1974 at the Victorian Club in South Yarra, Victoria, Australia. Cliff Thorburn won the title by defeating John Spencer 160–67 in the final. Thorburn, aged 26, was the youngest player in the event and the 8th seed.


1974 World Masters
The tournament started on 1 July. The eight players were divided into two round-robin groups to produce semi-finalists, with the semi-finals and final played on 5 July. The total prize fund was AUD20,000.


1974 World Masters
John Spencer beat Perrie Mans in the first semi-final, whilst Cliff Thorburn beat Eddie Charlton in the other semi-final.


1974 World Masters
The final was decided on the aggregate score across two frames. Thorburn led 81–29 after the first frame, and 160–67 at the conclusion, to win the title.


1974 World Masters, Group matches
Players in bold are match winners; "??" denotes that the result is missing.


1974 World Masters (darts)
The 1974 Phonogram World Masters was the first major tournament on the BDO/WDF calendar for 1974. It took place from 31 August at the West Centre Hotel, Fulham.


1974 World Masters (darts)
The tournament featured the best 60 players from around the world. 24 winners of major tournaments from the last year and an English qualifying round consisting of 36 players (2 from each county). The 36 County players played down to a last 8 before joining the 24 invitees to make the first round.


1974 World Masters (darts), The results
Preliminary Round (best of 5 legs) John Kellard 3 v 1  Joe Goldwin Charlie Pitchers 1 vs 3  Harry Heenan Ron Stoucbbury 1 vs 3  Andre DeClerq Barry Luckham 3 vs 2  Seamus O'Brien John Craine 3 vs 1  Willie Grassey Fredrick Turner 0 vs 3  George Lee


1974 World Men's Handball Championship
The 1974 World Men's Handball Championship was the eighth team handball World Championship. It was held in East Germany between 26 February-10 March 1974. Romania won the championship.


1974 World Modern Pentathlon Championships
The 1974 World Modern Pentathlon Championships were held in Moscow, Soviet Union.


1974 World Orienteering Championships
The 1974 World Orienteering Championships, the 5th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Viborg, Denmark, 20–22 September 1974.


1974 World Orienteering Championships
The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.


1974 World Rally Championship
The 1974 World Rally Championship was the second season of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) World Rally Championship (WRC). Due to the worldwide oil crisis, it was significantly reduced from its inaugural season, consisting of 8 events versus the previous 13 events. Notably absent were the Monte Carlo and Swedish rallies, though these would return the next year and remain part of the series to this day. However, other rallies such as those in Poland and Austria would never return to the WRC calendar. 1974 was the only year the WRC held two events in North America, though it would mark the last year for both of these events on the world stage.


1974 World Rally Championship
Alpine-Renault proved unable to repeat its dominance from the previous year, with Italian manufacturers Lancia and Fiat vying for the title through the year. Fiat's Abarth 124 gained an early lead with a win at Monte Carlo, but fell to a strong performance by Lancia's Stratos HF which won three rallies, placing second again. Lancia's championship was the first of three consecutive WRC titles it would win through 1976 as well as the first of its record ten WRC manufacturer's championships. The Ford Escort was able to win a pair of rallies, repeating Ford's third-place finish of the previous year.


1974 World Rally Championship
From 1973 to 1978, the WRC only awarded a season championship for the winning manufacturer. Scoring was given for the highest placing entry for each manufacturer. Thus if a particular manufacturer was to place 2nd, 4th, and 10th, they would receive points for 2nd place only. However, the manufacturer would still gain an advantage in scoring from its other entries, as the points for the 4th and 10th place entries would be denied to other manufacturers.


1974 World Rally Championship, Calendar
With the oil crisis, the WRC Calendar was reduced from 13 to just 8. Morocco, Poland and Austria where dropped, while Monte-Carlo, Sweden and Acropolis were planned but finally canceled. The only debut was the Canadian Rally Rideau Lakes.


1974 World Rowing Championships
The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 (for men) and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 (for women) on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantly extended from the 1970 edition, with the addition of both women's and lightweight men's events. Six women boat classes were added, three lightweight men classes, plus quad scull for men, increasing the number of boat classes from seven in 1970 to seventeen in 1974. This was also the last World Championships held on a quadrennial cycle – from this point, World Championships were held annually.


1974 World Sambo Championships
The 1974 World Sambo Championships were held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia on September 6–11. It was the second World Sambo Championships.


1974 World Series
The 1974 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1974 season. The 71st edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the American League (AL) champion (and two-time defending World Series champion) Oakland Athletics and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Athletics won the series, four games to one; after splitting the first two in Los Angeles, Oakland swept their three home games to close it out.


1974 World Series
Rollie Fingers figured in three of the four Oakland victories, posting a win and two saves, and was honored with the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. Oakland became the first team to win three consecutive Series since the New York Yankees won five straight (1949–1953); the win secured the Athletics' status as one of the truly dominant teams of the 1970s. (The other "team of the decade," the Cincinnati Reds, won consecutive World Series in 1975 and 1976, after falling short in 1970 and 1972.)


1974 World Series
This was the first all-California World Series; these two teams met again fourteen years later, with a different result.


1974 World Series, Background
The 1974 Los Angeles Dodgers were the second (after the runner-up 1962 squad) Dodger team to win at least 100 games since moving west from Brooklyn; they won the National League West division after a season long battle by four games over the Cincinnati Reds, then defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates three games to one in the National League Championship Series. The Oakland A's won the American League West division by five games over the Texas Rangers, then defeated the Baltimore Orioles three games to one in the American League Championship Series.


1974 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
The Oakland A's, dynasty or not, had become something of a running joke in the American League, consistently matching their on-field heroics with locker-room meltdowns and intra-squad theatrics. After yet another banner year (Catfish Hunter won 25 games, Reggie Jackson knocked in 105 runs, and Billy North stole 54 bases), the team seemed to be winning more attention for its dysfunctional communication patterns than for its superior lineup. Hunter was threatening to file for free agency in 1975 if owner Charles O. Finley didn't come through with back pay Hunter claimed he had coming.


1974 World Series, Background, Oakland A's
Traumatized former second baseman Mike Andrews was considering legal action for the shabby treatment he received in the previous year's World Series. Teammates Rollie Fingers and Blue Moon Odom had gotten into a fistfight. And the Series-winning manager of the previous year, Dick Williams was long gone, having had one personality clash too many with the A's front office. Despite all the melodrama, the A's won the A.L. pennant for the third straight year,  dispatching the Baltimore Orioles in a four-game ALCS. Notwithstanding the off-field troubles, between the lines they were fundamentally sound, had strong pitching, and combined speed and power.


1974 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers
L.A. won 102 games, boasted the best team ERA in the National League, and led their league in runs scored. Steve Garvey hit .312, Jimmy Wynn knocked in 108 runs, Bill Buckner hit .314 in one of the best years of his career, Davey Lopes stole 59 bases, Andy Messersmith won 20 games, and Don Sutton won 19. Walter Alston was in his 21st year as manager of the club.


1974 World Series, Summary
AL Oakland A's (4) vs. NL Los Angeles Dodgers (1)


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
Reggie Jackson put the A's on the board first with a homer in the top of the second off 20-game winner Andy Messersmith. The A's added another run in the fifth when starting pitcher Ken Holtzman, batting for the first time all season because of the designated hitter rule, doubled to left, went to third on a Messersmith wild pitch, and scored on a Bert Campaneris suicide squeeze bunt.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The Dodgers crept back with a run in their half of the fifth when Davey Lopes reached first on an error by shortstop Campaneris. Bill Buckner then bounced a single to right that Jackson misplayed, allowing Lopes to score.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
The A's scored their final run in the eighth when Campaneris singled to shallow center, was sacrificed to second by Bill North, and scored when Dodger third baseman Ron Cey threw wildly to first on a grounder hit by Sal Bando. Bando reached third on the error, and attempted to score on a flyout to right by Jackson, but right fielder Joe Ferguson gunned him down at the plate.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 1
In the bottom of the ninth, with Rollie Fingers on the mound, Jimmy Wynn hit a homer that just escaped the reach of Joe Rudi and North in left center. Following a single by Steve Garvey, Catfish Hunter relieved Fingers and made the final out by striking out Ferguson. Fingers got the win with 4+1⁄3 innings of relief, having relieved Holtzman in the fifth inning.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
Don Sutton pitched superbly, shutting out the A's on four hits through eight innings. The Dodgers scored first in the second off Vida Blue when Ron Cey walked, Bill Russell singled, and Steve Yeager singled home Cey. Joe Ferguson slammed a two-run homer off Blue in the sixth inning to make it 3–0.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
The A's threatened in the eighth when pinch hitters Jim Holt and Claudell Washington hit back-to-back singles with one out. Bert Campaneris reached on an infield error to load the bases. The rally was squelched when Bill North hit into a double play in which first baseman Steve Garvey made an exceptional pickup of a low throw by Russell.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
In the ninth inning the A's finally got on the board when Sal Bando led off with being hit by a pitch, Reggie Jackson followed with a double, and Joe Rudi singled both runners home. Mike Marshall then relieved Sutton and struck out Gene Tenace. Herb Washington was sent in to pinch-run for Rudi, and Marshall picked him off. Herb Washington was the only "designated runner" to appear in a World Series. Washington was a track star with no baseball experience whom the A's Charles Finley signed solely to appear as a pinch runner in late game situations.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 2
His stats for 1974 were 92 games, zero at bats, 29 runs scored, 29 stolen bases, but he was caught stealing 16 times. Sure enough, with the A's trailing 3–2 in the ninth inning of Game 2, Washington pinch ran. Just after announcer Vin Scully said that Washington better be careful because pitcher Mike Marshall has a good pickoff move, he was promptly picked off first base. Marshall then retired Ángel Mangual for the final out.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
With the Series shifting back to Oakland, it was A's ace Catfish Hunter's turn to be brilliant. Hunter shut out the Dodgers on four hits through seven innings, and his teammates provided him with two runs in the third when Bill North scored on an error by catcher Joe Ferguson and an RBI single by Joe Rudi. The A's added another run in the fourth on Bert Campaneris' RBI single.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
The Dodgers got their only runs on homers by Bill Buckner in the eighth and Willie Crawford in the ninth.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 3
Rollie Fingers was not awarded the save because in 1974, tougher criteria were adopted for saves where the tying run had to be on base or at the plate when the reliever entered to qualify for a save.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The A's struck first on a solo homer by the surprising Ken Holtzman in the third. The Dodgers came right back in their half of the fourth on a two-run triple by Bill Russell. Holtzman settled into a groove after that, surrendering no runs before yielding to Rollie Fingers in the eighth.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 4
The A's took control of the game with four runs in the sixth off Andy Messersmith. Bill North led off with a walk and went to second on a wild pickoff throw by Messersmith. Sal Bando singled home North to tie it. After a Reggie Jackson walk, a Joe Rudi sacrifice bunt, and an intentional walk to Claudell Washington, Jim Holt pinch-hit for Ray Fosse and singled in two runs. An RBI groundout by Dick Green capped off the rally. Fingers pitched the final 1+2⁄3 innings for his first save of the series.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
The A's staked Vida Blue to a 2–0 lead with single runs in the first and second innings on a sacrifice fly by Sal Bando and a homer by Ray Fosse. The Dodgers tied it in the sixth with two runs on a sacrifice fly by Jimmy Wynn and an RBI single by Steve Garvey.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
Joe Rudi got what would turn out to be the game-winning RBI when he tagged Dodger ace reliever Mike Marshall with a homer in the bottom of the seventh. The half-inning was delayed when Bill Buckner complained of A's fans throwing debris onto the field. Marshall, who always pitched in short sleeves, disdained his allowance of eight warm up pitches after coming in from the bullpen even after the delay. Rudi then proceeded to deposit Marshall's first pitch over the left field wall.


1974 World Series, Matchups, Game 5
In the Dodgers half of the eighth, Buckner led off with a base hit to center that got past center fielder Bill North. Buckner had an easy double, but tried to stretch it to a triple and Reggie Jackson, backing up North, fired a perfect throw to Dick Green, who relayed to Sal Bando at third to nail Buckner and squelch the last Dodger threat. Rollie Fingers got his second save and was named Series MVP.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
Four of the five games had the score of 3–2, and in all five games the losing team scored two runs. Mike Marshall of the Los Angeles Dodgers was the only pitcher to appear in all five games of a five-game World Series, as of 2014.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
The Dodgers got six more hits than the A's but scored five fewer runs, showing their lack of timely hitting. They also made six errors in five games, in addition to a number of mental errors.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
The champion A's batted only .211 in the Series, the lowest in a five-game Series since the Baltimore Orioles hit .146 and lost in 1969.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
As of 2021, the A's are the only non-Yankee team to win three consecutive World Series.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
This was the first World Series to end at night. While it opened with traditional day games (1 pm PDT) on the weekend in Los Angeles, the three weeknight games in Oakland (5:30 pm PDT) were all in prime-time (for the Eastern and Central time zones).


1974 World Series, Aftermath
As World Series champions, the A's earned a postseason bonus of $22,219 each; the Dodger shares were $15,704 each, while the Orioles and Pirates took about $7,400 each.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
This was the last major league championship for a Bay Area team won in its home stadium or arena until the Golden State Warriors won the 2017 NBA Finals in Oakland, ending a streak of 13 Bay Area championships won in an opponent or neutral stadium or arena.


1974 World Series, Aftermath
Also, with the Warriors winning the 1975 NBA Finals, Oakland (and the Bay Area in particular) won both the World Series and NBA championship in a span of a season or calendar year, a distinction previously earned by New York when the Mets and Knicks won their league championships within a year's span. This was followed by the Los Angeles metropolitan area in 1981–82 (Dodgers and Lakers), 1988 (Dodgers and Lakers), 2002 (Angels and Lakers) and 2020 (Lakers and Dodgers), Boston in 2007–08 (Red Sox and Celtics), and the San Francisco Bay Area in 2014–15 (Giants and Warriors).


1974 World Series, Composite box
1974 World Series (4–1): Oakland A's (A.L.) over Los Angeles Dodgers (N.L.)


1974 World Series of Poker
The 1974 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held in May 1974 at Binion's Horseshoe.


1974 World Series of Poker, Main Event
There were 16 entrants to the main event in 1974. Each paid $10K to enter the winner-take-all tournament.


1974 World Snooker Championship
The 1974 World Snooker Championship (also known as 1974 Park Drive World Snooker Championship for sponsorship reasons) was a professional snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 25 April 1974 at the Belle Vue in Manchester, England.


1974 World Snooker Championship
Ray Reardon won his third World title by defeating Graham Miles 22–12 in the final.


1974 World Sports Acrobatics Championships
The 1st World Sports Acrobatics Championships were held in Moscow, USSR, in 1974.


1974 World Sportscar Championship
The 1974 World Sportscar Championship season was the 22nd season of FIA World Sportscar Championship motor racing. It featured the 1974 World Championship for Makes   and FIA Cup for GT Cars  which were contested concurrently over a ten race series  from 25 April to 9 November 1974. The World Championship for Makes, which was open to Group 5 Sports Cars and Group 4 GT Cars, was won by Matra and the FIA Cup for GT Cars by Porsche.


1974 World Sportscar Championship, Schedule
The 1974 World Championship for Makes and FIA Cup for GT Cars were contested concurrently over a ten race series.


1974 World Sportscar Championship, Results, World Championship for Makes
Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Makes were only awarded the applicable points for their highest finishing car, with no points awarded for positions gained by additional cars. No points were awarded for places gained by Touring Cars or by any other cars from groups which were ineligible for the championship.


1974 World Sportscar Championship, Results, World Championship for Makes
Only the best seven scores for each make counted towards the championship, with any other points earned not included in the totals.


1974 World Sportscar Championship, Results, FIA Cup for GT Cars
In addition to being eligible for the overall championship, GT Cars also competed for their own award.


1974 World Sportscar Championship, The cars
The following models contributed to the nett point scores of their respective makes.


1974 World Team Tennis season
The 1974 World Team Tennis season was the inaugural season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States. The Denver Racquets defeated the Philadelphia Freedoms in the WTT Finals to win the league's first championship.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
The 1974 World Team Tennis season included 16 teams split into two divisions (Eastern and Western). The Eastern Division was further split into two sections (Atlantic and Central) which each had four teams. The Western Division was also split into two sections (Gulf Plains and Pacific) which also had four teams each. Each team played a 44-match regular-season schedule with 22 home and 22 away matches. The section champions and the two teams in each division with the best records among non section champions qualified for the division championship semifinals.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
The team with the best record among playoff qualifiers from the division played the team with the fourth best record in the semifinals. The teams with the second and third best records played each other in the semifinals. Teams were not given preference in seeding based on being champions of their section. The semifinal winners met the other semifinals winners from their own division to determine the division champions. The division champions met in the World Team Tennis Final.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
At the start of the season, each match comprised two sets of men's singles, two sets of women's singles and two sets of mixed doubles. No men's doubles or women's doubles were played. The mixed doubles sets were played as the third and sixth sets. The coach of the home team decided whether to play men's or women's singles first and fourth or second and fifth.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
WTT changed the match format on May 18, 1974, to one set each of men's singles, women's singles, men's doubles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, because of concern that the matches were taking too long. The order of play was women's doubles first, men's doubles third and mixed doubles fifth. The coach of the home team decided whether men's or women's singles would be played second or fourth. Games were decided by the first player or doubles team to reach four points with no-ad scoring.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
Each set ended when one team had won either six or seven games and had an advantage over its opponent of at least two games. Sets that were tied 6–6 were decided by a tiebreaker. Set tiebreaker games were nine total points with the first player or doubles team to reach five the winner. An advantage of only one point was needed to win a tiebreaker game. Matches could end when one team built an insurmountable lead. For example, if a team had a 24–17 lead after four sets, the fifth set (mixed doubles) would not be played.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
If a team had a 22–19 lead after four sets, the match could end if the leading team won four games in the fifth set, since it would be impossible for the trailing team to make up the three-game deficit that existed when the set started. If the match was tied at the end of five sets, a super tiebreaker game was played between the mixed doubles teams using the same format as the set tiebreaker games. Teams often agreed to play dead sets even if the outcome of the match had already been decided or to play sets to completion when the outcome of the match was decided within that set.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Competition format
Playoff matchups in the division semifinals and division championship series were played in two legs with each team hosting one match and the cumulative score determining the winner. The higher seed had the choice to host either the first or the second match. Should the cumulative score be tied after the conclusion of the second match, a series tiebreaker game was played to determine the series winner. The WTT Finals were a best-of-three series. The lower seed hosted the first match. The higher seed hosted the second match and the third, if necessary.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
On May 22, 1973, WTT announced the formation of the league with the following 16 franchises:


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
As shown in the above table, the Pittsburgh Triangles had a team name from the time the franchise was chartered.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
On May 30, 1973, the San Diego franchise announced that it had adopted the name San Diego Swingers.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Before the WTT inaugural draft on August 3, 1973, the St. Louis franchise had relocated and was referred to as the Miami franchise at the draft.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Also before the draft, the Cincinnati franchise had been sold to Joseph Zingale and relocated to Cleveland.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Finally, by the time the inaugural draft took place, the San Francisco franchise had adopted the name the Golden Gate Ottersand was referred to as the Golden Gate franchise during the draft.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
On August 21, 1973, the New York franchise announced it had adopted the name New York Sets.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
By September 1973, the Los Angeles franchise had been named the Los Angeles Strings.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Before the start of the 1974 season, the Phoenix franchise was sold to Howard Fine, Gerald Klauber, Joseph Rivkin and Robert E. Bradley, Jr. who moved it to Baltimore.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Also before the start of the 1974 season, the San Diego Swingers were sold to Don Kelleher who moved them to Honolulu.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
Finally, before the start of the 1974 season, the Golden Gate Otters decided to simply call the team the Golden Gaters in dealings with the public. Since it would have been absurd to call the team the Golden Gate Golden Gaters, and the league used a location to identify all its teams, WTT reverted to using San Francisco, the location for which the original charter was issued, when referring to the team. They were listed in official WTT standings as the San Francisco Golden Gaters.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Charter franchises and relocation
The remaining charter franchises adopted names before the start of the 1974 season. The team identification and naming history of the 16 charter franchises from the founding of WTT to the start of the inaugural season is as follows:


1974 World Team Tennis season, Inaugural draft
WTT conducted a lottery to determine the order of selection for its inaugural draft held on August 3, 1973. The selection order determined as a result of the lottery was used for odd-numbered rounds, and it was reversed for even-numbered rounds. Each team was entitled to select 20 players. Teams that could sign players to contracts before the draft had to identify these players as preferential choices and use their earliest picks on the players signed. The players selected in the first 10 rounds of the draft are shown in the tables below.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Standings and attendance
Total attendance during the season was 833,966, for an average of 2,369 over 352 playing dates.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Playoff match results, WTT Finals
Of the total of 14 playoff matches, home teams won only 6 and lost 8. The higher seeds had 3 wins and 4 losses in their 7 home matches. The higher seeds won 5 of the 7 series.


1974 World Team Tennis season, Individual statistical leaders
The table below shows the individual players and doubles teams who had the best winning percentages in each of the five events in WTT.


1974 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1974 Men's World Weightlifting Championships were held in Manila, Philippines from September 21 to September 29, 1974. There were 143 men in action from 32 nations.


1974 World Weightlifting Championships, Medal table
Ranking by all medals: Big (Total result) and Small (Snatch and Clean & Jerk)


1974 World Wrestling Championships
The following is the final results of the 1974 World Wrestling Championships. Freestyle competition were held in Istanbul, Turkey and Greco-Roman competition were held in Katowice, Poland.


1974 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 1974 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Cowboys were led by fourth-year head coach Fritz Shurmur and played their home games at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie, Wyoming. They finished the season with a 2–9 record overall and a 1–6 record in the Western Athletic Conference to finish 8th in the conference.


1974 Wyoming gubernatorial election
The 1974 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican Stanley Hathaway chose to retire than run for a third term as Governor of Wyoming. Former Democratic State Representative Edgar Herschler defeated former Republican State Senator Dick Jones.


1974 Wyoming state elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Wyoming on Tuesday, November 5, 1974. All of the state's executive officers—the Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, and Superintendent of Public Instruction—were up for election. Democratic gubernatorial nominee Edgar Herschler won a sizable victory in the gubernatorial election, and while Democrats generally improved their margins in the other statewide races, they fell short in all four.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Stanley Hathaway opted to retire rather than run for a third consecutive term. Former State Senator Dick Jones won a close Republican primary to succeed him, and faced former State Representative Edgar Herschler, the Democratic nominee, in the general election. Despite the growing Republican dominance in Wyoming, Herschler took advantage of the national Democratic wave and defeated Jones by a sizable margin, becoming the first Democrat to win a gubernatorial election in the state since 1958.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Thyra Thomson ran for re-election to a fourth term. � In the Democratic primary, attorney Charles Carroll, a new arrival to the state, beat out Paul Crane, the son of former Governor Arthur G. Crane. However, despite the national Democratic wave and Edgar Herschler's large victory, Thomson's personal popularity allowed her to defeat Carroll in a landslide.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Auditor
Everett T. Copenhaver resigned as State Auditor on June 30, 1973, and Governor Stanley Hathaway appointed Deputy State Treasurer Ed Witzenburger as his replacement. Though Witzenburger would have been eligible to seek re-election to a full term as Auditor, he came to an agreement with State Treasurer Jim Griffith, who was barred from seeking a second consecutive term, to instead run for Treasurer so Griffith could run for Auditor. Griffith won the Republican primary unopposed, and no Democrats initially filed to run against him. However, former State Representative Bob Adams, despite losing the primary for State Treasurer, received 59 write-in votes in the Democratic primary, was offered the nomination, and ended up accepting it. Griffith ultimately defeated Adams by a wide margin, winning his first of three terms as State Auditor.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Auditor, Democratic primary
No Democratic candidates filed for State Auditor. However, former State Representative Bob Adams received 59 votes as a write-in in the Democratic primary, despite not campaigning, and was offered the nomination. Richard Ford Pew, an oil fortune scion who served as George McGovern's Wyoming state coordinator for his 1972 presidential campaign, received 55 votes and Adams said that he would step aside if Pew wanted the nomination. However, Pew declined the nomination and Adams ultimately accepted it.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Jim Griffith was unable to seek re-election to a second term because of a constitutional bar on state treasurers succeeding themselves, so he came to an agreement with appointed State Auditor Ed Witzenburger in which Griffith ran for Auditor and Witzenburger ran for Treasurer. Witzenburger won the Republican primary unopposed and faced former State Representative Elizabeth Phelan, who had previously sought the Democratic nomination for Treasurer in 1970, in the general election. Witzenburger fell significantly short of Griffith's strong performance in the election four years prior, and ended up barely defeating Phelan, winning by a little more than 4,000 votes.


1974 Wyoming state elections, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Incumbent Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Robert G. Schrader ran for re-election to a second term. Two Democrats filed to oppose him: former teacher Sydney Spiegel and John Seyfang, the Superintendent of Schools in the city of Worland. Spiegel narrowly defeated Seyfang in the primary and advanced to the general election against Schrader. Even though most statewide races tightened as the outlook improved for Democratic candidates, Seyfang improved on his margin of victory from four years prior, defeating Spiegel in a landslide.


1974 X FIBA International Christmas Tournament
The 1974 X FIBA International Christmas Tournament "Trofeo Raimundo Saporta" was the 10th edition of the FIBA International Christmas Tournament. It took place at Sports City of Real Madrid Pavilion, Madrid, Spain, on 24, 25 and 26 December 1974 with the participations of Real Madrid (champions of the 1973–74 FIBA European Champions Cup), North Carolina Tar Heels, Cuba (semifinalists of the 1974 FIBA World Championship) and Estudiantes Monteverde (semifinalists of the 1973–74 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup).


1974 Yale Bulldogs football team
The 1974 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. The Bulldogs were led by tenth-year head coach Carmen Cozza, played their home games at the Yale Bowl and tied for first place in the Ivy League with a 6–1 record, 8–1 overall.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
The 1974 Yugoslav Constitution was the fourth and final constitution of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It came into effect on 21 February 1974.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
With 406 original articles, the 1974 constitution was one of the longest constitutions in the world. It added elaborate language protecting the self-management system from state interference and expanding representation of republics and provinces in all electoral and policy forums. The Constitution called the restructured Federal Assembly the highest expression of the self-management system. Accordingly, it prescribed a complex electoral procedure for that body, beginning with the local labor and political organizations. Those bodies were to elect commune-level assemblies, which then would elect assemblies at province and republic level; finally, the latter groups would elect the members of the two equal components of the Federal Assembly, the Federal Chamber and the Chamber of Republics and Provinces.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
Although the new constitution dealt with the codification of the socio-economic system towards the achievements of the theory of self-management socialism to a greater extent, the most controversial and historical consequences arose from the regulations of the Constitution about the state organization of Yugoslavia, which were later used as the legal basis for the breakup of Yugoslavia and differently interpreted by the warring parties during the armed conflict in the former Yugoslavia.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
The new Constitution also reduced the Federal Presidency from twenty-three to nine members, with equal representation for each republic and province and an ex-officio position for the president of the League of Communists. The 1974 Constitution also expanded protection of individual rights and court procedures, with the all-purpose caveat that no citizen could use those freedoms to disrupt the prescribed social system. Finally, Kosovo and Vojvodina, the two constituent provinces of Serbia, received substantially increased autonomy, including de facto veto power in the Serbian parliament.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
The Yugoslav Federal Constitution of 1974 confirmed and strengthened the principles of the Yugoslav Federal Constitution Amendments of 1971, which introduced a concept that sovereign rights were exercised by the federal units, and that the federation had only the authority specifically transferred to it by the constitution.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution
The constitution also proclaimed Josip Broz Tito president for life.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, Background
Adoption of the Constitution was preceded by significant political events that occurred several years earlier, and that marked the beginning of the federalization of the country. First, in the summer of 1966, Aleksandar Ranković was removed from all functions, one of the closest associates of Josip Broz Tito, who was an opponent of federalization. The ideas made by Edvard Kardelj won, and thus began a gradual federalization. In 1968 and 1971 amendments were adopted to the Federal Constitution, through which Yugoslav Presidency as a collective leadership body was introduced (1971).


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, Background
Later that year, the republican leadership of SR Croatia was completely dismissed, which propagated their nationalistic politics. And in the autumn of next year (1972), a purge was carried out in the leadership of the SR Serbia. After all that, everything was ready for the adoption of the new Federal Constitution.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The Constitution
By the words of the Constitution, all power belongs to the "working class and working people". In terms of governmental structure, the provinces within the SR Serbia (SAP Vojvodina and SAP Kosovo) have received even greater rights than they had before. Provinces had their state and party Presidencies. Their territory could not be altered without the decision of the Provincial Assembly, provincial governments even got the right to veto decisions of the authorities in Serbia.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The Constitution
Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, was named President for Life of Yugoslavia, and his name was entered in the text of the Constitution. He was also the President of the Republic and President of the Presidency of Yugoslavia. After his death, all his functions would be transferred to the Presidency of Yugoslavia.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The Constitution
During the public discussion on the proposed changes to the Constitution, Professor of the Belgrade Law School, Mihailo Đurić was sentenced to prison after the publication of the speech in which he opposed the implementation of the planned constitutional changes. Pointing out that Yugoslavia was becoming just a geographical term, on whose soil under the disguise of consistent development of equality between nations, several independent, even conflicting national states were being established, prof.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The Constitution
Đurić warned that the proposed constitutional changes not only fundamentally change the character of the former state union of the Yugoslav nations, but rejects the very idea of such a state community. Stressing that if something would be left from the state, it is only because in the next phase of changes we had something to bring to an end.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, Principles of the Constitution
The introductory part of the 1974 Constitution presents 10 basic principles:


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, Right to self-determination
Previous constitutions had granted the republics the constitutional right to self-determination, including a right to secede. In the 1974 Constitution, these rights belonged to the "nations of Yugoslavia." At the same time, the constitution included a number of provisions that could deny the right to secede. Article 5 required the consent of all republics and provinces before the borders of Yugoslavia could be altered. Article 283 gave the Yugoslav Assembly the power to determine alterations in the state's boundaries. It was not clearly defined whether unilateral secession was possible or whether this could only be done if the federal government and all of the republics and provinces agreed to it.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The end of the Constitution
Out of all constituencies, the SR Serbia had the most comments on the state organization under the 1974 Constitution, which was natural given its territorial structure. Initially, it requested the federal government to convince the province to properly interpret the Constitution, according to which Serbia was still a sovereign republic with an appropriate degree of autonomy for its provinces. However, after Kardelj's (1979) and Tito's death (1980) it was more and more difficult to arbitrate in disputes between the republics and provinces. In the mid-1980s, the Serbian leadership was requesting amendments to the Constitution, no longer only correct interpretation.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The end of the Constitution
In early 1987, thanks to the efforts of the Serbian leadership, the Presidency of Yugoslavia initiated the adoption of more than 130 amendments. However, some time later, there was a conflict within the Serbian leadership. At the eighth session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia in September 1987, the ideas of Slobodan Milošević won, who energetically and strongly demanded the repeal of the Constitution of 1974.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The end of the Constitution
At the end of 1988 there was a shift of complete leadership in both provinces, and in the spring of 1989 amendments to the Constitution of Serbia were adopted, which significantly narrowed the powers and rights of the provinces. The final repeal of the constitutional provisions of 1974 in Serbia took place in September 1990, when it adopted a brand new constitution.


1974 Yugoslav Constitution, The end of the Constitution
In the meantime, the other Yugoslav republics had started removing the 1974 constitution. Slovenia first removed the prefix "socialist" from the name of the republic in March 1990, and at the same time adopted a series of amendments that removed the socialist arrangement. In Croatia, after the victory of the HDZ (Franjo Tuđman), adopted amendments in 1990 which also removed the prefix "socialist" and changed the republic symbols as well. In December 1990 Croatia adopted a brand new constitution. Bosnia and Herzegovina and Macedonia followed in the autumn of 1990, when the anti-communist forces removed the socialist system as well, and in Montenegro the removal was formally marked  by the adoption of the new republic constitution in the autumn of 1992.


1974 Yugoslav Cup
The 1974 Yugoslav Cup was the 27th season of the top football knockout competition in SFR Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav Cup (Serbo-Croatian: Kup Jugoslavije), also known as the "Marshal Tito Cup" (Kup Maršala Tita), since its establishment in 1946.


1974 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
The Yugoslav Cup was a tournament for which clubs from all tiers of the football pyramid were eligible to enter. In addition, amateur teams put together by individual Yugoslav People's Army garrisons and various factories and industrial plants were also encouraged to enter, which meant that each cup edition could have several thousands of teams in its preliminary stages. These teams would play through a number of qualifying rounds before reaching the first round proper, in which they would be paired with top-flight teams.


1974 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
Unlike most cup finals played since the late 1950s which had been traditionally scheduled to coincide with the end of the football league season and Youth Day celebrated on 25 May (a national holiday in Yugoslavia which also doubled as the official commemoration of Josip Broz Tito's birthday), the 1973 and 1974 cups were played over only four months, with finals played in November in capital Belgrade, to coincide with Republic Day on 29 November.


1974 Yugoslav Cup, Calendar
Since the final was always meant to be determined on or around a national holiday at the JNA Stadium in capital Belgrade, and to avoid unfair advantage this would give to Belgrade-based clubs, the Football Association of Yugoslavia adopted the rule in the late 1960s which said that the final could be played as a one-legged tie (in cases when both finalists are from outside Belgrade) or double-legged (when at least one of them is based the capital), with the second leg always played in Belgrade. This rule was used for all eight cup finals involving Belgrade clubs played from 1970 to 1985.


1974 Yugoslav Cup, First round
In the following tables winning teams are marked in bold; teams from outside top level are marked in italic script.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia between 16 March and 10 May 1974 through a complicated delegate system which selected delegates to local, republic, and federal assemblies.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Background
The elections were the first held under the new constitution adopted on 31 January 1974. It provided for a bicameral Assembly with a 220-member Federal Chamber and an 88-member Chamber of Republics and Provinces.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The members of the Federal Chamber represented three groups; self-managing organisations, communities and socio-political organisations. Thirty members were elected from each of the six republics and 20 from the two autonomous provinces, Kosovo and Vojvodina.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system
In late March, voters elected representatives of basic labour organisations. These in turn elected the Communal Assemblies in early April. The Communal Assemblies then elected the members of the Federal Chamber between 22 and 29 April.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The members of the Chamber of Republics were elected by the Assemblies of the six republics and provinces, with each republic electing 12 members and Kosovo and Vojvodina electing eight each. Members were elected in a period ending on 10 May.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Communal assemblies, April
Communal assemblies were elected by local delegates elected by self-managing organisations, communities and socio-political organisations in early April. They subsequently each elected a President of the Assembly equivalent to a mayor. There were a total of 501 such tricameral communal assemblies in the country. For some of the larger cities:


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Republic and provincial assemblies convened, April
In April and May inaugural sessions of all three chambers of the republics' and provinces' assemblies convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all their bodies.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Council of Republics and Provinces elected by 10 May
By 10 May the assemblies of the republics and provinces elected members from each of their three constituent councils (Associated Labour, Socio-Political, and Municipal) to serve dual mandates within their republic or province and within the Federal Council of Republics and Provinces. Each republic sent 12 members to the council, while the two provinces sent 8 each.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Assembly convened, 15 May
On 15 May a joint session of both chambers of the Assembly convened for the first time and elected the presidents of all the bodies.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, President and Presidency, 16 May
On 16 May a joint assembly of both chambers of the Assembly re-elected President of the League of Communists Josip Broz Tito as President of the Republic. Article 333 of the new constitution affirmed Tito's right to serve as president-for-life at the discretion of the Assembly.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, President and Presidency, 16 May
The Assembly also confirmed the members of the collective Presidency selected by individual republic and provincial assemblies on 16 May.


1974 Yugoslavian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Federal Executive Council elected, 17 May
On 17 May a new Federal Executive Council was elected with Džemal Bijedić serving as its President.


1974 Yukon general election
The 1974 Yukon general election was held on 7 October 1974 to elect the twelve members of the 23rd Yukon Territorial Council. The council consisted of 10 non-partisan and two members elected for the Yukon NDP. It had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner for some departments, but had full responsibility for several departments through the appointment of three councillors to an executive committee.


1974 Yukon general election
This was the last election in the territory to the legislative council; beginning with the 1978 election, all subsequent elections in the territory have been to the expanded Yukon Legislative Assembly.


1974 Yukon general election
There were 38 candidates. Out of a potential 9,542 electors, 6,145 people cast ballots for a voter turnout of 64.4 per cent.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake
The 1974 Zhaotong earthquake occurred at 19:25 UTC on 10 May. It had a magnitude that was measured at 7.0 on the moment magnitude scale and 7.1 on the surface wave magnitude scale. It had a maximum perceived intensity of IX (Violent) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The epicenter was located in Zhaotong prefecture in Yunnan province and it caused between 1,641 and 20,000 deaths.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake has been ascribed to slip on a thrust fault trending north-south with a dip of 60° to the east, from geodetic data analysis. It has also been interpreted to result from strike-slip faulting along a steeply-dipping NW-SE trending fault. The isoseismal lines for the earthquake were poorly defined, due to variations both in topography and ground conditions.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake consisted of more than ten separate sub-events. The sequence began with a few shocks in the first two to three seconds with magnitudes less than 5. These were followed by several shocks approaching magnitude 7 over a period of about a minute. The areal distribution of the individual shocks showed no progression along the fault plane as would be expected with a propagating fracture.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake triggered many landslides in the epicentral area. The bedrock geology in the area contains rocks of almost all ages from Neoproterozoic through to Quaternary. Landslides were mainly confined to areas that experienced intensities of VII or greater and had slopes of moderate dip (26°–45°). In all but one case, the landslides involved Quaternary material, the exception being a slide that was controlled by bedding planes in a Permian limestone. Rock avalanches occurred on steeper slopes, particularly affecting jointed and weathered Permian limestone and Triassic sandstone/shale sequences.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake, Damage
An area of about 400,000 square kilometres was affected by the earthquake. 28,000 houses collapsed and a further 38,000 were damaged. Houses with wooden frames in the epicentral area remained undamaged. The number of deaths reported varies from 1,641 to 20,000 with a further 1,600 injured.


1974 Zhaotong earthquake, Damage
The largest landslide formed a dam up to 30 m high across the Yangtze River, turning the valley above it into a lake.


1974 aluminum cent
The 1974 aluminum cent was a one-cent coin proposed by the United States Mint in 1973. It was composed of an alloy of aluminum and trace metals, and intended to replace the predominantly copper–zinc cent due to the rising costs of coin production in the traditional bronze alloy. Of the 1,571,167 coins struck in anticipation of release, none were released into circulation. To encourage congressional support for the new alloy, the Mint distributed several examples to US Congressmen. When the proposed aluminum cent was rejected, the Mint recalled and destroyed those coins.


1974 aluminum cent
However, despite the recall, a few aluminum cents were not returned to the Mint, and those coins may remain at-large. One example was donated to the Smithsonian Institution, while another was alleged to have been found by Albert P. Toven, a US Capitol Police Officer. A 1974-D specimen was found in January 2014 by Randall Lawrence, who said it was a retirement gift to his father, Harry Edmond Lawrence, who was Deputy Superintendent at the Denver Mint.


1974 aluminum cent
Randall planned on selling it in a public auction, but the Mint demanded its return, saying that the coin was never authorized for release and therefore remains U.S. Government property. Lawrence (and his business partner at their coin store, Michael McConnell) ultimately surrendered the coin when the Mint showed that the aluminum cent had never been authorized to be struck in Denver, and there was no evidence that the coin had been a gift of any kind.


1974 aluminum cent, History
In late 1973, the price of copper on world markets rose to a point where the metallic value of the cent was almost equal to its face value. The U.S. Mint, which produces billions of cents annually, was faced with a potentially catastrophic operating deficit, due to issues of seigniorage. As a result, the Mint tested alternate metals, including aluminum and bronze-clad steel. A composition of 96% aluminum (with trace elements for stability) was chosen. The composition was chosen due to its longevity on coin die use, and aluminum's high resistance to tarnishing. Although they were produced in 1973, they were struck using 1974 dated dies in anticipation of release into circulation in that year.


1974 aluminum cent, History
In an effort to gain acceptance for the new composition, the Mint distributed approximately three dozen examples to various members of the House Banking and Currency Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. Nine congressmen and four senators received examples, along with some Treasury officials. Additional specimens were given out by then Mint Director Mary Brooks. Ultimately, the proposal was rejected in Congress, due mainly to the efforts of the copper-mining and vending machine industries, which felt the aluminum coins would jam machines and cause other mechanical problems.


1974 aluminum cent, History
Opposition also came from pediatricians and pediatric radiologists who pointed out if children ingested the aluminum pennies, they would be difficult to detect using X-ray imaging because the radiodensity of the metal inside the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts was similar to that of soft tissue. In addition, the price of copper declined enough that making copper cents would again be economically viable, and conversely made hoarding pointless. The idea of changing the composition of the cent would not be explored again until the 1980s. In 1982, the composition of the coin was changed to the current 99.2% zinc and 0.8% copper core alloy with a plating of pure copper, resulting in a 20% weight reduction.


1974 aluminum cent, History
After the setback, the US Mint recalled the coins, but about 12 to 14 aluminum cents were never returned to the mint. No oversight, record keeping, or statement that the coins had to be returned was made by the US Mint as examples were handed out. When Federal Bureau of Investigation and other government law enforcement agencies were called in to investigate, however, some congressmen either feigned ignorance or completely denied getting examples. The coins, which are considered government property, have been subject to seizure by the Secret Service, although the legality of the cent is questioned by numismatists. One aluminum cent was donated to the Smithsonian Institution for the National Numismatic Collection. Since no examples have been put up for public or known private sale, it has been difficult to estimate their value.


1974 aluminum cent, History
While there are no Mint records of the 1974-D aluminum cent being struck at the Denver Mint, in an interview with Coin World, Benito Martinez, a die setter at the Denver Mint in 1974, stated he struck fewer than 12 of the experimental 1974-D Lincoln cents under the supervision of Harry Bobay, a Denver Mint production foreman. The strikes were made using regular production dies on aluminum blanks supplied from the Philadelphia Mint.


1974 aluminum cent, History
The coin is considered by a few numismatists not as a pattern coin, but rather a rejected or cancelled regular issue, despite being listed in pattern books.


1974 aluminum cent, Toven Specimen
In the February 20, 2001, edition of Numismatic News, Alan Herbert reported the existence of an aluminum cent. It was attributed to US Capitol Police Officer Albert Toven, who had found the coin dropped by an unnamed US Congressman on the floor of the Rayburn Office Building. When the officer attempted to return the coin to the congressman, thinking it was a dime, the congressman told him to keep it. This example was graded and certified by the Independent Coin Grading Company as "About Uncirculated-58" in 2005, but later certified as Mint State 62 two months later by the Professional Coin Grading Service.


1974 aluminum cent, Lawrence Specimen
In January 2014, San Diego resident Randy Lawrence discovered a 1974-D aluminum cent. The coin had been in the possession of his father, Harry Edmond Lawrence, a former deputy superintendent of the Denver Mint, who kept it in a sandwich bag along with other coins. Lawrence brought the coin to La Jolla coin dealer Michael McConnell, who estimated its value at a minimum of US$250,000, up to $2 million or possibly more. On January 28, 2014, PCGS announced that it had certified the coin as authentic with the grade PCGS MS63 and certification number 28544237.


1974 aluminum cent, Lawrence Specimen
Lawrence and McConnell planned to auction the coin in April 2014 after it toured the United States and split the proceeds; Lawrence planned to donate as much as $100,000 of his share to homeless programs. However, the coin had to be withdrawn from the auction pending the outcome of a request by the United States Mint to return the coin.


1974 aluminum cent, Lawrence Specimen
The case proceeded after Judge William Q. Hayes denied the government's motion to dismiss on March 26, 2015, stating: “it is plausible that a Mint official, with proper authority and in an authorized manner, allowed Harry Lawrence to keep the 1974-D aluminum cent. Drawing reasonable inferences, it is plausible that Harry Lawrence lawfully obtained possession of the aluminum cent, giving Plaintiffs superior claim of title to the aluminum cent.” On March 17, 2016, Lawrence and McConnell surrendered the penny to the U.S. Mint to settle the terms of their lawsuit which was dropped. The Mint has reported their intention to display the penny as a part of U.S. Mint history. A 1974-D is stored at the United States Bullion Depository.


1974 aluminum cent, Other examples
Several other related examples are alleged to have existed at some point or another, including


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire
The 1974 and 1975 Elections for United States Senator in New Hampshire, first held November 5, 1974 and held again September 16, 1975, were part of the longest contested election for the U.S. Congress in United States history.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974
In 1974, then-incumbent Senator Norris Cotton announced he would not seek reelection. Republican strategists admitted that it would be tough for their party to hold on to the seat.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974
The campaign of 1974 pitted Democrat John A. Durkin, who had served as New Hampshire's Insurance Commissioner and as Attorney General, against Republican Louis C. Wyman, a conservative, widely known member of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 1st congressional district. As Wyman was the more experienced politician, he was predicted by many to win handily.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974
Wyman won the initial count with a margin of just 355 votes.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974, First recount
Durkin immediately demanded a recount. The recount, completed November 27, 1974, declared Durkin the winner by a margin of 10 votes. Republican Governor Meldrim Thomson, Jr. awarded Durkin a provisional certificate of election.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974, Second recount
Wyman promptly appealed to the New Hampshire State Ballot Law Commission. Durkin tried to defeat the appeal through legal maneuvers that eventually involved all levels of the New Hampshire courts. Durkin's attorney also sought an injunction in Federal court to send the matter directly to the U.S. Senate for arbitration, but on December 18, a Federal district court denied the request.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974, Second recount
The state ballot commission, therefore, conducted its own partial recount, and announced on December 24, 1974, that Wyman had won by just two votes.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974, Second recount
Governor Thomson rescinded Durkin’s certificate, and awarded a new credential to Wyman.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, First regular election: November 1974, Second recount
Cotton resigned his Senate seat a few days early on December 31, 1974, and Thomson appointed Wyman to fill the remainder of the term, which would expire on January 3, 1975.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
As a last option, Durkin petitioned the Senate, which had a 60-vote Democratic majority, to review the case, based on the Constitutional provision that each house of Congress is the final arbiter of elections to that body.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
On January 13, 1975, the day before the new Congress convened, the Senate Rules Committee tried unsuccessfully to resolve the matter. Composed of five Democrats and three Republicans, the Rules Committee deadlocked 4–4 on a proposal to seat Wyman pending further review. Alabama Democrat James Allen voted with the Republicans on grounds that Wyman had presented proper credentials.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
The full Senate took up the case on January 14, with Wyman and Durkin seated at separate tables at the rear of the chamber. Soon, the matter was returned to the Rules Committee, which created a special staff panel to examine 3,500 questionable ballots that had been shipped to Washington. Following this review, the Rules Committee sent a report of 35 disputed points in the election to the full Senate, which spent the next six weeks debating the issue, but resolved only one of the 35 points in dispute. Republicans successfully filibustered the seating of Durkin.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
Facing deadlock with the August recess approaching, The Washington Post ran an editorial on July 28 charging that it would be "incredible" if the Senate were to "go on vacation for a month without settling the New Hampshire Senate election case." The Post suggested that Wyman and Durkin themselves should try to reach some agreement to settle the matter. Following up on the suggestion, Louis Wyman wrote to Durkin that day, urging him to support a new, special election.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
Durkin initially refused, but then on July 29, reversed his earlier position, and announced to a New Hampshire television audience his intention to agree to the new election. The next morning, July 30, he reported this change to the Democratic leadership, thus relieving the Senate from further deliberations on the topic.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
Later that same day, the Senate voted 71–21 to declare the seat vacant as of August 8.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Election contested in U.S. Senate
Governor Thomson this time appointed former Senator Cotton to hold the seat temporarily. New Hampshire then arranged to hold a special election.


1974 and 1975 United States Senate elections in New Hampshire, Special election: September 1975
The special election was held on September 16, 1975. Widespread attention in the media resulted in a record-breaking turnout, which gave the election to Durkin by a 27,000-vote margin.


1974 anti-American riots in Cyprus
The 1974 anti-American riots in Cyprus were violent anti-American rioting that took place in front of the United States embassy in Nicosia, Cyprus on August 19, 1974. The events took place days after the second phase of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus which resulted in Turkey controlling 36.5% of the island. The Greek backed terrorists murdered the American ambassador in the American embassy in the Cyprus area under  Greek control.


1974 anti-American riots in Cyprus
Hundreds of Greek-Cypriots who were frustrated at the failure of the United States to quell the Turkish forces and fearing its alleged support for Turkey started to protest and riot.


1974 anti-American riots in Cyprus
The American ambassador to Cyprus, Rodger Davies, who was seeking shelter inside the embassy, was shot and killed by sharpshooters belonging to EOKA-B, a Greek-Cypriot nationalist paramilitary. from about 100 yards away. An embassy employee, Antoinette Varnava, who rushed to his aid, was also killed by a sniper bullet.


1974 anti-American riots in Cyprus
In February 1977, the Cypriot government decided to arrest six EOKA-B extremists and try them for the assassination of ambassador Davies.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait
On 6 February 1974, Palestinian militants occupied the Japanese embassy in Kuwait City, taking the ambassador and ten others hostage. The militants' motive was to support the Japanese Red Army members and Palestinian militants who were holding hostages on a Singaporean ferry in what is known as the Laju incident. Ultimately, the hostages were released, and the guerrillas allowed to fly to Aden.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait, Purpose
The purpose behind the attack was to provide support to the four guerrillas trapped on a ferry named Laju they hijacked in Singapore after a failed attempt at destroying a Royal Dutch Shell refinery. The men had been trapped on the ferry for 7 days until they surrendered their weapons and freed their hostages, as a result of the embassy attack they would be flown to Kuwait and then to Yemen.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait, Perpetrators
While the identities or even number of the men involved is unknown they are said to have been members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a secular left-wing Marxist-Leninist revolutionary socialist group founded by George Habash in 1967. They were previously known for plane hijackings such as the TWA Flight 840 hijacking in 1969. They were known to be allies of the Japanese Red Army and many other far-left terrorist groups and are still active to this day.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait, The attack
Before noon on 6 February 1974, an unknown number of Palestinian militants who identified themselves as members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine occupied the Japanese embassy in Kuwait City. Taking the Japanese Ambassador to Kuwait and several members of his staff hostage. The militants' motive was to support Japanese Red Army members and other Palestinian militants who were holding hostages on a Singaporean ferry in what is known as the Laju incident.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait, The attack
In conjunction with a third group known as the Sons of Occupied Arab Territories, these groups claimed responsibility for the Laju incident and demanded that the Japanese government send a plane to Singapore. The plane was then supposed to pick up the men responsible for the Laju incident, who were also holding hostages in a hijacked ferry, to Kuwait. The Japanese government would respond the next day on Thursday, 7 February, by appealing to the Kuwait government so they could land a special Japan Airlines plane with the militants from Laju; however, the Kuwait government refused. This was the first time Palestinian guerrillas struck in Kuwait as their royal family, headed by Sheik Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, funded the Palestinian resistance movement. Kuwait had been a regular endpoint for Palestinian plane hijacking in the past and had considered itself safe.


1974 attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait, Resolution
The next day, Thursday, February 7 the Japanese government would give in to the guerrillas' demands and provide a plane for the perpetrators of the Laju incident. The guerrillas released the hostages unharmed and were flown to Yemen with the Laju perpetrators.


1974 in Afghanistan
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Afghanistan.


1974 in Afghanistan
Throughout the year Afghanistan continues to suffer from the effects of the shortage of rainfall that afflicted the northern and central areas during the preceding three years. Many of the affected areas are remote and difficult to reach, lying beyond the main lines of communication and the few good highways laid down by Soviet and U.S. engineers as part of the massive aid programs of their respective countries.


1974 in Afghanistan
Daud Khan and his cabinet in Kabul do their best to mount rescue operations with the help of aid from abroad, but in areas where the subsistence level remains low, even in the best of times, deaths from starvation can not be prevented. Inevitably, discontent over the failure of the new republican regime to cope with economic difficulties manifests itself in a number of areas.


1974 in Afghanistan
In the capital itself, the euphoria that followed the abolition of the monarchy in 1973 and the attendant hopes for the dawn of a more democratic era begin to falter and fade in the face of the president's masterful rule. Many who expected an improvement in their position, including members of the armed services and the central bureaucracy, find themselves disappointed. Nevertheless, the president's personal authority over the central government is never effectively challenged. He commands the loyalty of the bulk of the armed forces, and their efficiency, thanks to Soviet help in both training and the supply of sophisticated weaponry, is high. The central government is strong enough to enforce its will upon outlying areas should the occasion arise.


1974 in Afghanistan, Beginning of June 1974
President Daud pays a three-day official visit to Moscow, during which he signs an extensive economic cooperation agreement with the Soviet Union. The close ties with the Soviet Union are not allowed to imperil Afghanistan's cherished and traditional neutrality, however. During the year Daud also concludes a cooperation agreement with China and forms a new link with Bangladesh, to which he promises assistance.


1974 in Afghanistan, Beginning of June 1974
Only with Pakistan are his relations difficult; he continues to support schemes for the creation of an independent Pakhtunistan and a new "Greater Baluchistan" that, if realized, would give Afghanistan a corridor through friendly territory to the coast of the Arabian Sea. His representatives raise these questions at numerous international gatherings, including the Islamic summit held at Lahore, Pakistan, early in the year, but they receive little or no encouragement. However, this in no way diminishes Daud's determination to persist with his plans.


1974 in Afghanistan, Autumn 1974
It is announced that another attempt to overthrow the regime has been discovered and quashed; its leader has been executed and 11 participants imprisoned. Shortly afterward there is trouble in Takhar province, where the Muslim Brotherhood, which dislikes President Daud's secularizing policy, is very influential. The government is obliged to take stern action; 70 members of the brotherhood are arrested, along with the governor of the province, the Revenue Commissioner, and the Superintendent of Police, and all are brought to trial on charges of plotting against the state.


1974 in American television
This is a list of American television-related events in 1974.


1974 in Australia
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Australia.


1974 in Australian literature
This article presents a list of the historical events and publications of Australian literature during 1974.


1974 in Australian literature, Births
A list, ordered by date of birth (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of births in 1974 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of death.


1974 in Australian literature, Deaths
A list, ordered by date of death (and, if the date is either unspecified or repeated, ordered alphabetically by surname) of deaths in 1974 of Australian literary figures, authors of written works or literature-related individuals follows, including year of birth.


1974 in Australian television
This is a list of Australian television-related events in 1974.


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


1974 in Bangladesh
The year 1974 was the third year after the independence of Bangladesh. It was also the third year of the first post-independence government in Bangladesh. The year saw a period of mass starvation beginning in March 1974 and ending in about December of the same year. The famine, allegedly causing death of a million people, is considered the worst in recent decades.


1974 in Bangladesh, Economy
Note: For the year 1974 average official exchange rate for BDT was 8.23 per US$.


1974 in Brazilian football
The following article presents a summary of the 1974 football (soccer) season in Brazil, which was the 73rd season of competitive football in the country.


1974 in Brazilian football, Brazil national team
The following table lists all the games played by the Brazil national football team in official competitions and friendly matches during 1974.


1974 in Brazilian television
This is a list of Brazilian television related events from 1974.


1974 in British music
This is a summary of 1974 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.


1974 in British music, Year-end charts, Best-selling albums
The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1974 were published in Music Week and in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1974 is shown in the table below.


1974 in British radio
This is a list of events in British radio during 1974.


1974 in British television
This is a list of British television related events from 1974.


1974 in Cambodia
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Cambodia.


1974 in Canadian television
The following is a list of events affecting Canadian television in 1974. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches.


1974 in Cape Verde
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Cape Verde.


1974 in Croatian television
This is a list of Croatian television related events from 1974.


1974 in Croatian television, Deaths
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1974 in Danish television
This is a list of Danish television related events from 1974.


1974 in Dutch television
This is a list of Dutch television related events from 1974.


1974 in England, Events, April
The current system of metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties came into effect on 1 April 1974 and replaced the administrative counties and county boroughs, which were abolished at that time.


1974 in Estonia
This article lists events that occurred during 1974 in Estonia.


1974 in Estonian television
This is a list of Estonian television related events from 1974.


1974 in Ethiopia
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Ethiopia.


1974 in French television
This is a list of French television related events from 1974.


1974 in German television
This is a list of German television related events from 1974.


1974 in Greece
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Greece.


1974 in Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1974 in Iceland.


1974 in India
Events in the year 1974 in the Republic of India.


1974 in Irish television
The following is a list of events relating to television in Ireland from 1974.


1974 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent events related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict which occurred during 1974 include:


1974 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Palestinian Arab terror attacks committed against Israelis during 1974 include:


1974 in Israel, Events, Israeli–Palestinian conflict
The most prominent Israeli military counter-terrorism operations (military campaigns and military operations) carried out against Palestinian militants during 1974 include:


1974 in Italian television
This is a list of Italian television related events of 1974.


1974 in Japan
Events in the year 1974 in Japan. It corresponds to Shōwa 49 (昭和49年) in the Japanese calendar.


1974 in LGBT rights
This is a list of notable events in the history of LGBT rights that took place in the year 1974.


1974 in Laos
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Laos.


1974 in Luxembourg
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.


1974 in Malaysia
This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1974, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.


1974 in Michigan
The Associated Press (AP) selected the top news stories of 1974 in Michigan as follows:


1974 in Michigan
The AP also selected the state's top sports stories of 1974 as follows:


1974 in Michigan
The year's highlights in Michigan music included the releases of Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale which reached #1 and won the Grammy for Album of the Year, Grand Funk Railroad's Shinin' On album with the #1 hit The Loco-Motion, and Aretha Franklin's Let Me in Your Life album that reached #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart.


1974 in Michigan, Population
In the 1970 United States Census, Michigan was recorded as having a population of 8,875,083 persons, ranking as the seventh most populous state in the country. By 1980, the state's population had grown 4.4% to 9,262,078 persons.


1974 in Michigan, Population, Cities
The following is a list of cities in Michigan with a population of at least 70,000 based on 1970 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1960 and 1980 is included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Cities that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1974 in Michigan, Population, Counties
The following is a list of counties in Michigan with populations of at least 120,000 based on 1970 U.S. Census data. Historic census data from 1960 and 1980 are included to reflect trends in population increases or decreases. Counties that are part of the Detroit metropolitan area are shaded in tan.


1974 in Michigan, Companies
The following is a list of major companies based in Michigan in 1974.


1974 in New Zealand
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in New Zealand.


1974 in New Zealand, Incumbents, Government
The 37th New Zealand Parliament continued. Government was by aLabour majority of 55 seats to the National Party's 32 seats.


1974 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Radio and television
See : 1974 in New Zealand television, 1974 in television, Category:Television in New Zealand, List of TVNZ television programming, Category:New Zealand television shows, Public broadcasting in New Zealand


1974 in New Zealand, Arts and literature, Film
See : Category:1974 film awards, 1974 in film, List of New Zealand feature films, Cinema of New Zealand, Category:1974 films


1974 in Norwegian football
The 1974 season was the 69th season of competitive football in Norway.


1974 in Norwegian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1974 in Norwegian music.


1974 in Portugal, Arts and entertainment
Portugal participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1974, with Paulo de Carvalho and the song "E depois do adeus".


1974 in Portugal, Sport
In association football, for the first-tier league seasons, see 1973–74 Primeira Divisão and 1974–75 Primeira Divisão; for the Taça de Portugal seasons, see 1973–74 Taça de Portugal and 1974–75 Taça de Portugal.


1974 in Rhodesia
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Rhodesia.


1974 in Scottish television
This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1974.


1974 in Singapore
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Singapore.


1974 in South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in South Africa.


1974 in Swedish football
The 1974 season in Swedish football, starting April 1974 and ending November 1974:


1974 in Swedish television
This is a list of Swedish television related events from 1974.


1974 in Taiwan
Events from the year 1974 in Taiwan, Republic of China. This year is numbered Minguo 63 according to the official Republic of China calendar.


1974 in Thailand
The year 1974 was the 193rd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 29th year in the reign of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2517 in the Buddhist Era.


1974 in Wales
This article is about the particular significance of the year 1974 to Wales and its people.


1974 in Zaire
The following lists events that happened during 1974 in Zaire.


1974 in architecture
The year 1974 in architecture involved some significant architectural events and new buildings.


1974 in association football
The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 1974 throughout the world.


1974 in baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1974  throughout the world.


1974 in baseball, Champions, Other champions
* The season was canceled due to a player's strike and the Mexican Pacific League's second place, Yaquis de Obregón, played as a replacement in the Caribbean Series.


1974 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1974  throughout the world.


1974 in basketball
The following are the basketball events of the year 1974 throughout the world. Tournaments include international (FIBA), professional (club) and amateur and collegiate levels.


1974 in basketball, NBA, NBA awards
Note: All information on this page were obtained on the history section on NBA.com


1974 in comics
Notable events of 1974 in comics. See also List of years in comics.


1974 in comics, Awards, Comic Fan Art Awards
(Formerly the Goethe Awards) Announced in The Buyer's Guide to Comics Fandom #123 (March 26, 1976) (for comics published in 1974). Awards co-administered by Ken Gale.


1974 in country music
This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1974.


1974 in film, Highest-grossing films (U.S.)
The top ten 1974 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows:


1974 in fine arts of the Soviet Union
The year 1974 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts.


1974 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and tabletop role-playing games published in 1974. For video games, see 1974 in video gaming.


1974 in heavy metal music
This is a timeline documenting the events of heavy metal in the year 1974.


1974 in jazz
This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1974.


1974 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1974.


1974 in motorsport
The following is an overview of the events of 1974 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.


1974 in motorsport, Annual events
The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.


1974 in music
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1974.


1974 in music, Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest in the charts of 1974.


1974 in paleontology
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study of body fossils, tracks (ichnites), burrows, cast-off parts, fossilised feces (coprolites), palynomorphs and chemical residues. Because humans have encountered fossils for millennia, paleontology has a long history both before and after becoming formalized as a science. This article records significant discoveries and events related to paleontology that occurred or were published in the year 1974.


1974 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
A Ciconiidae, this is the type species of the new genus.


1974 in paleontology, Archosauromorphs, Newly named birds
Described in the Palaeognathae, but transferred to the Enantiornithes Walker, 1981, this is the type species of the new genus.