Editing 1974 (section)

==Events==
===January–February===
{{Main|January 1974}}
{{Main|February 1974}}
* [[January 25]] – [[Bülent Ecevit]] of [[Republican People's Party|CHP]] forms the new government of [[Turkey]] (37th government, partner [[National Salvation Party|MSP]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Leftist Government Is Formed in Turkey |at=Page 7, columns 1–2 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/01/26/archives/leftist-government-is-formed-in-turkey.html |date=26 January 1974 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[January 31]]
**The South Vietnamese government and the [[Viet Cong]] announced that they would resume [[prisoner of war]] exchanges on February 8, after a suspension of seven months.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a5JYAAAAIBAJ&pg=5200%2C82451 |title=POW Exchanges to Be Resumed |agency=AP |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |date=1 February 1974 |page=2 |access-date=11 August 2021 |via=Google News}}</ref>
**Two members of the [[Japanese Red Army]] (JRA) and two members of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine]] (PFLP) made [[Laju incident|a failed attempt to blow up oil tanks]] at the [[Royal Dutch Shell|Shell]] [[oil refinery]] complex on [[Pulau Bukom]] at [[Singapore]]. The terrorists then hijacked the ferry ''Laju'' and took its five crew members hostage.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Chew |first=Valerie |title=Laju hijacking |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_1372_2009-01-15.html |encyclopedia=[[Singapore Infopedia]] |year=2008 |publisher=[[Government of Singapore]] |access-date=31 July 2021}}</ref>
**The [[People's Republic of China]] released Gerald Emil Kosh, a U.S. civilian captured during the [[Battle of the Paracel Islands]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The World |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=31 January 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
* [[February 1]]
** [[Joelma fire|Fire]] breaks out in the [[Joelma Building]] in [[São Paulo]], Brazil; 177 die, 293 are injured, 11 die later of their injuries.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/02/archives/170-deadin-brazilian-office-fire-by-the-associated-press-many-are.html |title=170 Dead in Brazilian Office Fire |newspaper=The New York Times |date=2 February 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 1–3 |access-date=7 July 2023}}</ref>
** [[Kuala Lumpur]], the capital of [[Malaysia]], is [[1974 Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Agreement|declared]] a [[Federal Territory (Malaysia)|Federal Territory]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-01-01 |title=Fifty years of driving national progress |url=https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2024/01/01/fifty-years-of-driving-national-progress |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=The Star |language=en}}</ref>
* [[February 8]] – After a record 84 days in [[orbit]], the crew of ''[[Skylab 4]]'' returns to Earth.<ref>{{cite news |last=McElheny |first=Victor K. |author-link=Victor McElheny |title=Wobbly Skylab Astronauts End 84-Day Orbital Flight |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/09/archives/wobbly-skylab-astronauts-end-84day-orbital-flight-wobbly-skylab.html |date=9 February 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 1–4 |access-date=4 May 2024}}</ref>
* [[February 17]] – [[Zamalek disaster]]: A [[soccer]] stampede occurs in [[Cairo]], killing 49.<ref>{{cite news |agency=[[UPI]] |title=49 Cairo Soccer Fans Are Killed in Stampede |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/02/18/archives/49-cairo-soccer-fans-are-killed-in-stampede.html |date=18 February 1974 |at=Page 3, column 2 |access-date=19 July 2023}}</ref>
* [[February 28]] – The [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|British election]] ended in a [[hung parliament]] after the [[Jeremy Thorpe]]-led [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]] achieves its biggest vote.<ref>{{cite book |last=Cook |first=Chris |title=A Short History of the Liberal Party |publisher=[[Macmillan Press]] |location=[[Basingstoke]] |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-333-73516-9 |page=155&ndash;156, 246}}</ref>

===March–April===
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{{main|April 1974}}
* [[March 3]] – [[Turkish Airlines Flight 981]], travelling from [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris]] to [[Heathrow Airport|London]], crashes in the woods near Paris, killing all 346 aboard. This was the deadliest aircraft accident in history up to this time, and remains the deadliest single aircraft accident with no survivors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 TC-JAV, Sunday 3 March 1974 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/329946 |access-date=2024-10-27 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[March 4]] – Following a [[hung parliament]] in the [[February 1974 United Kingdom general election|United Kingdom general election]], [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] prime minister [[Edward Heath]] resigns and is succeeded by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]]'s [[Harold Wilson]], who previously led the country from [[1964 United Kingdom general election|1964]] to [[1970 United Kingdom general election|1970]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393301.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=1974 Feb: Hung parliament looms |date=April 5, 2005}}</ref>
* [[March 18]]
** In West Germany, the Bundestag passes the [[:de:Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz|Bundes-Immissionsschutzgesetz]] ("Federal Emission Control Act").<ref>{{Cite web |title=Federal Emission Control Act (BImSchG). |url=https://www.fao.org/faolex/results/details/en/c/LEX-FAOC124330/#:~:text=Germany-,Federal%20Emission%20Control%20Act%20(BImSchG).,noise,%20vibration%20and%20similar%20phenomena. |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=www.fao.org}}</ref>
** End of five-month [[Petroleum|oil]] [[embargo]] by most [[OPEC]] nations against the United States, Europe, and Japan which had caused the [[1973 oil crisis]].
* [[March 26]] – A group of peasant women in [[Chamoli district]], [[Uttarakhand]], India, use their bodies to surround trees to prevent loggers from felling them, giving rise to the [[Chipko movement]].
* [[March 29]]
** The [[Terracotta Army]] of [[Qin Shi Huang]] is discovered at [[Xi'an]], China.<ref>{{cite web |title=When Was the Terracotta Army Found? |first=Jennifer |last=Rosenberg |url=http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/terracottaarmy.htm |publisher=[[Dotdash|About.com]] 20th Century History |access-date=2013-03-05 |archive-date=October 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020084618/http://history1900s.about.com/od/1970s/qt/terracottaarmy.htm |url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Launch of the [[Volkswagen Golf]] in [[West Germany]], a modern front-wheel drive hatchback which is expected to replace the iconic [[Volkswagen Beetle]], holder of the world record for the car with the most units produced.
* [[April 3]]–[[April 4|4]] – An enormous [[tornado outbreak]] [[1974 Super Outbreak|strikes]] the central parts of the United States, killing around 319 and injuring about 5,484.
* [[April 5]] – ''[[Carrie (novel)|Carrie]]'', the debut novel by [[Stephen King]], is published.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://stephenking.com/works/novel/carrie.html |title=Carrie |website=stephenking.com |access-date=5 June 2023}}</ref>
* [[April 6]] – [[Sweden|Swedish]] pop group [[ABBA]]'s song "[[Waterloo (ABBA song)|Waterloo]]" wins the [[1974 Eurovision Song Contest]] in [[Brighton]], [[England]], UK.
* [[April 6]] – The first [[California Jam]] festival takes place at the [[Ontario Motor Speedway]] in [[Ontario, California]]. Co-headlined by [[Deep Purple]] and [[Emerson, Lake & Palmer]]. The festival set what were then records for the loudest amplification system ever installed, the highest paid attendance, and highest gross in history.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/california-screaming-how-the-california-jam-banished-altamonts-demons | title=California Screaming: How the California Jam banished Altamont's demons | date=6 April 2017 }}</ref>
* [[April 8]] – In [[Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium]], [[Hank Aaron|Henry "Hank" Aaron]] hits his 715th home run, surpassing [[Babe Ruth]] as the all-time home run king.
* [[April 11]] – The [[Kiryat Shmona massacre]] takes place in [[Israel]].
* [[April 24]] – ''[[Guillaume Affair]]'': exposure of an [[East Germany|East German]] spy [[Günter Guillaume]] within the [[West Germany|West German]] government, leading to the resignation of West German Chancellor [[Willy Brandt]].<ref>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vc5dAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f14NAAAAIBAJ&pg=5274%2C5720303 Aide to Willy Brandt arrested for spying]", ''[[Observer–Reporter]]'' no. 7499, April 26, 1974, A5.</ref>
* [[April 25]] – ''[[Carnation Revolution]]'': A left-wing military [[coup d'état|coup]] in Portugal restores [[democracy]], ending 41 years of the [[Estado Novo (Portugal)|Estado Novo]] dictatorship in the country. [[Prime Minister of Portugal|Portuguese Prime Minister]] [[Marcelo Caetano]] flees to [[Brazilian military government|Brazil]] and is granted political asylum by [[President of Brazil|Brazilian President]] [[Ernesto Geisel]].
* [[April 28]] – Sam Fowles was born

===May–June===
{{Main|May 1974}}
{{Main|June 1974}}
* [[May 4]]
** An all-female Japanese team summits [[Manaslu]] in [[Kingdom of Nepal|Nepal]], becoming the first women to climb an {{convert|8000|m|ft|abbr=on}} peak.<ref>{{cite news |title=Women Climbers at Summit |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 11, 1974 |page=I-2}}</ref>
** The [[Expo '74]] [[world's fair]] opens in [[Spokane, Washington]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/04/archives/spokane-a-center-of-urban-niceness-wary-of-expo-outsiders-special.html |title=Spokane, a Center of Urban Niceness, Wary of Expo 'Outsiders' |newspaper=The New York Times |date=4 May 1974 |at=Page 43, columns 1–5 |access-date=22 September 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 7]] – [[Willy Brandt]], West Germany's chancellor, resigns.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bonn's Ruling Coalition Names Schmidt as Brandt's Successor |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=May 8, 1974 |page=I-1}}</ref>
* [[May 11]] – A violent [[1974 Zhaotong earthquake|7.1 earthquake]] shakes the Chinese city of [[Zhaotong]] causing between 1,600 and 20,000 deaths.<ref>{{cite news |title=Powerful Quake Reported In a Populous Area of China |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/11/archives/powerful-quake-reported-in-a-populous-area-of-china.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UPI |date=11 May 1974 |at=Page 3, column 6 |access-date=24 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 16]] – [[Helmut Schmidt]] becomes the new Chancellor of West Germany.<ref>{{cite news |last=Whitney |first=Craig R. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/17/archives/helmut-schmidt-sworn-in-as-west-german-chancellor-brandt-takes.html |title=Helmut Schmidt Sworn In as West German Chancellor |newspaper=The New York Times |date=17 May 1974 |at=Page 3, columns 1–5 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 17]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Dublin and Monaghan bombings]] are carried out by the [[Ulster Volunteer Force]], when they explode four car bombs in counties [[Dublin]] and [[Monaghan]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]]. The attacks kill 33 civilians and wound almost 300, the highest number of casualties in any single event during the conflict.<ref>{{cite news |last=Eder |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Eder |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/18/archives/23-in-dublin-die-as-bombs-go-off-during-rush-hour-explosives-in-3.html |title=23 in Dublin Die as Bombs Go Off During Rush Hour |newspaper=The New York Times |date=18 May 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 4–8 |access-date=4 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[May 18]]
** [[1974 Australian federal election]]: [[Gough Whitlam]]'s [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] [[Whitlam government|government]] is re-elected with a reduced majority, defeating the [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]]/[[National Party of Australia|Country]] [[Coalition (Australia)|Coalition]] led by [[Billy Snedden]]. Whitlam consequently becomes the first Labor [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] to be re-elected in his own right. The [[Democratic Labor Party (Australia, 1955)|Democratic Labor Party]] meanwhile loses all five of their [[Australian Senate|Senate]] seats, effectively wiping them out as a political force.<ref>{{cite news |title=Whitlam's Party Wins in Australia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/19/archives/whitlams-party-wins-in-australia-how-parties-stand-but-majority-is.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 May 1974 |at=Page 5, column 1 |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[Nuclear weapons testing]]: Under Project [[Smiling Buddha]], India successfully detonates its first [[nuclear weapon]], becoming the 6th nation to do so.<ref>{{cite news |title=India Becomes 6th Nation to Set Off Nuclear Device |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/19/archives/india-becomes-6th-nation-to-set-off-nuclear-device-india-signed.html |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |newspaper=The New York Times |date=19 May 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 6–8 |access-date=5 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[June 13]] – The [[1974 FIFA World Cup]] Association football tournament began in West Germany.
* [[June 17]] – A bomb explodes in [[Westminster Hall]], the oldest part of the [[British Houses of Parliament]]. The hall's annex, housing offices, and a canteen are destroyed by the bombing, attributed by police to the Provisional wing of the [[Irish Republican Army]].
* [[June 29]] – [[Isabel Perón]] is sworn in as the first female [[President of Argentina]], replacing her sick husband [[Juan Perón]], who dies 2 days later.

===July–August===
{{Main|July 1974}}
{{Main|August 1974}}
* [[July 7]] – [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] beats [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] 2–1 to win the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]]. The West German football team is awarded the new [[FIFA World Cup Trophy]].
* [[July 15]] &ndash; The [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|Greek military junta]] sponsors a [[1974 Cypriot coup d'état|coup d'état]] in [[Cyprus]], replacing President [[Makarios III]] with [[Nikos Sampson]].
* [[July 19]] – [[Railcar]] explosion in [[Decatur, Illinois]]. A tanker car collides with a [[Norfolk and Western Railway|Norfolk & Western]] boxcar. Seven people are killed, 349 are injured and $18&nbsp;million in property damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gendisasters.com/illinois/13000/decatur-il-tank-cars-explode-july-1974 |title=Decatur, IL Tank Cars Explode, July 1974 |work=GenDisasters |access-date=23 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016171747/http://www3.gendisasters.com/illinois/13000/decatur-il-tank-cars-explode-july-1974 |archive-date=16 October 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[July 20]] – The [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] occurs.
* [[July 23]] – The [[Greek military junta of 1967–74|Greek military junta]] is replaced by a civilian government, the ''[[metapolitefsi]]''.
* [[August 4]] – [[Italicus Express bombing 1974|A bomb explodes]] in a train between Italy and West Germany, killing twelve and wounding 48.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blasts and Fire Kill 12 On Train Near Bologna |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/04/archives/blasts-and-fire-kill-12-on-train-near-bologna.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=UPI |date=4 August 1974 |at=Page 5, column 1 |access-date=26 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[Watergate scandal]]: 
** [[August 8]] – U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]] announces his resignation on August 8, effective at noon on August 9.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/09/archives/the-37th-president-is-first-to-quit-post-speaks-of-pain-at-yielding.html |last=Herbers |first=John |title=The 37th President Is First to Quit Post |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 August 1974 |at=Page 1, columns 3–8; page 69, columns 1-8 |access-date=27 October 2023}}</ref>
** [[August 9]] – Vice President [[Gerald Ford]] becomes the 38th president of the United States upon Nixon's resignation. President Gerald Ford is [[Inauguration of Gerald Ford|sworn in]] at the [[White House]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald R. Ford's Remarks Upon Taking the Oath of Office as President |department=Key Presidential Speeches of Gerald R. Ford |url=https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740001.asp |website=[[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum]] |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 14]]
** [[Turkey]] [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|invades Cyprus for the second time]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Giniger |first=Henry |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/14/archives/turkish-planes-resume-hostilities-with-dawn-air-attack-on-nicosia.html |title=Turkish Planes Resume Hostilities With Dawn Air Attack on Nicosia |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 August 1974 |at=Page 2, columns 4–8 |access-date=30 October 2023}}</ref> occupying 37% of the island's territory.
** [[Greece]] withdraws its forces from [[NATO]]'s military command structure, as a result of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.<ref>{{cite news |last=Robertson |first=Nan |title=Greeks Still at Desks in NATO Despite Pullout |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/16/archives/greeks-still-at-desks-in-nato-despite-pullout.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=16 August 1974 |at=Page 2, columns 5–8 |access-date=31 October 2023}}</ref>
* [[August 30]]
** An express train bound for Germany from [[Belgrade]] [[Zagreb train disaster|derails]] in [[Zagreb]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] (now [[Croatia]]), killing more than 150 passengers.<ref>{{cite news |title=Train Crash Kills 100 in Yugoslavia |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/31/archives/train-crash-kills-100-in-yugoslavia-coaches-jumped-tracks-and-hit.html |date=31 August 1974 |at=Page 1, column 4 |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>
** The [[1974 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries bombing|Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] building in Tokyo is bombed by radical far-left terrorists, killing 8 and wounding more than 376.<ref>{{cite news |title=Blast at Noon Hits Downtown Tokyo |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 August 1974 |at=Page 1, column 8 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/08/30/archives/blast-at-noon-hits-downtown-tokyo-blast-hits-tokyo-business-area-at.html |access-date=7 November 2023}}</ref>

===September–October===
{{Main|September 1974}}
{{Main|October 1974}}
* [[September 8]]
**[[TWA Flight 841 (1974)|TWA Flight 841]] crashes into the [[Ionian Sea]] 18 minutes after takeoff from [[Athens]] on an Israel–New York flight after a bomb explodes in the cargo hold, and kills 88 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=U.S. Bound Plane With 88 Crashes in Sea Off Greece |newspaper=The New York Times |date=9 September 1974 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/09/archives/usboundplane-with-88-crashes-in-sea-off-greece-all-on-t-w-a-flight.html |at=Page 1, columns 1–2 |access-date=8 November 2023}}</ref>
** President [[Gerald Ford]] signs [[Pardon of Richard Nixon|Proclamation 4311]], granting a full and unconditional [[pardon]] to [[Richard Nixon]], his predecessor.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ford |first=Gerald |date=September 8, 1974 |url=https://fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740061.asp |title=President Gerald R. Ford's Proclamation 4311, Granting a Pardon to Richard Nixon |publisher=Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum |access-date=June 29, 2024}}</ref>
* [[September 10]] – The Portuguese military junta grants independence to [[Guinea-Bissau]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Johnson |first=Thomas A. |title=Portugal Formally Grants Guinea-Bissau Freedom |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/11/archives/portugal-formally-grants-guineabissau-freedom-bissau-ignores-event.html |newspaper=The New York Times |agency=Reuters |date=11 September 1974 |at=Page 3, columns 1-6 |access-date=15 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[September 12]]
** Emperor [[Haile Selassie]] of [[Ethiopia]] is deposed by the [[Derg]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Removal is Quiet |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/13/archives/removal-is-quiet.html |date=13 September 1974 |agency=Reuters |at=Page 77, column 1 |access-date=17 November 2023}}</ref> bringing an end to the [[Solomonic dynasty]]'s rule since [[1270]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Kaplan |first=Steven |author-link=Steven Kaplan (Africanist) |chapter=Solomonic dynasty |title=Ethiopia: History, Culture and Challenges |editor1-last=Uhlig |editor1-first=Siegbert |editor2-last=Appleyard |editor2-first=David |editor2-link=David Appleyard |editor3-last=Bausi |editor3-first=Alessandro |editor3-link=Alessandro Bausi |editor4-last=Hahn |editor4-first=Wolfgang |editor5-last=Kaplan |editor5-first=Steven |publisher=[[LIT Verlag]], [[Michigan State University Press]] |year=2017 |pages=111–112 |isbn=978-1-61186-275-1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-g7DwAAQBAJ&dq=no+evidence+Solomonic+dynasty&pg=PA111 |access-date=25 November 2023 |via=Google Books}}</ref> The [[Ethiopian Civil War]] begins.
** [[African Youth Amílcar Cabral]] is founded in [[Guinea-Bissau]].
* [[September 13]] – [[Japanese Red Army]] members [[1974 French Embassy attack in The Hague|seize the French Embassy]] in [[The Hague]], Netherlands.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guerrillas Threaten Lives of 9 Seized at Embassy in the Hague |agency=The Associated Press |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 September 1974 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/09/14/archives/guerrillas-threaten-lives-of-9-seized-at-embassy-in-the-hague.html |at=Page 1, columns 4–5; page 61, columns 3-5 |access-date=20 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[September 20]] – The [[Kootenai War]] is declared, and 10-cent tolls are charged on [[U.S. Highway 95]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Prager |first=Mike |title=Kootenai tribal elder Trice dies |url=https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2011/jul/29/kootenai-tribal-elder-trice-dies/ |date=29 July 2011 |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |department=Spokane |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref>
* [[October 11]] – The UK Labour government of Harold Wilson wins the [[October 1974 United Kingdom general election|second general election of the year]], forming a three-seat majority. Wilson, who has led the party for a total of 11 years, has now won four of the five general elections he has contested.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.BBC.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/vote_2005/basics/4393307.stm |work=[[BBC News]] |title=1974 Oct: Wilson makes it four |date=April 5, 2005}}</ref>
* [[October 26]] – [[Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional Puertorriqueña]] (FALN) sets off 5 bombs in Manhattan, with their largest bomb set off in the Financial District.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/27/archives/terrorists-here-set-off-5-bombs-at-business-sites-window-walls.html |title=Terrorists Here Set Off 5 Bombs at Business Sites |first=Will |last=Lissner |newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 27, 1974}}</ref>

===November–December===
{{Main|November 1974}}
{{Main|December 1974}}
* [[November 1]] – The [[World Tourism Organization]] (WTO) is established.
* [[November 5]] – The [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] makes big gains nationwide in [[1974 United States elections|House, Senate, and Gubernatorial elections]].
* [[November 13]] – [[Ronald Joseph DeFeo Jr.]] shoots and kills all six of his family members while they sleep in their beds inside the family's [[Amityville, New York]], home.
* [[November 16]] – [[Arecibo message]]: The [[radio telescope]] at the [[Arecibo Observatory]] on [[Puerto Rico]] sends an interstellar radio message towards [[Messier 13]], the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules. The message will reach its destination around the year [[Timeline of the far future#Spacecraft and space exploration|27,000]].
* [[November 17]] – The [[1974 Greek legislative election]], the first election since the fall of the [[Greek military junta of 1967–1974|Greek junta of 1967–1974]], is held and the newly formed [[New Democracy (Greece)|New Democracy]] party wins 220 of 300 seats in the [[Hellenic Parliament]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver |title=Elections in Europe: A data handbook |year=2010 |isbn=978-3832956097 |pages=830 |publisher=Nomos}}</ref>
* [[November 18]] – The [[International Energy Agency]] is founded.
* [[November 20]] – [[Lufthansa Flight 540]] crashes in [[Nairobi]], Kenya, due to a mechanical failure, killing 59 of its 157 occupants.
* [[November 21]] – [[Birmingham pub bombings]]: In [[Birmingham]], England, two [[pub]]s are bombed, killing 21 people in an attack widely believed at the time to be linked to the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]. The [[Birmingham Six]] are later sentenced to life in prison for this, but their convictions are quashed after a lengthy campaign.<ref>{{cite news |title=1974: Birmingham pub blasts kill 19 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/21/newsid_2549000/2549953.stm |publisher=[[BBC]] |work=On This Day |access-date=2013-02-06 |date=November 21, 1974}}</ref>
* [[November 22]] – The [[United Nations General Assembly]] grants the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] [[observer status]].
* [[November 24]] – A skeleton from the [[Hominidae|hominid]] species ''[[Australopithecus afarensis]]'' is discovered and named [[Lucy (Australopithecus)|Lucy]].
* [[November 26]] – [[Anneline Kriel]] is crowned as [[Miss World 1974]], the second South African to hold the title after [[Penelope Coelen|Penny Coelen]] [[1958 in South Africa|in 1958]], when [[Helen Morgan (Miss World)|Helen Morgan]] resigns four days after winning the 24th Miss World pageant.
* [[December 1]] – Two [[Boeing 727|Boeing 727s]], [[TWA Flight 514]] and [[Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231]], crash on the same day in the Eastern [[United States]] resulting in a combined deaths of 95 people.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 727-231 N54328, Sunday 1 December 1974 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/asndb/329770 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Boeing 727-231 {{!}} Federal Aviation Administration |url=https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/transport_airplane/accidents/N54328}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Accident Boeing 727-251 N274US, Sunday 1 December 1974 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/329769 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref> [[Swissair Flight 319]], a [[Douglas DC-8]] was hijacked in [[Pakistan]]. The hijacker was overpowered and no one died.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=Unlawful Interference McDonnell Douglas DC-8 , Sunday 1 December 1974 |url=https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/329768 |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=asn.flightsafety.org}}</ref>
* [[December 8]] – [[1974 Greek republic referendum]]: Greeks vote in a 2 to 1 margin to reject the monarchy, solidifying the country's republican form of government.
* [[December 9]] – The Paris summit, reuniting the [[European Communities]]' heads of state and government, commences.
* [[December 13]] – [[Malta]] becomes a republic.
* [[December 17]] – The [[World Intellectual Property Organization]] (WIPO) becomes a specialized agency of the [[United Nations]].
* [[December 24]]–[[December 25|25]] – [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin, Australia]] is almost completely destroyed by [[Cyclone Tracy]].

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* [[Rubik's Cube]] [[mechanical puzzle|puzzle]] is invented by Hungarian architecture professor [[Ernő Rubik]].<ref>{{cite book |first=William |last=Fotheringham |title=Fotheringham's Sporting Pastimes |publisher=Anova Books |year=2007 |page=[https://archive.org/details/fotheringhamsext0000foth/page/50 50] |isbn=978-1-86105-953-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/fotheringhamsext0000foth/page/50}}</ref>