1974
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.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
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| Gregorian calendar | 1974 MCMLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2727 |
| Armenian calendar | 1423 ԹՎ ՌՆԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6724 |
| Baháʼí calendar | 130–131 |
| Balinese saka calendar | 1895–1896 |
| Bengali calendar | 1381 |
| Berber calendar | 2924 |
| British Regnal year | 22 Eliz. 2 – 23 Eliz. 2 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2518 |
| Burmese calendar | 1336 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7482–7483 |
| Chinese calendar | 癸丑年 (Water Ox) 4671 or 4464 — to — 甲寅年 (Wood Tiger) 4672 or 4465 |
| Coptic calendar | 1690–1691 |
| Discordian calendar | 3140 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1966–1967 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5734–5735 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2030–2031 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1895–1896 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5074–5075 |
| Holocene calendar | 11974 |
| Igbo calendar | 974–975 |
| Iranian calendar | 1352–1353 |
| Islamic calendar | 1393–1394 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 49 (昭和４９年) |
| Javanese calendar | 1905–1906 |
| Juche calendar | 63 |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4307 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 63 民國63年 |
| Nanakshahi calendar | 506 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2517 |
| Tibetan calendar | 阴水牛年 (female Water-Ox) 2100 or 1719 or 947 — to — 阳木虎年 (male Wood-Tiger) 2101 or 1720 or 948 |
| Unix time | 126230400 – 157766399 |
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as The Rumble in the Jungle, a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.