1974

Events

### January

* January 2 – American President Richard Nixon resigned from office.
* January 20 – The F-16 Fighting Falcon made its first flight.
* January 26 – Turkish Airlines Flight 301 crashed in İzmir, Turkey.

### February

* 14 February – Somalia joined the Arab League.

### March

* 1 March – The Watergate scandal continued to unfold.

### June

* 13 June – Yemeni President Abd al-Rahman al-Aragni resigned and Ibrahim Muhammad al-Hamdi took over as president of the People's Republic of Yemen.
* 29 June – Isabella Perón, wife of President Juan Perón, took oath as the first female president of Argentina.

### July

* 20 July – Turkey began its invasion of Cyprus.

### August

* 10 August – Portugal announced a two-year plan to grant independence to Angola. The Saudi Development Fund was also established.
* 29 June is not mentioned in this section but it's worth noting that Isabella Perón took oath as the first female president of Argentina on this day, however, according to other sources (Source 2) it happened on June 29.

### November

* 28 November – The Ethiopian Civil War began.

### December

* 22 December – 59% of Comoros' population voted in favor of independence from France in a referendum.

Births

* Ahmed al-Shafi'i
* Ahmed al-Matiri
* Ariel Ortega
* Alain Souchon
* Zayn al-Sabah
* Alberto Marcos Rey
* Alessandro Del Piero
* Alexis Hig (Note: The name is incomplete in the source, but it's likely referring to Alexis Higelin)

Population

* The population of the Earth was approximately 4 billion people.

References

* The year 1974 was influenced by the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis.
* A referendum chose Dodoma as the new capital of Tanzania. It would be officially declared capital in 1996, twenty-two years later.
* 25 April: The Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, marking the end of the dictatorship and the beginning of a transition to democracy.

Notes

* 1974 was designated as "The Year of Tiger" according to the Chinese calendar.
* It was a common year starting on Tuesday according to the Gregorian calendar.