| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s – 1970s – 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1971 1972 1973 – 1974 – 1975 1976 1977 |
| 1974 by topic: |
| Subject |
| Archaeology – Architecture – Art – Aviation – Awards – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Meteorology – Music (Country, Metal) – Rail transport – Radio – Science – Spaceflight – Sports – Television – Video gaming |
| By country |
| Australia – Canada – People's Republic of China – Ecuador – France – Germany – Greece – India – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Philippines – Singapore – South Africa– Soviet Union – UK – USA |
| Leaders |
| Sovereign states – State leaders – Religious leaders – Law |
| Birth and death categories |
| Births – Deaths |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Establishments – Disestablishments |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Works – Introductions |
| Gregorian calendar | 1974 MCMLXXIV |
| Ab urbe condita | 2727 |
| Armenian calendar | 1423 ԹՎ ՌՆԻԳ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6724 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 130–131 |
| 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 | 癸丑年十二月初九日 (4610/4670-12-9) — to —
甲寅年十一月十八日(4611/4671-11-18) |
| Coptic calendar | 1690–1691 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1966–1967 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5734–5735 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2030–2031 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1896–1897 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5075–5076 |
| Holocene calendar | 11974 |
| Iranian calendar | 1352–1353 |
| Islamic calendar | 1393–1394 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 49 (昭和49年) |
| Korean calendar | 4307 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 63 民國63年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2517 |
| Unix time | 126230400–157766399 |
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. It was also the 1974th year of the Common Era, the 974th year of the 2nd millennium, the 74th year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1970s.