* 1974 – Jeff Tymoschuk, Canadian composer

* 1974 – Beckie Scott, Canadian skier

* 1974 – Scott D ' Amore, Canadian wrestler and manager

* 1974 – Natasha Henstridge, Canadian actress

* 1902 – Sylvio Mantha, Canadian hockey player ( d. 1974 )

* 1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater

* 1974 – Nick Stajduhar, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – Steve Nash, Canadian basketball player

* 1974 – Ruby Dhalla, Canadian politician

In 1974, the Hudson's Bay Company Archives were transferred from London to their Canadian office in Winnipeg.

Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes ( 1977 ) and Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre ( 1974 ) recalled the Vietnam war ; George A. Romero satirized the consumer society in his zombie sequel, Dawn of the Dead ( 1978 ); Canadian director David Cronenberg featured the " mad scientist " movie sub-genre by exploring contemporary fears about technology and society, and reinventing " body horror ", starting with Shivers ( 1975 ).

* 1974 – Jason de Vos, Canadian footballer

* 1974 – Cody McKay, Canadian baseball player

* 1913 – Lloyd Percival, Canadian sports pioneer ( d. 1974 )

* 1974 – Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actress

* 1974 – Patrick Lalime, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – Daniel Negreanu, Canadian poker player

* 1974 – Six Royal Canadian Army Cadets are killed and fifty-four are injured in an accidental grenade blast at CFB Valcartier Cadet Camp.

* 1974 – Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – Stéphane Yelle, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – David Pelletier, Canadian figure skater

* 1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor

* 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – Chris Pronger, Canadian ice hockey player

* 1974 – Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player

New catalog entries of the remaining 15, 000 American feature films produced between 1974 and present day are incorporated every year.

* 1974 – Michael Mason, New Zealand cricketer

Gohlman, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1974.

* 1974 – Punk Rock pioneers The Ramones play their first show in a local New York club named CBGB.

Berlin – New York 1974.

A full version was presented at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1974, with Gilbert Price as Jimmy and Stephanie Cotsirilos as Jenny.

The wave of arson in the South Bronx in the 1960s and 1970s inspired the observation that " The Bronx is burning ": in 1974 it was the title of both a New York Times editorial and a BBC documentary film.

The 1974 Australian America's Cup Challenger was named " Southern Cross " KA 4 representing the Royal Perth Yacht Club and was defeated 4-0 sailing off Newport Rhode Island by " Courageous " US26 sailing for the New York Yacht Club.

The conservatives opposed the far right dictatorship of the colonels ( 1967 – 1974 ) and established the New Democratic Party following the fall of the dictatorship.

He appeared in the primetime TV movies The Satan Murders ( 1974 ) and Thursday's Game before landing the role of Al Pacino's transsexual wife in Dog Day Afternoon ( 1975 ), a performance which earned him nominations for Best New Male Star of the Year at the Golden Globes and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

* Fontenrose, Joseph Eddy, Python ; a study of Delphic myth and its origins, New York, Biblio & Tannen, 1974.

In 1974 New York City's WPIX-FM premiered the first disco radio show.

In the northwestern sections of the United Kingdom the Northern Soul explosion, which started in late 1960s and peaked in 1974, made the region receptive to Disco which the region's Disk Jockeys were bringing back from New York.

Bowie moved to the United States in 1974, initially staying in New York City before settling in Los Angeles.

In later years, when his distributor, New American Library, threatened to withhold Thomas Burnett Swann's Biblical fantasy How Are the Mighty Fallen ( 1974 ) because of its homosexual content, Wollheim fought vigorously against their decision.

Here that agent is the Defendant Patrick ( District Court of the United States 1974: 79 ; New York Times 1974 ).

* Mohanty, J. N., 1974, " Husserl and Frege: A New Look at Their Relationship ", Research in Phenomenology 4: 51-62.

* Dunedin, New Zealand ( 1974 )

Sullivan, still believing his ailment to be yet another complication from a long-standing battle with ulcers, died five weeks later, on October 13, 1974, at New York's Lenox Hill Hospital.

* 1974 – Moana Mackey, New Zealand politician

New York: Oxford University Press, 1974.

Kosiński appeared 12 times on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson during 1971 – 73, and The Dick Cavett Show in 1974, was a guest on the talk radio show of Long John Nebel, posed half-naked for a cover photograph by Annie Leibovitz for The New York Times Magazine in 1982, and presented the Oscar for screenwriting in 1982.

Lynch earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire in 1974, a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, and a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center.

* Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime ( Especially Himself ): The Story of Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis by Arthur Marx, New York, NY: Hawthorn Books, 1974, ISBN 978-0-8015-2430-1