In 1974 Ray Kurzweil started the company Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. and continued development of omni-font OCR, which could recognize text printed in virtually any font.

In 1974, Raymond Kurzweil founded the Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc. to develop the first omni-font optical character recognition system — a computer program capable of recognizing text written in any normal font.

* 1974 — Kurzweil Computer Products, Inc founded to develop the first omni-font optical character recognition system

Russian abacus began to lose popularity only after the mass production of microcalculators had started in the Soviet Union in 1974.

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.

The first version was ready in 1974 / 5, and work then started on multi-table systems in which the data could be split so that all of the data for a record ( some of which is optional ) did not have to be stored in a single large " chunk ".

The Japanese government in 1974 started feasibility study under grant aid to develop and built Television in Afghanistan.

Guitarist Al Di Meola, who started his career with Return to Forever in 1974, was one of the first guitarists to perform in a " shred " style, a technique later used in rock and heavy metal playing.

In Japan, Osamu Kitajima's 1974 psychadelic rock album Benzaiten utilized electronic equipment such as a synthesizer and drum machine, and one of the record's contributors was Haruomi Hosono, who later started the electronic music band Yellow Magic Orchestra ( as " Yellow Magic Band ") in 1977.

The Expanded Programme on Immunization was started in 1974, as was the control programme into onchocerciasis – an important partnership between the Food and Agriculture Organization ( FAO ), the United Nations Development Programme ( UNDP ), and World Bank.

Stellar X-ray astronomy is said to have started on April 5, 1974, with the detection of X-rays from Capella.

Close started her professional stage career in 1974, and her film work in 1982.

From the late stages of this notable period of high growth and huge development effort started in the 1950s, was the construction of Cahora Bassa dam by the Portuguese, which started to fill in December 1974 after construction was commenced in 1969.

They started the Stonehenge Free Festival in 1974, but English Heritage later banned the festival, resulting in the Battle of the Beanfield in 1985.

In 1974, the Japanese government started a standards war of its own.

From the late stages of this notable period of high growth and huge development effort started in the 1950s, was the construction of Cahora Bassa dam by the Portuguese, which started to fill in December 1974 after construction was commenced in 1969.

In 1974, IBM started a project with a design objective of creating a large telephone-switching network with a potential capacity to deal with at least 300 calls per second.

* Anatoly Karpov vs Boris Spassky, Candidates ' match, Leningrad 1974, game 1, Sicilian Defence, Scheveningen Variation ( B83 ), 0 – 1 Spassky lost the match, but he started strongly with this fine win.

* Memphis Southmen ( had started out as the Toronto Northmen, but moved to Memphis, Tennessee before the start of the season ) 1974 – 1975 / Memphis Grizzlies 1975 (" official " team change name to Grizzlies after league folded in attempt to join the NFL ).

The NFL's regular season started on September 15 in 1974 and on September 21 in 1975 ; the WFL's regular season started on July 10 in 1974 and on July 26 in 1975 ( with the 1975 pre-season starting on July 5 ).

During the trial, which took place in February 1974, Movement 2 June and other extremists started a riot at the court ’ s exterior.

EWD 443 ( 1974 ) describes his fictional company as having over 75 percent of the world's market share.

He founded the company Chaosium to publish the board wargame White Bear and Red Moon in 1974 ( other sources say 1975 ), which was set in Glorantha.

Stafford first tried to sell the game to established publishers, but despite being accepted by three different game companies, each attempt ended in failure ; eventually he founded his own game company in 1974, the influential Chaosium, to publish his game.

President Ould Daddah survived the challenge from left-wing opponents by nationalising the company in 1974 and withdrawing from the franc zone, substituting the ouguiya for the CFA.

In order to control the costs of the marine transport in Puerto Rico, the marine company Sea Land was bought to form Navieras of Puerto Rico in 1974.

Following several years of losses and to avoid the economic effects of a closure of the company, the St Helena government eventually bought a majority share in the company in 1974.

General Motors did not succeed in having a Wankel engine meeting both the emission requirements and having good fuel economy, so in 1974 the company canceled its development, although GM claimed having solved the fuel economy problem and having obtained engines with a duration above 530, 000 miles ; unfortunately they just published a few papers on the results of their research.

In 1974, the Magnavox Company was acquired by Philips, and all Philips consumer electronics in the US under the Norelco name began rebranding them under the Magnavox name ; Philips acquired the similar-sounding company Philco in 1981, and Philips was able to freely use the Philips name, alternating with the Magnavox name for some electronics, with the personal care business continuing to use the Norelco name.

After 1974, when the American manufacturer acquired complete control of the Italian company, Aermacchi bikes re-badged as Harley-Davidsons won the 250 cc Roadracing World Championship three years in a row in 1974, 1975 and 1976.

In 1974 Peugeot bought a 30 % share of Citroën, and took it over completely in 1975 after the French government gave large sums of money to the new company.

By the time ' La Stupenda ' appeared there in 1974, one year after the opening of the theatre, the company was a leading repertory company with a large chorus and a roster of experienced Australian principals supplemented by guest singers and conductors.

The company adopted the name NCR Corporation in 1974.

It incorporated as an English company in 1972, and registered as a charity in 1974.

: A Praise Gathering for Believers, " the first album from a Christian record company to achieve this honor ", which was certified gold by the RIAA, and nominated in 1974 for a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year, their arranger Ronn Huff added the prefatory words to " God Gave the Song " that are similar to those in " The Tune ".

Her father, Edward Zimmermann ( 1879 – 1977 ), was an accountant with James H. Dunham & Company, a Manhattan wholesale dry-goods company, and her mother, Agnes ( née Gardner ; 1883 – 1974 ), was a school teacher.

The TV Times world yo-yo championship was held in the United Kingdom in 1974 with heats across the United Kingdom and a final in London in 1975, the championship was sponsored by the Louis Marx toy company with the ' Lumar ' brand of yo-yo.

Troma Entertainment is an American independent film production and distribution company founded by Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz in 1974.

Bogle founded The Vanguard Group in 1974 ; it is now the largest mutual fund company in the United States as of 2009.

* Charles William ( Bill ) Richardson ( 1944-), Arkansas Democratic Company ; Owner of major construction company, CWR Construction Inc. based in North Little Rock, AR 1974

By 1974, the mansion was empty, and title of it and the surrounding property fell in the hands of the local volunteer fire company.