1974: The Year in People

What happened in 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.

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Died in 1974

• Charles Lindbergh1902–1974 · American aviator
• Agnes Moorehead1900–1974 · American actress
• Ed Sullivan1901–1974 · American host and columnist
• Baldur von Schirach1907–1974 · German Nazi politician
• Ayub Khan1907–1974 · President of Pakistan from 1958 to 1969
• Georges Pompidou1911–1974 · President of France from 1969 to 1974
• Edward Platt1916–1974 · American actor
• Alberta Williams King1904–1974 · Mother of Martin Luther King Jr.
• Bill Finger1914–1974 · American comics writer
• Anne Sexton1928–1974 · American poet
• David Alfaro Siqueiros1896–1974 · Mexican social realist painter
• Dizzy Dean1910–1974 · American baseball player and coach