1974 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Rebecca Ann King | 1974 | Denver | Colorado |
Database: Date of Independence for Modern Countries
| Record Name | Year | Country | Previous Ruler Country | Date |
| Grenada Country Formation Date | 1974 | Grenada | United Kingdom | February 7, 1974 |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Personal Computer | 1974 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | MITS (Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems) |
Database: Booker Prize Winner List
| Record Name | Year | Author | Title |
| The Conservationist (joint winner), Nadine Gordimer | 1974 (j) | Nadine Gordimer | The Conservationist (joint winner) |
| Holiday (joint winner), Stanley Middleton | 1974 (j) | Stanley Middleton | Holiday (joint winner) |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1974 Stanley Cup Winner | 1974 | Philadelphia Flyers | Fred Shero | Boston Bruins | A. 'Bep' Guidolin | Hockey | Philadelphia |
Database: Soccer World Cup FIFA Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Runner-Up Country | City Venue | Sport | Final Score | Attendance | Referee |
| Soccer 1974 World Cup | 1974 | West Germany | Holland | Munich | Soccer | 2 - 1 | 77,833 | Taylor |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Seaborgium | Seaborgium | 1974 | Albert Ghiorso et. al. | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Solar System Moons
| Record Name | Planet | Discoverer | Year Discovered | Kilometers from Planet | Diameter (Kilometers) | Oribital Period |
| Leda | Jupiter | C. Kowal | 1974 | 11,094,000 | 10 | 238.72 |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| No Award, | 1974 | No Award |
Database: World's longest motor luxury yachts
| Record Name | Year Completed | Length (Feet) | Owner | Source |
| Giant | 1974/2004 | 247 | Rene Herzog | Wikipedia |
Database: United Nations Presidents
| Record Name | Origin | Year | Session |
| Leopoldo Benites | Ecuador | 1974 | Sixth special |
| Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria | 1974 | Twenty-ninth |
Database: Movies with the longest length
| Record Name | Country | Year | Length (Minutes) |
| The Godfather, Part II | USA | 1974 | 200 |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| Eddy Merckx Tour 61 | 1974 | Belgium | Cycling | 61 | Eddy Merckx |
Database: United States Violent Crime Rate
| Record Name | Year | Country | Population | Violent Crime Total | Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter | Forcible Rape | Robbery | Aggravated Assault | Source |
| United States Violent Crime for 1974 | 1974 | United States | 211,392,000 | 974,720 | 20,710 | 55,400 | 442,400 | 456,210 | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Database: Council of Europe's treaties
| Record Name | Treaty | European Non-Member State | Non European Non-Member State | European Community | Number | Opening date | Entry into force date | Source |
| Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia (050) | Convention on the Elaboration of a European Pharmacopoeia | Yes | Yes | 050 | 22/7/1964 | 8/5/1974 | Council of Europe | |
| European Convention on the International Validity of Criminal Judgments (070) | European Convention on the International Validity of Criminal Judgments | Yes | Yes | 070 | 28/5/1970 | 26/7/1974 | Council of Europe | |
| Additional Protocol to the Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts (081) | Additional Protocol to the Protocol to the European Agreement on the Protection of Television Broadcasts | Yes | Yes | 081 | 14/1/1974 | 31/12/1974 | Council of Europe | |
| European Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes (082) | European Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitation to Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes | Yes | Yes | 082 | 25/1/1974 | 27/6/2003 | Council of Europe | |
| European Convention on the Social Protection of Farmers (083) | European Convention on the Social Protection of Farmers | Yes | Yes | 083 | 6/5/1974 | 17/6/1977 | Council of Europe | |
| European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents (084) | European Agreement on the Exchange of Tissue-Typing Reagents | Yes | Yes | Yes | 084 | 17/9/1974 | 23/4/1977 | Council of Europe |
Database: United States Property Crime Rate
| Record Name | Year | Country | Total Property Crimes | Burglary | Larceny - Theft | Motor Vehicle Theft | Source |
| United States Property Crime for 1974 | 1974 | United States | 9,278,700 | 3,039,200 | 5,262,500 | 977,100 | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
Database: S&P Earnings History by Year
| Record Name | Year | Source | Earnings Yield | Dividend Yield | S & P 500 Index | Earnings | Dividends |
| 1974 Standard and Poors Performance | 1974 | Standard & Poors | 13.64% | 5.43% | 68.56 | 9.35 | 3.72 |
Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books
| Record Name | Year | Publisher | Author |
| The Stronghold | 1974 | H Hamilton | Mollie Hunter |
Database: Canadian Television Network List
| Record Name | Station | Year Founded | Network Type | Language | Country | Ownership | Owned Stations | Private Affilates | Household Reach | Source |
| Global | Global | 1974 | Commercial Network | English | Canada | Private | 10 | None | 75 | Wikipedia |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| Washington Temple | 1974 | Kensington | United States | Washington Temple | 88.3 m | 288 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Longest Running TV Shows
| Record Name | Start Year | End Year | Country | Genre | Total Episodes |
| The FBI | 1965 | 1974 | United States | Drama | 239 |
| Happy Days | 1974 | 1984 | United States | Comedy | 255 |
Database: Crude Oil Prices from 1949 to Present
| Record Name | Year | Nominal | 2007 Inflation Adjusted | Source |
| Crude Oil Price for 1974 | 1974 | $9.35 | $39.47 | United States Department of Energy |
Database: Formula One World Drivers Champions
| Record Name | Year | Team | Tires | Poles | Sport | Driver | Wins | Podiums | Fastest Laps | Points | Clinched | Margin (Points) | Source |
| Formula One Champion (1974) | 1974 | McLaren* | G | 2 | Auto Racing | Emerson Fittipaldi | 3 | 7 | 0 | 55 | Race 15 of 15 | 3 | Wikipedia |
Database: American Film Institute's 100 Best Movies of All Time
| Record Name | Year | Rank | Movie | Source |
| Chinatown (1974) | 1974 | 21. | Chinatown | American Film Institute |
| The Godfather Part II (1974) | 1974 | 32. | The Godfather Part II | American Film Institute |
Database: Superbowl NFL Football Result History
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | City | Country | Sport | Winning City | Final Score |
| Super Bowl VIII | 1974 | Miami Dolphins | Minnesota Vikings | Houston, TX | United States | Football | Miami | 24-7 |
Database: Meteorites that have fallen on Canadian soil
| Record Name | Province | Country | Year | Material | Discovery Type | Mass (kg) |
| Blaine Lake (Chondrite) | Saskatchewan | Canada | 1974 | Chondrite | Find | 1.896 |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Seaborgium | Sg | 6 | 106 | 1974 | 266 |
Database: Listing of FDA Approved Oncology Drugs
| Record Name | Manufacturer/Distributor | Drug | Trade Name | Approved Use | Approval Date | Source |
| Adriamycin, Rubex (Pharmacia & Upjohn Company) | Pharmacia & Upjohn Company | doxorubicin | Adriamycin, Rubex | Aug 07 1974 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration : Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | |
| Mutamycin (Bristol-Myers Squibb) | Bristol-Myers Squibb | mitomycin C | Mutamycin | May 28 1974 | U.S. Food and Drug Administration : Center for Drug Evaluation and Research |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1974 | 1974 | Oakland Athletics | Los Angeles Dodgers | Oakland | Los Angeles | Baseball | 4 - 1 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1974 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1974 | Tennis | Jimmy Connors | Ken Rosewall | 61 61 64 |
Database: Aircraft Carriers of the United States
| Record Name | Country | Aircraft Carrier | Comission Year | Decomission or Loss Year | Commision Date | Decommision or Loss Date | Hull Number |
| Intrepid | United States | Intrepid | 1943 | 1974 | 16 Aug 1943 | 15 Mar 1974 | 11 |
Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions
| Record Name | Year | Sport | City Location | Winner | Champion | Opponent | In Final 4 | In Final 4 |
| NCAA Tournament Champion (1974) | 1974 | Basketball | Greensboro | N.C. State | N.C. State | Marquette | UCLA | Kansas |
Database: Gaming System Driving Simulators
| Record Name | Game | Year | Make | Model |
| 1974 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale | Forza Motorsport 2 | 1974 | Lancia | Stratos HF Stradale |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1974 | 1974 | United States | 53.05 deg F | 76 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1974-1975 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1974-1975 | 14.35 | -0.78 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1973-1974 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1973-1974 | 14.92 | -0.21 | National Weather Service |
Database: List of Carbon Emissions by Country
| Record Name | Country | Source | Thousand Metric Tonnes | per Capita (per thousand people) |
| Dominican Republic CO2 Carbon Emissions | Dominican Republic | World Resources Institute | 19,886.7 | 2.19743 |
Database: Best Picture Academy Award Winners
| Record Name | Year | Oscars | Nominations |
| The Godfather, Part II | 1974 | 6 | 11 |
Database: US Presidents
| Record Name | Birth State | Religion | Political Party | Died | Country | Term Start | Term Finish | Birthdate | Date of Death | Inauguration Age | Age at Death | Number |
| Nixon | CALIFORNIA | Quaker | Repubilican | Died after Office | United States | 1969 | 1974 | 1/9/1913 | 4/22/1994 | 56 | 81 | 37 |
| Ford | NEBRASKA | Episcopalian | Repubilican | Died after Office | United States | 1974 | 1977 | 7/14/1913 | 12/26/2006 | 61 | 38 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Women's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1974 Wimbledon Womens Result | 1974 | Tennis | Chris Evert | Olga Morozova | 6-0 6-4 |
Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey
| Record Name | Year | Team | Sport | League | Player |
| Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1974) | 1974 | Boston Bruins | Hockey | NHL | Phil Esposito |
Database: Best Selling Singles by Year (United Kingdom)
| Record Name | Year | Country | Song | Artist | Number Sold | Source |
| You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me (The New Seekers) | 1974 | United Kingdom | You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me | The New Seekers | Wikipedia |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| King Faisal | 1974 | King Faisal |
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