This is a timeline of incidents in 1974 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}| Date | Type | Dead | Injured | Location | Details | Perpetrator | Part of
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| January 20 | Hijacking, bombings | 0 | 0 | Strabane, United Kingdom | Two IRA volunteers hijack a helicopter from Donegal in the Republic of Ireland and use it to drop bombs on a British Barracks in Strabane, Northern Ireland. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| January 31 | Hostage-taking | 0 | 0 | Singapore/Kuwait | Laju incident: JRA–PFLP attack on a Shell facility in Singapore and the simultaneous seizure of the Japanese embassy in Kuwait. | Japanese Red Army
PFLP |
| February 4 | Bombing | 12 | 39 | West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom | Twelve people (nine soldiers and three civilians) are killed by the IRA in the M62 Coach Bombing. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| April 10 | Shooting | 2 | Unknown | Caqueta, Colombia | About 50 guerrillas assault the population of Puerto Rico (Caqueta). Two policemen die.[1] | FARC | Colombian Conflict |
| April 11 | Massacre | 18 (+3 terrorists) | 15 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Kiryat Shmona massacre: at an apartment building by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members, killing 18 people, nine of whom were children. | PFLP | Israel-Palestine conflict |
| May 2 | Bombing | 6 | 18 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | The Loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force detonated a bomb inside a Catholic owned bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland killing six people & injuring 18. | Ulster Volunteer Force | The Troubles |
| May 15 | Massacre | 31 (+3 terrorists) | 70 | Ma'alot, Israel | Ma'alot massacre: at the Ma'alot High School in Northern Israel by Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine members: 26 of the hostages were killed, 66 wounded. | PFLP | Israel-Palestine conflict |
| May 17 | Car bombings | 35 | 300 | Dublin and Monaghan, Ireland | Ulster Volunteer Force detonate three car bombs in Dublin and one in Monaghan, killing 35 civilians, the deadliest toll of any one day in Ireland's 'Troubles'. It is suspected that the British security forces may have assisted the bombers to plan and carry out the attacks. The UK government have so far refused to release files about the bombings.[2] | Ulster Volunteer Force | The Troubles |
| May 28 | Bombing | 8 | 102 | Brescia, Italy | Eight people are killed and at least 90 wounded when a bomb placed in a rubbish bin explodes in the Piazza della Loggia bombing. | Ordine Nuovo |
| June 17 | Attack | 2 | | Padua, Italy | A group of terrorists from the Red Brigades attack an office of Italian Social Movement in Padua, Italy, killing two people.[3] | Red Brigades |
| June 17 | Attempted bombing | 0 | 0 | Pittsburgh, United States | Weather Underground Organization planted a bomb the lobby of Gulf Oil Corporation's Pittsburgh headquarters to protest Gulf Oil's actions in Angola, Vietnam, and elsewhere.[4] | Weather Underground | Terrorism in the United States |
| June 17 | Bombing | 0 | 11 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA plant a bomb which explodes at the Houses of Parliament in London, causing extensive damage and injuring eleven people.[5] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| June 24–25 | Shooting | 4 (+3 terrorists) | 8 | Nahariya, Israel | Nahariya attack | Fatah | Israel-Palestine conflict |
| July | Bombings | 3 | 8+ | Los Angeles, United States | Muharem Kurbegovich bombed the Pan Am Terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, killing three and injuring eight. He also firebombed the houses of a judge and two police commissioners as well as one of the commissioner's cars. He burned down two Marina Del Rey apartment buildings and threatened Los Angeles with a gas attack. His bomb defused at the Greyhound Bus station was the most powerful the LAPD bomb squad had handled up until that time. His personal vendetta against a judge and the commissioners grew into demands for an end to immigration and naturalization laws, as well as any laws about sex.[6] | Muharem Kurbegovich | Terrorism in the United States |
| July 23 | Attempted bombing | 0 | 0 | Manchester, United Kingdom | The Provisional IRA planted a bomb on a passenger airliner. They called The Irish News to issue a warning that the plane could blow up. The PIRA later said they never intended on blowing up the plane but wanted to prove they could smuggle a bomb onto a passenger plane. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| July 24 | Torture murder | 1 | 0 | Belfast, United Kingdom | Ann Ogilby is tortured and murdered by two teenage girls from the Ulster Defence Association in retaliation for Ogilby having an affair with a married UDA commander. | Ulster Defence Association | The Troubles |
| July 28 | Shooting, Assassination | 1 | 0 | Colombia | The ELN kills in an attack to the Inspector General of the Armed Forces. General Ramón Arturo Rincón Quiñónez. | ELN | Colombian Conflict |
| August 4 | Bombing | 12 | 48 | San Benedetto Val di Sambro, Italy | Italicus Express train between Roma and Brennero explodes, killing twelve and injuring 44. Attributed to fascist group Ordine nero. | Ordine Nero |
| August 10–11 | Shooting, Clash | 1(+2) | 7 | Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina | The episode known as Copamiento de la Fábrica militar de Villa María was an operation carried out by the People's Revolutionary Army in the province of Córdoba (Argentina) on the night of August 10 to 11, 1974, with the objective being to obtain weapons.[7] | ERP | Dirty War |
| August 30 | Bombing | 8 | 378 | Tokyo, Japan | Powerful bomb explodes at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries headquarters in Marunouchi, Tokyo. Eight killed, 378 injured. Eight left-wing activists are arrested May 19, 1975, by Japanese authorities. | East Asia Anti-Japan Armed Front |
| September 8 | Bombing | 88 | 0 | Ionian Sea, Greece | TWA Flight 841: Bomb kills 88 on jetliner. Attributed to Abu Nidal and his terrorist organization. | Abu Nidal Organization | Israel-Palestine conflict |
| September 13 | Bombing | 13 | 71 | Madrid, Spain | Basque group ETA bombs the "Rolando" cafeteria in Madrid and kills twelve people. | ETA | Basque conflict |
| September 13 | Hostage-taking | 0 | 1 | The Hague, The Netherlands | Three members of the Japanese Red Army take hostages at the French embassy in The Hague. They wound a Dutch policewoman. All hostages are released without harm in exchange for JRA prisoner being released. | Japanese Red Army |
| September 15 | Hijacking, bombing | 75 | 0 | Phan Rang, South Vietnam | Le Duc Tan, a South Vietnamese ranger who had recently had his position in the army demoted hijacked Air Vietnam Flight 706 and demanded to be flown to Hanoi. After the pilots refused to give in to his demands, Tan detonated grenades and caused the plane to crash, killing everyone on board. | Le Duc Tan | Vietnam War |
| September 25 | Shooting | 10 | 0 | Argentina | At least 9 soldiers and a young daughter were shot dead to reprisal for the Massacre of Chapel of the Rosary was an action carried out in Argentina between September and December 1974 by the guerrilla group denominated People's Revolutionary Army (ERP).[8] | ERP | Dirty War |
| September–December | Shooting, Clash | 10 | | Argentina | 9 military men and the daughter of one of them were killed in retaliation for the Capilla del Rosario Massacre in Catamarca, were 16 People's Revolutionary Army members were killed by the army. | ERP | Dirty War |
| October 5 | Bombings | 5 | 65 | Guildford, United Kingdom | Guildford pub bombing by the IRA leaves four off-duty soldiers and a civilian dead and 44 injured. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| October 11 | Bombing | 0 | 1 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA bombed two London ex-servicemen's clubs. One person was injured.[9] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| October 22 | Bombing | 0 | 3 | London, United Kingdom | A bomb planted by the Provisional IRA explodes in London, injuring three people.[9] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 7 | Bombing | 2 | | Woolwich, United Kingdom | Woolwich, London pub bombing see Kings Arms, Woolwich | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 11 | Shooting | 1 | 0 | London, United Kingdom | London insurance broker Allan Quartermaine was shot dead by the IRA while he was waiting in traffic. It is believed the killing was a case of mistaken identity.[10] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 17 | Bombings | 1 | | Northampton, Birmingham and Coventry, United Kingdom | Three bombs exploded in three cities, Northampton, Birmingham and Coventry, that caused the death of one person. [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0F15FB3F59137B93C7A8178AD95F408785F9] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 19 | Shooting | 4 (+3 terrorists) | 20+ | Beit She'an, Israel | Beit She'an attack | DFLP | Israel-Palestine conflict |
| November 21 | Bombings | 21 | 182 | Birmingham, United Kingdom | Birmingham pub bombing by the IRA kills 21 people, injures 182. | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 27 | Bombing | 0 | 20 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA carried out two bomb attacks in Tite Street, Chelsea. The first bomb was placed in a post office pillar-box at 8:30 pm. A second bomb was set off nearby about 20 minutes later, injuring 20 people.[11] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| November 30 | Bombing | 0 | 5 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA threw two bombs at the Talbots Arms pub in Little Chester Street, London injuring five people.[12] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| December 11 | Bombing | 0 | 1 | New York City, United States | A bomb set off by the Puerto Rican nationalist group FALN in East Harlem, New York, permanently disables a police officer. The officer lost an eye as a result of this act. | FALN |
| December 11 | Bombing, Shooting | 0 | 0 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA threw a bomb into the Long Bar of the Naval and Military Club in Piccadilly. Later on there was an IRA gun attack on the London Cavalry Club. Nobody was hurt in either attack.[13] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| December 14 | Shooting | 0 | 3 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA shot and injured three people at the Churchill Hotel in London.[14] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| December 17 | Bombing | 1 | 0 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA set off three time bombs at telephone exchanges in London. One person was killed.[15] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| December 19 | Bombing, Car bomb | 0 | 9 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA exploded a car bomb outside Selfridges department store on Oxford Street. The bomb caused £1.5 million worth of damage. There was 100 lbs of high explosives in the car, the biggest bomb the IRA had used in England at that time.[16] | PIRA | The Troubles |
| December 21 | Bombing | 0 | 3 | London, United Kingdom | The IRA firebombed Harrods department store in London, causing minor injuries to three people.[17] | PIRA | The Troubles |
1. ^https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19750411&printsec=frontpage&hl=es
2. ^{{cite web|last1=Sheils McNamee|first1=Michael|title=The British government still has unreleased files on Ireland's worst terrorist attack|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/parties-government-dublin-britian-documents-dublin-monaghan-2107074-May2015/|website=thejournal.ie|publisher=The Journal|accessdate=2 April 2017}}
3. ^it:Attacco alla sede MSI di Padova.{{Better source|date=May 2017|reason=CIRCULAR}}
4. ^http://triblive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/education/s_673673.html
5. ^BBC: IRA bombs parliament, On this day, June 17, 1974
6. ^http://www.nbcnews.com/id/3070093
7. ^http://www.juliocarreras.com.ar/vmaria.html{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
8. ^http://historiapolitica.com/datos/biblioteca/carnovale_j.pdf
9. ^BBC: Bomb blast in London club, On this Day, October 22, 1974
10. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm#Nov|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
11. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm#Nov|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
12. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm#Nov|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm#111274|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
15. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
16. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
17. ^{{cite web|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/othelem/chron/ch74.htm|title=CAIN: Chronology of the Conflict 1974|first=Dr Martin|last=Melaugh|website=cain.ulst.ac.uk}}
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