The Brisbane River breaches its banks to cause the largest flood to affect the city of Brisbane in Australia.
Tag: 1974
30 October 1974
Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire.
17 May 1974
33 people are killed when the Ulster Volunteer Force explodes car bombs in Dublin and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland.
18 March 1974
Most OPEC nations end the five-month oil embargo crisis against the United States, Europe and Japan.