This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1974, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians.
1 January – The first piling works for the KOMTAR building in Penang were undertaken.
3 January - Detective Police Constable Lau See Kaw was shot dead by communist gunmen at Malim Nawar, Perak.
10 January - Detective Police Constable Othman Bin Ahmad was ambushed by six criminals at a sugar cane plantation in Cuping, Perlis. He fought and killed one of the criminals. He was awarded the Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa.
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Malaysia was only formed on September 16, 1963. Prior to that date, Peninsular Malaysia was known as Malaya, Sarawak under Crown Colony of Sarawak and Kingdom of Sarawak and Sabah under North Borneo.
