1975 34752 225906910 2008-07-15T23:24:21Z 75.48.121.64 /* March-April */ {{year nav|1975}} {{C20YearInTopicX}} Year '''1975''' ('''[[Roman numerals|MCMLXXV]]''') was a [[common year starting on Wednesday]] (link will display full calendar) of the [[Gregorian calendar]]. {{C20YearTOCtempleton|1975||World population}} The year 1975 was declared ''[[International Women's Year]]'' by the [[United Nations]] and has been designated a year of the Rabbit in the [[Chinese Zodiac]]. == Events of 1975 == ===January=== <!-- Link dates even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: [[John N. Mitchell]], [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]] are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * [[January 1]] - Work is abandoned on the British end of the [[Channel Tunnel]]. {{Month3|1|2|0}} * [[January 2]] - The [[Federal Rules of Evidence]] are approved by the [[United States Congress]]. * [[January 5]] - The bulk ore carrier ''[[MV Lake Illawarra]]'' strikes the [[Tasman Bridge]] in [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], killing 12. * [[January 6]] - ''[[Wheel of Fortune (US daytime game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]'' premieres on NBC. * [[January 6]] - ''[[AM America]]'' makes its television debut on ABC. * [[January 7]] - [[OPEC]] agrees to raise [[crude oil]] prices by 10%. * [[January 8]] - [[Ella Grasso]] becomes [[Governor of Connecticut]], the first woman U.S. governor who did not succeed her husband. * [[January 8]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] appoints Vice President [[Nelson Rockefeller]] to head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the [[CIA]]. * [[January 10]] - Japanese soldier [[Teruo Nakamura]] surrenders on the [[Indonesia]]n island of Morota. * [[January 12]] - The [[Pittsburgh Steelers]] defeat the [[Minnesota Vikings]] 16-6 in [[Super Bowl IX]] played at [[Tulane Stadium]] in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. * [[January 14]] - Heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], 17, is kidnapped from her home in [[Shropshire]], England by [[Donald Neilson]]. * [[January 15]] - [[International Women's Year]] launched in Britain by [[Princess Alexandra]] and [[Barbara Castle]]. * [[January 15]] - [[Portugal]] grants independence to [[Angola]]. * [[January 20]] - In [[Hanoi]], [[North Vietnam]], the Politburo approves the final military offensive against [[South Vietnam]]. * [[January 20]] - [[Michael Ovitz]] founds the [[Creative Artists Agency]]. * [[January 29]] - The [[Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]] bombs the U.S. [[State Department]] main office in [[Washington, D.C.]]. * January - [[Altair 8800]] is released, sparking the era of the [[microcomputer]]. ===February=== {{Month3|2|5|0}} * [[February 1]] - The [[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation]] is launched, becoming the first TV network in the [[Philippines]]. * [[February 4]] - [[1975 Haicheng earthquake|Haicheng earthquake]], the first successfully [[Earthquake prediction|predicted earthquake]], occurred in [[Haicheng, Liaoning]], [[China]]. Chinese government official report, killing 2,041, injuring 27,538. * [[February 9]] - The ''[[Soyuz 17]]'' crew ([[Georgi Grechko]], [[Aleksei Gubarev]]) returns to Earth after 1 month aboard the ''[[Salyut 4]]'' space station. * [[February 11]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] defeats [[Edward Heath]] for the [[Conservative Party (UK) leadership election, 1975|leadership]] of the [[Conservative Party (UK)|UK Conservative Party]] in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[February 11]] - Colonel [[Richard Ratsimandrava]], President of [[Madagascar]], is assassinated. * [[February 13]] - A "Turkish Federated State of North Cyprus" is declared as an unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a [[Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus|Turkish Cypriot separatist state]] in [[Cyprus]]. * [[February 13]] - Fire breaks out in the [[World Trade Center]]. * [[February 21]] - [[Watergate scandal]]: Former [[United States Attorney General]] [[John N. Mitchell]], and former [[White House]] aides [[H. R. Haldeman]] and [[John Ehrlichman]], are sentenced to between 30 months and 8 years in prison. * [[February 23]] - In response to the [[1973 energy crisis|energy crisis]], [[daylight saving time]] commences nearly 2 months early in the [[United States]]. * [[February 26]] - A fleeing [[Irish Republican Army]] member shoots and kills off-duty London police officer [[Stephen Tibble]], 22, as he gives chase. * [[February 27]] - The [[Movement 2 June]] kidnaps [[West Germany|West German]] politician [[Peter Lorenz]]. He is released on [[March 4]] after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. * [[February 28]] - A [[Moorgate tube crash|major tube train crash]] at [[Moorgate station]], [[London]] kills 43 people. * [[February 28]] - In [[Lomé]], [[Togo]], the [[European Economic Community]] and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first [[Lomé Convention]]. ===March=== {{Month3|3|5|0}} * [[March 1]] - [[Color television]] transmissions begin in [[Australia]]. * [[March 1]] - [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] win the [[Football League Cup]] at [[Wembley Stadium (1923)|Wembley]], beating [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] 1-0 in the final. * [[March 4]] - [[Charlie Chaplin]] is knighted by [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]]. * [[March 4]] - First television coverage of a Canadian parliamentary committee. * [[March 6]] - [[1975 Algiers Agreement|Algiers Accord]]: [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]] announce a settlement in their border dispute. * [[March 6]] - A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the [[Axel Springer AG|Springer Press]]. The 6 March Group (connected to the [[Red Army Faction]]) demands amnesty for the [[Baader-Meinhof Group]]. * [[March 7]] - The body of teenage heiress [[Lesley Whittle]], kidnapped 7 weeks earlier by the [[Donald Neilson|Black Panther]], is discovered in [[Staffordshire]], England. * [[March 8]] - The [[United Nations]] proclaims [[International Women's Day]]. * [[March 9]] - Construction of the [[Trans-Alaska Pipeline System]] begins. * [[March 10]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[North Vietnam]]ese troops attack [[Ban Me Thuot]], [[South Vietnam]], on their way to capturing [[Saigon]]. * [[March 10]] - ''[[The Rocky Horror Show]]'' opens on [[Broadway (New York City)|Broadway]] in [[New York City]] with 4 performances. * [[March 10]] - ''[[Shinkansen]]'' opens between [[Osaka]] and [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]. * [[March 11]] - The leftist military government in [[Portugal]] defeats a rightist coup attempt. * [[March 13]] - [[Vietnam War]]: [[South Vietnam]] [[Nguyen Van Thieu|President Nguyen van Thieu]] orders the [[Tây Nguyên|Central Highlands]] evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians, (the ''Convoy of Tears''). * [[March 15]] - In [[Brazil]], the [[Guanabara State|Estado da Guanabara]] (State of Guanabara) merges with the state of [[Rio de Janeiro]], under the name of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. The state's capital moves from the city of [[Niterói]] to the city of [[Rio de Janeiro]]. * [[March 22]] - ''Ding-a-dong'' by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, text by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th [[Eurovision Song Contest 1975]] for the [[Netherlands]]. * [[March 25]] - [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia|King Faisal]] of [[Saudi Arabia]] is shot and killed by a nephew with a history of [[mental illness]]; the killer is beheaded on [[June 18]]. ([[King Khalid]] succeeds Faisal.) * [[March 28]] - A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in [[Rijeka]], [[Yugoslavia]], kills 25 babies. ===April=== {{Month3|4|1|0}} * [[April 3]] - [[Bobby Fischer]] refuses to play in a [[chess]] match against [[Anatoly Karpov]], giving Karpov the title. * [[April 4]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The first military [[Operation Babylift]] flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. * [[April 4]] - Bill Gates founds [[Microsoft]] in [[Albuquerque, New Mexico]], USA * [[April 9]] - [[Asia]]'s first professional [[basketball]] league, the [[Philippine Basketball Association]], plays its first game at the [[Araneta Coliseum]]. * [[April 13]] - [[Bus massacre]]: 27 [[Palestinians]] killed by the [[kataeb]] militia during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, [[Lebanon]], the incident triggered the Lebanese civil war. * [[April 13]] - A [[Chadian coup of 1975|coup d'état in Chad]] led by the military overthrows and kills the President [[François Tombalbaye]]. * [[April 17]] - Following the [[Khmer Rouge]] capture of [[Phnom Penh]], [[Pol Pot]] proclaims the ''[[Democratic Kampuchea|Democratic Republic of Kampuchea]]'' in [[Cambodia]] and becomes its Prime Minister (1975-[[1979]]). * [[April 24]] - Six [[Red Army Faction]] terrorists take over West German embassy in [[Stockholm]], take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police. (See [[West German embassy siege]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Vietnam War]]: As [[North Vietnamese Army]] forces close in on the [[South Vietnam]]ese capital [[Saigon]], the [[Australia]]n Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. * [[April 30]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[Fall of Saigon]]: The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take [[Saigon]], resulting in mass evacuation of Americans and South Vietnamese. As the capital is taken, [[South Vietnam]] surrenders unconditionally. ===May=== {{Month3|5|3|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[May 5]] - The [[Busch Gardens Williamsburg]] [[Theme Park]] opens in [[Virginia]]. * [[May 12]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: [[Khmer Rouge]] forces in [[Cambodia]] seize the [[United States]] merchant ship [[SS Mayaguez|SS ''Mayaguez'']] in international waters. * [[May 15]] - [[Mayaguez incident]]: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed. * [[May 16]] - [[Sikkim]] accedes to [[India]] after a referendum. * [[May 16]] - [[Junko Tabei]] becomes the first woman to reach the summit of [[Mount Everest]]. * [[May 25]] - [[Indianapolis 500]]: [[Bobby Unser]] wins for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 435 mile (696 km) race. * [[May 27]] - Dibble's Bridge coach crash near [[Grassington]], [[North Yorkshire]], [[England]] killed 32 (highest ever death toll in a United Kingdom road accident). * [[May 28]] - Fifteen [[West Africa]]n countries sign the [[Treaty of Lagos]], creating the [[Economic Community of West African States]]. ===June=== {{Month3|6|6|0}} * [[June 5]] - The [[Suez Canal]] opens for the first time since the [[Six-Day War]]. * [[June 5]] - The [[United Kingdom]] votes yes in a [[United Kingdom referendum, 1975|referendum]] to stay in the [[European Community]]. * [[June 9]] - The [[Order of Australia]] is awarded for the first time. * [[June 10]] - In [[Washington, DC]], the [[United States President's Commission on CIA activities within the United States|Rockefeller Commission]] issues its report on [[CIA]] abuses, recommending a joint congressional oversight committee on intelligence. * [[June 19]] - [[Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan]] is found guilty [[in absentia]] of the murder of nanny [[Sandra Rivett]]. * [[June 25]] - Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declares [[Indian Emergency (1975 - 77)|Emergency]] in [[India]], suspending civil liberties and elections. * [[June 25]] - [[Mozambique]] gains [[independence]] from [[Portugal]]. * [[June 26]] - Two [[FBI]] agents and 1 [[American Indian Movement|AIM]] member die in a shootout, at the [[Pine Ridge Indian Reservation]] in [[South Dakota]]. ===July=== {{Month3|7|1|0}} * [[July 1]] - The [[Postmaster-General's Department]] is disaggregated into the [[Australian Telecommunications Commission]] (trading as [[Telecom Australia]]) and the [[Australian Postal Commission]] (trading as [[Australia Post]]). * [[July 4]] - [[Sydney]] newspaper publisher [[Juanita Nielsen]] disappears, and is presumed to have been murdered. * [[July 5]] - [[Cape Verde]] gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule. * [[July 6]] - The [[Comoros]] declare their independence from [[France]]. * [[July 9]] - The National Assembly of [[Senegal]] passes a law that will pave way for a [[multi-party system]](albeit highly restricted). * [[July 12]] - [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] declare independence from [[Portugal]]. * [[July 17]] - [[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]: An American [[Apollo program|Apollo]] and Soviet [[Soyuz spacecraft]] dock in [[orbit]], marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations. * [[July 31]] - In [[Detroit, Michigan]], [[Teamsters Union]] president [[Jimmy Hoffa]] is reported missing. ===August=== {{Month3|8|4|0}} * [[August 1]] - The [[Helsinki Accords]], which officially recognize [[Europe]]'s national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in [[Finland]]. * [[August 5]] - [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Gerald R. Ford|Ford]] posthumously pardons [[Robert E. Lee]], restoring full rights of citizenship. * [[August 8]] - The [[Banqiao Dam]], in China's [[Henan Province]], fails after a freak typhoon; over 200,000 people perish. * [[August 8]] - [[Samuel Bronfman]], son of the president of [[Seagram]]'s, is kidnapped in [[Purchase, New York]]. * [[August 11]] - [[British Leyland]] Motor Corporation comes under British government control. * [[August 11]] - Governor [[Mário Lemos Pires]] of [[Portuguese Timor|Portuguese]] [[East Timor|Timor]] abandons the capital [[Dili]], following a [[Timorese Democratic Union|UDT]] coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and [[Fretilin]]. * [[August 15]] - The [[Birmingham Six]] are wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment in [[Great Britain]]. * [[August 15]] - President [[Mujibur Rahman]] of [[Bangladesh]] is killed during a coup. * [[August 20]] - [[Viking program]]: [[NASA]] launches the ''[[Viking 1]]'' planetary probe toward [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]. * [[August 24]] - Officers responsible for the military coup in [[Greece]] in 1967 are sentenced to death in [[Athens]]. The sentences are later commuted to [[life imprisonment]]. *[[August 29]] - [[Eamon DeValera]], three time taoiseach of Ireland, is found dead. ===September=== {{Month3|9|0|0}} * [[september 1]] - [[Mount Neighbour Primary School]] is opened. * [[September 5]] - In [[Sacramento, California]], [[Lynette Fromme]], a follower of jailed cult leader [[Charles Manson]], attempts to assassinate U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]], but is thwarted by a [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] agent. * [[September 5]] - The [[The London Hilton on Park Lane|London Hilton]] hotel is bombed by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]]; 2 people are killed and 63 injured.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499203.stm 1975: London Hilton bombed]</ref> * [[September 6]] - A Richer Scale 6.7 magnitude [[earthquake]] kills at least 2,085 in [[Diyarbakir]] and [[Lice, Turkey]]. * [[September 14]] - [[Elizabeth Seton]] is canonized becoming the first American [[Roman Catholic]] saint. * [[September 14]] - [[Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn|Rembrandt]]'s painting "[[Night Watch (painting)|The Night Watch]]" is slashed a dozen times at a gallery in Amsterdam. * [[September 15]] - The [[France|French]] department of [[Corse]], comprising the entire island of [[Corsica]], is divided into two departments: [[Haute-Corse]] and [[Corse-du-Sud]]. * [[September 15]] - [[Pink Floyd]] releases their ninth studio album, [[Wish You Were Here (album)|Wish You Were Here]]. * [[September 16]] - [[Papua New Guinea]] gains its independence from [[Australia]]. * [[September 18]] - Fugitive [[Patricia Hearst]] is captured in [[San Francisco]]. * [[September 19]] - General [[Vasco Goncalves]] is ousted as Prime Minister of [[Portugal]]. * [[September 20]] - The term of [[Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah]], as the 5th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]], ends. * [[September 21]] - [[Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra]], [[Sultan]] of [[Kelantan]] becomes the 6th [[Yang di-Pertuan Agong]] of [[Malaysia]]. * [[September 22]] - U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]] survives a second assassination attempt, this time by [[Sara Jane Moore]] in [[San Francisco]]. * [[September 27]] - The [[Norwood Football Club]] beats the [[Glenelg Football Club]] in the [[SANFL]] Australian Rules Football Grand Final. * [[September 28]] - The [[Spaghetti House siege]] takes place in London. * [[September 30]] - The [[Hughes Helicopters]] (later [[McDonnell-Douglas]], now [[Boeing IDS]]) [[AH-64 Apache]] makes its first flight. ===October=== {{Month3|10|2|0}} * [[October 1]] - Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. * [[October 9]] - A bomb explosion outside [[Green Park tube station]] near [[Piccadilly]] in London kills 1 and injures 20. * [[October 11]] - [[National Broadcasting Company|NBC]] airs the first episode of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' ([[George Carlin]] is the first host; [[Billy Preston]] and [[Janis Ian]] the first musical guests). * [[October 16]] - Five [[Australia]]n-based [[journalist]]s are killed at [[Balibo]] by [[Indonesia]]n forces, during an incursion into [[Portuguese Timor]]. * [[October 22]] - [[Cincinnati Reds]] defeat [[Boston Red Sox]] 4-3 to win [[1975 World Series]]. * [[October 27]] - [[Robert Poulin]] kills 1 and wounds 5 at [[St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)|St. Pius X High School]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Canada]]before shooting himself. * [[October 29]] - [[Peter Sutcliffe]] (the "Yorkshire Ripper") commits his first murder, Wilma McCann. * [[October 30]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] becomes acting [[Head of State]] after dictator [[Francisco Franco]] concedes that he is too ill to govern. ===November=== {{Month3|11|5|0}} <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> [[Image:Fraser with Kerr.jpg|thumb|200px|Sir John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia with newly appointed Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser.]] * [[November 3]] - An independent audit of [[Mattel]], one of the [[United States]]' largest [[toy]] manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated [[press release]]s and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth." * [[November 3]] - The first petroleum pipeline opens from [[Cruden Bay]] to [[Grangemouth]], Scotland. * [[November 6]] - The [[Green March]] begins: 300,000 unarmed [[Morocco|Moroccans]] converge on the southern city of [[Tarfaya]] and wait for a signal from King [[Hassan II of Morocco]] to cross into [[Western Sahara]]. * [[November 10]] - [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379]]: By a vote of 72 to 35 (with 32 abstentions), the [[United Nations]] General Assembly approves a resolution equating [[Zionism]] with [[racism]]. The resolution provokes an outcry among Jews around the world. * [[November 10]] - The 729-foot-long freighter ''[[SS Edmund Fitzgerald]]'' sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to [[Whitefish Bay]] on [[Lake Superior]], killing all 29 crew on board (an event immortalized in song by [[Gordon Lightfoot]]). * [[November 10]] - Lev Leshchenko revives ''[[Den Pobedy]]'', one of the most popular [[World War II]] songs in the [[USSR]]. * [[November 11]] - [[Angola]] becomes independent from [[Portugal]]; [[civil war]] soon erupts. * [[November 11]] - [[Australian constitutional crisis of 1975]]: [[Governor-General of Australia]] Sir [[John Kerr (Governor-General)|John Kerr]] dismisses the government of [[Gough Whitlam]] and commissions [[Malcolm Fraser]] as [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]]. * [[November 11]] - The first annual [[Vogalonga]] rowing "race" is held in [[Venice]], [[Italy]]. * [[November 14]] - [[Spain]] abandons [[Western Sahara]]. * [[November 20]] - Former [[California]] Governor [[Ronald Reagan]] enters the race for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President [[Gerald Ford]]. * [[November 20]] - The Spanish dictator [[Francisco Franco]] dies. * [[November 22]] - [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos]] is declared [[List of Spanish monarchs|King of Spain]] following the death of dictator [[Francisco Franco]]. * [[November 25]] - [[Suriname]] gains independence from the [[Kingdom of the Netherlands]]. * [[November 25]] - The [[Irish Republican Army]] is outlawed in the [[United Kingdom]]. * [[November 27]] - [[Ross McWhirter]], co-founder of the [[Guinness Book of Records]], is shot dead by the [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] for offering reward money to informers. * [[November 28]] - [[Portuguese Timor]] declares its independence from [[Portugal]] as [[East Timor]]. * [[November 29]] - The name "Micro-soft" (for [[microcomputer]] [[software]]) is used by [[Bill Gates]] in a letter to [[Paul Allen]] for the first time ([[Microsoft]] becomes a [[registered trademark]] on [[November 26]], [[1976]]). * [[November 29]] - While disabled, the submarine tender ''[[USS Proteus (AS-19)]]'' discharges radioactive coolant water into [[Apra Harbor]], Guam. A Geiger counter at 2 of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose. ===December=== {{Month3|12|0|0}} * [[December 2]] - The communist [[Pathet Lao]] takes power in [[Laos]]. * [[December 3]] - The wreck of the [[HMHS Britannic]] is found in the [[Kea Channel]] by [[Jacques Cousteau]]. * [[December 7]] - [[Indonesia]] invades [[East Timor]]. * [[December 21]] - Six people, including [[Ilich Ramírez Sánchez|Carlos (the Jackal)]], kidnap delegates of an [[OPEC]] conference in [[Vienna]]. * [[December 29]] - A bomb explodes at [[LaGuardia Airport]], killing 11. ===Undated=== * January - [[Volkswagen]] introduces the [[Volkswagen Golf|Golf]], its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit. * In [[New Zealand]], [[Maori]] leader [[Whina Cooper]] leads a march of 5000 people in support of Maori claims to their land. * The Third [[Cod War]] between UK and Iceland lasted between November 1975 - June 1976. * Government of [[Colombia]] announces finding of [[Ciudad Perdida]]. * [[Spain|Spanish]] army quits Spanish (Western) Sahara. [[Sahrawi]] Republic (RASD) is created. [[Morocco]] invades ex-Spanish Western Sahara. * First use of the term [[fractal]]. * [[Victoria (Australia)]] abolishes capital punishment. * [[South Australia]] becomes first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. * Some members of [[Jehovah's Witnesses]], based on the group's chronology,<ref>''The Watchtower'', 15 August 1968, p.494-501; ''Awake!'', 22 May 1969, p.15; ''The Watchtower'', 15 March 1980, p.17, para.5-6</ref> thought that [[Armageddon]] would happen in 1975 and a few of them sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will exist when [[Jesus]] sets up God's Kingdom on earth. ===Ongoing=== * [[Cold War]]. ===Fictional=== * [[March 12]] - Wrongly convicted murderer Andrew Dufresne escapes from Shawshank State Prison. * In the film ''[[The Omega Man]]'' a war involving [[biological weapons]] between China and the Soviet Union took place in 1975. * [[September]] - A catastrophic earthquake - 9.9 on the [[Richter scale]] - strikes [[Los Angeles, California]] in the film ''[[Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]''. ===World population=== {|class="wikitable" !colspan="7"|[[World population]] |- ! !1975 !colspan="2"|[[1970]] !colspan="2"|[[1980]] |- ![[World]] |align="right"|'''4,068,109,000''' |align="right"|3,692,492,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 375,617,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 375,617,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|4,434,682,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 366,573,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 366,573,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Africa]] |align="right"|'''408,160,000''' |align="right"|357,283,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 50,877,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 50,877,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|469,618,001 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 61,458,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 61,458,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Asia]] |align="right"|'''2,397,512,000''' |align="right"|2,143,118,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 254,394,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 254,394,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|2,632,335,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 234,823,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 234,823,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Europe]] |align="right"|'''675,542,000''' |align="right"|655,855,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 19,687,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 19,687,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|692,431,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 16,889,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 16,889,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Latin-America]] |align="right"|'''321,906,000''' |align="right"|284,856,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 37,050,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 37,050,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|361,401,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 39,495,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 39,495,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Northern America]] |align="right"|'''243,425,000''' |align="right"|231,937,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 11,488,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 11,488,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|256,068,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 12,643,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 12,643,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |- ![[Oceania]] |align="right"|'''21,564,000''' |align="right"|19,443,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 2,121,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 2,121,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |align="right"|22,828,000 |align="right"|{{#switch: u |u=[[Image:Green Arrow Up.svg|10px]] 1,264,000 |d=[[Image:Red Arrow Down.svg|10px]] 1,264,000 |#default=[[Image:Straight Line Steady.svg|10px]] }} |} ==Births== {{Year in other calendars|japanese=[[Showa]] 50}} ===January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[January 1]] - [[Eiichiro Oda]], Japanese [[Manga]] artist * [[January 2]] - [[Chris Cheney]], Australian musician ([[The Living End]]) * [[January 3]] - [[Danica McKellar]], American actress * [[January 4]] - [[Jill Marie Jones]], American actress * [[January 5]] - [[Bradley Cooper]], American actor * [[January 5]] - [[Mike Grier]], National Hockey League player * [[January 9]] - [[Kimberley Ann Scott Mathers|Kim Mathers]], former wife of rapper [[Eminem]] * [[January 10]] - [[Jake Delhomme]], American football player * [[January 11]] - [[Rory Fitzpatrick]], National Hockey League player * [[January 13]] - [[Shazia Mirza]], British comedian * [[January 15]] - [[Edith Bowman]], British radio DJ * [[January 17]] - [[Tony Brown (rugby player)|Tony Brown]], New Zealand [[Rugby Union]] footballer * [[January 17]] - [[Freddy Rodriguez]],Puetro Rican-American actor * [[January 20]] - [[Mark Allan Robinson]], Canadian recall leader * [[January 22]] - [[Balthazar Getty]], American actor * [[January 23]] - [[Tito Ortiz]], American [[mixed martial arts]] fighter. * [[January 25]] - [[Tim Montgomery]], American athlete * [[January 25]] - [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress * [[January 25]] - [[John Wade (football player)|John Wade]], [[National Football League]] player * [[January 28]] - [[David Zingler]], American writer * [[January 29]] - [[Sara Gilbert]], American actress * [[January 30]] - [[Yumi Yoshimura]], famous Japanese singer [[Puffy Amiyumi]] * [[January 31]] - [[Preity Zinta]], Indian actress * [[January 31]] - [[Jackie O (radio host)|Jackie O]], Australian radio DJ and TV presenter including [[Big Brother Australia|Big Brother]] ===February=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[February 2]] - [[Todd Bertuzzi]], National Hockey League player * [[February 2]] - [[Ieroklis Stoltidis]], Greek footballer * [[February 4]] - [[Natalie Imbruglia]], Australian actress and singer * [[February 5]] - [[Adam Carson]], American drummer of [[AFI (band)|AFI]] * [[February 6]] - [[Tomoko Kawase]], Japanese singer * [[February 8]] - [[Joe Eshwar]], Indian writer & filmaker * [[February 10]]- [[Hiroki Kuroda]], Japanese baseball pitcher * [[February 11]]- [[Jacque Vaughn]], NBA player for the San Antonio Spurs * [[February 14]] - [[Scott Owen]], Australian musician ([[The Living End]]) * [[February 17]] - [[Harisu]], South Korean singer, model and actress * [[February 17]] - [[Todd Harvey]], National Hockey League player * [[February 17]] - [[Vaclav Prospal]], National Hockey League player * [[February 18]] - [[Keith Gillespie]], Northern Irish soccer player * [[February 18]] - [[Gary Neville]], English soccer player * [[February 18]] - [[Sarah Brown (actress)|Sarah Brown]], American actress * [[February 19]] - [[Daniel Adair]], Canadian drummer ([[Nickelback]]) * [[February 20]] - [[Brian Littrell]], American singer, member of [[Backstreet Boys]] * [[February 21]] - [[Heri Joensen]], Faroese musician ([[Týr (band)|Týr]]) * [[February 22]] - [[Drew Barrymore]], American actress * [[February 23]] - [[Michael Cornacchia]], American actor ===March=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[March 4]] - [[Kim Jung-Eun]], South Korean actress * [[March 4]] - [[Myrna Veenstra]], Dutch field hockey player * [[March 4]] - [[Hawksley Workman]], Canadian rock singer-songwriter * [[March 5]] - [[Jolene Blalock]], American actress * [[March 5]] - [[Niki Taylor]], American model * [[March 9]] - [[Roy Makaay]], Dutch football player * [[March 11]] - [[Eric the Midget]], member of the [[Wack Pack]] from radio's ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' * [[March 11]] - [[Buvaisar Saitiev]], Chechen wrestler, Olympic gold-medalist * [[March 14]] - [[Rico Yan]], Philippine Movie/TV Actor (d. [[2002]]) * [[March 15]] - [[will.i.am]], American rapper * [[March 15]] - [[Eva Longoria]], American actress ([[Desperate Housewives]]) * [[March 15]] - [[Veselin Topalov]], Bulgarian chess player * [[March 17]] - [[Andrew Martin]], Canadian professional wrestler known as '''Test''' * [[March 19]] - [[Vivian Hsu]], Taiwanese singer, actress and model * [[March 25]] - [[Ladislav Benysek]], Czech ice hockey player * [[March 27]] - [[Stacy Ann Ferguson]] (Fergie), American pop/R&B singer and actress * [[March 30]] - [[Bahar Soomekh]], American actress ===April=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[April 2]] - [[Adam Rodriguez]], American actor * [[April 3]] - [[Koji Uehara]], Japanese professional baseball pitcher * [[April 3]] - [[Yoshinobu Takahashi]], Japanese professional baseball player * [[April 4]] - [[Scott Rolen]], baseball player * [[April 4]] - [[Delphine Arnault]], billionaire French businesswoman [[LVMH]] * [[April 6]] - [[Zach Braff]], American actor * [[April 7]] - [[Ronde Barber]], National Football League defensive back * [[April 7]] - [[Tiki Barber]], National Football League player * [[April 9]] - [[Robbie Fowler]], British soccer player * [[April 10]] - [[Chris Carrabba]], American musician ([[Dashboard Confessional]]) * [[April 13]] - [[Bruce Dyer]], English soccer player * [[April 14]] - [[Amy Dumas]], American professional wrestler * [[April 15]] - [[Paul Dana]], American race car driver ([[Indy Racing League]]) (d. [[2006]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Lee Hyun-il]], South Korean badminton player * [[April 22]] - [[Greg Moore (race car driver)|Greg Moore]], Canadian race car driver (d. [[1999]]) * [[April 25]] - [[Chris Lilley (comedian)|Chris Lilley]], Australian actor, comedian, and writer * [[April 26]] - [[Joey Jordison]], American drummer and guitarist ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Murderdolls]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Mike Chat]], American actor ===May=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[May 1]] - [[Marc-Vivien Foé]], Cameroonian footballer (d. [[2003]]) * [[May 2]] - [[David Beckham]], English fsoccer player * [[May 3]] - [[Kimora Lee Simmons]], American fashion designer * [[May 4]] - [[Laci Peterson]], American murder victim (d. [[2002]]) * [[May 7]] - [[Jason Tunks]], [[Canadian]] Olympic [[discus throw]]er * [[May 8]] - [[Jussi Markkanen]], National Hockey League player * [[May 8]] - [[Enrique Iglesias]], American singer * [[May 10]] - [[Hélio Castroneves]], Brazilian race car driver * [[May 12]] - [[Jonah Lomu]], New Zealand rugby player * [[May 15]] - [[Ray Lewis (NFL)|Ray Lewis]], National Football League linebacker * [[May 16]] - [[Tonéx]], American singer * [[May 16]] - [[Tony Kakko]], Finnish singer * [[May 17]] - [[Sasha Alexander]], American actress * [[May 18]] - [[John Higgins]], Scottish snooker player * [[May 18]] - [[Jack Johnson (musician)|Jack Johnson]], American singer-songwriter * [[May 19]] - [[London Fletcher]], National Football League linebacker * [[May 20]] - [[Tahmoh Penikett]], Canadian actor * [[May 22]] - [[Janne Niinimaa]], National Hockey League player * [[May 25]] - [[Lauryn Hill]], American musician * [[May 27]] - [[Jamie Oliver]], British chef and television personality * [[May 27]] - [[André 3000]], American musician ([[OutKast]]) * [[May 28]] - [[Charmaine Sheh]], Hong Kong actress ===June=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[June 4]] - [[Angelina Jolie]], American actress * [[June 4]] - [[Russell Brand]], English comedian * [[June 7]] - [[Allen Iverson]], National Basketball Association player * [[June 9]] - [[Andrew Symonds]], Australian cricketer * [[June 10]] - [[Nicole Bilderback]], Asian American actress * [[June 10]] - [[Darren Eadie]], English footballer * [[June 11]] - [[Choi Ji-woo]], South Korean actress and model * [[June 14]] - [[Chris Onstad]], American cartoonist * [[June 17]] - [[Chloe Jones]], American actress * [[June 18]] - [[Martin St. Louis]], Canadian hockey player * [[June 19]] - [[Ed Coode]], British rower * [[June 23]] - [[KT Tunstall]], singer-songwriter from St Andrews, Scotland * [[June 24]] - [[Christie Rampone]], American soccer player * [[June 25]] - [[Linda Cardellini]], American actress * [[June 25]] - [[Vladimir Kramnik]], Russian chess player * [[June 27]] - [[Tobey Maguire]], American actor * [[June 30]] - [[Ralf Schumacher]], German racing car driver ===July=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[July 1]] - [[Sufjan Stevens]], American folk musician * [[July 5]] - [[Hernán Crespo]], Argentinian footballer * [[July 5]] - [[Ai Sugiyama]], Japanese tennis player * [[July 5]] - [[Gunnar H. Thomsen]], Faroese bassist ([[Týr (band)|Týr]]) * [[July 6]] - [[Curtis Jackson]], a.k.a. [[50 Cent]], American rapper * [[July 8]] - [[Dan Palmer]], American musician * [[July 9]] - [[Jack White]], American rock and blues musician * [[July 9]] - [[Shelton Benjamin]], American professional wrestler * [[July 9]] - [[Isaac Brock (musician)|Isaac Brock]], American musician * [[July 9]] - [[Shona Fraser]] British born music journalist and Idol Judge * [[July 10]] - [[Alain Nasreddine]], Canadian ice hockey player * [[July 11]] - [[Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones]], American Rapper Although her page says 1971. * [[July 12]] - [[Hannah Waterman]], British actress * [[July 15]] - [[Jill Halfpenny]], British actress * [[July 17]] - [[Konnie Huq]], English television presenter * [[July 18]] - [[Torii Hunter]], Major League Baseball outfielder * [[July 18]] - [[Daron Malakian]], Armenian-American guitarist ([[System of a Down]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Patricia Ja Lee]], Korean American model/actress * [[July 20]] - [[Ray Allen]], National Basketball Association player * [[July 24]] - [[Torrie Wilson]], American professional wrestler and model * [[July 25]] - [[Håvard Ellefsen]], a.k.a. [[Mortiis]], Norwegian metal artist * [[July 27]] - [[Shea Hillenbrand]], Major League Baseball player * [[July 27]] - [[Alex Rodriguez]], American baseball player * [[July 30]] - [[Graham Nicholls]], British artist * [[July 31]] - [[Simon Hirst]], British DJ ===August=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[August 5]] - [[Kajol Devgan]], Indian actress * [[August 5]] - [[Eicca Toppinen]], Finnish Cellist ([[Apocalyptica]]) * [[August 7]] - [[Charlize Theron]], South African actress * August 7 - [[Gaahl]] (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian metal artist * [[August 12]] - [[David Filmore]], American actor, director * [[August 15]] - [[Kara Wolters]], women's National Basketball Association player * [[August 22]] - [[Sheree Murphy]], English actress * [[August 24]] - [[Hayato Sakurai]], Japanese martial artist ===September=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[September 1]] - [[Natalie Bassingthwaighte]], Australian actress and singer ([[Rogue Traders]]) * [[September 4]] - [[Mark Ronson]], DJ and Producer * [[September 5]] - [[Kate Allan]], UK author * [[September 7]] - [[Renato Sobral|Renato "Babalu" Sobral]], Brazilian martial artist * [[September 8]] - [[Richard Hughes (musician)|Richard Hughes]], drummer for British rock band [[Keane (band)|Keane]] * [[September 9]] - [[Michael Bublé]], Canadian musician * [[September 11]] - [[Lyte Funky Ones|Brad Fischetti]], American musician * [[September 17]] - [[Constantine Maroulis]], American singer * [[September 17]] - [[Austin St. John]], American actor * [[September 17]] - [[Jimmie Johnson]], American race car driver * [[September 17]] - [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], Colombian race car driver * [[September 18]] - [[Richard Appleby]], English football player * [[September 22]] - [[Ethan Moreau]], National Hockey League player * [[September 23]] - [[Chris Hawkins]], British radio personality * [[September 23]] - [[Kim Dong-moon]], South Korean badminton player * [[September 25]] - [[Matt Hasselbeck]], American football player * [[September 25]] - [[Declan Donnelly]], British TV presenter and half of TV duo [[Ant and Dec]] * [[September 28]] - [[Karan Ashley]], American actor * [[September 30]] - [[Marion Cotillard]], French actress ===October=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[October 2]] - [[Michel Trudeau]], son of [[Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Pierre Trudeau]] and [[Margaret Trudeau]] (d. [[1998]]) * [[October 5]] - [[Parminder Nagra]], British actress * [[October 5]] - [[Kate Winslet]], British actress * [[October 14]] - [[Floyd Landis]], American cyclist * [[October 18]] - [[Graham Webb]], British engineer * [[October 21]] - [[Henrique Hilário]], Portuguese footballer * [[October 23]] - [[Odalys Garcia]], Cuban-born actress * [[October 27]] - [[Max Lilja]], a Finnish cellist, a former member from the band [[Apocalyptica]] * [[October 30]] - [[Ian D'Sa]], guitarist for the Canadian rock band [[Billy Talent]] ===November=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[November 4]] - [[Eric Fichaud]], [[National Hockey League]] player * [[November 5]] - [[Jamie Madrox]], American rapper * [[November 8]] - [[Ángel Corella]], Spanish dancer * [[November 10]] - [[Markko Märtin]], [[Estonia]]n race car driver * [[November 12]] - [[Aaron Solowoniuk]], drummist for the Canadian rock band [[Billy Talent]] * [[November 14]] - [[Travis Barker]], American musician (Drummer) [[Blink 182]], [[The Aquabats]]!, [[Transplants (band)|Transplants]], [[Box car racer]] and [[+44 (band)|+44]] * [[November 16]] - [[Julio Lugo]], Dominican baseball player * [[November 17]] - [[Diane Neal]], American actress * [[November 18]] - [[David Ortiz]], Dominican [[Major League Baseball]] player * [[November 18]] - [[Anthony McPartlin]], British TV presenter and one half of [[Ant and Dec]]. * [[November 19]] - [[Sushmita Sen]], Indian beauty queen and actress * [[November 20]] - [[Tímea Vágvölgyi]], Hungarian erotic star * [[November 20]] - [[Davey Havok]], American lead singer of [[AFI (band)|AFI]] * [[November 21]] - [[Chris Moneymaker]], American poker player * [[November 24]] - [[Thomas Kohnstamm]], American writer * [[November 24]] - [[Lee Wan Wah]], Malaysian badminton player * [[November 28]] - [[Eka Kurniawan]], Indonesian writer * [[November 30]] - [[Ben Thatcher]], [[Wales national football team|Welsh]] international footballer ===December=== <!-- Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. --> * [[December 2]] - [[Malinda Williams]], African-American actress * [[December 3]] - [[Csaba Czébely]], Hungarian heavy metal drummer ([[Pokolgép]]) * [[December 5]] - [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]], British snooker player * [[December 8]] - [[Kevin Harvick]], American race car driver * [[December 10]] - [[Joe Mays]], Major League Baseball pitcher * [[December 11]] - [[Gerben de Knegt]], Dutch cyclist * [[December 13]] - [[Tom Delonge]], American musician (vocals and guitar) [[Blink 182]], [[Box Car Racer]] and [[Angels & Airwaves]] * [[December 14]] - [[Justin Furstenfeld]], American musician ([[Blue October]]) * [[December 16]] - [[Benjamin Kowalewicz]], lead singer of Canadian rock band [[Billy Talent]] * [[December 16]] - [[Frode Fjerdingstad]], Norwegian photographer * [[December 17]] - [[Milla Jovovich]], Ukrainian actress and model * [[December 18]] - [[Nick Dinsmore|Eugene]], American professional wrestler * [[December 18]] - [[Masaki Sumitani]], Japanese television performer * [[December 18]] - [[Trish Stratus]], Canadian professional wrestler and fitness model * [[December 20]] - [[Bartosz Bosacki]], Polish soccer player * [[December 21]] - [[Paloma Herrera]], Argentine ballet dancer ([[American Ballet Theatre]]) * [[December 22]] - [[Chris Adler (actor)| Chris Adler]], American actor * [[December 22]] - [[Crissy Moran]], American erotic actress * [[December 23]] - [[Sky Lopez]], American actress * [[December 23]] - [[Vadim Sharifijanov]], Russian ice hockey player * [[December 26]] - [[Marcelo Ríos]], Chilean tennis player * [[December 30]] - [[Tiger Woods]], American golfer :''For musicians born in 1975, see [[1975 in music]].'' ==Deaths== === January=== <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[January 8]] - [[CarbineWilliams|David Marshall "Carbine" Williams]] American inventor (b. [[1900]]) * [[January 8]] - [[Richard Tucker]], American tenor (b. [[1913]]) * [[January 19]] - [[Thomas Hart Benton (painter)|Thomas Hart Benton]], American artist (b. [[1889]]) * [[January 24]] - [[Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1902]]) * [[January 27]] - [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]], American film producer and writer (b. [[1913]]) ===February=== * [[February 3]] - [[Umm Kulthum]], Egyptian actress and singer (b. [[1904]]) * [[February 4]] - [[Louis Jordan]], American musician (b. [[1908]]) * [[February 8]] - [[Robert Robinson (scientist)|Robert Robinson]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1886]]) * [[February 10]] - [[Nikos Kavvadias]], Greek poet and writer (stroke) (b. [[1910]]) * [[February 11]] - [[Richard Ratsimandrava]], Madagascar President (assassinated) (b. [[1931]]) * [[February 13]] - [[André Beaufre]], French general (b. [[1902]]) * [[February 14]] - [[Julian Huxley]], British biologist (b. [[1887]]) * [[February 14]] - [[P. G. Wodehouse]], English writer (b. [[1881]]) * [[February 16]] - [[Morgan Taylor]], American athlete (b. [[1903]]) * [[February 19]] - [[Luigi Dallapiccola]], Italian composer (b. [[1904]]) * [[February 24]] - [[Nikolai Bulganin]], [[Premier of the Soviet Union]] (b. [[1895]]) * [[February 25]] - [[Elijah Muhammad]], American Black Muslim leader (b. [[1897]]) * [[February 26]] - [[Stephen Tibble]], London police officer (shot) (b. [[1953]]) ===March-April=== * [[March 7]] - [[Mikhail Bakhtin]], Russian philosopher and literary scholar (b. [[1895]]) * [[March 7]] - [[Ben Blue]], Canadian actor and comedian (b. [[1901]]) * [[March 8]] - [[George Stevens]], American director, producer, and cinematographer (b. [[1904]]) * [[March 9]] - [[Gleb W. Derujinsky]], Russian American sculptor (b. [[1888]]) * [[March 9]] - [[Joseph Dunninger]], American mentalist (b. [[1892]]) * [[March 13]] - [[Ivo Andric]], Serbo-Croatian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]]) * [[March 14]] - [[Susan Hayward]], American actress (b. [[1917]]) * [[March 15]] - [[Aristotle Onassis]], Greek shipping magnate (b. [[1906]]) * [[March 16]] - [[T-Bone Walker]], American musician (b. [[1910]]) * [[March 16]] - [[Richard W. DeKorte]], [[New Jersey]] Energy Administrator and former member of the [[New Jersey General Assembly]] (b. [[1936]]) * [[March 25]] - King [[Faisal of Saudi Arabia]] (b. [[1906]]) * [[April 5]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]], [[President of the Republic of China]] (b. [[1887]]) * [[April 10]] - [[Walker Evans]], American photographer (b. [[1903]]) * [[April 12]] - [[Josephine Baker]], American dancer (b. [[1906]]) * [[April 13]] - [[François (Ngarta) Tombalbaye|N'Garta Tombalbaye]], [[President of Chad]] (b. [[1918]]) * [[April 17]] - [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]], Indian philosopher and president (b. [[1888]]) * [[April 23]] - [[William Hartnell]], British actor (b. [[1908]]) * [[April 24]] - [[Peter Ham]], Welsh musician (b. [[1947]]) * [[April 30]] - [[Gen Paul]], French artist (b. [[1895]]) ===May-July=== * [[May 5]] - [[Moe Howard]], American actor (b. [[1897]]) * [[May 8]] - [[Avery Brundage]], American President of the International Olympic Committee (b. [[1887]]) * [[May 13]] - [[Bob Wills]], American musician (b. [[1905]]) * [[May 18]] - [[Leroy Anderson]], American composer (b. [[1908]]) * [[May 23]] - [[Moms Mabley]], American comedian (b. [[1894]]) * [[May 25]] - [[Count Dante]], American martial artist * [[May 30]] - [[Steve Prefontaine]], American distance runner (b. [[1951]]) * [[May 30]] - [[Tatsuo Shimabuku]], Japanese martial artist and founder of [[Isshin-ryu]] karate. (b. [[1908]]) * [[June 3]] - [[Eisaku Sato]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1901]]) * [[June 5]] - [[Paul Keres]], [[Estonia]]n [[chess]] [[International Grandmaster|grandmaster]] (b. [[1916]]) * [[June 14]] - [[Pablo Antonio]], Filipino modernist architect (b. [[1902]]) * [[June 26]] - [[Josemaría Escrivá]], Spanish priest and founder of [[Opus Dei]] (b. [[1902]]) * [[June 28]] - [[Rod Serling]], American television screenwriter (b. [[1924]]) * [[July 17]] - [[Konstantine Gamsakhurdia]], Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. [[1893]]) * [[June 29]] - [[Tim Buckley]], American singer/songwriter (b. [[1947]] * [[July 18]] - [[Vaughn Bode]], American artist and psychedelic cartoonist (b. [[1941]]) * [[July 19]] - [[Lefty Frizzell]], American singer (b. [[1928]]) * [[July 29]] - [[James Blish]], American writer (b. [[1921]]) ===August-September=== * [[August 8]] - [[Julian Cannonball Adderley]], American saxophonist (b. [[1928]]) * [[August 9]] - [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (b. [[1906]]) * [[August 10]] - [[Robert Barton]], Irish politician and last surviving signatory of the [[Anglo-Irish Treaty]] (b. [[1881]]) * [[August 15]] - [[Mujibur Rahman]], [[President of Bangladesh]] (b. [[1920]]) * [[August 16]] - [[Vladimir Kuts]], Soviet runner (b. [[1927]]) * [[August 19]] - [[Mark Donohue]], American race car driver (b. [[1937]]) * [[August 28]] - [[Fritz Wotruba]], Austrian sculptor (b. [[1907]]) * [[August 29]] - [[Eamon de Valera]], third [[President of Ireland]] (b. [[1882]]) * [[September 10]] - [[George Paget Thomson]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1892]]) * [[September 16]] - [[Irene Hayes]], Ziegfeld girl and businesswoman (b. [[1896]]) * [[September 20]] - [[Saint-John Perse]], French diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]]) * [[September 24]] - [[Earle Cabell]], Texas politician (b. [[1906]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Mark Frechette]], American actor (b. [[1947]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Jack Lang (Australian politician)|Jack Lang]], Australian politician (b. [[1876]]) * [[September 27]] - [[Haile Selassie I]], Ethiopian Emperor (b. [[1892]]) === October - December === <!-- Link all dates, even if repeated, for date-format preferences. --> * [[October 10]] - [[Norman Levinson]], American mathematician (b. [[1912]]) * [[October 21]] - [[Charles Reidpath]], American athlete (b. [[1889]]) * [[October 27]] - [[Rex Stout]], American author (b. [[1886]]) * [[October 30]] - [[Gustav Ludwig Hertz]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]]) * [[November 2]] - [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian film director (b. [[1922]]) * [[November 5]] - [[Edward Lawrie Tatum]], American geneticist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1909]]) * [[November 6]] - [[Chris Griffin]], Great Dad and Husband * [[November 20]] - [[Francisco Franco]], dictator of Spain (b. [[1892]]) * [[November 27]] - [[Ross McWhirter]], Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (b. [[1925]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Tony Brise]], English racing driver (b. [[1952]]) * [[November 29]] - [[Graham Hill]], English race car driver (b. [[1929]]) * [[December 1]] - [[Anna E. Roosevelt]], American radio personality (b. [[1906]]) * [[December 1]] - [[Nellie Fox]], baseball player (b. [[1927]]) * [[December 4]] - [[Hannah Arendt]], German political theorist (b. [[1906]]) * [[December 11]] - [[Lee Wiley]], American jazz singer (b. [[1908]]) * [[December 24]] - [[Bernard Herrmann]], American film composer (b. [[1911]]) * [[December 27]] - [[Heather O'Rourke]], American actress (d. [[1988]]) ===Unknown date=== *[[Will Mastin]], American vaudevillian ==Nobel prizes== * [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Physics]] - [[Aage Niels Bohr]], [[Ben Roy Mottelson]], [[Leo James Rainwater]] * [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]] - [[John Warcup Cornforth]], [[Vladimir Prelog]] * [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Medicine]] - [[David Baltimore]], [[Renato Dulbecco]], [[Howard Martin Temin]] * [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Literature]] - [[Eugenio Montale]] * [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] - [[Andrei Sakharov|Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov]] * [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Economics]] - [[Leonid Kantorovich]], [[Tjalling Koopmans]] ==Templeton Prize== * [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]] ==See also== * [[20th century]] ==Notes== <references/> {{commonscat}} ==External links== *[http://www.badley.info/history/1975.year.diary.html 1975 World History Database] *[http://www.coinpage.com/1975-pictures.html 1975 Coin Pictures] [[Category:1975| ]] [[af:1975]] [[am:1975 እ.ኤ.አ.]] [[ar:1975]] [[an:1975]] [[frp:1975]] [[ast:1975]] [[av:1975]] [[ay:1975]] [[az:1975]] [[bn:১৯৭৫]] [[zh-min-nan:1975 nî]] [[map-bms:1975]] [[be:1975]] [[be-x-old:1975]] [[bh:१९७५]] [[bs:1975]] [[br:1975]] [[bg:1975]] [[ca:1975]] [[cv:1975]] [[cs:1975]] [[co:1975]] [[cy:1975]] [[da:1975]] [[pdc:1975]] [[de:1975]] [[et:1975]] [[el:1975]] [[es:1975]] [[eo:1975]] [[eu:1975]] [[fa:۱۹۷۵ (میلادی)]] [[fo:1975]] [[hif:1975]] [[fr:1975]] [[fy:1975]] [[ga:1975]] [[gan:1975年]] [[gv:1975]] [[gd:1975]] [[gl:1975]] [[ko:1975년]] [[hy:1975]] [[hi:1975]] [[hr:1975.]] [[io:1975]] [[ilo:1975]] [[bpy:মারি ১৯৭৫]] [[id:1975]] [[ia:1975]] [[os:1975]] [[is:1975]] [[it:1975]] [[he:1975]] [[jv:1975]] [[pam:1975]] [[kn:೧೯೭೫]] [[ka:1975]] [[csb:1975]] [[kk:1975]] [[kw:1975]] [[sw:1975]] [[ht:1975 (almanak gregoryen)]] [[ku:1975]] [[la:1975]] [[lb:1975]] [[lt:1975 m.]] [[lij:1975]] [[ln:1975]] [[lmo:1975]] [[hu:1975]] [[mk:1975]] [[mi:1975]] [[mr:इ.स. १९७५]] [[ms:1975]] [[my:1975]] [[nah:1975]] [[nl:1975]] [[new:ई सं १९७५]] [[ja:1975年]] [[nap:1975]] [[no:1975]] [[nn:1975]] [[nrm:1975]] [[nov:1975]] [[oc:1975]] [[uz:1975]] [[pi:१९७५]] [[nds:1975]] [[pl:1975]] [[pt:1975]] [[ty:1975]] [[ksh:Joohr 1975]] [[ro:1975]] [[qu:1975]] [[ru:1975 год]] [[se:1975]] [[sq:1975]] [[scn:1975]] [[simple:1975]] [[sk:1975]] [[sl:1975]] [[so:1975]] [[sr:1975]] [[sh:1975]] [[su:1975]] [[fi:1975]] [[sv:1975]] [[tl:1975]] [[ta:1975]] [[tt:1975]] [[te:1975]] [[th:พ.ศ. 2518]] [[vi:1975]] [[tr:1975]] [[tk:1975]] [[uk:1975]] [[ur:1975ء]] [[vec:1975]] [[wa:1975]] [[vls:1975]] [[wuu:公元1975年]] [[yo:1975]] [[zh-yue:1975年]] [[cbk-zam:1975]] [[bat-smg:1975]] [[zh:1975年]]