1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. The United Nations declared it the International Women's Year.
Events
January
February
- February 4 - The first successfully predicted earthquake occurred in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
- February 9 - The Soyuz 17 Soviet spacecraft returns to Earth.
- February 11 - Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the UK Conservative Party in the United Kingdom.
- February 11 - Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava, President of Madagascar, is assassinated.
- 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 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences nearly two months early in the United States.
- February 26 - a fleeing IRA terrorist shoots and kills off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, as he gives chase
- February 27 - Movement 2 June kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met
- February 28 - A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.
- February 28 - In Lomé, the capital of 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
April
May
June
July
August
- 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 Seagrams, is kidnapped in Purchase, New York
- August 11 - British Leyland comes under British government control
- August 11 - Mário Lemos Pires, Governor of Portuguese Timor, abandons the capital Dili following UDT coup and outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
- August 15 - Birmingham Six wrongfully sentenced to life imprisonment
- August 15 - Mujibur Rahman, president of Bangladesh, is killed during a coup
- August 20 - Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward 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 25 - Rock music artist Bruce Springsteen releases his third album, Born To Run.
September
- September 5 - In Sacramento, California, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of incarcerated cult leader Charles Manson, attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent.
- September 14 - Rembrandt's painting "The Night Watch" is slashed a dozen times at a gallery in Amsterdam.
- September 15 - The French department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud.
- September 18 - Fugitive Patricia Hearst is captured.
- September 20 - End of term for Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- September 21 - Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra, Sultan of Kelantan becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia.
- September 22 - President Gerald Ford survives a second assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore
- September 30 - Hughes Helicopters (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache made its first flight.
October
November
- November 3 - An independent audit of Mattel, of the United States largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."
- November 3 - First oil pipeline opens from Cruder Bay to Grangemouth, Scotland
- November 6 - Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed 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 Resolution 3379: With 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 (then, the largest ship on the Great Lakes) SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board
- November 10 - Lev Leshchenko revives Den Pobedy, one of the most popular WWII songs in the USSR
- November 11 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal. A deadly civil war soon erupts.
- November 11 - Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam and commissions Malcolm Fraser as Prime Minister
- November 11 - First annual Vogalonga rowing "race" in Venice, Italy
- November 14 - Spain abandons Western Sahara
- November 20 - Death of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco
- November 21 - Rock group Queen released the album A Night at the Opera, including their greatest hit Bohemian Rhapsody.
- November 22 - Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of dictator Francisco Franco.
- November 25 - Suriname gains independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- November 25 - Irish Republican Army outlawed in Britain
- November 27 - Ross McWhirter, the co-founder of the Guinness Book of Records, is shot dead by the PIRA 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 became a registered trademark on November 26, 1976).
- November 1975 – While disabled, the submarine tender USS Proteus discharges radioactive coolant water into Apra Harbor, Guam. A Geiger counter at two of the harbor's public beaches showed 100 millirems/hour, fifty times the allowable dose.
December
Unknown dates
- January - Volkswagen introduces the Volkswagen Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.
- In New Zealand, Māori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5000 people in support of Māori 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
- 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
- MIND opens
- Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses 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.
- BACCHUS Network, American college alcohol peer-education network established.
Births
January-February
- January 3 - Danica McKellar, American actress
- January 5 - Bradley Cooper, American actor
- January 9 - Kim Mathers, former wife of rapper Eminem
- January 11 - Bunny Poe, American musician
- January 13 - Shazia Mirza, British comedienne
- January 15 - Edith Bowman, British Radio DJ
- January 17 - Tony Brown, New Zealand Rugby Union footballer.
- January 20 - Mark Allan Robinson, Canadian recall leader
- January 22 - Balthazar Getty, American actor
- January 25 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete
- January 25 - John Wade, National Football League
- January 28 - David Zingler, American writer
- January 29 - Sara Gilbert, American actress
- January 30 - Yumi Yoshimura, famous Japanese Singer Amiyumi
- February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player
- February 2 - Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer
- February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian actress and singer
- February 18 - Keith Gillespie, Northern Irish footballer
- February 18 - Gary Neville, English footballer
- February 20 - Brian Littrell, American singer, member of Backstreet Boys
- February 22 - Drew Barrymore, American actress
- February 23 - Michael Cornacchia, American actor
March-April
- 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 15 - will.i.am, American rapper
- March 15 - Eva Longoria, American actress (Desperate Housewives)
- March 15 - Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player
- March 19 - Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model
- March 27 - Stacy Ann Ferguson, American actress/singer
- April 4 - Scott Rolen, baseball player
- April 4 - Delphine Arnault, billionaire French businesswoman LVMH
- April 7 - Ronde Barber, American football player
- April 7 - Tiki Barber, American football player
- April 9 - Robbie Fowler, British footballer
- April 14 - Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler
- April 15 - Paul Dana, American race car driver (Indy Racing League) (d. 2006)
- April 22 - Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
May-June
- May 1 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
- May 2 - David Beckham, English footballer
- May 3 - Kimora Lee Simmons, American fashion designer
- May 7 - Jason Tunks, Canadian Olympic discus thrower
- May 10 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
- May 12 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player
- May 15 - Ray Lewis, American football player
- May 19 - London Fletcher, American football player
- May 27 - Jamie Oliver, British chef and television personality
- May 25 - Lauryn Hill, American musician
- May 27 - André 3000, American musician (OutKast)
- June 4 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
- June 9 - Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
- June 10 - Nicole Bilderback, Asian-American actress
- June 17 - Chloe Jones, American actress
- June 18 - Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player
- 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
July-October
- July 1 - Sufjan Stevens, American folk musician
- July 15 - Jill Halfpenny, British actress
- July 17 - Konnie Huq, English television presenter
- July 18 - Torii Hunter, baseball player
- July 24 - Torrie Wilson, American professional wrestler and model
- July 27 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player
- July 27 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
- July 30 - Graham Nicholls, British artist
- July 31 - Simon Hirst, British DJ
- August 5 - Kajol Devgan, Indian actress
- August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
- August 15 - Kara Wolters, American basketball player
- August 24 - Hayato Sakurai, Japanese martial artist
- September 11 - 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, F1 Racing Driver
- September 18 - Richard Appleby, English football player
- September 23 - Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
- September 25 - Matt Hasselbeck, American football player
- October 2 - Michel Trudeau, son of Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau and Margaret Trudeau, (d. 1998)
- October 5 - Kate Winslet, British actress
- October 23 - Odalys Garcia, Cuban-born actress
November-December
- November 10 - Markko Märtin, Estonian race car driver
- November 17 - Diane Neal, American actress
- November 18 - David Ortiz, Dominican Major League Baseball player
- 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.
- November 24 - Lee Wan Wah, Malaysian badminton player
- December 5 - Ronnie O'Sullivan, British snooker player
- December 11 - Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist
- 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 - Masaki Sumitani, Japanese television performer
- December 18 - Trish Stratus, Canadian professional wrestler and fitness model
- December 20 - Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer
- December 21 - Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer (American Ballet Theatre)
- December 22 - Crissy Moran, American erotic actress
- December 22 - Stanislav Neckář, Czech ice hockey player
- December 23 - Sky Lopez, American actress
- December 27 - Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
- December 30 - Tiger Woods, American golfer
- For musicians born in 1975, see 1975 in music.
Deaths
Unknown date
January-February
- January 8 - David Marshall "Carbine" Williams American inventor (b. 1900)
- January 8 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
- January 19 - Thomas Hart Benton, American artist (b. 1889)
- January 24 - Larry Fine, American actor and comedian (b. 1902)
- January 27 - Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (b. 1913)
- February 4 - Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908)
- February 8 - Robert Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
- February 10 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer (stroke) (b. 1910)
- 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 13 - Ivo Andric, Serbo-Croatian writer, 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 NJ State 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
- April 10 - Walker Evans, American photographer
- April 13 - N'Garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad
- April 17 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and president
- April 23 - William Hartnell, British actor (b. 1908)
- April 26 - Joey Jordison, Slipknot drummer
- April 30 - Gen Paul, French artist
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 comedienne (b. 1894)
- May 25 - Count Dante, American martial artist, founder of Black Dragon Fighting Society; noted for his self styled "Deadliest Man Alive" ad which ran in comic books.
- May 30 - Steve Prefontaine, American distance runner (b. 1951)
- June 3 - Eisaku Sato, Prime Minister of Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901)
- 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)
- July 19 - Lefty Frizzell, American singer (b. 1928)
- July 29 - James Blish, American writer (b. 1921)
August-October
- 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 16 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner (b. 1927)
- August 19 - Mark Donohue, American race car driver (b. 1937)
- August 28 - Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor
- August 29 - Eamon de Valera, third President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- September 10 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, 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 laureate (b. 1887)
- September 24 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
- September 27 - Jack Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876)
- October 10 - Norman Levinson, American mathematician (b. 1912)
- October 21 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete (b. 1889)
- October 30 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
November-December
- 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 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 24 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (b. 1911)
Nobel prizes
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