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('''
MCMLXXV ''') was a
Common Year Starting On Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). The
United Nations declared it the
International Women's Year .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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 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
- 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 .
- November 3 - An independent audit of Mattel , 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 - First Oil Pipeline opens from Cruder Bay to Grangemouth , Scotland
- converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II Of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara
- 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 11 - Angola becomes independent from Portugal (a deadly Civil War soon erupts)
- 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 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 ).
- January 3 - Danica McKellar , American actress
- January 5 - Bradley Cooper , American actor
- January 11 - Bunny Poe , American musician
- January 13 - Shazia Mirza , British comedienne
- 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
- 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
- March 5 - Jolene Blalock , American actress
- March 5 - Niki Taylor , American model
- March 9 - Roy Makaay , Dutch football player
- March 15 - Eva Longoria , American actress
- March 15 - Veselin Topalov , Bulgarian chess player
- March 19 - Vivian Hsu , Taiwanese singer, actress and model
- 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 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 Throw er
- 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 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 - Vladimir Kramnik , Russian chess player
- June 27 - Tobey Maguire , American actor
- July 1 - Sufjan Stevens , American folk musician
- 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
- August 7 - Charlize Theron , South African actress
- August 15 - Kara Wolters , American basketball player
- August 24 - Hayato Sakurai , Japanese martial artist
- 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 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 24 - Lee Wan Wah , Malaysian Badminton player
- December 5 - Ronnie O'Sullivan , British snooker player
- 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 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
- 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 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 30 - Gen Paul , French artist
- 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 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 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 )
