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Gregorian Year
1975 (MCMLXXV) was
a common year starting
on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar,
the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE)
and Anno Domini (AD)
designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of
the 20th century,
and the 6th year of the 1970s decade. It was
also declared the International
Women's Year by the United Nations and the European
Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Contents · 1Events · 2Births · 3Deaths Events[edit] January[edit] Main article: January 1975 ·
January ·
Altair 8800 is released, sparking
the microcomputer
revolution. ·
Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car,
in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit. ·
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham join Fleetwood Mac. ·
Watergate scandal (United
States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of
the Watergate cover-up. ·
Malawi changes its capital city
from Zomba to Lilongwe. ·
The Federal Rules
of Evidence are approved by the United States
Congress. ·
Bangladesh
revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is
killed by police while in custody. ·
A
bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar,
India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra,
Minister of Railways. ·
January 5 Tasman Bridge
disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk
ore carrier MV Lake
Illawarra, killing 12 people. ·
January 6 United States television
debuts: ·
Game
show Wheel
of Fortune premieres on NBC. ·
AM America makes its television debut on ABC. ·
January 7 OPEC agrees
to raise crude oil prices
by 10%. ·
Ella Grasso becomes Governor of
Connecticut, the first female U.S. governor who does not succeed
her husband. ·
U.S.
President Gerald Ford appoints
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller to
head a special commission looking into alleged domestic abuses by the CIA. ·
January 14 Heiress Lesley Whittle, 17, is kidnapped from her
home in Shropshire, England
by Donald Neilson. ·
Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it
will grant independence to Angola on November 11. ·
International
Women's Year is launched in Britain by Princess Alexandra and Barbara Castle. ·
Steel roller coaster Space
Mountain (Magic Kingdom) opens at Walt Disney World in
Florida, becoming one of the park's most popular attractions into the 21st
century. ·
January 18 The United
States Atomic Energy Commission is divided between the Energy Research and Development Administration and
the Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, partly in response to the 1973 oil crisis. ·
January 19 The 6.8 Ms Kinnaur
earthquake affected Himachal Pradesh in India with a
maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 47. ·
In Hanoi, North Vietnam, the Politburo approves the final military
offensive against South Vietnam. ·
American
talent agent Michael Ovitz founds
the Creative Artists
Agency. ·
Work
is abandoned on the British end of the Channel Tunnel. ·
January 24 Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays the solo improvisation The Kφln Concert at
the Cologne Opera,
which, recorded live, becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.[1] ·
January 26 Immaculata
University defeats the University
of Maryland 80-48 in the first nationally televised women's basketball game
in the United States.[2] ·
January 29 The Weather Underground radical
student group bombs the United
States Department of State main office in Washington, D.C. February[edit] Main article: February 1975 ·
February 1 The Intercontinental
Broadcasting Corporation is launched in the Philippines. ·
February 4 The Haicheng
earthquake, the first successfully predicted
earthquake, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538 in Haicheng, Liaoning,
China. ·
February 5 The Argentine
president Isabelita Perσn decrees Operativo
Independencia, aiming to neutralize or annihilate the
"subversive elements" in the province of Tucuman. Isabelita takes
advantage to take a self-coup and assume extraordinary powers. ·
February 6 A crucial by-election is held in
Kankesanthurai, Sri Lanka. ·
February 9 The Soyuz 17 crew (Georgy Grechko, Aleksei Gubarev) returns to Earth after 1
month aboard the Salyut 4 space
station. ·
Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the opposition UK Conservative
Party. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any
political party.[3] ·
Colonel Richard
Ratsimandrava, President of Madagascar, is assassinated. ·
A
"Turkish
Federated State of North Cyprus" is declared as an
unsuccessful first step to international recognition of a Turkish
Cypriot separatist state in Cyprus. ·
A
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 energy crisis, daylight saving time commences
nearly 2 months early in the United States. ·
February 26 A fleeing Provisional
Irish Republican Army member shoots and kills
off-duty London police officer Stephen Tibble, 22, as he gives
chase. ·
February 27 The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German
politician Peter Lorenz. He
is released on March 4 after
most of the kidnappers' demands are met. ·
A major tube train
crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people. ·
In Lomι, Togo,
the European
Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific
countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomι Convention. ·
The National
Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) approaches the South
African Embassy in London and requests 40 to 50 artillery pieces to assist
their cause in the Angolan Civil War. March[edit] Main article: March 1975 ·
March 1 ·
Aston Villa win the Football League Cup at Wembley,
beating Norwich City 10
in the final. ·
Australian
television switches to full-time colour. ·
March 4 ·
Charlie Chaplin is knighted by Elizabeth II. ·
A
Canadian parliamentary committee is televised for the first time. ·
March 6 ·
Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce
a settlement in their border dispute. ·
A
bomb explodes in the Paris offices of the 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 "Black Panther", is discovered in Staffordshire, England. ·
March 8 ·
The United Nations proclaims International
Women's Day. ·
First
appearance of Davros in Doctor Who. ·
March 9 Construction of the Trans-Alaska
Pipeline System begins. ·
March 10 ·
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mκ Thuột, South Vietnam, on their way to
capturing Saigon. ·
The Rocky Horror
Show opens on Broadway in
New York City; closed after 3 previews and 45 performances. ·
An
extended portion of Sanyō
Shinkansen between Okayama Station and Hakata Station opens, thus making
Shinkansen reach the second island, Kyushu, Japan. ·
March 11 The leftist military
government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt. ·
March 13 Vietnam War: South Vietnam President Nguyễn
Văn Thiệu orders the Central
Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving
troops and civilians (the Convoy of Tears). ·
March 15 In Brazil, Guanabara State merges
into the state of Rio de
Janeiro. The state's capital moves from the city of Niterσi 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 King Faisal of Saudi
Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.[4] ·
March 27 The South African government
announces that it will consolidate the 113 separate homeland areas into 36. ·
March 28 A fire in the maternity wing
at Kucic Hospital in Rijeka, former Yugoslavia, kills 25 people. ·
March 29 Blow by Blow by Jeff Beck is released. It would become
his most successful album in the United States, reaching the top five and
selling over one million copies. ·
March 31 ·
Sόleyman Demirel of AP forms
the new government of Turkey (39th
government, a four-party coalition, so-called First National Front
(Turkish: Milliyetηi cephe)). ·
In
his final game on the sideline, John Wooden coaches UCLA to
its 10th national championship in 12 seasons when the Bruins defeat Kentucky 92-85
in the title game at San Diego. April[edit] Main article: April 1975 ·
April 3 ·
Bobby Fischer refuses to play in
a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title. ·
Monty
Python and the Holy Grail is released in the UK. ·
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. ·
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft in Albuquerque, New
Mexico. ·
April 5 The Soviet manned space
mission Soyuz 18a ends
in failure during its ascent into orbit when a critical malfunction
occurs in the second and third stages of the booster rocket during staging,
resulting in the cosmonauts and their Soyuz spacecraft having to be ripped
free from the vehicle. Both cosmonauts survive. ·
April 9 ·
Asia's
first professional basketball league,
the Philippine
Basketball Association, plays its first game at the Araneta Coliseum. ·
Eight
people in South Korea, who are involved in the People's
Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged. ·
April 13 ·
Bus massacre: The Kataeb militia kills 27 Palestinians during an attack on their
bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon, triggering
the Lebanese Civil War which
lasts until 1990. ·
A coup d'ιtat in Chad led
by the military overthrows and kills President Franηois Tombalbaye. ·
April 15 Karen Ann Quinlan,
21, faints after consuming Quaaludes at a party. She becomes a
controversial subject in the right to die movement after her parents
sue to have her comatose body removed from life-support. She lives off a
feeding tube until 1985. ·
April 17 The Khmer Republic surrenders, when
the Communist Khmer Rouge guerilla forces
capture Phnom Penh ending
the Cambodian Civil War,
with mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians. ·
April 18 The Khmer Rouge begins a forcible mass evacuation of
the city and starts the genocide. ·
April 19 Nico Diederichs becomes the 4th State
President of South Africa.[5] ·
April 24 Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over
the 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 Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and
evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop
commitment to South Vietnam. ·
April 29 Vietnam War: ·
Operation
Frequent Wind Americans and their allies are evacuated
from South Vietnam by
helicopter. ·
North
Vietnam concludes its East Sea Campaign by
capturing all of the Spratly Islands that were being held by
South Vietnam. ·
April 30 The Vietnam War ends with the Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War concludes
as Communist forces from North Vietnam take Saigon, resulting in mass evacuation of the
remaining American troops and South Vietnam civilians. As the capital is
taken, South Vietnam surrenders
unconditionally and is replaced with the temporary Provisional Government. May[edit] Main article: May 1975 ·
May 1 The Cold War between Cambodia and Vietnam begins, which eventually leads
to the CambodianVietnamese
War. ·
May 3 West Ham United wins
the FA Cup at Wembley, beating Fulham 20
in the final. Both goals are scored by Alan Taylor. West Ham legend Bobby Moore, appears for Fulham. ·
May 5 The Busch Gardens
Williamsburg theme park opens in Virginia. ·
May 6 ·
The
South African government announces that it will provide all Black children
with free and compulsory education. ·
A violent F4
tornado hits the Omaha
metropolitan area, killing three and injuring more than 137. ·
May 12 Mayaguez incident: Khmer Rouge forces in Cambodia seize the United States
merchant ship 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 and abolishes the Chogyal, its monarchy. ·
Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach
the summit of Mount Everest. ·
May 17 Elton John's Captain
Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy becomes the first
album to enter the US Billboard 200 album
chart at Number One. ·
May 25 ·
Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 for a second time in a
rain-shorted 174 lap, 700 kilometres (430 mi) race. ·
The Golden State
Warriors win the 1975 NBA basketball
championship. ·
May 27 ·
The Dibbles Bridge
coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England results in 32
deaths (the highest ever toll in a United Kingdom road accident). ·
In
the National Hockey League,
The Philadelphia Flyers defeat
the Buffalo Sabres 2-0
in game six of the finals to claim their second straight Stanley Cup. ·
May 28 Fifteen West African countries
sign the Treaty of Lagos,
creating the Economic
Community of West African States. June[edit] Main article: June 1975 ·
June 5 ·
The Suez Canal opens for the first time
since the Six-Day War. ·
The
United Kingdom votes yes in a referendum to stay in the European Community. ·
June 6 The Georgetown Agreement,
formally creating the ACP Group, is
signed. ·
June 9 The Order of Australia is
awarded for the first time. ·
June 10 In Washington, D.C.,
the Rockefeller Commission issues its
report on CIA abuses, recommending a joint
congressional oversight committee on intelligence. ·
June 11 After a referendum and seven
years of military rule, modern day Greece is established as the Hellas Republic. ·
June 19 Richard
Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan is found guilty in absentia of
the murder of nanny Sandra Rivett. ·
June 20 Jaws is released in theaters and
becomes a popular summer hit, setting the standard for Hollywood blockbusters
for years to come. ·
June 25 ·
Prime
Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of
emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections. ·
Mozambique gains independence from Portugal. ·
June 26 Two FBI agents
and one AIM member
die in a shootout, at the Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation in South Dakota. July[edit] Main article: July 1975 ·
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 ·
Zion
Square refrigerator bombing. A terrorist attack in downtown Jerusalem kills 15 civilians and wounds
77. ·
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 declares and is granted their
independence from France. ·
Ruffian, an American champion thoroughbred
racehorse breaks down in a match race against Kentucky Derby winner, Foolish Pleasure; she has to be euthanized the following day. ·
July 9 The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way
for a multi-party system (albeit
highly restricted). ·
July 12 Sγo Tomι and
Prνncipe declare independence from Portugal. ·
July 17 ApolloSoyuz
Test Project: A manned American Apollo spacecraft and
the manned Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission, docks in orbit, marking the first such link-up
between spacecraft from the 2 nations. ·
July 30 In Detroit, former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing. August[edit] Main article: August 1975 ·
The
first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to
assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter
of Angolan territory.[6] ·
The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide
training and support for the FNLA and UNITA.[6] ·
August 1 The Helsinki Accords, which officially recognize
Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in
Finland. ·
August 3 The Louisiana Superdome opens
in New Orleans. ·
August 5 U.S. President Ford posthumously restores the U.S.
citizenship of General Robert E. Lee, military leader of the
Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. ·
August 8 ·
The Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan Province, fails after Typhoon Nina;
over 200,000 people perish. ·
Samuel
Bronfman II, son of the president of Seagram's, is kidnapped in Purchase, New York. ·
British Leyland Motor Corporation comes
under British government control. ·
Governor Mαrio Lemos Pires of Portuguese East Timor abandons the
capital Dili, following a UDT coup
and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. ·
The Birmingham Six are wrongfully sentenced
to life imprisonment in Great Britain. (They are released 1991.) ·
Founder
President Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman of Bangladesh is killed during a coup led
by Major Syed Faruque Rahman. ·
Some
members of Jehovah's Witnesses believe
that Armageddon will
occur this year based on the group's chronology[7] and
some sell their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise
which they believe will be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on
Earth. ·
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. ·
The Victoria
Falls Conference between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the United
African National Council is held in a South African
Railways coach on the Victoria Falls
Bridge, officiated by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime
Minister John Vorster. ·
Bruce Springsteen's album Born to Run is released in the
United States. September[edit] Main article: September 1975 ·
SeptemberOctober
In New Zealand, Māori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5,000
people, in support of Maori claims to their land. ·
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 Secret
Service agent. ·
The London Hilton Hotel is
bombed by the Provisional
Irish Republican Army; two people are killed and 63 injured.[8] ·
September 6 An earthquake of
magnitude M 6.7 kills at least 2,085 in Diyarbakır and Lice, Turkey. ·
September 9 Riverfront Coliseum opens
in Cincinnati. ·
Elizabeth Seton is canonized, becoming
the first American Roman Catholic saint. ·
Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch is slashed a dozen
times at the Rijksmuseum in
Amsterdam. ·
September 15 The French department of
"Corse", comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica). Flag of Papua New Guinea ·
September 16 Papua New Guinea gains its independence
from Australia. ·
September 16 Cape Verde, Mozambique
and Sγo Tomι and
Prνncipe join the United Nations. ·
September 18 Fugitive Patty Hearst is captured in San Francisco. ·
General Vasco Gonηalves is
ousted as Prime Minister of Portugal. ·
The
British comedy sitcom Fawlty Towers airs on BBC Two. ·
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 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 24 Dougal Haston and Doug Scott on the 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition become
the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces and
the first Britons to reach the summit by any route. ·
Francoist Spain executes five ETA and FRAP members,
the last executions in Spain to date. ·
The Norwood Football
Club beats the Glenelg Football
Club in the South
Australian National Football League (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[edit] Main article: October 1975 ·
October 1 Thrilla in Manila:
Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. ·
October 2 A blast at an explosives
factory kills six in Beloeil, Quebec. ·
October 9 A bomb explosion outside
the Green Park tube
station near Piccadilly in London kills one and
injures 20. ·
October 11 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 14 The South African Defence
Force invades Angola during Operation
Savannah in support of the FNLA and UNITA prior to the Angolan elections
scheduled for 11 November.[9] ·
The
"Balibo Five" Australian television
journalists are killed at Balibo by Indonesian Army special forces in the
buildup to the Indonesian
invasion of East Timor. ·
The
last naturally occurring case of smallpox is diagnosed and treated, the
victim being two-year-old Rahima Banu.[10] ·
October 21 1975 World Series:
The Boston Red Sox defeat
the Cincinnati Reds in
Game 6 off Carlton Fisk's
12th-inning home run to cap off what many consider to be the best World
Series game ever played. ·
October 22 The Reds defeat the Red
Sox 4 games to 3 in a broadcast that breaks records for a televised sporting
event. ·
October 27 Robert Poulin kills one and wounds five
at St. Pius
X High School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada before shooting
himself. ·
Peter Sutcliffe (the "Yorkshire
Ripper") commits his first murder, that of Wilma McCann. ·
Juan Carlos I of
Spain becomes acting head of state after dictator Francisco Franco concedes that he is
too ill to govern. ·
The Queen single Bohemian Rhapsody is
released. It later becomes one of their most popular songs. ·
The Racial
Discrimination Act 1975 took effect in Australia. ·
Tun Mustapha resigned as Chief Minister of
Sabah, a state in Malaysia, bringing to an end speculation
that he would attempt to lead secession for Sabah to become an independent
nation. November[edit] Main article: November 1975 ·
An
independent audit of Mattel, one 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." ·
The
first petroleum pipeline opens from Cruden Bay to Grangemouth, Scotland. ·
The
long-running television game show The
Price Is Right expands from 30 minutes to its
current hour-long format on CBS. ·
November 6 The 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 7 A vapor cloud explosion at
a petroleum cracking facility in Geleen, Netherlands leaves 14 dead and 109
injured, with fires lasting for five days. ·
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379:
By a vote of 7235 (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. It is repealed in 1991. ·
The
729-foot (222 m)-long freighter SS Edmund
Fitzgerald sinks during a storm 27 kilometres
(17 mi) from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members
on board (an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot). ·
Lev
Leshchenko revives Den Pobedy, one
of the most popular World War II songs in the USSR. ·
Angola becomes independent from Portugal
and civil war erupts. Flag of Angola ·
Australian
constitutional crisis of 1975: Governor-General
of Australia Sir John Kerr controversially
dismisses the Whitlam Labor
Government and commissions Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal/National
Country Coalition as
caretaker Prime
Minister. ·
The
first annual Vogalonga rowing
"race" is held in Venice, Italy. ·
November 12 The Comoros joins the United Nations. ·
November 14 Madrid Accords: Spain abandons Western Sahara. ·
November 15 The "Group of 6" (G-6) industrialized
nations is formed. ·
November 16 Beginning of the Third Cod War between UK and Iceland,
which lasts until June 1976. ·
November 19 The United States
Congress approves the Clark Amendment, ending aid to the FNLA and UNITA. ·
Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for
the Republican presidential
nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford. ·
Spanish
dictator Francisco Franco dies
in Madrid, effectively marking the end of the
dictatorship established following the Spanish Civil War and
the beginning of Spain's transition
to democracy. ·
November 22 Juan Carlos is
declared King of Spain following
the death of dictator Francisco Franco; he would reign until his
abdication in 2014. Flag of Suriname. ·
Suriname gains independence from
the Kingdom of the
Netherlands. ·
November 26 The cult classic
movie The Rocky
Horror Picture Show is released in the United States. ·
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. ·
Portuguese Timor declares its
independence from Portugal as East Timor. ·
South African Navy frigates evacuate
26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at Ambrizete, 160 kilometres (99 mi) north
of Luanda in Angola. ·
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). ·
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 shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the
allowable dose. ·
Formula One world champion Graham Hill is killed when the Piper Aztec aeroplane he was piloting
crashed in foggy conditions near Arkley golf course in North London. December[edit] Main article: December 1975 ·
December 2 In Laos,
the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeats the Kingdom of Laos, forcing King Sisavang Vatthana to
abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends
the Laotian Civil War,
with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civilians. ·
December 3 The ongoing Insurgency in Laos begins
with the Pathet Lao fighting the Hmongs, Royalist-in-exile and the
Right-wings. ·
The 1916 wreck
of HMHS Britannic is
found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau. ·
December 8 New York City is approved
for bailout of 2.3 billion each year through to 1978
6.9 billion total. ·
December 7 Indonesian
invasion of East Timor: Indonesia invades East Timor; the occupation continues until
1999, when U.N. peacekeepers take over control until 2002. ·
December 13 Australian
federal election, 1975: The Liberal/National Country Coalition led
by Malcolm Fraser defeats
the recently
dismissed Labor Governmentled
by Gough Whitlam.
The incoming Fraser Government achieves
what is so far the largest parliamentary majority in federal Australian
political history. Whitlam would subsequently survive a leadership challenge against him. ·
December 18 The Lutz family moves
into 112 Ocean Avenue, Amityville, Long Island, New York, in the United States, only to flee from the house
after 28 days, which would go on to inspire the story of The Amityville
Horror. ·
December 21 Six people,
including Carlos the Jackal,
kidnap delegates of an OPEC conference
in Vienna. ·
December 25 The heavy metal band Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris in
London. ·
December 29 A bomb explosion at LaGuardia Airport in
New York City kills 11 people. Date unknown[edit] ·
The
Spanish Army quits Spanish Sahara (modern-day
Western Sahara), last remnant of the Spanish Empire. The Sahrawi Republic (RASD) is
created. Moroccoinvades the former territory. ·
The
government of Colombia announces
the finding of Ciudad Perdida. ·
Benoit Mandelbrot coins
the mathematical term fractal. ·
Lyme disease is first diagnosed
at Lyme, Connecticut. ·
Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment. ·
South Australia becomes the first
Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. ·
Peter Gabriel departs Genesis, and is replaced on lead vocals by
drummer Phil Collins. ·
The
first monster truck, Bigfoot, is created by Bob Chandler. World population[edit]
Births[edit] January[edit] ·
Kamaal Rashid Khan,
Indian actor and internet celebrity ·
Sonali Bendre, Indian actress ·
Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist ·
Jorge
Gutierrez, Mexican animator and director ·
Doug Robb, American musician ·
Dax Shepard, American actor ·
Danica McKellar, American actress and
education advocate ·
Jason Marsden, American actor ·
Bradley Cooper, American actor ·
Mike Grier, American hockey player ·
Jason King,
British radio DJ and presenter ·
Yukana Nogami, Japanese voice actress ·
Ricardo
Santos, Brazilian beach volleyball player ·
January 8 Chris Simmons, British actor ·
January 10 Jake Delhomme, American football player ·
Rory Fitzpatrick, American hockey player ·
Matteo Renzi, 56th Prime Minister of
Italy ·
January 13 Shazia Mirza, British comedian ·
January 15 Mary Pierce, French tennis player ·
January 16 Anthony Taberna, Filipino broadcast
journalist and radio commentator ·
Tony Brown,
New Zealand rugby union footballer ·
Freddy Rodriguez,
American actor ·
David Eckstein, American baseball player ·
Mark Allan Robinson,
Canadian recall leader ·
January 21 Zach Helm, American writer, director, and
producer ·
January 22 Balthazar Getty, American actor ·
January 23 Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial arts
fighter ·
January 24 Paul Marazzi, English singer ·
Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress ·
Tim Montgomery, American athlete ·
John Wade,
American football player ·
Tanya Chua, Singapore singer ·
Terri Conn, American actress ·
Hiroshi Kamiya, Japanese voice actor and
singer ·
Lee Latchford-Evans,
English singer ·
Sharif Atkins, American television actor ·
Sara Gilbert, American actress ·
January 30 Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer February[edit] ·
February 1 Big Boi, American rapper ·
Todd Bertuzzi, Canadian hockey player ·
Ieroklis Stoltidis,
Greek footballer ·
February 4 Natalie Imbruglia,
Australian actress and singer ·
February 6 Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer ·
February 9 Vladimir Guerrero,
Dominican baseball player ·
February 10 Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball pitcher ·
February 11 Jacque Vaughn, American basketball player ·
February 14 Malik Zidi, French actor ·
February 16 Nanase Aikawa, Japanese singer ·
Harisu, South Korean singer, model and
actress ·
Todd Harvey, Canadian hockey player ·
Vαclav Prospal,
Czech hockey player ·
Kichise Michiko, Japanese actress ·
Sarah Brown,
American actress ·
Igor Dodon, President of Moldova ·
Keith Gillespie, Northern Irish footballer ·
Gary Neville, English footballer ·
February 19 Mohamed Aly, Egyptian reformist and writer ·
February 20 Brian Littrell, American pop singer ·
February 21 Mark Ross, American rock singer and
entrepreneur ·
February 22 Drew Barrymore, American actress and film
producer ·
Wilfred Kibet Kigen, Kenyan long-distance
runner ·
Callan Mulvey, New Zealand-born Australian
actor ·
Chiemi Chiba, Japanese voice actress ·
Chelsea Handler, American comedian and
television host March[edit] ·
March 1 ·
Maya Kulenovic, Canadian painter ·
Valentina Monetta,
Sammarinese singer ·
March 4 ·
Myrna Veenstra, Dutch field hockey player ·
Jerod Turner, American professional golfer ·
March 5 ·
Jolene Blalock, American actress ·
Niki Taylor, American model ·
March 6 Aracely Arαmbula,
Mexican actress, singer and model ·
March 7 ·
Audrey Marie
Anderson, American actress ·
Leon Dunne, Australian swimmer ·
T. J. Thyne, American actor ·
March 9 ·
Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer ·
Lisa Miskovsky, Swedish musician ·
March 11 ·
Eric the Midget, American TV personality
(d. 2014) ·
Buvaisar Saitiev, Chechen wrestler ·
David Caρada, Spanish cyclist (d. 2016) ·
March 12 Kιllι Bryan, English singer ·
March 15 ·
Eva Longoria, American actress ·
Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player ·
will.i.am, American rapper and singer ·
March 17 ·
Andrew Martin, Canadian professional
wrestler (d. 2009) ·
Natalie Zea, American actress ·
Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor, singer, and
producer ·
March 18 ·
Brian Griese, American football player ·
Sutton Foster, American actress ·
March 19 ·
Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and
model ·
Le Jingyi, Chinese swimmer ·
Matthew
Richardson, Australian rules footballer ·
Brann Dailor, American drummer ·
March 21 ·
Mark
Williams, Welsh professional snooker player ·
March 25 ·
Ladislav Benύek,
Czech ice hockey player ·
Melanie Blatt, English singer ·
March 27 Fergie, American singer and actress ·
March 28 Richard Kelly,
American director ·
March 29 Jan Bos, Dutch speed skater ·
March 30 Bahar Soomekh, American actress April[edit] ·
April 2 ·
Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor ·
Adam Rodriguez, American actor ·
April 3 ·
Yoshinobu Takahashi,
Japanese professional baseball player ·
Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball pitcher ·
April 4 ·
Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman and
entrepreneur ·
Scott Rolen, American baseball player ·
April 5 ·
John Hartson, Welsh footballer ·
Juicy J, American rapper, songwriter and
record producer ·
April 6 ·
Zach Braff, American actor ·
Sσnia Lopes, Cape Verdean runner ·
April 7 ·
Ronde Barber, American football player ·
Tiki Barber, American football player ·
John Cooper,
America guitarist and singer ·
April 8 Anouk, Dutch singer-songwriter and producer ·
April 9 ·
Robbie Fowler, British footballer ·
David Gordon Green,
American filmmaker ·
April 13 ·
Bruce Dyer, English footballer ·
Jasey-Jay Anderson,
Canadian snowboarder ·
April 14 ·
Amy Dumas, American professional wrestler ·
Stefano Miceli, Italian conductor and
pianist ·
Anderson Silva, Brazilian UFC fighter ·
Takayoshi Tanimoto,
Japanese singer ·
April 15 Paul Dana, American race car driver
(d. 2006) ·
April 16 ·
Megumi Ōhara, Japanese voice actress ·
April 17 Lee Hyun-il, South Korean badminton player ·
April 21 Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmer ·
April 22 ·
Greg Moore,
Canadian race car driver (d. 1999) ·
Carlos Sastre, Spanish road bicycle racer ·
April 23 Olga Kern, Russian pianist ·
April 26 Joey Jordison, American metal drummer ·
April 25 Chris Lilley,
Australian actor, comedian, and writer ·
April 27 Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumper ·
April 29 Eric Koston, American skateboarder ·
April 30 ·
Johnny Galecki, Belgian-born American actor ·
Mike Chat, American actor May[edit] ·
May 1 Marc-Vivien Foι,
Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) ·
May 2 ·
David Beckham, English footballer ·
Ahmed Hassan,
Egyptian footballer ·
May 3 ·
Andreea Bibiri, Romanian actress and theatre
director ·
Christina Hendricks,
American actress ·
Kimora Lee Simmons,
American fashion designer ·
May 7 Jason Tunks, Canadian discus thrower ·
May 8 ·
Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer ·
Jussi Markkanen, Finnish hockey player ·
May 9 Chris Diamantopoulos,
Canadian actor ·
May 10 ·
Hazem Emam, Egyptian footballer ·
Hιlio Castroneves,
Brazilian race car driver ·
Julie Nathanson, American actress and voice
actress ·
Torbjψrn Brundtland,
Norwegian musician ·
May 12 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player
(d. 2015) ·
May 13 Itatν Cantoral,
Mexican actress ·
May 15 ·
Peter Iwers, Swedish rock bassist ·
Ray Lewis, American football player ·
May 16 Tony Kakko, Finnish singer ·
May 17 Jonti Picking, British animator, voice actor
and internet personality ·
May 18 ·
John
Higgins, Scottish snooker player ·
Jack Johnson,
American singer-songwriter ·
Irina Karavayeva, Russian trampolinist ·
May 19 ·
London Fletcher, American football player ·
Jonas Renkse, Swedish musician ·
Mitsutoshi
Shimabukuro, Japanese manga artist ·
Zhang Ning, Chinese badminton player ·
May 20 ·
Al Bano, Italian singer ·
Tahmoh Penikett, Canadian actor ·
Miriam Quiambao, Filipina actress ·
Andrew Sega, American musician ·
May 22 Janne Niinimaa, Finnish hockey player ·
May 23 Michiel van den Bos,
Dutch composer ·
May 25 ·
Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician ·
Lauryn Hill, American singer ·
Harriet Toompere, Estonian actress ·
May 26 ·
Tsuruno Takeshi, Japanese actor and singer ·
May 27 ·
Andrι 3000, American musician, record
producer, and actor ·
Jamie Oliver, English chef, restaurateur and
television personality ·
May 28 Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress ·
May 29 ·
Jason Allison, Canadian hockey player ·
Melanie Brown, British singer ·
Daniel Tosh, American comedian ·
May 31 Toni Nieminen, Finnish ski jumper June[edit] ·
June 1 ·
Gareth Edwards,
British director ·
Bryan Konietzko, American animator ·
June 4 ·
Russell Brand, English actor and comedian ·
Angelina Jolie, American actress ·
June 5 ·
Scott Holroyd, American actor ·
Karen Strassman, American actress and voice
artist ·
June 7 ·
Shane Bond, New Zealand fast bowler ·
Allen Iverson, American basketball player ·
June 8 Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood actress ·
June 9 Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer ·
June 10 Darren Eadie, English footballer ·
June 11 Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress and model ·
June 14 ·
Chris Onstad, American cartoonist ·
Laurence Rickard, English actor, writer and
comedian ·
June 15 Elizabeth Reaser, American actress ·
June 16 Anabel Conde, Spanish singer ·
June 17 Phiyada Akkraseranee,
Thai actress ·
June 18 Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player ·
June 19 ·
Oksana Chusovitina,
German artistic gymnast ·
Ed Coode, British rower ·
June 21 Oscar Wood, American wrestler ·
June 22 Jeff Hephner, American actor ·
June 23 ·
Lee Kiat Lee, Malaysian politician ·
Kate Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter ·
Markus Zusak, Australian writer ·
June 24 ·
Remco van der Ven,
Dutch cyclist ·
Christie Pearce, American footballer ·
Jean-Kome Loglo, Togolese tennis player ·
Carla Gallo, American actress ·
June 25 ·
Linda Cardellini, American actress ·
Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress ·
Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player ·
June 26 ·
Gwendolyn Rutten, Belgian politician ·
Luke Mejares, Filipino singer-songwriter ·
Florence Loiret
Caille, French actress ·
June 27 ·
Tobey Maguire, American actor ·
Mosese Rauluni, Fijian rugby union
footballer ·
Timote Moleni, Tongan footballer ·
June 28 ·
Jeff Geddis, Canadian actor ·
Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer ·
Jon Nφdtveidt, Swedish singer (d. 2006) ·
June 29 ·
Șerban Pavlu, Romanian actor ·
Mime Gopi, Indian actor ·
June 30 ·
Ralf Schumacher, German racing car driver ·
Angela Tong, Hong Kong actress July[edit] ·
July 1 Sufjan Stevens, American musician ·
July 2 Maxim Mehmet, German actor ·
July 2 Ryan McPartlin, American actor ·
July 4 ·
Scott Major, Australian actor and director ·
John Lloyd Young, American actor and singer ·
July 5 ·
Zander de Bruyn, South African cricketer ·
Hernαn Crespo, Argentinian footballer ·
Kip Gamblin, Australian actor ·
Patrick Hivon, Canadian actor ·
Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player ·
July 6 ·
50 Cent, American rapper ·
Sebastiαn Rulli,
Argentine actor and model ·
July 7 ·
Richard Arkless, Scottish politician ·
Jason Brilz, American mixed martial artist ·
Khaled Gahwji, Saudi football player ·
Nina Hoss, German actress ·
July 8 Amara, Indonesian actress, model, and singer ·
July 9 ·
Shelton Benjamin, American professional
wrestler ·
Robert Koenig,
American film director and producer ·
Jack White, American singer and guitarist ·
July 10 ·
Martina Colombari,
Italian actress, model and television presenter ·
Edoardo Gabbriellini,
Italian actor, screenwriter, and director ·
Alain Nasreddine, Canadian ice hockey player ·
Stefαn Karl
Stefαnsson, Icelandic actor (d. 2018) ·
July 11 ·
Spencer Cox,
American lawyer and politician ·
Jon Wellner, American actor ·
Bridgette Andersen,
American actress (d. 1997) ·
July 12 Race Owen, American actor ·
July 13 Diego Spotorno, Ecuadorian actor and TV host ·
July 14 Flore Zoι, Dutch photographer ·
July 15 ·
K Brosas, Filipino actress, comedian, singer
and television host ·
Jill Halfpenny, British actress ·
July 16 Edoardo Gabbriellini,
Italian actor, screenwriter, and director ·
July 17 ·
Elena Anaya, Spanish actress ·
Darude, Finnish DJ and record producer ·
Cιcile de France,
Belgian actress ·
Harlette, British fashion designer ·
Konnie Huq, English television presenter ·
Terence Tao, Australian-American
mathematician ·
July 18 ·
Torii Hunter, American baseball player ·
Daron Malakian, Armenian-American guitarist ·
July 19 ·
Heather Armstrong,
American blogger ·
Patricia Ja Lee, American actress and model ·
July 20 ·
Judy Greer, American actress and author ·
Ray Allen, American basketball player ·
July 21 Fredrik
Johansson, Swedish musician ·
July 22 Kenshin Kawakami, Japanese baseball pitcher ·
July 23 Suriya, Indian actor ·
July 24 ·
Eric Szmanda, American actor ·
Torrie Wilson, American professional
wrestler and model ·
July 25 ·
Hεvard Ellefsen,
Norwegian musician ·
Evgeni Nabokov, Kazakh-Russian hockey
goaltender ·
July 27 ·
Shea Hillenbrand, American baseball player ·
Alex Rodriguez, American baseball player ·
July 29 Terrence Wilkins, American football player ·
July 30 ·
Tazin Ahmed, Bangladeshi journalist,
actress, playwright, and director (d. 2018) ·
Graham Nicholls, British artist August[edit] ·
August 1 ·
Danny Chan Kwok-kwan,
Hong Kong actor ·
Vhrsti, Czech illustrator ·
August 3 Yoyo Mung, Hong Kong actress ·
August 4 Jason Crump, Australian motorcycle speedway
rider ·
August 5 ·
Kajol Devgan, Indian actress ·
Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist ·
August 7 ·
Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal),
Norwegian musician ·
Megan Gale, Australian model and actress ·
Charlize Theron, South African actress ·
August 9 Mahesh Babu, Indian actor ·
August 11 Roger Craig Smith,
American voice actor ·
August 12 Casey Affleck, American actor and film
director ·
August 13 Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani fast bowler ·
August 15 Kara Wolters, American basketball player ·
August 18 Kaitlin Olson, American actress ·
Sheree Murphy, English actress ·
Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor ·
August 24 Hayato Sakurai, Japanese martial artist ·
August 25 Raymond Wong Ho-yin,
Hong Kong actor ·
August 27 Bjφrn Gelotte, Swedish musician ·
August 28 Yūko Gotō, Japanese voice actress
and singer ·
Dante Basco, American actor ·
Jeffrey Nicholas
Brown, American actor ·
August 31 Sara Ramirez, American Actress September[edit] ·
Natalie
Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer ·
Elvira Rahić, Bosnian singer ·
Scott Speedman, Canadian actor ·
September 2 Czech neo-burlesque
impresario ·
September 3 Redfoo, American disc jockey ·
September 4 Mark Ronson, English DJ, record producer,
and singer ·
Derrek Lee, American baseball player ·
Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka ·
September 7 Renato Sobral, Brazilian martial artist ·
September 9 Michael Bublι, Canadian musician ·
September 10 R. Luke DuBois, American composer and artist ·
September 11 Brad Fischetti, American musician ·
September 13 Peter Ho, American-Taiwanese singer and
actor ·
Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer ·
Shannon Noll, Australian singer ·
Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver ·
Constantine Maroulis,
American singer ·
Juan Pablo Montoya,
Colombian race car driver ·
Austin St. John, American actor ·
Charlie Finn, American actor ·
Richard Appleby, English footballer ·
Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian,
and screenwriter ·
Asia Argento, Italian actress, singer, and
director ·
Moon Bloodgood, American actress ·
Mireille Enos, American actress ·
Ethan Moreau, Canadian hockey player ·
September 23 Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player ·
Declan Donnelly, British TV presenter, actor
and singer ·
Matt Hasselbeck, American football player ·
September 27 Sam Lee, Hong Kong actor ·
September 28 Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister
of Serbia ·
Marion Cotillard, French actress, singer,
songwriter, and musician ·
Christopher
Jackson, American actor, musician, and composer ·
Georges-Alain Jones,
French singer October[edit] ·
October 3 Alanna Ubach, American actress and singer ·
Monica Rial, American voice actress ·
Kate Winslet, British actress ·
Scott Weinger, American actor ·
Gao Yuanyuan, Chinese actress ·
Parminder Nagra, British actress ·
Terry Gerin, American professional wrestler ·
Kaspars Znotiņ,
Latvian actor ·
October 9 Joe McFadden, British actor ·
October 9 Sean Lennon, American musician ·
October 10 Ihsahn, Norwegian musician ·
Floyd Landis, American cyclist ·
Shaznay Lewis, English singer ·
October 15 Michιl
Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer ·
Sally Biddulph, British journalist and
presenter ·
Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer ·
Benjamin Heckendorn,
American electronics modifier and independent filmmaker ·
James L. Venable, American composer ·
Jerry
Clicquot, American actor ·
October 20 Natalie Gregory, American child actress ·
October 21 Henrique Hilαrio,
Portuguese footballer ·
Jesse Tyler Ferguson,
American actor ·
Mike Riley,
American cartoonist ·
Odalys Garcνa, Cuban-born actress ·
Keith Van Horn, American basketball player ·
Michelle Beadle, American sports reporter
and host ·
October 25 Zadie Smith, English writer ·
October 30 Ian D'Sa, Canadian guitarist ·
October 31 Director X, Canadian music video director November[edit] ·
Zhang Ouying, Chinese footballer (d. 2018) ·
Danny Cooksey, American actor ·
November 3 Marta Domνnguez,
Spanish athlete ·
November 4 Ιric Fichaud, Canadian hockey player ·
Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer ·
Jamie Spaniolo (Jamie Madrox), American
rapper ·
Αngel Corella, Spanish dancer ·
Tara Reid, American actress ·
November 10 Markko Mδrtin, Estonian race car driver ·
November 11 Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby union player ·
November 12 Jason Lezak, American swimmer ·
November 14 Faye Tozer, English singer ·
November 15 Hiromi Ominami, Japanese long-distance
runner ·
Yuki Uchida, Japanese actress ·
Julio Lugo, Dominican baseball player ·
Neal E. Boyd, American singer and reality
show winner (America's
Got Talent) (d. 2018) ·
Anthony McPartlin,
British TV presenter, actor and singer ·
David Ortiz, Dominican baseball player ·
November 19 Sushmita Sen, Indian beauty queen and
actress ·
Dierks Bentley, American country music
singer ·
Joshua Gomez, American actor ·
Cherie Johnson, American actress ·
Chris Moneymaker, American poker player ·
Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian drummer ·
November 22 James Madio, American actor ·
Thomas Kohnstamm, American writer ·
Lee Wan Wah, Malaysian badminton player ·
November 28 Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian writer ·
November 30 Ben Thatcher, Welsh footballer December[edit] ·
December 1 David Hornsby, American actor ·
December 2 Malinda Williams, American actress ·
December 3 Csaba Czιbely, Hungarian drummer ·
Sofi Marinova, Bulgarian singer ·
Ronnie O'Sullivan,
British snooker player ·
Paula Patton, American actress ·
Ashin, Taiwanese singer ·
Sayaka Ohara, Japanese voice actress ·
December 8 Kevin Harvick, American race car driver ·
December 10 Joe Mays, American baseball pitcher ·
December 11 Gerben de Knegt, Dutch cyclist ·
Mayim Bialik, Israeli-American actress and
neuroscientist ·
Houko Kuwashima, Japanese voice actress ·
December 13 Tom DeLonge, American guitarist and vocalist ·
Frode Fjerdingstad,
Norwegian photographer ·
Ben Kowalewicz, Canadian vocalist ·
Tim Clark,
South African golfer ·
Nick Dinsmore, American professional
wrestler ·
Susanthika
Jayasinghe, Sri Lankan athlete ·
Hilje Murel, Estonian actress ·
Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-born American
actress and model ·
Sia Furler (aka Sia), Australian
singer-songwriter and music video director ·
Trish Stratus, Canadian professional
wrestler and model ·
Randy Houser, American country music singer ·
Masaki Sumitani, Japanese television
performer ·
December 20 Bartosz Bosacki, Polish footballer ·
Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer ·
Charles Michel, Belgian politician,
51st Prime Minister
of Belgium ·
December 23 Vadim Sharifijanov,
Russian ice hockey player ·
Ed Stafford, English explorer ·
Marcelo Rνos, Chilean tennis player ·
Heather O'Rourke,
American child actress (d. 1988) ·
Nike Ardilla, Indonesian singer (d. 1995) ·
December 29 Shawn Hatosy, American actor ·
Yoma Komatsu, Japanese singer ·
Tiger Woods, American golfer ·
December 31 Mikko Sirιn, Finnish drummer Date unknown[edit] ·
Nazma Akter, Banglahdesi trade unionist Deaths[edit] January[edit] ·
January 3 Victor Kraft, Austrian philosopher (b. 1880) ·
January 4 Ole Rψmer
Aagaard Sandberg, Norwegian military officer and farmer (b. 1888) ·
January 7 Harry Gunnison Brown,
American economist teaching at Yale in 20th century (b. 1880) ·
January 8 Louis P. Lochner, American political
activist, journalist, and author (b. 1887) ·
January 9 Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897) ·
January 14 Georgi Traykov, former head of State
of Bulgaria as Chairman of the Presidium of the National
Assembly (b. 1898) ·
January 16 Bandō
Mitsugorō VIII, Japanese actor (b. 1906) ·
January 17 Gustavo Rojas
Pinilla, 19th President of
Colombia (b. 1900) ·
January 18 Evelyn Greeley, American silent film actress
(b. 1888) ·
January 19 Thomas Hart
Benton, American artist (b. 1889) ·
January 23 Prince Karl
Franz of Prussia (b. 1916) ·
Antonνn Novotnύ,
Czechoslovak Communist leader and 7th President of
Czechoslovakia (b. 1904) ·
Bill Walsh,
American film producer and writer (b. 1913) ·
January 28 Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and
philologist (b. 1887) February[edit] ·
February 3 Umm Kulthum, Egyptian actress and singer
(b. 1904) ·
February 4 Louis Jordan, American musician (b. 1908) ·
February 5 George Rowe,
American actor (b. 1894) ·
Robert
Robinson, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886) ·
Jan Mukařovskύ,
Czech literary, linguistic and aesthetic theorist. (b. 1891) ·
February 10 Dave Alexander,
American musician (b. 1947) ·
Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887) ·
P. G. Wodehouse, English writer (b. 1881) ·
February 16 Morgan Taylor, American Olympic athlete
(b. 1903) ·
February 18 Chivu Stoica, Romanian Communist politician,
48th Prime Minister
of Romania and head of State (b. 1908) ·
February 19 Luigi Dallapiccola,
Italian composer (b. 1904) ·
February 24 Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of
the Soviet Union (b. 1895) ·
February 25 Elijah Muhammad, American Nation of Islam
leader (b. 1897) March[edit] ·
March 3 Therese Giehse, German actress (b. 1898) ·
March 7 ·
Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher and
literary scholar (b. 1895) ·
Ben Blue, Canadian actor and comedian
(b. 1901) ·
March 8 ·
Joseph Bech, Prime
Minister of Luxembourg (b. 1887) ·
George Stevens, American director, producer
and cinematographer (b. 1904) ·
March 9 ·
Gleb W. Derujinsky,
Russian-American sculptor (b. 1888) ·
Joseph Dunninger, American mentalist
(b. 1892) ·
March 10 Arthur W. Hummel Sr.,
American Christian missionary to China (b. 1884) ·
March 11 Margarita Fischer,
German silent film actress (b. 1886) ·
March 13 Ivo Andrić, 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 blues performer
(b. 1910) ·
Richard W. DeKorte,
American New Jersey Energy Administrator and former member of the New Jersey
General Assembly (b. 1936) ·
March 19 ·
Harry Lachman, American set designer and
film director (b. 1886) ·
Roy Middleton, Australian cricketer and
administrator (b. 1889) ·
March 20 Infante
Jaime, Duke of Segovia, (b. 1908) ·
March 25 ·
King Faisal of Saudi
Arabia (b. 1906) ·
Deiva Zivarattinam,
Indian politician (b. 1894) ·
March 27 Sir Arthur Bliss, British composer and Master of
the Queen's Music (b. 1891) ·
March 30 Boots Adams, American business magnate,
president of Phillips
Petroleum Company (b. 1899) April[edit] ·
April 5 ·
Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese nationalist general
and politician, 1st President
of the Republic of China (b. 1887) ·
Harold Osborn, American Olympic athlete
(b. 1899) ·
Victor Marijnen, Dutch politician and
jurist, 40th Prime
Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1917) ·
April 6 Percival Gordon, Canadian lawyer (b. 1884) ·
April 10 ·
Walker Evans, American photographer
(b. 1903) ·
Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890) ·
April 12 Josephine Baker, France entertainer,
activist (b. 1906) ·
April 14 ·
Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897) ·
Michael Flanders, English actor and
songwriter (b. 1922) ·
April 17 Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888) ·
April 20 Abu Bakr Ahmad
Haleem, Pakistani scientist (b. 1897) ·
April 24 Pete Ham, Welsh singer, songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1947) ·
April 30 Gen Paul, French artist (b. 1895) May[edit] ·
May 4 Moe Howard, American actor and comedian
(b. 1897) ·
May 6 Mary Stocks,
Baroness Stocks, British writer (b. 1891) ·
May 8 Avery Brundage, American administrator,
5th President of the International Olympic Committee (b. 1887) ·
May 9 ·
Philip Dorn, Dutch actor (b. 1901) ·
Archduke Franz Josef of Austria, Prince of Tuscany (b. 1905) ·
May 13 Richard Hollingshead,
American inventor of the drive-in theatre (b. 1900) ·
May 18 ·
Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908) ·
Anνbal Troilo, Argentine tango musician
(b. 1914) ·
May 20 Dame Barbara Hepworth, English sculptor and
artist (b. 1903) ·
May 22 ·
Lefty Grove, American baseball player (Philadelphia
Athletics) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1900) ·
Amanda Labarca, Chilean diplomat, educator,
writer and feminist (b. 1886) ·
Torben Meyer, Danish actor (b. 1884) ·
May 23 ·
Paul Legentilhomme,
French general (b. 1884) ·
Moms Mabley, American comedian (b. 1894) ·
May 24 Guy La Chambre, French politician (b. 1898) ·
May 25 Count Dante, American martial artist
(b. 1939) ·
May 28 Ezzard Charles, American boxer, former World
Heavyweight Champion (b. 1921) ·
May 30 ·
Philip Mairet, American designer, writer and
journalist. (b. 1886) ·
Steve Prefontaine,
American distance runner (b. 1951) ·
Tatsuo Shimabuku, Japanese martial artist
and founder of Isshin-ryu karate (b. 1908) ·
Michel Simon, Swiss actor (b. 1895) June[edit] ·
June 3 ·
Eisaku Satō, Japanese politician,
39th Prime Minister of
Japan, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1901) ·
Ozzie Nelson, American actor, director and
producer (b. 1906) ·
June 4 Evelyn Brent, American actress (b. 1899) ·
June 9 Albert
Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer, British aristocrat (b. 1898) ·
June 11 Apollo Granforte, Italian opera singer
(b. 1886) ·
June 12 Rafael Arιvalo
Martνnez, Guatemalan writer (b. 1884) ·
June 13 Josι Marνa Guido,
33rd President of
Argentina (b. 1910) ·
June 15 William Austin,
English actor (b. 1884) ·
June 18 Hugo Bergmann, German and Israeli Jewish
philosopher (b. 1883) ·
June 23 William Hansen,
American actor (b. 1911) ·
June 27 ·
Arthur
Salter, 1st Baron Salter, British politician (b. 1884) ·
G. I. Taylor, British physicist,
mathematician and expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory (b. 1886) July[edit] ·
July 2 James Robertson
Justice, British actor (b. 1907) ·
July 4 Luigi Carlo Borromeo,
Italian Roman Catholic bishop
(b. 1893) ·
July 6 Olive Pink, Australian botanical illustrator
and anthropologist (b. 1884) ·
July 10 Achille Van Acker,
33rd Prime Minister
of Belgium (b. 1898) ·
July 12 Zulfiqar Ali Bukhari,
Pakistan broadcaster (b. 1904) ·
July 15 Charles Weidman, American choreographer and
dancer (b. 1901) ·
July 17 ·
Konstantine
Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor (b. 1893) ·
L. F. Powell, English literary scholar
(b. 1881) ·
July 18 Vaughn Bodē, American artist and
psychedelic cartoonist (b. 1941) ·
July 19 ·
Lefty Frizzell, American singer (b. 1928) ·
Charles Alan Pownall,
American admiral and third Military Governor of Guam (b. 1887) ·
July 21 Billy West,
American actor (b. 1892) ·
July 27 Anne Spencer, American poet (b. 1882) August[edit] ·
August 3 ·
Andreas Embirikos,
Greek poet (b. 1901) ·
Jack Molinas, American basketball player
(b. 1931) ·
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) ·
Rachel
Katznelson-Shazar, Zionist political figure and wife of third
President of Israel (b. 1885) ·
Anthony McAuliffe,
American general (b. 1898) ·
August 14 Charles Pollard
Olivier, American astronomer (b. 1884) ·
August 15 Sheikh Mujibur
Rahman, 2nd Prime
Minister of Bangladesh and 1st and 4th President of
Bangladesh (assassinated) (b. 1920) ·
August 16 Vladimir Kuts, Soviet runner (b. 1927) ·
August 17 Sig Arno, German actor (b. 1895) ·
Mark Donohue, American race car driver
(b. 1937) ·
Frank Shields, American tennis player
(b. 1909) ·
Sidney Buchman, American screenwriter
(b. 1902) ·
Hank Patterson, American actor (b. 1888) ·
August 25 Joseph Kane, American film director and
producer (b. 1894) ·
August 26 Cullen Landis, American actor (b. 1896) ·
August 27 Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892) ·
August 28 Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) ·
Bob Baker,
American actor (b. 1910) ·
Ιamon de Valera,
Irish politician and statesman, 3rd President of Ireland and
3-time Taoiseach (b. 1882) ·
August 31 Pierre Blaise, French actor (b. 1952) September[edit] ·
September 2 Mabel Vernon, American suffragist and
pacifist (b. 1883) ·
September 5 Alice Catherine
Evans, American microbiologist (b. 1881) ·
Minta Durfee, American actress (b. 1889) ·
Ethel Griffies, British actress (b. 1878) ·
George Paget Thomson,
British physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892) ·
Heinz Heimsoeth, German historian (b. 1886) ·
September 11 Ivan Afanasenko, Soviet red army general
(b. 1923) ·
September 13 Mudicondan
Venkatarama Iyer, Indian musician (b. 1897) ·
September 16 Irene Hayes, American Ziegfeld girl and
businesswoman (b. 1896) ·
September 19 Pamela Brown,
English actress (b. 1917) ·
September 20 Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and
writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) ·
September 23 Ian Hunter,
British actor (b. 1900) ·
September 24 Earle Cabell, American politician (b. 1906) ·
September 26 C. H. Waddington, British biologist,
paleontologist, geneticist and philosopher (b. 1905) ·
September 27 Jack
Lang, Australian politician (b. 1876) ·
September 29 Casey Stengel, American baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers) and manager (New York Yankees, New York Mets) and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1890) October[edit] ·
October 3 Guy Mollet, 94th Prime Minister
of France (b. 1905) ·
October 4 May Sutton, American tennis champion
(b. 1886) ·
October 6 Chiura Obata, Japanese-American artist
(b. 1885) ·
Norman Levinson, American mathematician
(b. 1912) ·
Lillian Walker, American actress (b. 1887) ·
October 11 Istvαn Antal, Hungarian politician (b. 1896) ·
October 16 Benjamin McCandlish,
Governor of Guam (b. 1886) ·
October 19 Cesare Bettarini, Italian actor (b. 1901) ·
Prince
Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (b. 1897) ·
Arnold J. Toynbee,
English historian (b. 1889) ·
Peregrino Anselmo,
Uruguyan football player (b. 1902) ·
Rex Stout, American author (b. 1886) ·
October 28 Georges Carpentier,
French boxer (b. 1894) ·
October 30 Gustav Ludwig Hertz,
German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1887) November[edit] ·
November 2 Pier Paolo Pasolini,
Italian film director (assassinated) (b. 1922) ·
November 4 Francis Dvornik, Czech historian (b. 1893) ·
Annette Kellerman,
Australian swimmer and actress (b. 1887) ·
Julian C. Smith, American general (b. 1885) ·
Agustνn Tosco, Argentine union leader
(b. 1930) ·
Lionel Trilling, American literary critic
(b. 1905) ·
Sejfi Vllamasi, Albanian congressman
(b. 1883) ·
November 6 Norman Riches, Welsh cricketer (b. 1883) ·
November 13 R. C. Sherriff, English writer (b. 1896) ·
November 14 Artemi Ayvazyan, Soviet composer (b. 1902) ·
November 17 Kay Johnson, American actress (b. 1904) ·
November 20 Tokushichi Mishima,
Japanese engineer (b. 1893) ·
Tony Brise, English racing driver (b. 1952) ·
Graham Hill, English race car driver
(b. 1929) December[edit] ·
Nellie Fox, American baseball player (Chicago White Sox)
and a member of the MLB Hall of Fame (b. 1927) ·
Anna E. Roosevelt,
American radio personality (b. 1906) ·
December 2 Hugh B. Brown, American attorney, educator,
author (b. 1883) ·
December 4 Hannah Arendt, German political theorist
(b. 1906) ·
Herbert Collins, British architect (b. 1885) ·
Thornton Wilder, American playwright
(b. 1897) ·
December 8 Baselios Augen I, Indian Orthodox metropolitan
(b. 1884) ·
December 9 William A. Wellman,
American film director (b. 1896) ·
December 10 Andrew "Boy" Charlton, Australian
Olympic swimmer (b. 1907) ·
December 11 Lee Wiley, American jazz singer (b. 1908) ·
December 14 Arthur Treacher, English actor (b. 1894) ·
December 15 Shigeyoshi Inoue, Japanese admiral (b. 1889) ·
December 17 Noble Sissle, American jazz composer
(b. 1889) ·
December 18 Theodosius
Dobzhansky, Ukrainian-American geneticist and evolutionary
biologist (b. 1900) ·
December 19 Renι Maheu, French professor and
administrator, 6th Director-General
of UNESCO (b. 1905) ·
December 20 William Lundigan, American actor (b. 1914) ·
December 21 Rowland V. Lee, American film director
(b. 1891) ·
Bernard Herrmann, American composer.
(b. 1911) ·
Petre Mais, British journalist and
broadcaster. (b. 1885) ·
December 27 Clara Sipprell, Canadian photographer
(b. 1885) ·
December 30 Elene Akhvlediani,
Soviet painter (b. 1901) Date Unknown[edit] ·
Saadi Al Munla, 17th Prime Minister of
Lebanon (b. 1890) Nobel Prizes[edit] ·
Physics Aage Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson, Leo James Rainwater ·
Chemistry John Warcup
Cornforth, Vladimir Prelog ·
Medicine David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco, Howard Martin Temin ·
Literature Eugenio Montale ·
Peace Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov ·
Economics Leonid Kantorovich, Tjalling Koopmans References[edit] 1.
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