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1975
1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar).
Events
January
February
March
April-May
June-July
August
September-October
November
December
Unknown dates
- In New Zealand, Maori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5000 people in support of Maori claims to their land
- The Third Cod War between UK and Iceland
- Government of Colombia announces finding of Ciudad Perdida
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Spanish army quits Spanish (Western) Sahara. Saharaui Republic (RASD) is created. Morocco invades ex-Spanish Western Sahara.
- First use of the term fractal
- Victoria abolishes capital punishment (a)
- South Australia becomes first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between concenting adults
- Self-proclaimed time traveller John Titor arrives to acquire an IBM 5100 for use in 2036
Year in topic
Births
January-April
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January 3 - Danica McKellar, actress
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January 5 - Bradley Cooper, actor
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January 13 - Shazia Mirza
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January 16 - Odalys Garcia
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January 22 - Balthazar Getty, actor
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January 25 - Tim Montgomery, American athlete
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January 29 - Sara Gilbert, actress
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February 2 - Todd Bertuzzi, NHL ice hockey player
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February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician
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February 17 - Wish Bone, US rapper
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February 20 - Brian Littrell, musician ("Backstreet Boys")
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February 21 - Affirmed, race horse (d. 2001)
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February 22 - Drew Barrymore, actress
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March 5 - Jolene Blalock, US actress
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March 5 - Niki Taylor, fashion model
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April 4 - Scott Rolen, baseball player
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April 9 - Robbie Fowler, soccer player
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April 22 - Greg Moore, CART race car driver (d. 1999)
May-August
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May 1 - Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003)
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May 2 - David Beckham, English footballer
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May 3 - Maksim Mrvica, Croatian pianist
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May 8 - Enrique Iglesias, singer
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May 10 - Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
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May 12 - Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player
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May 15 - Ray Lewis, American football player
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May 19 - London Fletcher, American football player
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May 25 - Lauryn Hill, hip-hop singer
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May 27 - Jamie Oliver, British celebrity chef and TV personality
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June 4 - Angelina Jolie, American actress
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June 17 - Chloe Jones, pornographic actress
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June 9 - Andrew Symonds, Australian cricketer
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June 18 - Martin St. Louis, hockey player
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June 25 - Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player
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July 18 - Torii Hunter, baseball player
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July 27 - Shea Hillenbrand, baseball player
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July 27 - Alex Rodriguez, baseball player
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July 30 - Graham Nicholls, British artist
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August 7 - Charlize Theron, South African actress
September-December
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September 17 - Jimmie Johnson, NASCAR race car driver
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September 25 - Matt Hasselbeck, American football quarterback
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October 5 - Kate Winslet, actress
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November 18 - David Ortiz, Major League Baseball All-Star
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November 19 - Sushmita Sen, Indian actress, Miss World winner
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December 13 - Tom Delonge, Guitarist/Singer in blink-182
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December 17 - Milla Jovovich, actress, model
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December 27 - Heather O'Rourke, child actress, star of the Poltergeist movie series (d. 1988)
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December 30 - Tiger Woods, golf superstar
Deaths
January-April
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January 8 - Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
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January 19 - Thomas Hart Benton, U.S. muralist
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January 24 - Larry Fine, actor (The Three Stooges)
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January 27 - Bill Walsh, movie producer and writer
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February 4 - Louis Jordan, musician
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February 10 - Nikos Kavvadias, Greek poet and writer, (stroke)
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February 14 - Julian Huxley, British biologist (b. 1887)
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February 14 - P. G. Wodehouse, writer
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February 16 - Morgan Taylor, American athlete
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February 24 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union
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February 25 - Elijah Muhammad, Black Muslim leader
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March 7 - Ben Blue, actor, comedian
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March 8 - George Stevens, director, producer, cinematographer
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March 14 - Susan Hayward, actress
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March 15 - Aristotle Onassis, shipping magnate
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March 16 - T-Bone Walker, musician
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March 24 - Ivo Andric, Croatian writer (b. 1892)
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March 25 - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia
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April 5 - Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China
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April 13 - N'Garta Tombalbaye, President of Chad
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April 17 - Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and president
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April 23 - William Hartnell, actor
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April 30 - Gen Paul, French artist
May-December
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May 5 - Moe Howard, actor (The Three Stooges) (b. 1897)
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May 8 - Avery Brundage, President of the International Olympic Committee
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May 13 - Bob Wills, country musician
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May 18 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (b. 1908)
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May 23 - Moms Mabley, African-American comedienne
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May 30 - Steve Prefontaine, American distance runner
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June 26 - Josemaría Escrivá, Spanish priest and founder of Opus Dei
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June 28 - Rod Serling, screenwriter of The Twilight Zone
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July 17 - Konstantine Gamsakhurdia, Georgian writer and public benefactor
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July 29 - James Blish, U.S. science fiction author
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August 8 - Julian Cannonball Adderley, saxophonist
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August 9 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
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August 16 - Vladimir Kuts, Soviet long-distance runner, and computer hacker
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August 29 - Eamon de Valera, Taoiseach & third President of Ireland
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September 20 - Saint-John Perse, French diplomat and poet (b. 1887)
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September 27 - Jack Lang, Australian politician
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October 21 - Charles Reidpath, American athlete
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November 2 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
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November 20 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (b. 1892)
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November 27 - Ross McWhirter, Guinness Book of Records co-founder
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December 1 - Anna E. Roosevelt, radio personality (b. 1906)
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December 1 - Nellie Fox, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1927)
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December 24 - Bernard Herrmann, composer
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