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Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
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Years:	1972 1973 1974 – 1975 – 1976 1977 1978

1975 was a very important year with many big events around the world. New movies and music became popular, and some famous people were born. It was a year of big changes and new beginnings!

Contents

Exciting Events of 1975
Famous Births in 1975
Notable People Who Passed Away in 1975
Popular Movies Released in 1975
Hit Songs of 1975
Images for kids
See also

Exciting Events of 1975

January 28 – The famous movie director George Lucas worked on the second version of his script for Star Wars. At this time, it was called Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
March – The making of the movie Star Wars officially began.
March 26 – The movie Tommy, based on The Who's rock opera, had its first showing in London.
July – To create amazing special effects for Star Wars, George Lucas started a company called Industrial Light and Magic. They became very famous for movie effects!
July 5 – Arthur Ashe made history by becoming the first black man to win the singles tennis title at Wimbledon.
September 5 – Someone tried to harm President Gerald Ford, but they were stopped safely.
September 22 – US President Gerald Ford was safe during another attempt to harm him.
October 11 – The popular TV show Saturday Night Live aired for the very first time.
November 10 – The large ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm.
November 11 – In Australia, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was removed from his job by the Governor-General, Sir John Kerr. This was a big moment in Australian politics.
November 20 – Francisco Franco, who was a powerful leader in Spain for many years, passed away at age 82.
The movie Jaws became the first film to earn over US$100 million in North America. This set a new record for how successful movies could be!
The Vietnam War officially ended.

Famous Births in 1975

Hélio Castroneves at Pit Stop Challenge - 2015 - Stierch

Hélio Castroneves, a famous racecar driver, was born in 1975.

January 8 – Tift Merritt, an American singer and songwriter.
January 17 – Coco Lee, a Chinese singer.
February 4 – Natalie Imbruglia, an Australian singer and actress.
February 22 – Drew Barrymore, an American actress.
March 15 – Eva Longoria, an American actress.
March 27 – Fergie, an American singer from the band Black Eyed Peas.
April 6 – Zach Braff, an American actor, director, and writer.
April 14 – Anderson Silva, a Brazilian martial artist.
April 26 – Joey Jordison, an American musician from the band Slipknot.
May 2 – David Beckham, an English football player.
May 2 – Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, an American astronaut.
May 8 – Enrique Iglesias, a Spanish singer.
May 10 – Hélio Castroneves, a Brazilian racecar driver.
May 27 – Jamie Oliver, a famous English chef.
June 4 – Russell Brand, an English comedian and actor.
June 4 – Angelina Jolie, an American actress.
June 8 – Shilpa Shetty, an Indian actress and model.
June 30 – Ralf Schumacher, a German racing driver.
June 30 – Rami Shaaban, a Swedish footballer.
July 6 – 50 Cent, an American rapper.
July 9 – Shelton Benjamin, an American wrestler.
July 9 – Jack White, an American actor and musician.
July 11 – Lil' Kim, an American rapper.
July 17 – Terence Tao, an Australian mathematician.
August 7 – Charlize Theron, a South African actress.
August 22 – Rodrigo Santoro, a Brazilian actor.
September 17 – Constantine Maroulis, an American singer.
September 20 – Juan Pablo Montoya, a Colombian NASCAR driver.
September 22 – Ole Petter Andreassen, a Norwegian musician.
October 5 – Kate Winslet, an English actress.
October 9 – Sean Lennon, an American musician.
October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, a Japanese manga artist.
October 14 – Floyd Landis, an American cyclist.
November 22 – Aiko, a Japanese singer.
December 5 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, an English snooker player.
December 6 – Andrea Agnelli, an Italian businessman.
December 17 – Milla Jovovich, a Ukrainian-American model and actress.
December 27 – Heather O'Rourke, an American actress.
December 30 – Scott Chipperfield, an Australian footballer.
December 30 – Tiger Woods, a famous American golfer.

Notable People Who Passed Away in 1975

April 23 – Peter Ham, a Welsh singer and songwriter.
April 23 – William Hartnell, an English actor.
May 28 – Ezzard Charles, an American boxer.
August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, a Russian composer.
August 15 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, a Bengali leader.
August 15 – Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, a Bengali leader.
August 27 – Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia, a former emperor of Ethiopia.
October 29 – Éamon de Valera, an Irish politician.
November 3 - Tajuddin Ahmed, a Bangladeshi politician.
November 3 - Syed Nazrul Islam, a Bangladeshi politician.
November 20 – Francisco Franco, a powerful leader in Spain.
November 21 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, an Icelandic writer.

Popular Movies Released in 1975

Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
The Apple Dumpling Gang

Hit Songs of 1975

"At 17" - Janis Ian
"Bad Time" – Grand Funk Railroad
"Ballroom Blitz" – Sweet
"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones
"Born To Run" – Bruce Springsteen
"Calypso" – John Denver
"Cut The Cake" – Average White Band
"Feelings" – Morris Albert
"Free Bird" – Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Get Down Tonight" – K.C. and the Sunshine Band
"Hey You" – Bachman Turner Overdrive
"Holy Roller" – Nazareth
"How Sweet It Is" – James Taylor
"I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" – ABBA
"The Late Show" – Jackson Browne
"Lyin' Eyes" – The Eagles
"No No Song" – Ringo Starr
"Rock and Roll All Night" – Kiss
"Roll On Down The Highway" – Bachman Turner Overdrive
"Saturday Night Special" – Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Shame, Shame, Shame" – Shirley and Company
"SOS" – ABBA
"Sweet Emotion" – Aerosmith
"Trampled Underfoot" – Led Zeppelin
"When Will I Be Loved" – Linda Ronstadt
"Who Loves You" – The Four Seasons
"Why Can't We Be Friends" – War
"You Are So Beautiful" – Joe Cocker

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See also

In Spanish: 1975 para niños

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