1975 facts for kids

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Years:	1972 1973 1974 – 1975 – 1976 1977 1978

1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Events

• March – Production begins on Star Wars
• March 26 – The movie version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
• July – In order to create the necessary special effects for his movie, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
• July 5 – Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon singles tennis title.
• September 5 – Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to shoot President Gerald Ford, but is stopped.
• September 22 – US President Gerald Ford survives another assassination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore.
• October 11 – Saturday Night Live airs for the first time.
• November 10 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks.
• November 11 – Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam sacked by Governor-General Sir John Kerr.
• November 20 – Spanish fascist dictator Francisco Franco dies at the age of 82.
• Jaws becomes the first movie to ever gross US$100 million in North America, setting the standard for future blockbusters.
• The Vietnam War ends.

Births

Hélio Castroneves was born on May 10, 1975

• January 8 – Tift Merritt, American singer and songwriter
• January 17 – CoCo Lee, Chinese singer
• February 4 – Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer and actress
• February 22 – Drew Barrymore, American actress
• March 15 – Eva Longoria, American actress
• March 27 – Fergie, American singer (Black Eyed Peas)
• April 6 – Zach Braff, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• April 14 – Anderson Silva, Brazilian martial artist
• April 26 – Joey Jordison, American musician (Slipknot)
• May 2 – David Beckham, English football player
• May 2 – Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, American astronaut
• May 8 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer
• May 10 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian racecar driver
• May 27 – Jamie Oliver, English celebrity chef
• June 4 – Russell Brand, English comedian and actor
• June 4 – Angelina Jolie, American actress
• June 8 – Shilpa Shetty, Indian actress and model
• June 30 – Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver
• June 30 – Rami Shaaban, Swedish footballer
• July 6 – 50 Cent, American rapper
• July 9 – Shelton Benjamin, American wrestler
• July 9 – Jack White, American actor and musician
• July 11 – Lil' Kim, American rapper
• July 17 – Terence Tao, Australian mathematician
• August 7 – Charlize Theron, South African actress
• August 22 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor
• September 17 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer
• September 20 – Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian NASCAR driver
• September 22 – Ole Petter Andreassen, Norwegian musician
• October 5 – Kate Winslet, English actress
• October 9 – Sean Lennon, American musician
• October 10 – Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist
• October 14 – Floyd Landis, American cyclist
• November 22 – Aiko, Japanese singer
• December 5 – Ronnie O'Sullivan, English snooker player
• December 6 – Andrea Agnelli, Italian businessman
• December 17 – Milla Jovovich, Ukrainian-American model and actress
• December 27 – Heather O'Rourke, American actress (d. 1988)
• December 30 – Scott Chipperfield, Australian footballer
• December 30 – Tiger Woods, American golfer

Deaths

• April 23 – Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
• April 23 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
• May 28 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
• August 27 – Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
• October 29 – Éamon de Valera, Irish politician (b. 1882)
• November 20 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (b. 1892)
• November 21 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1889)

Movies released

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

Hit songs

• "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