1975

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.

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1940s  1950s  1960s  – 1970s –  1980s  1990s  2000s
Years:	1972 1973 1974 – 1975 – 1976 1977 1978

Events

• January 28 – George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
• 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
• September 30 – Wopke Hoekstra, Dutch politician
• 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

March

Susan Hayward

Faisal of Saudi Arabia

• March 14 - Susan Hayward, American actress (b. 1917)
• March 14 - Günther Reindorff, Estonian graphic designer (b. 1899)
• March 25 – Faisal of Saudi Arabia (b. 1906)

April

Chiang Kai-shek

Josephine Baker

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

• April 5 – Chiang Kai-shek, President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
• April 12 - Josephine Baker, American dancer, singer and actress (b. 1906)
• April 13 - François Tombalbaye, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
• April 17 – Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
• April 21 – Ranieri Mazzilli, President of Brazil (b. 1910)
• April 23 – Peter Ham, Welsh singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
• April 23 – William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)

May

• May 28 – Ezzard Charles, American boxer (b. 1921)
• May 28 – Lung Chien, Chinese movie srceenwriter and director (b. 1916)

June

Eisaku Satō

• June 3 - Eisaku Satō, 39th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1901)
• June 3 – Ozzie Nelson, American band leader, producer, director, and actor (b. 1906)

August

Dmitri Shostakovich

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia

Éamon de Valera

• August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
• August 15 – Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, President of Bangladesh (b. 1920)
• August 27 – Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia (b. 1892)
• August 29 – Éamon de Valera, President of Ireland (b. 1882)

September

• September 25 – Heinz Müller, German bicycle racer (b. 1924)

November

Francisco Franco

• November 3 - Tajuddin Ahmed, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
• November 3 - Syed Nazrul Islam, acting President of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
• November 3 - Muhammad Mansur Ali, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1919)
• November 20 – Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator (b. 1892)
• November 21 – Gunnar Gunnarsson, Icelandic writer (b. 1889)

December

Bernard Herrmann

• December 24 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer and conductor (b. 1911)

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