What Happened In January 1975 In History

Historical Events for January, 1975

• 2nd » A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Minister of Railways (India) named Minister of Railways Lalit Narayan Mishra.
• 2nd » Bangladeshi Marxist leader Siraj Sikder is arrested and dies while in police custody.
• 5th » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, Tasman Bridge disaster or is struck by the bulk ore carrier 'Lake Illawarra', killing twelve people.
• 8th » Ella T. Grasso becomes List of Governors of Connecticut known as Governor of Connecticut, the first woman to serve as a Governor in the United States other than by succeeding her husband.
• 14th » Teenage heiress Murder of Lesley Whittle known as Lesley Whittle is kidnapped by Donald Neilson, 'aka' "the Black Panther".
• 15th » The Alvor Agreement is signed, ending the Angolan War of Independence and giving Angola independence from Portugal.
• 19th » An 1975 Kinnaur earthquake called earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India
• 30th » The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1975

• 1st » Mohamed Albuflasa, Bahraini poet
• 1st » Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
• 1st » Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
• 1st » Joe Cannon (soccer) or Joe Cannon, American soccer player
• 1st » Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1st » Eiichiro Oda, Japanese illustrator
• 1st » Bengt Sæternes, Norwegian footballer
• 1st » Fernando Tatís, Dominican baseball player
• 2nd » Chris Cheney, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer (The Living End and The Wrights)
• 2nd » David Sandström, Swedish singer-songwriter and drummer (Refused, AC4 and Final Exit (band) known as Final Exit)
• 2nd » Dax Shepard, American actor and director
• 2nd » Jeff Suppan, American baseball player
• 2nd » Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 3rd » Jun Maeda, Japanese video game writer
• 3rd » Jason Marsden, American actor
• 3rd » Danica McKellar, American actress
• 4th » Shane Carwin, American mixed martial artist
• 4th » Jill Marie Jones, American actress
• 5th » Kylie Bax, New Zealand-American model and actress
• 5th » Bradley Cooper, American actor
• 5th » Warrick Dunn, American football player
• 5th » Mike Grier, American ice hockey player
• 6th » Nicole DeHuff, American actress (d. 2005)
• 6th » James Farrior, American football player
• 6th » Jason King (radio) or Jason King, English radio and television host
• 6th » Yukana, Japanese voice actress
• 7th » Hossein Derakhshan, Iranian-Canadian blogger
• 7th » Shawn Phelan, American actor (d. 1998)
• 8th » DJ Clue?, American rapper, DJ, and producer
• 8th » Harris Jayaraj, Indian composer
• 8th » Tift Merritt, American singer-songwriter
• 9th » Kiko Calero, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 9th » Julia Lutrova, Russian tennis player
• 9th » Mattias Olsson, Swedish drummer (Änglagård)
• 10th » Jake Delhomme, American football player
• 11th » Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player
• 11th » Kevin Koe, Canadian curler
• 11th » Dan Luger, English rugby player
• 12th » Aikaterini Deli, Greek basketball player
• 12th » Jason Freese, American saxophonist, songwriter, and producer
• 12th » Jocelyn Thibault, Canadian ice hockey player
• 13th » Mailis Reps, Estonian politician
• 14th » Georgina Cates, English actress
• 14th » Taylor Hayes (pornographic actress) called Taylor Hayes, American porn actress
• 15th » 9th Wonder, American rapper and producer (Little Brother (group) e.g Little Brother)
• 15th » Marc Cartwright, American photographer
• 15th » Mary Pierce, French tennis player
• 16th » Greg Strause, American director and producer
• 16th » Gillian Iliana Waters, American actress
• 17th » Freddy Rodriguez (actor) named Freddy Rodriguez, American actor
• 17th » Squarepusher, English singer-songwriter
• 17th » Rami Yacoub, Swedish songwriter and producer
• 19th » Noah Georgeson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 19th » Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
• 20th » David Eckstein, American baseball player
• 20th » Norberto Fontana, Argentinian race car driver
• 20th » Zac Goldsmith, English journalist and politician
• 21st » Nicky Butt, English footballer
• 21st » Thomas Castaignede, French rugby player
• 21st » Yuji Ide, Japanese race car driver
• 21st » Ito (Spanish footballer) called Ito, Spanish footballer
• 21st » Willem Korsten, Dutch footballer
• 22nd » Balthazar Getty, American actor and musician (Ringside)
• 22nd » Felipe Giaffone, Brazilian race car driver
• 22nd » James Murray (English actor) e.g James Murray, English actor
• 22nd » David Výborný, Czech ice hockey player
• 23rd » Phil Dawson, American football player
• 23rd » Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial artist
• 24th » Isobel Cooper, English soprano
• 24th » Rónald Gómez, Costa Rican footballer
• 25th » Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress
• 25th » Tim Montgomery, American runner
• 25th » Dat Phan, Vietnamese-American comedian and actor
• 26th » Frankie Rayder, American model
• 28th » Shark Boy, American wrestler
• 28th » Hiroshi Kamiya, Japanese voice actor
• 28th » Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter
• 28th » Terri Colombino, American actress
• 28th » Lee Latchford-Evans, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (Steps (group) named Steps and Upper Street (band) called Upper Street)
• 28th » Anne Montminy, Canadian diver
• 28th » Junior Spivey, American baseball player
• 29th » Sara Gilbert, American actress
• 30th » Dark Ozz, Mexican wrestler
• 30th » Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballer
• 30th » Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer and actress (Puffy AmiYumi)
• 31st » Fred Coleman, American football player
• 31st » Jackie O (radio host) known as Jackie O, Australian radio and television host
• 31st » Preity Zinta, Indian actress

Famous Deaths for January 1975

• 3rd » James McCormack, American army officer (b. 1910)
• 4th » Carlo Levi, Italian painter, author, and activist (b. 1902)
• 8th » John Gregson, English actor (b. 1919)
• 8th » Richard Tucker, American tenor (b. 1913)
• 9th » Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
• 9th » Pyotr Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
• 16th » Israel Abramofsky, Russian-American painter (b. 1888)
• 18th » Gertrude Olmstead, American actress (b. 1897)
• 19th » Thomas Hart Benton (painter) called Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (b. 1889)
• 22nd » Andrew George Burry, Swiss-American businessman (b. 1873)
• 24th » Larry Fine, American actor and singer (b. 1902)
• 25th » Charlotte Whitton, Canadian politician, 46th Mayor of Ottawa (b. 1896)
• 27th » Bill Walsh (producer) called Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
• 28th » Ola Raknes, Norwegian psychoanalyst and philologist (b. 1887)
• 29th » Orestis Makris, Greek actor (b. 1898)

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