1975

Information about 1975

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


Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1975
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing . Fictional
-  World population
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel prizes -  Templeton Prize
5 See also -  Notes -  External links


Year 1975 was declared International Women's Year by the United Nations.

Events of 1975

January

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February

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March

March
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April

April
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May

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June

June
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July

July
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August

August
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September

September
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October

October
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November

November
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Sir John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia with newly appointed Prime Minister of Australia, Malcolm Fraser.

December

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Undated

  • January - Volkswagen introduces the Golf, its new front-wheel-drive economy car, in the United States and Canada as the Volkswagen Rabbit.
  • 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 lasted between November 1975 - June 1976.
  • Government of Colombia announces finding of Ciudad Perdida.
  • Spanish army quits Spanish (Western) Sahara. Sahrawi Republic (RASD) is created. Morocco invades ex-Spanish Western Sahara.
  • First use of the term fractal.
  • Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment.
  • South Australia becomes first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults.
  • Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses, based on the group's chronology,[2] thought that Armageddon would happen in 1975 and a few of them sold their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will exist when Jesus sets up God's Kingdom on earth.

Ongoing

Fictional

The following are references to year 1975 in fiction: (unknown).

World population

World population
1975 1970 1980
World 4,068,109,0003,692,492,000 375,617,0004,434,682,000 366,573,000
Africa 408,160,000357,283,000 50,877,000469,618,001 61,458,000
Asia 2,397,512,0002,143,118,000 254,394,0002,632,335,000 234,823,000
Europe 675,542,000655,855,000 19,687,000692,431,000 16,889,000
Latin-America 321,906,000284,856,000 37,050,000361,401,000 39,495,000
Northern America 243,425,000231,937,000 11,488,000256,068,000 12,643,000
Oceania 21,564,00019,443,000 2,121,00022,828,000 1,264,000


Births

1975 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1975
MCMLXXV
Ab urbe condita2728
Armenian calendar1424
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Bah' calendar131 – 132
Buddhist calendar2519
Chinese calendar4611/4671-7-16
(甲寅年七月十六日)
— to —
4612/4672-6-25
(乙卯年六月廿五日)
Coptic calendar1691 – 1692
Ethiopian calendar1967 – 1968
Hebrew calendar 5735 – 5736
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat2030 – 2031
 - Shaka Samvat1897 – 1898
 - Kali Yuga5076 – 5077
Holocene calendar11975
Iranian calendar1353 – 1354
Islamic calendar1395 – 1396
Japanese calendarShōwa 0
(昭和0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2635
(皇紀2635年)
Julian calendar2020
Korean calendar4308
Thai solar calendar2518
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January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

For musicians born in 1975, see 1975 in music.


Deaths

January

February

March-April

May-July

August-September

October - December

Unknown date

Nobel prizes

Simpleton Prize

See also

Notes

1. ^ 1975: London Hilton bombed
2. ^ The Watchtower, 15 August 1968, p.494-501; Awake!, 22 May 1969, p.15; The Watchtower, 15 March 1980, p.17, para.5-6


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