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1975 Historical Event(s)
January 30, 1975
– The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
February 11, 1975
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
April 8, 1975
– President Richard Nixon signs into law federal legislation authorizing the establishment of Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota.
April 30, 1975
– Fall of Saigon (or Liberation of Saigon from the Communist perspective): Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
July 5, 1975
– Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
July 30, 1975
– Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30 p.m. He is never seen or heard from again, and will be declared legally dead on this date in 1982.
August 11, 1975
– East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
August 27, 1975
– The Governor of Portuguese Timor abandons its capital, Dili, and flees to Atauro Island, leaving control to a rebel group.
September 16, 1975
– Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia.
Who Were Born On 1975?
January 1, 1975
– Sonali Bendre, Indian model and actress
January 2, 1975
– Dax Shepard, American actor
April 17, 1975
– Travis Roy, American hockey player
May 1, 1975
– Alexey Smertin, Russian footballer
May 14, 1975
– Nicki Sørensen, Danish road bicycle racer
May 19, 1975
– London Fletcher, American football player
May 24, 1975
– Maria Lawson, British singer
August 5, 1975
– Antony Cotton, English actor
August 13, 1975
– Marty Turco, Canadian ice hockey player
September 28, 1975
– Lenny Krayzelburg, American swimmer