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1975 Calendar

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•  February 11, 1975 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
•  March 26, 1975 – The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
•  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.
•  June 7, 1975 – The inaugural Cricket World Cup begins in England.
•  June 25, 1975 – The State of Emergency is declared in India.
•  August 4, 1975 – The Japanese Red Army takes more than 50 hostages at the AIA Building housing several embassies in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The hostages include the U.S. consul and the Swedish chargé d’affaires. The gunmen win the release of five imprisoned comrades and fly with them to Libya.
•  September 4, 1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
•  October 1, 1975 – Thrilla in Manila: Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.
•  November 3, 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
•  November 12, 1975 – The Comoros joins the United Nations.

•  January 1, 1975 – Chris Anstey, Australian basketball player
•  March 4, 1975 – Julie Dibens, British triathlete
•  May 18, 1975 – Jack Johnson, American musician
•  May 29, 1975 – David Burtka, American actor and chef
•  August 29, 1975 – Kyle Cook, guitarist, Matchbox 20
•  August 30, 1975 – Radhi Jaïdi, Tunisian footballer
•  October 10, 1975 – Plácido Polanco, Dominican baseball player
•  December 16, 1975 – Jonathan Scarfe, Canadian actor
•  December 18, 1975 – Sia Furler. Australian singer
•  December 25, 1975 – Marcus Trescothick, English cricketer