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{{year nav|1975}}{{C20YearInTopicX}}Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.{{C20YearTOCtempleton|1975||World population}}The year 1975 was declared International Women's Year by the United Nations and has been designated a year of the Rabbit in the Chinese Zodiac.

Events of 1975

January

* January 1 - Watergate scandal: John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up.
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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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* November 3 - An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States' largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."

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

World population

{|class="wikitable"!colspan="7"|World population!!1975!colspan="2"|1970!colspan="2"|1980
!World
4,068,109,0003,692,492,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 375,617,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 375,617,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}4,434,682,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 366,573,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 366,573,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Africa
408,160,000357,283,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 50,877,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 50,877,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}469,618,001{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 61,458,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 61,458,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Asia
2,397,512,0002,143,118,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 254,394,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 254,394,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}2,632,335,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 234,823,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 234,823,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Europe
675,542,000655,855,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 19,687,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 19,687,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}692,431,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 16,889,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 16,889,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Latin-America
321,906,000284,856,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 37,050,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 37,050,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}361,401,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 39,495,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 39,495,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Northern America
243,425,000231,937,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 11,488,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 11,488,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}256,068,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 12,643,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 12,643,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}
!Oceania
21,564,00019,443,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 2,121,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 2,121,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}22,828,000{{#switch: uImage:Green Arrow Up.svg>10px 1,264,000Image:Red Arrow Down.svg>10px 1,264,000Image:Straight Line Steady.svg>10px}}

Births

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January

* January 1 - Eiichiro Oda, Japanese Manga artist

February

March

* March 4 - Kim Jung-Eun, South Korean actress

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December



For musicians born in 1975, see 1975 in music.

Deaths

January

* January 8 - David Marshall "Carbine" Williams American inventor (b. 1900)

February

March-April

May-July