Historical figures in 1975
The atlas holds 88 people and 166 moments here, in 1975. The most recorded lives are Alexei Leonov, Gerald Ford and Hirohito. Among them Musicians and Composers, Writers and Performers.
Notable people
Elizabeth Taylor
in 1975
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British-American actress and HIV/AIDS activist. Born in London, Taylor moved to Southern California in 1939, became a major Hollywood star, worked…
Ferdinand Marcos
in 1975
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Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…
Freddie Mercury
in 1975
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Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1975
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Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Gerald Ford
in 1975
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Gough Whitlam
in 1975
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Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Haile Selassie
in 1975
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Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Hirohito
in 1975
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Hirohito (posthumously Emperor Shōwa) was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989.…
Hosni Mubarak
in 1975
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Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Hugo Chávez
in 1975
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Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Idi Amin
in 1975
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Ugandan army officer and dictator who was president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. This chronology records documented physical presences from his birth…
I. M. Pei
in 1975
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Ieoh Ming Pei was a Chinese-American architect whose work ranged from U.S. civic and cultural buildings to major projects in China, France, and the…
Italo Calvino
in 1975
1 moment here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Jacques Chirac
in 1975
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French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Jiddu Krishnamurti
in 1975
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Indian philosopher, speaker, and writer. Raised within the Theosophical Society, he became head of the Order of the Star in the East, dissolved it at…
Joan Fontaine
in 1975
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British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John Cornforth
in 1975
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Australian-British organic chemist and 1975 Nobel Prize laureate, noted for elucidating the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions.…
John Eccles
in 1975
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Australian neurophysiologist and philosopher John Carew Eccles (1903–1997) was a Nobel laureate noted for research on synaptic transmission.…
John Magufuli
in 1975
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John Pombe Joseph Magufuli was a Tanzanian chemist and politician who served as Tanzania’s fifth president from 5 November 2015 until his death in…
Jorge Luis Borges
in 1975
1 moment here
Argentine writer, poet, essayist, translator, lecturer, librarian, and critic. Borges was born in Buenos Aires, lived in Switzerland and Spain during…
Juan Manuel Fangio
in 1975
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Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Junko Tabei
in 1975
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Japanese mountaineer, author, and teacher. Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975 and the first woman to complete the Seven…
Kenneth Kaunda
in 1975
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Zambian teacher, nationalist leader, and first president of independent Zambia, serving from 1964 to 1991.…
Kim Il Sung
in 1975
5 moments here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Moments
- 1975 Sang at Wat Thap Kradan Pumpuang Duangjan
- 1975 Codiscos recording-period visit Rafael Orozco Maestre
- 1975 Purchase of Feynman-diagram van Richard Feynman
- 1975 House arrest at Quelimane Robert Mugabe
- 1975 Central Park 10K Robin Williams
- 1975 Show trial appearance at Nachingwea Samora Machel
- 1975 Emigration to Lattingtown Soong Mei-ling
- 1975 Return to Cambridge as reader Stephen Hawking
- 1975 Guide of Bhutan's first American tourist party Tenzing Norgay
- 1975 Visit to Paro Taktsang Tenzing Norgay
- 1975 Sweet Potatoes community Thích Nhất Hạnh
- 1975 National Youth Service teaching post Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 1975 Second Indian visit during the Emergency V. S. Naipaul
- 1975 Idi Amin wedding in Uganda Yasser Arafat
- 1975 Return to Luanda Agostinho Neto
- 1975 “An Image of Africa” lecture Chinua Achebe
- 1975 Lectures in New Delhi Claude Simon
- 1975 Los Alamos From Below lecture Richard Feynman
- 1975 Death in Cairo Umm Kulthum
- 1975 Official visit to the United States Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1975 Hospital-building work at Phaphlu Edmund Hillary
- 1975 Entry into Mozambique exile Robert Mugabe
- 1975 Algiers Agreement Saddam Hussein
- 1975 Death in Taipei Chiang Kai-shek
- 1975 World tour in Japan Freddie Mercury
- 1975 Tulane Vietnam War address Gerald Ford
- 1975 Official visit to Peru Gough Whitlam
- 1975 Meeting President Ford Kenneth Kaunda
- 1975 Entry into Saigon Lê Đức Thọ
- 1975 Departure from Tan Son Nhut Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1975 Resignation at the presidential palace Nguyễn Văn Thiệu
- 1975 State visit to Yugoslavia Omar Bongo
- 1975 Secret arrival in Phnom Penh Pol Pot
- 1975 Visit to Tehran Saddam Hussein
- 1975 Death in Madras Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1975 Commonwealth summit in Kingston Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1975 Informal meeting with Indira Gandhi Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1975 Four-day visit to Iraq Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1975 State dinner at the White House Andy Warhol
- 1975 Dinner at Shikiraku in Tsukiji Eisaku Satō
- 1975 Meeting with Francisco Franco Gerald Ford
- 1975 NATO summit Gerald Ford
- 1975 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting Gough Whitlam
- 1975 National Press Club speech after Ford meeting Gough Whitlam
- 1975 First woman on Everest Junko Tabei
- 1975 State visit to Algiers Kim Il Sung
- 1975 State visit to Bucharest in 1975 Kim Il Sung
- 1975 Visit to Nouakchott Kim Il Sung
- 1975 Victory parade in Saigon Lê Đức Thọ
- 1975 AFL–CIO speech in Washington Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn