January 1975 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in January 1975.
The US president was Gerald Ford (Republican), the UK Prime Minister was Harold Wilson (Labour), Pope St Paul VI was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on January 1975: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of January 1975?
Events
- 01 Jan 1975 Private ownership of gold is legalized in the USA.
- 02 Jan 1975 US Department of Interior designates grizzly bear a threatened species.
- 04 Jan 1975 Good News closes at St. James Theater NYC after 16 performances
- 05 Jan 1975 Wiz opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 1672 performances
- 06 Jan 1975 AM America, premieres on ABC-TV with Bill Beutel as host
- 07 Jan 1975 Shenandoah opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 1050 performances
- 08 Jan 1975 US Judge Sirica orders release of Watergate's John W Dean III, Herbert W Kalmbach and Jeb Stuart Magruder from prison.
- 09 Jan 1975 600 employees of Royal Canadian Mint go on strike.
- 11 Jan 1975 Soyuz 17 carries two cosmonauts to space station Salyut 4.
- 12 Jan 1975 Super Bowl IX: Pittsburgh Steelers beat Minnesota Vikings, 16-6 in New Orleans, Louisiana; Most Valuable Player: Franco Harris, Running Back.
- 14 Jan 1975 USSR breaks trade agreement with US.
- 15 Jan 1975 Space Mountain opens at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.
- 18 Jan 1975 Jeffersons spinoff from All in the Family premieres on CBS
- 19 Jan 1975 Thomas Hart Benton, American painter (Born 1889)
- 20 Jan 1975 5th NFL Pro Bowl: NFC beats AFC 17-10.
- 21 Jan 1975 28th NHL All-Star Game: Wales beat Campbell 7-1 at MontrTal.
- 22 Jan 1975 Landsat 2, an Earth Resources Technology Satellite, launched
- 23 Jan 1975 Barney Miller premieres on ABC TV
- 24 Jan 1975 Hot l Baltimore situation comedy premieres on ABC TV
- 26 Jan 1975 Immaculata University defeats the University of Maryland 80-48 in the first nationally televised women's basketball game in the United States. quotWomen Cagers Make TV Debutquot, ''Ocala (FL) Star-Bannerquot, January 27, 1975, p2B
- 28 Jan 1975 8th ABA All-Star Game: East 151 beats West 124 at San Antonio.
- 29 Jan 1975 Men on the Moon opens at Little Theater NYC for 5 performances
- 30 Jan 1975 The Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is established as the first United States National Marine Sanctuary.
- 31 Jan 1975 John Lennon releases #9 Dream
- 02 Jan 1975 At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in January 1975?
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Top #5 songs in the USA
- Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
- Barry Manilow - Mandy
- Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman
- Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain
- Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything
Top #5 songs in the UK
- Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
- Mud - Lonely This Christmas
- Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
- Laurel & Hardy With The Avalon Boys featuring Chill Wills - The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
- Status Quo - Down Down
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
Books
Which were the most popular books released in January 1975?
The Woman He Loved
By: Ralph G. Martin
Windsor, Wallis Warfield Duchess Of Britain and Edward VIII King of Great Britain biography by the Duke and Duchess 1972
The Choirboys
By: Joseph Wambaugh
Los Angeles Police Department partners, they are haunted by the dark secrets of nightwatch-shared predawn drinks and the sex sessions they call "chore practice." Each one carries his cynicism as a bulletproof jockstrap. He has his horror story and his …
The Memory Book
By: Harry Lorayne and Jerry Lucas
You can unleash the hidden power in your mind with Harry Lorayne's and Jerry Lucas’s simple, failsafe memory system. This will allow you to become more productive, imaginative, and powerful at work.
The Ebony Tower
By: John Fowles
The Ebony Tower consists of a novella and three stories. It also includes a translation from a medieval French tale. This book explores the tangled relationships between love, hate, pleasure, pain, reality, fantasy, and reality.
Ragtime
By: E. L. Doctorow
The Modern Library selected Ragtime as one of the 100 greatest novels of all-time. Published in 1975, Ragtime revolutionized our notion of what a novel can be.