December 1975 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1975 US President Gerald Ford visits People's Republic of China.
• 02 Dec 1975 Laos King Sisavang Vatthana resigns, Republic forms
• 03 Dec 1975 The wreck of the ''HMHS Britannic'' is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau.
• 04 Dec 1975 Suriname joins the United Nations.
• 05 Dec 1975 Me & Bessie closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 453 performances
• 06 Dec 1975 Sen Robert Dole and Elizabeth Hanford marry
• 07 Dec 1975 Archbishop Makarios returns Cyprus
• 08 Dec 1975 Raisin closes at 46th St. Theater NYC after 847 performances
• 09 Dec 1975 US President Gerald Ford signs US$2.3 billion loan-authorization for New York City.
• 10 Dec 1975 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, Florida, to become NWA champion.
• 11 Dec 1975 1st class postage rises from 10 cents to 13 cents
• 12 Dec 1975 Gas stove explodes and starts fire killing 138 (Mecca, Saudi Arabia).
• 13 Dec 1975 1st time Saturday Night Live uses a time delay (Richard Pryor hosts)
• 14 Dec 1975 Treemonisha closes at Uris Theater NYC after 64 performances
• 16 Dec 1975 1st broadcast of One Day at a Time on CBS TV
• 17 Dec 1975 John Paul Stevens appointed to Supreme Court
• 19 Dec 1975 Ron Wood joins music group The Rolling Stones.
• 20 Dec 1975 Pope Paul VI namea J Willebrands archbishop of Utrecht.
• 21 Dec 1975 Hello, Dolly closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 51 performances
• 23 Dec 1975 Peter Seitz makes Andy Messersmith and Dave McNally free agents
• 24 Dec 1975 Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (Born 1911)
• 25 Dec 1975 Iron Maiden is formed by Steve Harris.
• 26 Dec 1975 The Tupolev Tu-144 goes into service in Soviet Union.
• 27 Dec 1975 Explosion at Chasnala Colliery collapses, drowning 350 (Dhanbad, India).
• 28 Dec 1975 1st broadcast of radio Hilversum IV (classic music)
• 29 Dec 1975 Eleven killed, 75 hurt by terrorist bomb at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, New York.
• 30 Dec 1975 Boccaccio closes at Edison Theater NYC after 7 performances
• 31 Dec 1975 42nd Sugar Bowl: Alabama 13 beats Pennsylvania State 6.

Famous Birthday

• Milla Jovovich

  Ukrainian model and actress with prestigious modeling contracts, she was married twice, the second time to French director Luc Besson on...

• Tiger Woods

  American golfer who is perhaps the best young golfer in history.

• Sia Furler

  Australian singer-songwriter (Zero 7).

• Tom DeLonge

  American guitarist (blink-182, Angels & Airwaves).

• Solenn Poivre d'Arvor

  French noted family, the daughter of TV news-journalist Patrick Poivre d'Arvor.

• Paula Patton

  American actress.

• Ronnie O'Sullivan

  English snooker player.

• Heather O'Rourke

  Movie Actress.

• Trish Stratus

  Canadian professional wrestler.

• Mayim Bialik

  American actress, star of the TV hit series "Blossom.

• Adel Kachermi
• Denise Zich
• Marcelo Ríos

  Chilean tennis player.

• Kadee Strickland
• Mara Carfagna
• Frédérique Jossinet
• Manu Payet
• Rob Mariano

  American reality TV show star, this man was called a Survivor Hunk.

• Gia Ventola

  American designer, 24-years-old when she stole the show at a runway fashion exhibit for the Girls Rule! spring 2001 show.

• Katie Underwood
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Famous Deaths

• Nellie Fox

  Chicago White Sox infielder (American League Most Valuable Player 1959).

• Lee Wiley

  American jazz singer (Born 1908).

• Mukhtar Ashrafi

  Composer, dies at 63.

• Frank Sully

  Actor (Parachute Nurse, Inside the Law), dies at 67.

• William Lundigan of Syracuse

  New York, actor (Climax), dies at age 61.

• Donal Michalsky

  Composer, dies at 47.

• Jimmy Nervo

  Actor (Frozen Limits).

• Jacob Kruijt

  Dutch sociologist, dies at age 76.

• Richard S Welch

  US Central Intelligence Agency station chief in Athens, Greece, is shot dead.

• Noble Sissle

  jazz musician, dies at age 86.

• Anna Roosevelt Halsted

  American daughter of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt (Born 1906).

• Gary Thain

  New Zealand bassist (Uriah Heep) (Born 1948).

• Vincent Lopez

  American author and bandleader.

• Hendrik Kruls

  Dutch general/chief military authority (1944-46), dies at age 73.

• Gaston Gallimard

  French publisher founded Éditions Gallimard (d. 1975).

• Theodosius Dobzhansky

  Ukrainian-born American geneticist and biologist (d. 1975).

• Cyril Delevanti

  Actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88.

• Nick Kenny

  US columnist/songwriter ( Show), dies at age 80.

• Hardie Albright

  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania -- Actress (Silver Streak, Scarlet Letter).

• William A Wellman

  US director (Ox Bow Incident), dies at age 79.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly
2. K.C and the Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)
3. The Staple Singers - Let's Do It Again
4. Bay City Rollers - Saturday Night
5. Jigsaw - Sky High

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
3. Laurel & Hardy With The Avalon Boys featuring Chill Wills - The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
4. Bay City Rollers - Money Honey
5. Greg Lake - I Believe In Father Christmas