February 1975 calendar

Events

• 01 Feb 1975 Hoppy, Gene & Me by Roy Rogers peaks at #65
• 02 Feb 1975 Army offensive against rebels in Eritrea, Ethiopia.
• 03 Feb 1975 Billy Herman, Earl Averill, and Bucky Harris elected to Baseball Hall of Fame.
• 04 Feb 1975 Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
• 06 Feb 1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
• 07 Feb 1975 NBA New Orleans Jazz end a 28-game road losing streak.
• 08 Feb 1975 Caps only got one shot in a period against Islanders
• 09 Feb 1975 Soyuz 17 returns to Earth.
• 11 Feb 1975 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for Conservative leadership.
• 13 Feb 1975 Cyprus premier Denktash proclaims Turkish-Cypriot Federation.
• 14 Feb 1975 Bomb explodes at annex of Amsterdam metro station, Netherlands.
• 16 Feb 1975 Washington Capitals' first NHL shutout, beating Kansas City Scouts 3-0.
• 18 Feb 1975 2nd American Music Award
• 20 Feb 1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party.
• 21 Feb 1975 John Mitchell, former Chief of Staff Harry R Haldeman, and John D Ehrlichman sentenced to 2.5-8 years.
• 23 Feb 1975 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Orange Blossom Golf Classic.
• 25 Feb 1975 Ewen Chatfield flattened by Peter Lever and seriously injured
• 26 Feb 1975 Night... Made America Famous opens at Barrymore NYC for 75 performances
• 27 Feb 1975 CDU-politician Peter Lorentz kidnapped in West Berlin.
• 28 Feb 1975 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.

Famous Birthday

• Drew Barrymore

  American actress and noted family, the daughter of John Drew Barrymore and Idelko Jaid who bears the name of an acting family that has been...

• Chelsea Handler

  American comedian and actress.

• Natalie Imbruglia

  Australian musician and actress.

• Brian Littrell

  Pop Singer.

• Rémi Gaillard

  French comedian and actor.

• Virginie Hocq
• Vanina Ickx

  Belgian race car driver.

• Wes Borland

  American guitarist (Limp Bizkit).

• Nordin Jbari
• Charles O'Bannon

  American basketball player: guard/forward, Pistons.

• Gary Neville

  Soccer Player.

• Katja Schuurman

  Dutch actress and singer.

• Gotham Chopra

  American-East Indian noted family, the son of Deepak Chopra and follower of the path of his father, that of spiritual leader and counselor.

• Scot Pollard

  American basketball player: center, Pistons.

• Amber Frey

  American news figure as Scott Peterson's mistress, witness at his sensational trial, and author of a book about him and their relationship...

• Emily Loizeau
• Céline Beigbeder
• Andréia Ribeiro

  Brazilian transvestite with a stage show.

• Kristin dos Santos
• Anne Decis
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Famous Deaths

• Louis Jordan

  American singer-songwriter saxophonist and actor (Tympany Five) (d. 1975).

• Robert Evett

  Composer, dies at 52.

• Brendan Fay

  Actor (Hustler, Man on a Swing), dies at 54.

• Eric Harding Thiman

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Chivu Stoica [Stoica Chivu)

  Premier of Romania (1955-61), dies at 66.

• Edgar "Cookie" Fairchild

  Bandleader (Jerry Colonna Show), dies at 76.

• Nikolai A Bulganin

  Marshal / Premier of the USSR (1955-58), dies at 79.

• Istvan Kardos

  Composer, dies at 83.

• Dagmar Godowsky

  Actress (Common Law, Red Lights), dies at 78.

• Umm Kulthum

  Egyptian singer (Born 1904).

• Richard Ratsimandrava

  Malagasy soldier and statesman, assassinated (Born 1931).

• Julian Huxley

  British biologist (Born 1887).

• P G Wodehouse

  English writer (Born 1881).

• Nikolai Bulganin

  Premier of the Soviet Union (Born 1895).

• Henry P Van Dusen

  US protestant theologist, dies at age 77.

• Heintje Davids [Hendrika David]

  Dutch cabaret artist, dies at age 87.

• Julian S Huxley

  English scholar/director-general (UNESCO), dies at age 87.

• Raymond Moley

  US advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at age 88.

• William D Coolidge

  American physicist and inventor (Born 1873).

• Howard Hill

  American archer (Born 1899).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain
2. Ohio Players - Fire
3. Linda Ronstadt - You're No Good
4. AWB - Pick Up The Pieces
5. Eagles - Best Of My Love

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
2. Pilot - January
3. Status Quo - Down Down
4. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
5. The Tymes - Ms Grace