January 1975 calendar

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

Famous Birthday

• Bradley Cooper

  American actor and producer.

• Preity Zinta

  Indian actress.

• Mia Kirshner

  Canadian actress.

• Vincent Niclot
• Sara Gilbert

  American actress and member of a theatrical family, sister of actress Melissa Gilbert.

• Mary Pierce

  French-Canadian tennis star, the youngest ever to turn pro before 1990.

• Thomas Bangalter

  French musician (electro and house music), son of musician and producer Daniel Vangarde.

• Océane (actress)
• Matteo Renzi

  Italian politician.

• Dax Shepard

  American actor.

• Danica McKellar

  American actress.

• Thomas Castaignède

  French rugby player, a member of the French rugby team 1999, playing as fly half (half back).

• Marina Hands

  French stage and film actress, daughter of British director Terry Hands and actress Ludmila Mikaël.

• Jordan Ladd

  American actress and noted family, the daughter of David and Cheryl Ladd, the granddaughter of Alan Ladd.

• Tito Ortiz

  American UFC fighter.

• Sonali Bendre

  Indian model and actress.

• Balthazar Getty

  American noted family, the great-grandson of Jean Paul Getty, the founder of the family fortune, age one and a half when his famous kin...

• Arié Elmaleh
• Chris Anstey

  American basketball player, a center for the Chicago Bulls.

• Christophe Ono-Dit-Biot
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Famous Deaths

• Carlo Levi

  Italian writer, artist, painter and political journalist.

• John Gregson

  Actor (Rooney, Assassin), dies at 55.

• Don Wilson

  Houston Astros' pitcher, dies at age 29 of carbon monoxide poisoning.

• John Slater

  Actor (Deadlock, 3 on a Spree), dies at 58.

• Thomas Heart Benson

  US artist, dies at 85.

• Vivien Kellems

  TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78.

• Lubov Orlova

  Actress (Moscow Laughs, Man of Music, Tanya), dies at 72.

• Anthony Warde

  Actor (Big Punch, Buck Rogers), dies at 66.

• Gertrude Olmsted

  Actress (Cobra, Torrent), dies at 70.

• John Dierkes

  Actor (Red Badge of Courage), dies at 69.

• Louis J H C A de Bourbon

  Dutch writer / Poet (Gypsy Blood), dies at 66.

• Marie Lohr

  Actress (Pygmalion, Small Hotel, Escapade), dies at 84.

• Andrew George Burry

  Swiss-born manufacturer and businessman (Born 1873).

• Milton J Cross

  TV announcer (New York Metropolitan Opera Auditions), dies at age 87.

• Walter Linck

  Swiss sculptor, dies at age 71.

• Richard Tucker [Reuben Ticker]

  US tenor (La Gioconda), dies at age 61.

• Caryn Campbell disappears from Snowmass

  Colorado, USA (Ted Bundy victim).

• Klaas Voskuil

  Dutch journalist, dies at age 79.

• Karel Paul van der Mandele

  director (Rotterdam Bank), dies at age 94.

• Max Lorenz

  German heldentenor famous for Wagner roles (Born 1901).

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Elton John - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds
2. Barry Manilow - Mandy
3. Carpenters - Please Mr. Postman
4. Neil Sedaka - Laughter In The Rain
5. Barry White - You're The First, The Last, My Everything

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Mud - Lonely This Christmas
3. Ralph McTell - Streets Of London
4. Laurel & Hardy With The Avalon Boys featuring Chill Wills - The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
5. Status Quo - Down Down