March 1975 calendar

Events

• 01 Mar 1975 17th Grammy Awards: "I Honestly Love You", Marvin Hamlisch win.
• 03 Mar 1975 Goodtime Charley opens at Palace Theater NYC for 104 performances
• 05 Mar 1975 The Homebrew Computer Club, an early computer hobbyist club in Silicon Valley, meets for the first time. Its members include several future high-profile hackers and IT entrepreneurs, including the founders of Apple Inc.
• 06 Mar 1975 For the first time, ever, the Zapruder film of the assassination of John F. Kennedy is shown in motion to a national TV audience by Robert J. Groden and Dick Gregory.
• 07 Mar 1975 US Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate.
• 08 Mar 1975 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch mint opening in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
• 09 Mar 1975 Lieutenant opens at Lyceum Theater NYC for 9 performances
• 10 Mar 1975 Rocky Horror Show opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 45 performances
• 11 Mar 1975 Portugal military coup under General Spinola fails.
• 12 Mar 1975 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam.
• 13 Mar 1975 Vietnam War: South Vietnam President Nguyen van Thieu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the ''Convoy of Tears'').
• 15 Mar 1975 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colorado
• 16 Mar 1975 Lieutenant closes at Lyceum Theater NYC after 9 performances
• 17 Mar 1975 Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000 metre (1:16.92).
• 18 Mar 1975 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army.
• 19 Mar 1975 Dr Jazz opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 5 performances
• 21 Mar 1975 Ethiopia ends monarchy after 3000 years.
• 22 Mar 1975 Dinge-competed wins Eurovisie Song festival
• 23 Mar 1975 Sue Roberts wins LPGA Bing Crosby International Golf Classic.
• 24 Mar 1975 Muhammad Ali TKOs Chuck Wepner in 15 rounds to retain the heavyweight boxing title.
• 25 Mar 1975 Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz, king of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), shot to death by nephew at age 68.
• 26 Mar 1975 Tommy premieres in London
• 27 Mar 1975 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
• 28 Mar 1975 In Eastern Idaho, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs.
• 29 Mar 1975 Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
• 30 Mar 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the first hat trick by a Washington Capitals' player.

Famous Birthday

• Eva Longoria

  American television and film actress, born to Tejano parents.

• Fergie (singer)
• Laeticia Hallyday
• william

  Pop Singer.

• Frédérique Bel
• Sienna Guillory

  British actress.

• Shanna Moakler

  American model and actress Miss USA 1995.

• Niki Taylor

  Model (Elle, Marie Claire).

• Kate Gosselin

  American TV personality.

• Valérie Nicolas

  French handball goalkeeper and former player of the French national team.

• Jolene Blalock

  American actress.

• Bettina Zimmermann
• Arnaud Tsamere
• Kirsten Bolm

  German hurdler.

• Cole Hauser

  American actor and producer.

• T J Thyne
• Anne Dudek

  American actress.

• Abd al Malik
• Patrick Fandio
• Sébastien Josse
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Famous Deaths

• Susan Hayward

  American actress who has done more than 50 films in 35 years.

• Paul Verhoeven

  Director (Robocop, 4th Man, Total Recall), dies at 73.

• T-Bone Walker

  blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done), dies at age 64.

• Shirley Ross

  Omaha, Nebraska -- Actress (Cafe Society, Prison Farm).

• Jean Del Val

  Actor (Sainted Devil, Flying Deuces), dies at 83.

• Berend Giltay

  Composer, dies at 64.

• Cass Daley

  Actress (Red Garters), dies at 59.

• Muriel Hutchinson

  Actor (Another Thin Man), dies at 60.

• Oscar Rasbach

  Composer, dies at 86.

• Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz

  King of Saudi-Arabia (1964-75), murdered at 68.

• Gertrude Niesen

  Actress (Start Cheering), dies at 63.

• Renzo Massarani

  Composer, dies at 77.

• Sammy Spear

  Orchestra leader (Dom Deluise Show), dies at 65.

• Walter Kinsella

  Actor (Happy-Martin Kane Private Eye), dies at 74.

• Josiah Mwangi Kariuki

  Kenyan politician (Born 1929).

• Richard W DeKorte

  American politician (Born 1936).

• King Faisal

  of Saudi Arabia (Born 1906).

• Joseph Dunninger of New York City

  New York, mentalist (Amazing Dunninger), dies at age 82.

• Ali Sastroamidjojo

  Indonesian attorney/minister/premier, dies at age 71.

• Ruth Schaumann

  German author/painter/sculptor, dies at age 75.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Eagles - Best Of My Love
2. Olivia Newton-John - Have You Never Been Mellow
3. The Doobie Brothers - Black Water
4. Frankie Valli - My Eyes Adored You
5. LaBelle - Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi)

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Pilot - January
2. Telly Savalas - If
3. Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
4. Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby
5. The Carpenters - Please Mr Postman