October 1975 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1975 Heavyweight Muhammad Ali KOs Joe Frazier in Manilla
• 02 Oct 1975 A blast at an explosives factory kills 6 in Beloeil, Quebec.
• 03 Oct 1975 George Harrison releases Extra Texture album in the UK
• 09 Oct 1975 Emperor Hirohito of Japan visits San Francisco, California.
• 10 Oct 1975 Israel formally signs Sinai accord with Egypt.
• 11 Oct 1975 Bill Clinton weds Hillary Rodham
• 12 Oct 1975 NASA launches space vehicle S-195.
• 13 Oct 1975 9th Country Music Association Award: John Denver wins
• 14 Oct 1975 President Gerald Ford escapes injury when his limousine is struck broadside.
• 16 Oct 1975 The Balibo Five, a group of Australian television journalists based in the town of Balibo in the then Portuguese Timor (now East Timor), are killed by Indonesian troops.
• 17 Oct 1975 Bee Gees Maurice Gibb weds Yvonne Spencely
• 18 Oct 1975 Simon and Garfunkel reunite on SNL, sing My Little Town
• 19 Oct 1975 Chorus Line opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 6137 performances
• 20 Oct 1975 Supreme Court rules teachers could spank their pupils after warning
• 21 Oct 1975 Treemonisha opens at Uris Theater NYC for 64 performances
• 22 Oct 1975 Me & Bessie opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 453 performances
• 23 Oct 1975 Battle between Cuba and South Africa troops in Angola
• 24 Oct 1975 Turkish diplomat shot dead in Paris
• 25 Oct 1975 Denv Nuggets 1st game at McNichols Sports Arena beat St. Louis Spirits
• 26 Oct 1975 Cuba beats Mexico for its 4th Pan Am Games Gold Medal in baseball
• 27 Oct 1975 Covers of both Time and Newsweek picture rock singer Bruce Springsteen
• 28 Oct 1975 Calvin Murphy (Houston) begins NBA free throw streak of 58 games
• 29 Oct 1975 Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffer kills 1st victim
• 30 Oct 1975 Giants pitcher John the Count of Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year
• 31 Oct 1975 Bob Geldof 1st appearance with Boomtown Rats

Famous Birthday

• Kate Winslet

  English actress and singer.

• Christophe Maé

  French pop singer born to a pastry cook, he began to play the violin, harmonica, and guitare very early.

• Sean Lennon

  American musician and noted family, the son of rock 'n roll megastar John Lennon and his second wife, Yoko Ono.

• Nic Pizzolatto
• Lorant Deutsch
• Olivier Sarraméa
• Parminder Nagra

  English actress.

• Marion Jones

  American Olympian athlete, she was the first woman to win five medals in a single Olympics.

• Gaspard Proust
• Ginuwine
• Baby Bash

  Rapper.

• Kellie Martin

  American actress.

• Aron Ralston

  American hiker and mountain climber who severed his own arm in a Utah Canyon after a boulder fell on him, crushing his hand and forearm and...

• Michel Trudeau

  Canadian political family; the third and youngest child of Margaret and Pierre Trudeau.

• Yuma (Arizona)
• Jacqueline Pirie

  Scottish actress.

• Joe McFadden

  Scottish actor, seen in "The Crow Road" with Valerie Edmond in 1996.

• Vina Morales

  Filipino actress and singer.

• Keith van Horn
• Scott Weinger

  American actor.

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Famous Deaths

• Henry Calvin

  American actor known for his role as the Spanish soldier, Sergeant Garcia on Walt Disney's live-action television series "Zorro"...

• Guy Mollet

  (Socialist) French premier (1956-57).

• Joan Whitney Payson

  Owner of New York Mets, dies at 72.

• Alberto Hemsi

  Composer, dies at 78.

• John Scott Trotter

  Orchestra leader (George Gobel Show), dies at 67.

• Charles Brokaw

  Actor (Outer Gate, I Cover the War), dies at 77.

• Lillian Walker

  Dies at 88.

• Barboura Morris

  Actor (Wasp Woman, Machine-Gun Kelly), dies at 43.

• Kumaraswami Kamaraj

  Indian political leader, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (Born 1903).

• Gustav Ludwig Hertz

  German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (Born 1887).

• Ismail Erez

  Turkish ambassador, killed by car bomb in Paris, France.

• Lady Constance Malleson

  British actor and writer (Born 1895).

• Zdzis?aw Zygulski

  Sr.

• Vladimir Herzog

  Brazilian journalist and activist (Born 1937).

• SD Burman

  Indian musician (Born 1906).

• Rex Stout

  American novelist best known for his mystery stories of "Nero Wolfe," the detective who generally solves crimes without leaving home.

• Oliver Nelson

  American jazz composer and arranger (Born 1932).

• Charles Reidpath

  American runner and general (d. 1975).

• Al Jackson

  Jr.

• Frank Puglia

  Actor (Black Orchid, Jungle Book), dies at 83.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. David Bowie - Fame
2. Neil Sedaka - Bad Blood
3. Elton John - Island Girl
4. John Denver - I'm Sorry
5. John Denver - Calypso

Top #5 songs in the UK

1. Rod Stewart - Sailing
2. David Essex - Hold Me Close
3. Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell
4. Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You
5. Leo Sayer - Moonlighting