1975 in the United States

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Events from the year 1975 in the United States.

Incumbents

Federal government

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Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

July 17: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project orbital docking

August

September

October

November

  • November 3
    • An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United States' largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth".
    • The long-running television game show The Price Is Right expands from 30 minutes to its current hour-long format on CBS.
  • November 5 – Travis Walton, a 22-year-old logger, is working in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest with six co-workers near Snowflake, Arizona, when he suddenly disappears.[8] Walton is found five days later and says that he has been abducted by extraterrestrial aliens.[9] His book, The Walton Experience (1978), will become the basis for a film, Fire in the Sky (1993).[10]
  • November 10 – The bulk carrier Edmund Fitzgerald sinks 15 miles off of Whitefish Point, Michigan, losing all 29 crew on board.
  • November 20 – Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the 1976 Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford.
  • November 29

December

Ongoing

Births

January

Dax Shepard
Jeff Suppan
Danica McKellar
Jason Marsden
Bradley Cooper
Andrew Yang
Freddy Rodriguez
Tito Ortiz
Sara Gilbert

February

Big Boi
Lizzie Fletcher
Brian Littrell
Drew Barrymore
Mike Flood

March

Josh Gottheimer
Eva Longoria
Will.i.am
Natalie Zea
Guillermo Díaz
Cole Hauser
Fergie

April

Pedro Pascal
Zach Braff
John Cooper
David Harbour
Lita
Sean Maher
Killer Mike
Joey Jordison
Johnny Galecki

May

Christina Hendricks
Dulé Hill
Coby Bell
Jared Polis
André 3000
David Burtka
Daniel Tosh
CeeLo Green

June

Angelina Jolie
Theo Rossi
Shontel Brown
Linda Cardellini
Tobey Maguire

July

50 Cent
Shelton Benjamin
Isaac Brock
Jack White
Spencer Cox
Cheyenne Jackson
Judy Greer
David Dastmalchian
Torrie Wilson

August

Charlize Theron
Roger Craig Smith
Casey Affleck
Elaine Luria
Kaitlin Olsen

September

Jimmie Johnson
Jason Sudeikis
Moon Bloodgood
Matt Hasselbeck
Christopher Jackson

October

Grace Meng
India Arie
Alanna Ubach
Sean Lennon
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Patrick McHenry

November

Bo Bice
Tara Reid
Jason Lezak
Travis Barker
Dierks Bentley
Joshua Gomez
Davey Havok

December

Mickey Avalon
Paula Patton
Mayim Bialik
Tom DeLonge
Milla Jovovich
Tiger Woods

Full date unknown

John C. Anderson
Sigmar Berg
Christian Bowman
Rachel Kramer Bussel

Deaths

See also

References

  1. ^ "Women Cagers Make TV Debut". Ocala Star-Banner. 1975-01-27. p. 16.
  2. ^ Smookler, Michael (2005). San Mateo County Coast. Arcadia. p. 125. ISBN 9780738530611. OCLC 62781655.
  3. ^ Mitchell K. Hall (2008). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of the Nixon-Ford Era. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6410-8.
  4. ^ "Ford Falls but is Unhurt". The New York Times. 2 June 1975. Retrieved 24 March 2013.
  5. ^ "NYCdata | Disasters". www.baruch.cuny.edu. Retrieved 2023-12-05.
  6. ^ Bell, Daniel (17 March 2016). Encyclopedia of International Games. McFarland. p. 519. ISBN 978-1-4766-1527-1.
  7. ^ Sporting News (1994). Baseball: A Doubleheader Collection of Facts, Feats & Firsts. Galahad Books. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-88365-785-0.
  8. ^ "Did a UFO Kidnap Navajo County Man?". Arizona Daily Sun. Flagstaff, AZ. 1975-11-08. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Brother finds "UFO kidnap" victim". Scottsdale Daily Progress. Scottsdale, AZ. 1975-11-11. p. 1.
  10. ^ Hauck, Dennis William (2002). Haunted Places: The National Directory: Ghostly Abodes, Sacred Sites, UFO Landings, and Other Supernatural Locations. Penguin Books.
  11. ^ "FLOOD, Mike". bioguide.congress.gov.
  12. ^ Dule Hill. Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  13. ^ WRIGHT, MURIEL HAZEL (1889–1975).
  14. ^ "Susan Hayward | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 20 October 2020.

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