1975
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Years: | 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 |
Contents |
[edit] Births
- May 2 - David Beckham, English football player
- May 2 - Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger, American astronaut
- June 4 - Angelina Jolie
- September 17 - Constantine Maroulis
- October 9 - Sean Lennon
[edit] Deaths
- August 27 - Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
[edit] Events
- January 28 - George Lucas creates the second draft of what would eventually become Star Wars. At this time, the title of the story was Adventures of the Starkiller, Episode One of The Star Wars.
- March - Production begins on Star Wars
- March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
- July - In order to create the necessary special effects for his film, Star Wars, George Lucas forms Industrial Light and Magic.
- July 5 - Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win Wimbledon singles title.
- September 5-Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme attempts to shoot President Gerald Ford, but is stopped.
- September 22-President Gerald Ford survives another assination attempt, this time by Sara Jane Moore.
- October 11- Saturday Night Live airs for the first time.
- November 10- The SS Edmund Fritzgereld sinks.
- Jaws becomes the first movie to ever gross US$100 million in North America, setting the standard for future blockbusters.
- The Vietnam War ends.
[edit] Films released
- The Adoption
- The Adventures of the Wilderness Family
- Barry Lyndon
- Benji
- Chronicle of the Burning Years
- Cooley High
- The Day of the Locust
- Dersu Uzala
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Every Man For Himself and God Against All/The Mystery of Kaspar Hauser
- French Connection II
- Funny Lady
- The Ghoul
- The Godfather, Part II
- Hard Times
- Heart of the West
- The Hindenburg
- Jaws
- Lucky Lady
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Nashville
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Part 2 Walking Tall
- Return of the Pink Panther
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Rollerball
- Rooster Cogburn
- Shampoo
- The Story of Adele H
- The Sunshine Boys
- Three Days of the Condor
- Tommy
- The Towering Inferno
- Young Frankenstein
[edit] Hit songs
- "At 17"-Janis Ian
- "Bad Time" - Grand Funk Railroad
- "Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet
- "Blitzkrieg Bop"- The Ramones
- "Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen
- "Calypso" - John Denver
- "Cut The Cake" - Average White Band
- "Feelings" - Morris Albert
- "Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "Get Down Tonight" - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
- "Hey You" - Bachman Turner Overdrive
- "Holy Roller" - Nazareth
- "How Sweet It Is" - James Taylor
- "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - ABBA
- "The Late Show" - Jackson Browne
- "Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles
- "No No Song" - Ringo Starr
- "Rock and Roll All Night" - Kiss
- "Roll On Down The Highway" - Bachman Turner Overdrive
- "Saturday Night Special" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley and Company
- "SOS" - ABBA
- "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith
- "Trampled Underfoot" - Led Zeppelin
- "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt
- "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons
- "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
- "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
[edit] New Books
- The Ascent of Man - Jacob Bronowski
- Black Sunday - Thomas Harris
- The Choirboys - Joseph Wambaugh
- Curtain - Agatha Christie
- Dead Babies - Martin Amis
- Dhalgren - Samuel R. Delany
- The Eagle Has Landed - Jack Higgins
- A Fine and Private Place - Morley Callaghan
- The Great Train Robbery - Michael Crichton
- Hang That Nigger - Arthur Robinson
- Hearing Secret Harmonies - Anthony Powell
- Heat and Dust - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
- The History Man - Malcolm Bradbury
- Humboldt's Gift - Saul Bellow
- In A Shallow Grave - James Purdy
- Inside the Company: CIA Diary - Philip Agee
- Looking for Mister Goodbar - Judith Rossner
- Mr. Schutzer - Timothy L. Bottoms
- The Moneychangers - Arthur Hailey
- My Lord John – Georgette Heyer
- Northern Lights - Tim O'Brien
- Ragtime - E.L. Doctorow
- The Road to Gandolfo - Robert Ludlum
- Rudyard Kipling and His World - Kingsley Amis
- 'Salem's Lot - Stephen King
- Shogun - James Clavell
- La vie devant soi - Romain Gary as Emile Ajar
- Woman at Point Zero - Nawal El Saadawi
- World of Wonders - Robertson Davies