1975 in the United States

Events from the year 1975 in the United States.

1975
in
the United States

Decades:
  • 1950s
  • 1960s
  • 1970s
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
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Incumbents

Federal government

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
    • The name "Micro-soft" (for microcomputer software) is used by Bill Gates in a letter to Paul Allen for the first time (Microsoft becomes a registered trademark on November 26, 1976).
    • While disabled, the submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) discharges radioactive coolant water into Apra Harbor, Guam. A Geiger counter at two of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose.
    • The 7.4 Mw Hawaii earthquake hits several of the Hawaiian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), causing two deaths, up to 28 injuries, and a destructive tsunami.

December

Ongoing

Births

January

  • January 2
  • January 3
  • January 4
    • Dan Beery, Olympic rower
    • Shane Carwin, mixed martial artist and wrestler
  • January 5
  • January 6
    • Laura Berg, softball player
    • Big Fase 100, rapper
    • Nicole DeHuff, actress (d. 2005)
    • James Farrior, football player
  • January 7
  • January 8 Justin Alfond, politician and real estate developer
  • January 9 Vince Amey, football player and coach
  • January 10 Jake Delhomme, football player
  • January 11
    • Kabir Akhtar, director and editor
    • Brad Badger, football player
    • Chris Burrous, journalist (d. 2018)
    • Rory Fitzpatrick, ice hockey player
  • January 13 Andrew Yang, entrepreneur, political commentator, founder of Venture for America, and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate
  • January 14
  • January 16
    • Steve Adams, bassist for Animal Liberation Orchestra
    • Kevin Boles, baseball coach
    • Ray Bowles, singer
    • Brian C. Buescher, judge
    • Julie Ann Emery, actress
  • January 17
    • Brian Brushwood, magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber, and comedian
    • Coco Lee, Hong Kong-born singer/songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress (d. 2023)
    • Freddy Rodriguez, actor
  • January 18 Marcus Brandon, politician
  • January 19
    • Maurice Anderson, football player
    • Steve Balderson, director
    • Noah Georgeson, singer/songwriter, guitarist and producer
  • January 20
  • January 21
    • Saqib Ali, politician
    • Zach Helm, writer, director, and producer
  • January 22
  • January 23
    • Kevin Alexander, football player
    • B.G. Knocc Out, rapper and songwriter
    • Brian Balmages, composer, conductor, and educator
    • Phil Dawson, football player
    • Tito Ortiz, mixed martial artist, referee, and actor
    • Fred Coleman, football player and coach
  • January 24 Matt B. Britton, new media entrepreneur and consumer trend expert
  • January 25
  • January 27 Darrin Bell, cartoonist and comic writer
  • January 28 Terri Conn, actress
  • January 29
  • January 31 Zenarae Antoine, basketball player and coach

February

  • February 1 Big Boi, rapper, actor, and member of Outkast
  • February 2 Aramis Ayala, politician
  • February 3 Nicholas Anderson, rower
  • February 4 John Michael Phillips, lawyer, consumer and civil rights advocate, and legal commentator
  • February 6
    • Matt Alber, singer/songwriter, filmmaker, and youth advocate
    • Chad Allen, baseball player
    • Jason Buha, golfer
  • February 7
  • February 8
    • Jonah Blechman, actor
    • Lil Nat, radio host
    • Shane Shamrock, wrestler (d. 1998)
  • February 9
    • Terry Billups, football player
    • Dave Brainard, record producer
  • February 10 Scott Elrod, actor
  • February 11
    • Lori Alhadeff, activist and founder of Make Our Schools Safe
    • Jacque Vaughn, basketball player
  • February 12
    • Jen Armbruster, Paralympic goalball player
    • Bobby Billings, singer/songwriter
    • Cliff Bleszinski, video game designer
    • Michael Ray Bower, actor
  • February 13 Lizzie Fletcher, politician
  • February 16
    • Eddie Benton, basketball player and coach
    • Daryl Bonilla, actor, comedian, and wrestler
  • February 17 David Goggins, marathon runner, triathlete, and Navy SEAL
  • February 18
  • February 20 Brian Littrell, pop singer and member of the Backstreet Boys
  • February 21
    • Bo Atterberry, football coach
    • Brandon Berger, baseball player
  • February 22 Drew Barrymore, actress, author, director, model, and producer
  • February 23
  • February 25 Chelsea Handler, comedian and television host
  • February 26 Tunde Adebimpe, musician, singer/songwriter, actor, director, and visual artist
  • February 27 Joel Burns, basketball player
  • February 28 Adam Banton, BMX rider

March

April

May

June

Shontel Brown

July

August

September

  • September 1
  • September 2
  • September 3 Redfoo, disc jockey
  • September 5
  • September 6 Derrek Lee, baseball player
  • September 8 Mike Brown, mixed martial artist
  • September 10
    • Kyle Bornheimer, actor and comedian
    • Jeff Bowler, producer
    • R. Luke DuBois, composer and artist
  • September 11 Brad Fischetti, singer and member of LFO
  • September 12 Casey Alexander, cartoonist, animator, storyboard artist, writer, director, and producer
  • September 13
    • Peter Ho, American-born Taiwanese singer and actor
    • Joe Don Rooney, singer and guitarist for Rascal Flatts
  • September 14 John Haughm, singer, guitarist, and frontman for Agalloch (1996–2016) and Pillorian (2016–2019)
  • September 15 Robyn Ah Mow-Santos, Olympic volleyball player and coach
  • September 16 Jesse Aron, Elvis tribute artist
  • September 17
  • September 18
    • Chris Achuff, football coach
    • Charlie Finn, actor
    • Jason Sudeikis, actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer
  • September 19
    • Marty Belafsky, actor and comedian
    • Oscar Bettison, British-born composer
  • September 20
  • September 21
    • Elan Atias, reggae singer/songwriter
    • Chris Avery, football player
    • James Lesure, actor
    • Lil Rob, rapper, producer and actor
  • September 22 Mireille Enos, actress
  • September 23
    • Jaime Bergman, model and actress
    • Lorenzo Bromell, football player
    • Dave Elder, baseball player (d. 2023)
    • Kip Pardue, actor and model
  • September 24 Peter Abbarno, politician
  • September 25
  • September 27 Jason Annicchero, soccer player
  • September 28 Mandy Barnett, country singer
  • September 29 Waraire Boswell, fashion designer and entrepreneur
  • September 30

October

  • October 1 Grace Meng, politician
  • October 3
  • October 4
    • Ken Anderson, football player
    • Reggie Lee, Philippine-born actor
  • October 5
  • October 6 Lisa Ann Coleman, child murderer
  • October 7
  • October 8
  • October 9
    • Sean Lennon, British-born musician, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist
    • Nate Newton, bassist and guitarist
  • October 10
  • October 11
  • October 12 Ahmad, rapper, songwriter, motivational speaker, and author
  • October 14
  • October 15
    • Chris Baldwin, cyclist
    • Joy Bisco, actress
    • Joe Golding, basketball player and coach.
  • October 16 Alexandra Barreto, actress
  • October 17
    • Ibiyinka Alao, Nigerian-born artist, architect, writer, director, and composer
    • Francis Bouillon, American-born Canadian ice hockey player
  • October 18 Brandon Wolff, mixed martial artist and Navy SEAL
  • October 19
    • Benjamin Heckendorn, electronics modifier and independent filmmaker
    • James L. Venable, composer
  • October 20 Natalie Gregory, actress
  • October 21 Frank Burns, politician
  • October 22
  • October 23
  • October 24 Melissa Hutchison, voice actress
  • October 26
  • October 27 Aron Ralston, outdoorsman, mechanical engineer, and motivational speaker
  • October 29 Michael Schur, producer, writer, director, and actor
  • October 30 Keith Brooking, football player

November

Joshua Gomez
  • November 1 Bo Bice, singer and American Idol contestant
  • November 2
  • November 3 Demetrius Alexander, basketball player
  • November 4 Lorenzen Wright, basketball player (d. 2010)
  • November 5
  • November 7
    • Stephen Alexander, football player
    • Marcus Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL
    • Morgan Luttrell, U.S. Navy SEAL and politician
  • November 8
  • November 9 Sean Bennett, American-born Canadian football player
  • November 10
  • November 11 Angélica Vale, Mexican-born actress, singer, and comedian
  • November 12
    • Brian Ah Yat, football player
    • Des Bishop, British-born American-Irish comedian
    • Guy Branum, comedian, writer, and actor
    • Jason Lezak, Olympic swimmer
  • November 14
  • November 15 J. C. Brandy, British-born actress
  • November 17
    • Abstract Rude, rapper
    • Leon Dorsey, convicted murderer (d. 2008)
  • November 18
  • November 19
    • Matthew Akers, director, producer, cinematographer, and photographer
    • Toby Bailey, basketball player and sports agent
    • Mike Burgess, politician
  • November 20
    • Julien Aklei, singer/songwriter, guitarist, and artist
    • Dierks Bentley, country singer
    • Francis Bouillon, basketball player
    • Joshua Gomez, actor
    • Davey Havok, alternative rock singer and frontman for AFI
    • Ptolemy Slocum, actor
  • November 21
  • November 22
    • Daniel R. Benson, politician
    • James Madio, actor
  • November 23 Wiley Nickel, politician
  • November 24 Thomas Kohnstamm, writer
  • November 26
    • Frankie Archuleta, boxer
    • Christopher Bollen, novelist and magazine writer
    • DJ Khaled, DJ, record executive, songwriter, record producer, and media personality
  • November 27 Bad Azz, rapper (d. 2019)
  • November 28 Jonathan Brown, American-born Canadian football player
  • November 30

December

  • December 1 David Hornsby, actor, screenwriter, and producer
  • December 3
  • December 4 D'Wayne Bates, football player
  • December 5
  • December 6 Mia Love, politician
  • December 7
    • Raj Bhakta, entrepreneur, spirits industry executive, and real estate investor
    • Pat Bianchi, jazz organist
    • Seth Meisterman, artist
  • December 8
    • Brian Barkley, baseball player
    • Corey Bradford, football player
    • Kevin Harvick, race car driver
  • December 9 Travis Atkins, U.S. Army soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2007)
  • December 10
    • Steve Bradley, wrestler (d. 2008)
    • Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian-born actress
    • Joe Mays, baseball pitcher
  • December 12
    • Mayim Bialik, actress and neuroscientist
    • Bobbi Billard, wrestler, actress, model, and author
  • December 13
  • December 14 KaDee Strickland, actress
  • December 17
  • December 18
  • December 19
  • December 22 Omar Dorsey, actor
  • December 23
    • Brian Babylon, comedian and radio host
    • Ilan Berman, lawyer and educator
    • Cindy Blodgett, basketball player
  • December 24 Stephanie Ruhle, journalist and news anchor
  • December 24 Daniel Mustard, singer-songwriter
  • December 26 Deena Aljuhani Abdulaziz, business woman and editor
  • December 27 Heather O'Rourke, actress (d. 1988)
  • December 28
    • Daniel Beaty, actor, singer, writer, composer, and poet
    • Mark Boidman, Canadian-born investment banker and attorney
  • December 29 Shawn Hatosy, actor
  • December 30 Tiger Woods, golfer

Full date unknown

John C. Anderson
Sigmar Berg
Christian Bowman
Rachel Kramer Bussel
  • David Adams, video game designer
  • Pearl Aday, singer
  • Deborah Adler, designer
  • Shiva Ahmadi, Iranian-born artist
  • Cardenas J. Alban, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant and convicted murderer
  • Ahmed Alsoudani, Iraqi-born artist
  • Casey Anderson, filmmaker, wildlife naturalist, and television presenter
  • John C. Anderson, lawyer and Attorney for the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
  • Bryan Andrews, filmmaker
  • Josephine Angelini, author
  • Scott D. Anthony, author and senior partner for Innosight
  • Sam Apple, writer
  • Vicente Archer, jazz musician
  • Jason Farnham, composer, performer, and record producer
  • Teresa Alonso Leon, politician
  • Shea Backus, politician
  • Gaiutra Bahadur, Guyanese-born writer
  • Kristin Baker, painter
  • Dean Bakopoulos, writer
  • Mandi Ballinger, politician
  • Scott Banister, entrepreneur, angel investor, and founder of IronPort
  • Rachel Barenblat, poet, rabbi, chaplain, and blogger
  • Ty Barnett, actor and stand-up comic
  • Kevin Baron, journalist
  • Holly Bass, artist, poet, dancer, educator, and activist
  • Mohamad Bazzi, Lebanese-born journalist
  • Glenn Belverio, journalist
  • Joshua Benton, journalist and writer
  • Sigmar Berg, Austrian-born entrepreneur, artist, photographer, and fashion designer
  • Cassie Berman, musician
  • Joanna Bernabei-McNamee, basketball player and coach
  • Katherine Bernhardt, artist
  • Sherwin Bitsui, writer and poet
  • Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz, bassist and oud player
  • Benjamin Bolger, perpetual student and University professor
  • Shawnna Bolick, politician
  • Ruschell Boone, Jamaican-born newscaster (d. 2023)
  • Christian Bowman, actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • Anu Bradford, Finnish-born author, law professor, and international trade law expert
  • Joe Bradley, artist and singer
  • Slater Bradley, artist
  • Catherine P. Bradshaw, psychologist
  • Tarren Bragdon, politician
  • Adam L. Braverman, attorney
  • Brian Bress, artist
  • David Brooks, artist
  • Jeffrey Brown, cartoonist
  • Lars Brownworth, podcaster and educator
  • Catherine Brunell, actress
  • Thi Bui, Vietnam-born novelist and illustrator
  • Abraham Burickson, poet and artist
  • A.K. Burns, artist
  • Casey Burns, illustrator, screen printer, rock poster artist, musician, and advertising art director
  • Rachel Kramer Bussel, author, columnist, and editor
  • Mark Bussler, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and comic creator
  • Taylor Ho Bynum, musician, composer, educator, and writer
  • Brian 'Brizz' Gillis, singer and member of LFO (d. 2010)
  • Nadine Burke Harris, Canadian-born pediatrician
  • Rake Yohn, television personality and stunt performer

Deaths

See also

References

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