About the day » Thursday January 2, 1975Calender converter

• Mara Aparecida de Oliveira, São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, Brasil († 1975)
• Gertia Marcella Nathalie van het Ende, Wezep, Nederland († 2001)
• Gertia Marcella Nathalie van het Einde († 2001)
• Richard Cordel, Alkmaar (N.H.) († 1993)
• Marcia de Paula Lopes Costa, Recife Pernambuco Republiek van Brazilië († 1993)
• Theodorus Henricus Anthonius Hoekstra, Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland, Nederland († 1998)
• Willempje ROMKES († 2013)

• Catharina Elisabeth van Bavel (90), Goirle, Nederland
• Arie Jan Corbijn van Willenswaard (55), Woudenberg, Utrecht, Nederland
• Arend Bastiaan KETTING (85), Rotterdam
• Beert Kleermaker (75), Hierden
• Alida BOUTTELGIER (72), Detroit-Michigan
• Barteld Vecht, van der (68)
• Alice Ivy KIRKCALDY (74)
• Adriana Biesheuvel (78)
• Arie Van Veelen (77), Hoogvliet Rotterdam
• Bouwe (Bert) Freerks Dekema (87), Kalamazoo, Michigan, Verenigde Staten

• 1971 » Renée Elise Goldsberry, American actress
• 1971 » Taye Diggs, American actor and singer
• 1972 » Mattias Norström, Swedish ice hockey player and manager
• 1972 » Rodney MacDonald, Canadian educator and politician, 26th Premier of Nova Scotia
• 1972 » Shiraz Minwalla, Indian theoretical physicist and string theorist
• 1974 » Ludmila Formanová, Czech runner
• 1974 » Tomáš Řepka, Czech footballer
• 1975 » Reuben Thorne, New Zealand rugby player
• 1977 » Brian Boucher, American ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Stefan Koubek, Austrian tennis player

• 1960 » Paul Sauvé, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Premier of Quebec (b. 1907)
• 1963 » Dick Powell, American actor, singer, and director (b. 1904)
• 1963 » Jack Carson, Canadian-American actor (b. 1910)
• 1974 » Tex Ritter, American actor (b. 1905)
• 1975 » Siraj Sikder, Bangladesh revolutionary leader (b. 1944)
• 1977 » Erroll Garner, American pianist and composer (b. 1921)
• 1986 » Una Merkel, American actress (b. 1903)
• 1987 » Harekrushna Mahatab, Indian journalist and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Odisha (b. 1899)
• 1989 » Safdar Hashmi, Indian actor, director, and playwright (b. 1954)
• 1990 » Alan Hale Jr., American film and television actor (b. 1921)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.6 million citizens.
• May 28 » Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States.
• June 4 » The Governor of California Jerry Brown signs the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act into law, the first law in the U.S. giving farmworkers collective bargaining rights.
• July 27 » Mayor of Jaffna and former MP Alfred Duraiappah is shot dead.
• November 11 » Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December.
• November 11 » Independence of Angola.
• November 25 » Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.

The temperature on January 2, 1975 was between -0.8 °C and 7.2 °C and averaged 4.9 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain during 0.8 hours. The partly or heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south.