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Born on Sunday January 5, 1975
Died on Sunday January 5, 1975
- Arend Kolen (91), Coos Bay, Coos, Oregon, Verenigde Staten
- Bessie Pretoria "Tot" Ladner (74), Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
- Antje van Duijn (48)
- Bregje Houter (80), Purmerend
- Alfred Duncan Robinson (57), Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Nederland
- Alfons Spoormans (68), Deurne (B)
- Cornelis Noort (87), Bergen
- Edith May Stokes (89)
- Antonetta Verhoef (74), Sassenheim
- Charles Joseph Congdon Sr. (63), Berlin, Camden, New Jersey, United States
Born on January 5
- 1971 » Stian Carstensen, Norwegian multi-instrumentalist and composer
- 1972 » Sakis Rouvas, Greek singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
- 1973 » Uday Chopra, Bollywood actor and filmmaker
- 1974 » Iwan Thomas, Welsh sprinter and coach
- 1975 » Bradley Cooper, American actor and producer
- 1975 » Mike Grier, American ice hockey player and scout
- 1975 » Warrick Dunn, American football player
- 1976 » Diego Tristán, Spanish footballer
- 1978 » January Jones, American actress
- 1979 » Kyle Calder, Canadian ice hockey player
Died on January 5
- 1970 » Max Born, German physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
- 1970 » Roberto Gerhard, Catalan composer and scholar (b. 1896)
- 1971 » Douglas Shearer, Canadian-American sound designer and engineer (b. 1899)
- 1972 » Tevfik Rüştü Aras, Turkish physician and politician, 6th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1883)
- 1974 » Lev Oborin, Russian pianist and educator (b. 1907)
- 1976 » John A. Costello, Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd Taoiseach of Ireland (b. 1891)
- 1978 » Wyatt Emory Cooper, American author and screenwriter (b. 1927)
- 1979 » Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1979 » Charles Mingus, American bassist, composer, bandleader (b. 1922)
- 1981 » Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1893)
Names that were popular for boys in 1975
- Peter
- Jan
- Jeroen
- Johannes
- David
- Mark
- Michael
- Patrick
- Richard
- Dennis
- Robert
- Hendrik
- Paul
- Martijn
- Bart
- Pieter
Names that were popular for girls in 1975
- Maria
- Monique
- Sandra
- Johanna
- Wendy
- Bianca
- Linda
- Cindy
- Esther
- Marieke
- Judith
- Patricia
- Jennifer
- Nicole
- Miranda
- Mariska
Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1975
- 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.
- April 13 » An attack by the Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
- June 1 » The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan was founded by Jalal Talabani, Nawshirwan Mustafa, Fuad Masum and others.
- June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
- August 11 » East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
- September 16 » The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-31 interceptor makes its maiden flight.
- November 12 » The Comoros joins the United Nations.
Weather January 5, 1975
The temperature on January 5, 1975 was between 5.1 °C and 8.8 °C and averaged 7.5 °C. There was 2.1 mm of rain during 1.9 hours. The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest.