About the day » Saturday May 3, 1975Calender converter

• Derk Postema, Groningen
• Francetta Gineke Schoe, Klazienaveen
• Bartholomeus Wilhelmus Schavemaker, Warmond, Zuid Holland, Nederland († 2010)
• Bradley Paul Brayfield, Wichita (Kansas), Verenigde Staten van Amerika

• Cornelia de Jonge (67), Rilland-Bath, Zeeland, Nederland
• Clarissa Alfreda CHOVEAUX (67)
• Cornelia Bastianen (89), Gilze,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Arnoldus Julianus Schepers (80), Boorsem, Limburg, Belgium
• Aurelie Laurette Darret (77), Estrees, 59151, Frankrijk
• Abraham Bartholomeus van Herfden (74), Amsterdam
• Berendina Roede (91)
• Adrianus SCHREUDERS (95), heerewaarden
• Charles Irvin CANTER (74), Anniston,Calhoun Co.,AL
• Clasiena Kelderman (60), Renkum (Gelderland)

• 1973 » Jamie Baulch, Welsh sprinter and television host
• 1975 » Willie Geist, American television journalist and host
• 1976 » Brad Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Chris Scott, Australian footballer and coach
• 1976 » Jeff Halpern, American ice hockey player
• 1977 » Ben Olsen, American soccer player and coach
• 1977 » Eric Church, American country music singer-songwriter
• 1977 » Maryam Mirzakhani, Iranian mathematician († 2017)
• 1977 » Ryan Dempster, Canadian baseball player and sportscaster
• 1977 » Tyronn Lue, American basketball player and coach

• 1969 » Zakir Husain, Indian academic and politician, 3rd President of India (b. 1897)
• 1970 » Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (b. 1918)
• 1972 » Bruce Cabot, American actor (b. 1904)
• 1972 » Emil Breitkreutz, American runner and coach (b. 1883)
• 1972 » Kenneth Bailey, Australian lawyer and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to Canada (b. 1898)
• 1978 » Bill Downs, American journalist (b. 1914)
• 1981 » Nargis, Indian actress (b. 1929)
• 1986 » Robert Alda, American actor (b. 1914)
• 1987 » Dalida, Italian singer, actress, dancer, and model (b. 1933)
• 1988 » Lev Pontryagin, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1908)

1. Peter
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Johannes
5. David
6. Mark
7. Michael
8. Patrick
9. Richard
10. Dennis
11. Robert
12. Hendrik
13. Paul
14. Martijn
15. Bart
16. Pieter

1. Maria
2. Monique
3. Sandra
4. Johanna
5. Wendy
6. Bianca
7. Linda
8. Cindy
9. Esther
10. Marieke
11. Judith
12. Patricia
13. Jennifer
14. Nicole
15. Miranda
16. Mariska

• 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.
• February 4 » Haicheng earthquake (magnitude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs in Haicheng, Liaoning, China.
• April 29 » Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Trường Sa Islands.
• June 20 » The film Jaws is released in the United States, becoming the highest-grossing film of that time and starting the trend of films known as "summer blockbusters".
• July 17 » Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: An American Apollo and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft dock with each other in orbit marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the two nations.
• September 30 » The AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. Eight years later, the first production model rolled out of the assembly line.
• December 29 » A bomb explodes at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and injuring 74.

The temperature on May 3, 1975 was between 4.6 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 8.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain during 0.7 hours. There was 8.3 hours of sunshine (55%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest.