About the day » Tuesday August 5, 1975Calender converter

• Kent Allen Van Dyk, Michigan (State) († 1989)
• Adriana Gijsbertha Maria(Jeanette) van der Zalm, Leiden
• Anna-Berbera Plandsoen, Zierikzee († 1976)
• Wouter VLERICK, Gent, 9000, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaanderen, België

• Anna Corten (74), Maastricht
• Anna Maria Stephania Van Hout (98), Herentals, België
• CAMILLE HAVELANGE (62), HARZE
• Ben TER VELT (86), Morrison Whiteside County Illinois U.S.A
• Adriana van den Durpel (79)
• Aaltje Thaekes Dijkstra (91), Wolvega, Weststellingwerf, Fryslân, Nederland
• Clara Albertine De Landtsheer (86), Elsene
• Akke Reitsma (79)
• Achille Cyrille Vandewalle (85), Poelkapelle
• Ben Charles GOMM (72), Smoot, Lincoln, Wyoming, Verenigde Staten

• 1974 » Alvin Ceccoli, Australian footballer
• 1974 » Antoine Sibierski, French footballer
• 1974 » Kajol, Indian film actress
• 1974 » Olle Kullinger, Swedish footballer
• 1975 » Dan Hipgrave, English guitarist and journalist
• 1975 » Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist and composer
• 1975 » Josep Jufré, Spanish cyclist
• 1976 » Eugen Trică, Romanian footballer and manager
• 1976 » Jeff Friesen, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 » Marians Pahars, Latvian footballer and manager

• 1963 » Salvador Bacarisse, Spanish composer (b. 1898)
• 1964 » Art Ross, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1886)
• 1968 » Luther Perkins, American guitarist (b. 1928)
• 1978 » Jesse Haines, American baseball player and coach (b. 1893)
• 1980 » Harold L. Runnels, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
• 1983 » Joan Robinson, English economist and author (b. 1903)
• 1983 » Judy Canova, American actress and comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 » Richard Burton, Welsh-Swiss actor and producer (b. 1925)
• 1985 » Arnold Horween, American football player and coach (b. 1898)
• 1987 » Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (b. 1910)

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.
• March 26 » The Biological Weapons Convention comes into force.
• May 27 » Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, in North Yorkshire, England, kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
• June 5 » The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).
• July 30 » Jimmy Hoffa disappears from the parking lot of the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit, at about 2:30p.m. He is never seen or heard from again.
• September 24 » Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
• October 1 » Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines.

The temperature on August 5, 1975 was between 19.8 °C and 32.4 °C and averaged 26.0 °C. There was 13.5 hours of sunshine (88%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the east-southeast.