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Historical Event(s)
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Wood Rabbit in Chinese astrology.
– Dibbles Bridge Coach Crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England kills 33 – the highest ever death toll in a road accident in the United Kingdom.
– The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum, on remaining in the European Economic Community (EEC).
– Arthur Ashe becomes the first black man to win the Wimbledon singles title.
– CSCE Final Act creates the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe.
– Viking Program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars.
– Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline “I Am A Homosexual”. He is given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.
– WGPR in Detroit, Michigan, becomes the world’s first black-owned-and-operated television station.
– 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.
– The Comoros joins the United Nations.
Who Were Born On ?
– Jerod Turner, American professional golfer
– Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer
– Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis player
– Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
– Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian race car driver
– Elias Viljanen, Finnish guitarist (Sonata Arctica)
– Robbie Middleby, Australian footballer
– Jade Esteban Estrada, Latin pop singer, comedian and activist
– Abdelkader Benali, Dutch writer and journalist
– Jon Smith, British writer