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March 1975 in History

Events in History

  • Mar 6 Algiers Accord: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement of their border dispute.
  • Mar 7 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
  • Mar 7 US Senate revises filibuster rule, allows 60 senators to limit debate
  • Mar 8 Royal Canadian Mint announces branch opening in Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Mar 9 Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins.
  • Mar 10 Dog spectacles patented in England
  • Mar 10 Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka.
  • Mar 11 Rightist military coup in Portugal under General António de Spínola fails
  • Mar 11 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
  • Mar 12 Vietcong conquer Ban me Thuot, South Vietnam
  • Mar 15 Bundy victim Julie Cunningham disappears from Vail, Colorado
  • Mar 15 Jevgeni Kulikov skates world record 500m (37.99 sec)
  • Mar 16 US Mariner 10 makes 3rd & final fly-by of Mercury
  • Mar 17 Valeri Muratov skates world record 1000m (1:16.92)
  • Mar 18 Kurds end fight against Iraqi army
  • Mar 21 Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy after 3,000 years
  • Mar 22 A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels
  • Mar 22 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, Delta State beats Immaculata 90-81 in Harrisonburg
  • Mar 26 The Biological Weapons Convention enters into force.
  • Mar 29 "Lady Marmalade" by Labelle reaches #1 on US singles chart
  • Mar 30 James Rupert kills 11 members of his family on Easter Sunday in Hamilton, Ohio

Birthdays in History

  • Mar 10 Lyne Bessette, Quebec professional cyclist
  • Mar 12 Annabel Port, English radio presenter
  • Mar 19 Matthew Richardson, Australian rules football forward (All-Australian 1996, 99, 2008; Richmond FC; Australian Football HOF) and broadcaster (7 Network), born in Devonport, Australia
  • Mar 28 Will Cain, American radio and TV journalist (The Will Cain Show ), born in Sherman, Texas

Weddings in History

  • Mar 8 5th Earl of Lichfield Patrick Anson (35) weds Lady Leonora Grosvenor (26), daughter of the 5th Duke of Westminster at Chester Cathedral in England

Peter Agre

Mar 29 Molecular biologist Peter Agre (26) weds Mary Macgill

Peter Agre

Deaths in History

  • Mar 2 Josiah Mwangi Kariuki, Kenyan politician (b.1929)
  • Mar 7 Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher, dies at 79
  • Mar 9 Gleb W. Derujinsky, Russian-American sculptor, dies at 86
  • Mar 9 Joseph Dunninger, American magician and mentalist (The Amazing Dunninger), dies of Parkinson's disease at 82
  • Mar 13 Ali Sastroamidjojo, Indonesian attorney, minister and premier, dies at 71
  • Mar 13 Ivo Andric, Yugoslavian novelist (Bridge on Drina, Nobel 1961), dies at 82
  • Mar 13 Ruth Schaumann, German author, painter and sculptor (Rose, Black King), dies at 75
  • Mar 15 Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, dies at 69
  • Mar 16 Richard W. DeKorte, American politician (b. 1936)
  • Mar 18 Alain Grandbois, French Canadian poet (Né à Québec: Louis Jolliet), dies at 74
  • Mar 19 John A DeMott, dies at 63
  • Mar 21 Ralph Hawtrey, British economist (multiplier, quantity theory of money), dies at 95

Faisal of Saudi ArabiaFaisal of Saudi Arabia (1906-1975)

Mar 25 King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75), shot by nephew at 68

Faisal of Saudi Arabia
  • Mar 30 Peter Bamm, German physician and writer, dies at 87

Historical Figures

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