On this day
Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10— White House sources hinted strongly today that President Ford would soon propose, perhaps this weekend, a sweeping antirecession program that
MOSCOW, Saturday Jan. 11 — The Soviet Union launched today a new manned spacecraft on a rendezvous with a space research station sent into orbit two weeks ago.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10—The White House said today that the Government’ spent $367,000 to support former President Richard M. Nixon in the first three months after he resigned
MINEOLA, L. L, Jan. 10—The Nassau County Controller cleared former District Attorney William Cahn today of allegations that he had doublebilled the county for expenses,
DETROIT, Jan. 10—The Ford, Motor Company said today that it would close for one week 10 of its 14 auto assembly plants, seven of its, nine truck plants and five of its 43 manufacturing plants throughout the country.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of January 8, 1975, covering January 11, 1975.
Elton John
Jethro Tull
Ohio Players
Joni Mitchell
John Denver
1975Rory Fitzpatrick, American ice hockey player[†]
Rory Brian Fitzpatrick is an American politician and former professional ice hockey defenseman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, Nashville Predators, Buffalo Sabres, Vancouver Canucks and Philadelphia Flyers. He was known as a journeyman depth player at the NHL level. A Republican, Fitzpatrick served as Irondequoit town supervisor from 2021 to 2023.
1975Dan Luger, English rugby player and coach[†]
Daniel Darko Luger MBE is a former English rugby union international who was a member of the squad that won the 2003 Rugby World Cup.
1975Matteo Renzi, Italian politician, 56th Prime Minister of Italy[†]
Matteo Renzi is an Italian politician who served as prime minister of Italy from 2014 to 2016. He has been a senator for Florence since 2018. Renzi has served as the leader of Italia Viva (IV) since 2019, having been the secretary of the Democratic Party (PD) from 2013 to 2018, with a brief interruption in 2017.
1975Max Lorenz, German tenor and actor (born 1901)[†]
Max Lorenz was a German heldentenor famous for Wagnerian roles.
In 1975, the world population was approximately 4,070,735,277 people[†]