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What Happened In April 1975 In History

Historical Events for April, 1975

  • 2nd » Vietnam War: Thousands of civilian refugees flee from Quảng Ngãi Province in front of advancing North Vietnamese troops.
  • 3rd » Bobby Fischer refuses to play in a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, giving Karpov the title of World Champion by default.
  • 4th » Microsoft is founded as a partnership between Bill Gates and Paul Allen in Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • 4th » Vietnam War: Operation Baby Lift A United States Air Force Lockheed C-5 Galaxy or Lockheed C-5A Galaxy transporting orphans, crashes near Saigon, South Vietnam shortly after takeoff; 172 die.
  • 9th » The first game of the Philippine Basketball Association, the second oldest professional basketball league in the world.
  • 13th » Bus massacre in Lebanon: An attack by the Kataeb Party e.g Phalangist resistance kills 26 militia members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, marking the start of the 15-year Lebanese Civil War.
  • 17th » The Cambodian Civil War ends. The Khmer Rouge captures the capital Phnom Penh and Khmer National Armed Forces named Cambodian government forces surrender.
  • 21st » Vietnam War: President of South Vietnam Nguyen Van Thieu flees Ho Chi Minh City named Saigon, as Xuan Loc, the last South Vietnamese outpost blocking a direct North Vietnamese assault on Saigon, falls.
  • 25th » As North Vietnamese Army called North Vietnamese forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital (political) or capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost ten years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to Sout
  • 28th » General Cao Van Vien, chief of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam called South Vietnamese military, departs for the US as the North Vietnamese Army Ho Chi Minh Campaign known as closed in on victory.
  • 29th » Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
  • 30th » Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.

Famous Birthdays on April in 1975

  • 1st » George Bastl, American-Swiss tennis player
  • 1st » John Butler (musician) known as John Butler, American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer (The John Butler Trio)
  • 2nd » Lisa Ann Beley, Canadian voice actress
  • 2nd » Randy Livingston, American basketball player
  • 2nd » Adam Rodríguez, American actor and director
  • 2nd » Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower
  • 3rd » Shawn Bates, American ice hockey player
  • 3rd » Michael Olowokandi, Nigerian-American basketball player
  • 3rd » Aries Spears, American comedian and actor
  • 3rd » Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japanese baseball player
  • 3rd » Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball player
  • 4th » Delphine Arnault, French businesswoman
  • 4th » Thobias Fredriksson, Swedish skier
  • 4th » Joyce Giraud, Puerto Rican model and actress
  • 4th » Roy Padrick, American journalist and actor
  • 4th » Pamela Ribon, American actress, screenwriter, and author
  • 4th » Miranda Lee Richards, American singer-songwriter
  • 4th » Scott Rolen, American baseball player
  • 4th » Kevin Weekes, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 5th » Sarah Baldock, English organist and conductor
  • 5th » John Hartson, Welsh footballer
  • 5th » Juicy J, American rapper and producer (Three 6 Mafia)
  • 5th » Caitlin Moran, English journalist, author, and critic
  • 5th » Shammond Williams, American basketball player
  • 6th » Zach Braff, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 6th » Hal Gill, American ice hockey player
  • 6th » Sonia Lopes, Cape Verdean runner
  • 6th » Joel West, American actor
  • 7th » Karin Dreijer Andersson, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer (The Knife and Honey Is Cool)
  • 7th » Ronde Barber, American football player
  • 7th » Tiki Barber, American football player and journalist
  • 7th » Ronnie Belliard, American baseball player
  • 7th » John Cooper (musician) called John Cooper, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Skillet (band) or Skillet)
  • 7th » Jeremy Taggart, Canadian drummer and songwriter (Our Lady Peace)
  • 8th » Anouk (singer) known as Anouk, Dutch singer
  • 8th » Francesco Flachi, Italian footballer
  • 8th » Timo Pérez, Dominican-American baseball player
  • 9th » Anna Coren, Australian journalist
  • 9th » Robbie Fowler, English footballer and manager
  • 9th » David Gordon Green, American director and screenwriter
  • 10th » Chris Carrabba, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dashboard Confessional and Further Seems Forever)
  • 10th » Terence Lewis (choreographer) known as Terrence Lewis, Indian dancer and choreographer
  • 10th » Matthew Phillips, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
  • 11th » Olga Hostáková, Czech tennis player
  • 11th » Walid Soliman (writer) e.g Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
  • 13th » Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder
  • 13th » Lou Bega, German singer-songwriter
  • 13th » Bruce Dyer, English footballer
  • 13th » Tatiana Navka, Russian ice dancer
  • 14th » Lita (wrestler) called Lita, American wrestler and singer (The Luchagors)
  • 14th » Luciano Almeida, Brazilian footballer
  • 14th » Amy Birnbaum, American voice actress
  • 14th » Avner Dorman, Israeli-American composer
  • 14th » Konstantinos Nebegleras, Greek footballer
  • 14th » Rajeshwari Sachdev, Indian actress
  • 14th » Anderson Silva, Brazilian mixed martial artist
  • 15th » Paul Dana, American race car driver (d. 2006)
  • 15th » Philip Labonte, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (All That Remains (band) named All That Remains and Shadows Fall)
  • 16th » Keon Clark, American basketball player
  • 16th » Sean Maher, American actor
  • 16th » Nick Pickard, English actor
  • 16th » Karl Yune, American actor
  • 17th » Heidi Alexander, English politician
  • 17th » Gabriel Soto, Mexican actor
  • 17th » Travis Roy, American ice hockey player
  • 18th » GoonRock, American songwriter and producer
  • 18th » Jeong Jae-heon, South Korean voice actor
  • 18th » Sergei Terehhov, Estonian footballer
  • 19th » Jason Gillespie, Australian cricketer and coach
  • 19th » Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish footballer
  • 20th » Benjamin Butler (artist) known as Benjamin Butler, American painter
  • 20th » Killer Mike, American rapper and actor (Run the Jewels)
  • 22nd » Greg Moore (racing driver) known as Greg Moore, Canadian race car driver (d. 1999)
  • 22nd » Carlos Sastre, Spanish cyclist
  • 22nd » Anders Nyström, Swedish guitarist (Katatonia, Bewitched (Swedish band) or Bewitched, Bloodbath, Diabolical Masquerade)
  • 23rd » Jónsi, Icelandic singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sigur Rós and Jónsi & Alex)
  • 23rd » Bobby Shaw, American football player
  • 24th » Sam Doumit, American actress
  • 24th » Thad Luckinbill, American actor
  • 25th » Emily Bergl, English-American actress
  • 25th » Jacque Jones, American baseball player and coach
  • 26th » Joey Jordison, American drummer, songwriter, and producer (Slipknot (band) named Slipknot and Murderdolls)
  • 26th » Nerina Pallot, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 26th » India Summer, American porn actress and model
  • 27th » Rabih Abdullah, American football player
  • 27th » Chris Carpenter, American baseball player
  • 27th » Pedro Feliz, Dominican baseball player
  • 29th » Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 29th » Eric Koston, Thai-American skateboarder
  • 29th » Artem Yashkin, Ukrainian footballer
  • 29th » Béres Zoo, Hungarian-Australian radio host
  • 30th » Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor and stuntman
  • 30th » Johnny Galecki, Belgian-American actor
  • 30th » Tomi Joutsen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Amorphis)
  • 30th » Elliott Sadler, American race car driver

Famous Deaths for April 1975

  • 3rd » Mary Ure, Scottish-English actress (b. 1933)
  • 5th » Chiang Kai-shek, Chinese general and politician, 1st President of the Republic of China (b. 1887)
  • 10th » Marjorie Main, American actress (b. 1890)
  • 12th » Josephine Baker, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1906)
  • 13th » Larry Parks, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 13th » François Tombalbaye, Chadian politician, 1st President of Chad (b. 1918)
  • 14th » Günter Dyhrenfurth, German-Swiss mountaineer, geologist, and explorer (b. 1886)
  • 14th » Fredric March, American actor (b. 1897)
  • 15th » Richard Conte, American actor (b. 1910)
  • 17th » Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, Indian philosopher and politician, 2nd President of India (b. 1888)
  • 19th » Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (b. 1899)
  • 23rd » William Hartnell, English actor (b. 1908)
  • 24th » Pete Ham, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (Badfinger) (b. 1947)
  • 25th » Mike Brant, Cypriot-Israeli singer (b. 1947)
  • 28th » Tom Donahue, American radio host and producer (b. 1928)

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