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August 2019 1975 1975 1975 1975 It was also declared the International Women's Year by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. 2 Events 1975 January January 1975 January 1 – Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldemanhttps://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/haldeman.html Washington Post profile of Haldeman The Washington Post July 28, 2014 August 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140814104855/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/haldeman.html live and John EhrlichmanStout David https://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/us/john-d-ehrlichman-nixon-aide-jailed-for-watergate-dies-at-73.html John D. Ehrlichman, Nixon Aide Jailed for Watergate, Dies at 73 February 16, 1999 The New York Times February 20, 2017 February 23, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170223220417/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/16/us/john-d-ehrlichman-nixon-aide-jailed-for-watergate-dies-at-73.html live are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. January 2 The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress.United States Federal Rules of Evidence for United States Courts and Magistrates: Approved January 2, 1975, Effective July 1, 1975 ... https://books.google.com/books?id=rK1PAQAAIAAJ 1990 West Publishing Company 9780314757395 A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.Limca Book of Records 1991 1991 Bisleri Beverages Ltd. Bombay 41 81-900115-1-0 January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, causing a partial collapse resulting in 12 deaths.http://australianetwork.com/nexus/stories/TASMANBRIDGE.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080801133559/http://australianetwork.com/nexus/stories/TASMANBRIDGE.htm dead 2008-08-01 Tasman Bridge Australia Network 15 January 2007 2008-10-02 January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portugal announces that it will grant independence to Angola on November 11. February February 1975 February 4 – The Haicheng earthquake in Haicheng, Liaoning, China, kills 2,041 and injures 27,538, but much of the city has been evacuated in a claimed example of earthquake prediction.https://books.google.com/books?id=qegIxnTcUccC&pg=PA58 Predicting the Unpredictable: The Tumultuous Science of Earthquake Prediction Susan Elizabeth Hough Susan Hough 9780691138169 272 2009 Princeton University Press February 5 – The Argentinian president Isabel Perón decrees Operativo Independencia, aiming to neutralize or annihilate the "subversive elements" in the province of Tucuman. She assumes extraordinary powers. February 11 Margaret Thatcher defeats Edward Heath for the leadership of the opposition UK Conservative Party. Thatcher, 49, is Britain's first female leader of any political party.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/11/newsid_2539000/2539451.stm BBC News 1975: Tories choose first woman leader February 11, 1975 Colonel Richard Ratsimandrava, President of Madagascar, is assassinated. February 27 – The 2 June Movement kidnaps West German politician Peter Lorenz. He is released on March 4 after most of the kidnappers' demands are met. February 28 A major tube train crash at Moorgate station, London kills 43 people.2025-02-28 London's worst Tube crash killed 43 people - why it happened is still a mystery https://metro.co.uk/2025/02/28/londons-worst-tube-crash-saw-43-lose-lives-happened-still-a-mystery-22597162/ 2025-09-28 Metro en In Lomé, Togo, the European Economic Community and 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries sign a financial and economic treaty, known as the first Lomé Convention. The National Liberation Front of Angola (FNLA) approaches the South African Embassy in London and requests 40 to 50 artillery pieces to assist their cause in the Angolan Civil War. March March 1975 March 1 Aston Villa win the English Football League Cup at Wembley, beating Norwich City 1–0 in the final. Australian television switches to full-time colour.The revolution will be televised https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/revolution-will-be-televised March 6 Algiers Agreement: Iran and Iraq announce a settlement in their border dispute. A bomb explodes in the Paris offices of Springer publishers. The March 6 Group (connected to the Red Army Faction) demands amnesty for the Baader-Meinhof Group. March 9 – Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System begins. March 10 Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops attack Ban Mê Thuột in South Vietnam on their way to capturing Saigon. An extended portion of Sanyō Shinkansen between Okayama Station and Hakata Station opens, giving the Japanese Shinkansen high speed rail network access to the country's second island, Kyushu. March 11 – The leftist military government in Portugal defeats a rightist coup attempt involving former president António de Spínola, who flees to Brazil. March 13 – Vietnam War: South Vietnam President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu orders the Central Highlands evacuated. This turns into a mass exodus involving troops and civilians (the "Convoy of Tears"). March 15 – In Brazil, Guanabara State merges into the state of Rio de Janeiro. The state's capital moves from the city of Niterói to the city of Rio de Janeiro. March 22 – "Ding-a-dong" by Teach-In (music by Dick Bakker, lyrics by Will Luikinga and Eddy Ouwens) wins the 20th Eurovision Song Contest 1975 (staged in Stockholm) for the Netherlands. March 25 – King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is shot and killed by his nephew.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/years/1975/default.stm BBC On This Day news.bbc.co.uk March 27 – The South African government announces that it will consolidate the 113 separate homeland areas into 36. March 28 – A fire in the maternity wing at Kučić Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia (Croatia), kills 25 people.2023-03-28 Te je noći u Rijeci poginulo 25 beba. Tragedija je to koja je potresla Hrvatsku i svijet... https://www.24sata.hr/news/tragedija-koja-je-potresla-svijet-ugledao-sam-25-mrtvih-beba-u-sobi-bila-je-to-strasna-slika-900157 2025-09-14 www.24sata.hr hr March 31 – Süleyman Demirel of AP forms the new government of Turkey (39th government), a four-party coalition, the so-called First National Front (tr Milliyetçi cephe no ). April April 1975 April 4 Vietnam War: The first military Operation Babylift flight, C5A 80218, crashes 27 minutes after takeoff, killing 138 on board; 176 survive the crash. Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft (at this time known as Micro-Soft) in Albuquerque, New Mexico and release their Altair BASIC interpreter.https://www.wired.com/2008/04/dayintech-0404/ April 4, 1975: Bill Gates, Paul Allen Form a Little Partnership Wired 2016-01-25 Alfred Randy (Microsoft becomes a registered trademark on November 26, 1976.)thumb|April 4: Allen and Gates four years prior to the founding of Microsoft April 5 – The Soviet crewed space mission (Soyuz 18a) ends in failure during its ascent into orbit when a critical malfunction occurs in the second and third stages of the booster rocket during staging at an altitude of 192 km, resulting in the cosmonauts and their Soyuz spacecraft having to be ripped free from the vehicle. Both cosmonauts (Vasily Lazarev and Oleg Makarov) survive. April 9 – Eight people in South Korea, who are involved in the People's Revolutionary Party Incident, are hanged.8 men, executed as spies, are found innocent https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/186213.html 2025-09-27 Hankyoreh kothumb|April 9–21: Battle of Xuân Lộc April 13 Bus massacre: The Kataeb militia kills 27 Palestinians during an attack on their bus in Ain El Remmeneh, Lebanon, triggering the Lebanese Civil War which lasts until 1990. A coup d'état in Chad led by the military overthrows and kills President François Tombalbaye. April 17 – The Khmer Republic surrenders, when the Communist Khmer Rouge guerilla forces capture Phnom Penh ending the Cambodian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Cambodian civilians. April 18 – The Khmer Rouge begins a forcible mass evacuation of the city and starts the Cambodian genocide. April 19 – Nico Diederichs becomes the 3rd State President of South Africa.https://www.archontology.org/nations/south_africa/sa_pres1/ Archontology.org South Africa: Heads of State: 1961–1994 20 September 2025 8 May 2025 April 20 – Taman Mini Indonesia Indah opens to the public in Jakarta, Indonesia. April 24 – West German Embassy siege in Stockholm: Six Red Army Faction terrorists take over the West German embassy in Stockholm, take 11 hostages and demand the release of the group's jailed members; shortly after, they are captured by Swedish police. April 25 – Vietnam War: As North Vietnamese Army forces close in on the South Vietnamese capital Saigon, the Australian Embassy is closed and evacuated, almost 10 years to the day since the first Australian troop commitment to South Vietnam. April 29 – Vietnam War: North Vietnam concludes its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands that were being held by South Vietnam. April 30 – Vietnam War – Fall of Saigon: The Vietnam War concludes as Communist forces from North Vietnam take over Saigon, resulting in mass evacuation of the remaining American troops and South Vietnam civilians. As the capital is taken, South Vietnam surrenders unconditionally and is replaced with a temporary Provisional Government. May May 1975 May 3 – West Ham United win the FA Cup at Wembley, beating Fulham 2–0 in the final.Hammers Nail Fulham http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/HistoryOfTheFACup/1975WestHamFulham TheFA.com The Football Association https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083013/http://www.thefa.com/TheFACup/FACompetitions/TheFACup/History/HistoryOfTheFACup/1975WestHamFulham 29 March 2010 11 August 2024 May 6 – The South African government announces that it will provide all Black children with free and compulsory education. May 15 – Mayaguez incident: The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued by the U.S. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed. May 16 Sikkim accedes to India after a referendum and abolishes the Chogyal, its monarchy. Junko Tabei from Japan becomes the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest. May 25 – Bobby Unser wins the Indianapolis 500 for a second time in a rain-shorted 174 lap, 700 km mi on race. May 27 – The Dibbles Bridge coach crash near Grassington, North Yorkshire, England, results in 32 deaths (the highest toll in a United Kingdom road accident). May 28 – Fifteen West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. June June 1975 June 5 – The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. June 6 – The Georgetown Agreement, formally creating the ACP Group, is signed. June 9 – The Order of Australia is awarded for the first time. June 11 – After a referendum and seven years of military rule, modern-day Greece is established as the Hellenic Republic. June 25 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of emergency in India, suspending civil liberties and elections. Mozambique gains independence from Portugal. July July 1975 July 1 – The Postmaster-General's Department is disaggregated into the Australian Telecommunications Commission (trading as Telecom Australia) and the Australian Postal Commission (trading as Australia Post). July 4 – Zion Square refrigerator bombing. A terrorist attack in downtown Jerusalem kills 15 civilians and wounds 77. July 5 – Cape Verde gains independence after 500 years of Portuguese rule. July 6 – The Comoros declares and is granted its independence from France. July 9 – The National Assembly of Senegal passes a law that will pave way for a multi-party system (albeit highly restricted). July 12 – São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal. July 17 – Apollo–Soyuz Test Project: A crewed American Apollo spacecraft and the crewed Soviet Soyuz spacecraft for the Soyuz 19 mission dock in orbit, marking the first such link-up between spacecraft from the 2 nations. July 21 – The Parliament of India votes to approve Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's declaration of a state of emergency, with a 301–76 vote in the lower house and a 147–32 vote in the upper house.https://books.google.com/books?id=8v7Vr2iQUHkC&dq=indira+gandhi+july+21+1975+parliament+of+india&pg=PA159 India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics 978-81-317-3465-0 Krishna Ananth V. September 2011 Pearson Education India July 30 – Typhoon Nina forms over the Philippine Sea. August August 1975 The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.11–12, 14–15 August 1 – The Helsinki Accords, which officially recognize Europe's national borders and respect for human rights, are signed in Finland. August 8 – The Banqiao Dam, in China's Henan Province, fails after Typhoon Nina; over 200,000 people perish. August 11 – Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese East Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a UDT coup and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. August 15 Founder President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh is killed during a coup led by Major Syed Faruque Rahman. Some members of Jehovah's Witnesses believe that Armageddon will occur this year based on the group's chronologyThe Watchtower, August 15, 1968, pp. 494–501; Awake!, May 22, 1969, p. 15; The Watchtower, March 15, 1980, p. 17, para. 5–6. and some sell their houses and businesses to prepare for the new world paradise which they believe will be created when Jesus establishes God's Kingdom on Earth. August 20 – Viking program: NASA launches the Viking 1 planetary probe toward Mars. August 24 – Officers responsible for the military coup in Greece in 1967 are sentenced to death in Athens. The sentences are later commuted to life imprisonment. August 25 – The Victoria Falls Conference between Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Smith and the United African National Council is held in a South African Railways coach on the Victoria Falls Bridge, officiated by Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda and South African Prime Minister John Vorster. September September 1975 September–October – In New Zealand, Māori leader Whina Cooper leads a march of 5,000 people, in support of Maori claims to their land. September 5 In Sacramento, California, Lynette Fromme attempts to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is thwarted by a Secret Service agent. The London Hilton Hotel is bombed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army; two people are killed and 63 injured.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/5/newsid_2499000/2499203.stm 1975: London Hilton bombed BBC News 1975-09-05 2013-11-24 September 6 – An earthquake of magnitude s 6.7 kills at least 2,085 in Diyarbakır and Lice, Turkey. September 14 – Rembrandt's painting The Night Watch is slashed a dozen times at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. September 15 – The French department of Corse, comprising the entire island of Corsica, is divided into two departments: Haute-Corse (Upper Corsica) and Corse-du-Sud (Southern Corsica). thumb|120px|Flag of Papua New Guinea September 16 Papua New Guinea gains its independence from Australia. Cape Verde, Mozambique and São Tomé and Príncipe join the United Nations. September 19 – General Vasco Gonçalves is ousted as Prime Minister of Portugal. September 20 – The term of Tuanku Al-Mutassimu Billahi Muhibbudin Sultan Abdul Halim Al-Muadzam Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, as the 5th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia, ends. September 21 – Sultan Yahya Petra ibni Almarhum Sultan Ibrahim Petra of Kelantan, becomes the 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia. September 22 – In San Francisco, Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service. September 27 – Francoist Spain executes five ETA and FRAP members, the last executions in Spain to date. September 30 The Hughes Helicopters (later McDonnell-Douglas and Boeing IDS) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. (US time) Home Box Office becomes the first pay television network to deliver a continuous signal via satellite by broadcasting the "Thrilla in Manila" boxing match live.The Evolution of the Cable-Satellite Distribution System http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf Patrick Parsons Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media Broadcast Education Association 47 1 1–17 2003 October 19, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141102123231/http://comm.louisville.edu/~al/421/pdfs/parsons.pdf November 2, 2014 10.1207/s15506878jobem4701_1 62196864 October October 1975 October 1 – "Thrilla in Manila": Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier in a boxing match in Manila, Philippines. The fight is viewed live by well over 100 million people worldwide. October 14 The South African Defence Force invades Angola during Operation Savannah in support of the FNLA and UNITA prior to the Angolan elections scheduled for November 11.Malan, Magnus (2006). My lewe saam met die SA Weermag (1st ed.). Pretoria: Protea Boekhuis. p. 121. 978-1-86919-113-9. A British Royal Air Force Avro Vulcan bomber explodes and crashes over Żabbar, Malta after an aborted landing, killing five crew members and one person on the ground.Chetcuti Kristina The Vulcan tragedy over Zabbar, 35 years on https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-vulcan-tragedy-over-zabbar-30-years-on.331187 Times of Malta 14 October 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20200202112314/https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-vulcan-tragedy-over-zabbar-30-years-on.331187 2 February 2020 October 16 The "Balibo Five", Australian television journalists are killed at Balibo by Indonesian Army special forces in the buildup to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor. The last naturally occurring case of smallpox is diagnosed and treated, the victim being two-year-old Rahima Banu in Bangladesh.Image caption of U.S. Centers for Disease Control Public Health Image LibraryC image number 7762. October 30 – Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state after General Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern. His death on November 20 effectively marks the end of the dictatorship established following the Spanish Civil War and the beginning of the Spanish transition to democracy.J. Paxton The Statesman's Year-Book 1977-78 https://books.google.com/books?id=0-jIDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1321 22 December 2016 Springer 978-0-230-27106-7 1321 October 31 The Racial Discrimination Act 1975 takes effect in Australia. Tun Mustapha resigns as Chief Minister of Sabah, a state in Malaysia, bringing to an end speculation that he would attempt to lead secession for Sabah to become an independent nation. November November 1975 thumb|250px|Protestors in Sydney immediately after the dismissal of Gough Whitlam, 11 November 1975 November 6 – The Green March begins: 300,000 unarmed Moroccans converge on the southern city of Tarfaya and wait for a signal from King Hassan II of Morocco to cross into Western Sahara. November 7 – A vapor cloud explosion at a petroleum cracking facility in Geleen, Netherlands, leaves 14 dead and 109 injured, with fires lasting for five days.Explosion and fire at DSM, Beek. 7th November 1975 https://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/sragtech/casebeek75.htm Health and Safety Executive 15 September 2022 November 10 United Nations General Assembly Resolution 3379: By a vote of 72–35 (with 32 abstentions), the United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism. The resolution provokes an outcry among Zionists. It is repealed in 1991. The Treaty of Osimo is signed between Italy and Yugoslavia, resolving their dispute over Trieste. Under the agreement, a majority of the land area and residents go to Italy.Osimo Treaty, 1975 Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: A to F Edmund Jan Osmańczyk Edmund Osmańczyk Anthony Mango Taylor & Francis 2003 1705 The 729 ft m on-long freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm 27 km mi from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board (an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot). Lev Leshchenko revives "Den Pobedy", one of the most popular World War II songs in the Soviet Union. November 11 Angola becomes independent from Portugal and civil war erupts.thumb|120px|Flag of Angola Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Governor-General of Australia Sir John Kerr controversially dismisses the Whitlam Labor government and commissions Malcolm Fraser of the Liberal/National Country Coalition as caretaker Prime Minister. The first annual Vogalonga rowing "race" is held in Venice, Italy. November 12 – The Comoros joins the United Nations. November 14 – Madrid Accords: Spain agrees to hand over power of the Spanish Sahara to Morocco and Mauritania by the end of February 1976.Giniger Henry Morocco and Mauritania In Sahara Pact With Spain https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/15/archives/morocco-and-mauritania-in-sahara-pact-with-spain-madrid-agrees-to.html The New York Times 19 May 2022 15 November 1975 November 15 – The "Group of 6" industrialized nations (G-6) is formed and holds its 1st summit at the Château de Rambouillet in France. November 16 – Beginning of the Third Cod War between UK and Iceland, which lasts until June 1976. November 19 – The United States Congress approves the Clark Amendment, ending aid to the FNLA and UNITA. November 22 – Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of General Francisco Franco; he will reign until his abdication in 2014. thumb|120px|Flag of Suriname November 25 Suriname gains independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.Surinam, to Be Independent Nov. 25. Adopts a Charter The New York Times November 22, 1975 https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/22/archives/surinam-to-be-independent-nov-25-adopts-a-charter.html 15 September 2022 A failed military coup d'état by far-left activists occurs in Portugal. November 28 Portuguese Timor declares its independence from Portugal as East Timor. South African Navy frigates evacuate 26 SADF members from behind enemy lines at Ambrizete, 160 km mi north of Luanda in Angola. November 29 While disabled, the submarine tender Proteus AS-19 6 discharges radioactive coolant water into Apra Harbor, Guam. A Geiger counter at two of the harbor's public beaches shows 100 millirems/hour, 50 times the allowable dose. 1975 New Zealand general election: The New Zealand National Party led by Robert Muldoon defeats the incumbent New Zealand Labour Party led by Prime Minister Bill Rowling. December December 1975 December 2 – In Laos, the Second Indochina War ends, when the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeats the Kingdom of Laos, forcing King Sisavang Vatthana to abdicate and creating the Lao People's Democratic Republic. This ends the Laotian Civil War, with mass evacuation of American troops and Laotian civilians, but effectively begins the Insurgency in Laos with the Pathet Lao fighting the Hmong people, Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings. December 3 – Wreck of Britannic (sunk by mine 1916) is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau. December 7 – Indonesian invasion of East Timor: Indonesia invades East Timor; the occupation continues until 1999 when U.N. peacekeepers take control, which they did until 2002.Dennis B. Klein Societies Emerging from Conflict: The Aftermath of Atrocity https://books.google.com/books?id=QvlVDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA156 18 April 2018 Cambridge Scholars Publishing 978-1-5275-1041-8 156– December 13 1975 Australian federal election: The Liberal/National Country Coalition led by Malcolm Fraser defeats the recently dismissed Labor government led by Gough Whitlam. The Fraser government achieves what is so far the largest parliamentary majority in federal Australian political history. Whitlam would subsequently survive a leadership challenge against him. The United Nations Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness (1961) comes into effect.Françoise Bouchet-Saulnier, et al., The Practical Guide to Humanitarian Law (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) p.435. December 18 – The Algerian president Houari Boumediene orders the expulsion of all Moroccans from Algeria.https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/morocco-algeria-diplomacy-severed-ties-fear-future Moroccans in Algeria fear for the future after diplomatic ties severed December 21 – Six people, including Carlos the Jackal, kidnap delegates of an OPEC conference in Vienna. December 29 – A bomb explosion at LaGuardia Airport in New York City kills 11 people.https://observer.com/2016/01/why-hasnt-washington-explained-the-1975-laguardia-airport-bombing/ Why Hasn't Washington Explained the 1975 LaGuardia Airport Bombing? The New York Observer January 4, 2016 Date unknown The Spanish Army quits Spanish Sahara (modern-day Western Sahara), last remnant of the Spanish Empire. The Sahrawi Republic (RASD) is created. Morocco invades the former territory. Benoit Mandelbrot coins the mathematical term fractal.Mathematical people: profiles and interviews Albers Donald J. Alexanderson Gerald L. AK Peters 2008 978-1-56881-340-0 Wellesley, MA 214 Benoît Mandelbrot: In his own words Gerald L. Alexanderson Victoria (Australia) abolishes capital punishment. South Australia becomes the first Australian state to decriminalize homosexual acts between consenting adults. World population World population197519701980World4,068,109,0003,692,492,00010px 375,617,0004,434,682,00010px 366,573,000Africa408,160,000357,283,00010px 50,877,000469,618,00110px 61,458,000Asia2,397,512,0002,143,118,00010px 254,394,0002,632,335,00010px 234,823,000Europe675,542,000655,855,00010px 19,687,000692,431,00010px 16,889,000South America321,906,000284,856,00010px 37,050,000361,401,00010px 39,495,000North America243,425,000231,937,00010px 11,488,000256,068,00010px 12,643,000Oceania21,564,00019,443,00010px 2,121,00022,828,00010px 1,264,000 Births births January thumb|100px|Dax Shepard thumb|100px|Thomas Bangalter thumb|100px|Danica McKellar thumb|100px|Bradley Cooper thumb|100px|Matteo Renzi thumb|100px|Sara Gilbert thumb|100px|Preity Zinta January 1 Sonali Bendre, Indian actresshttps://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/10-throwback-photos-of-birthday-girl-sonali-bendre-that-will-make-you-drool-over-her-beauty/340007 10 throwback photos of birthday girl Sonali Bendre that will make you drool over her beauty Times Now News 1 January 2019 en-GB 6 June 2019 Eiichiro Oda, Japanese manga artist January 2 Dax Shepard, American actor https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973// UPI Almanac for Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019 United Press International January 2, 2019 September 2, 2019 September 2, 2019 https://archive.today/20190902220401/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/02/UPI-Almanac-for-Wednesday-Jan-2-2019/6081546203973/ live Oleksandr Shovkovskyi, Ukrainian footballer6952 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Vladyslav Vashchuk, Ukrainian footballer January 3 Danica McKellar, American actress and education advocateJanuary 3, 2019 UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ live https://web.archive.org/web/20190103223323/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ January 3, 2019 September 3, 2019 United Press International Thomas Bangalter, French musician and record producer https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ UPI Almanac for Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019 United Press International 3 January 2019 3 September 2019 3 January 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190103223323/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/03/UPI-Almanac-for-Thursday-Jan-3-2019/1811546209344/ live January 5 – Bradley Cooper, American actorhttps://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1894547 PROFILE - Bradley Cooper turns 50 on January 5th (Record ID: 1894547) January 5, 2025 Reuters 14 January 2025 January 6 Laura Berg, American softball player and coachLaura Berg https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1352 Olympedia Olympeida Ricardo Santos, Brazilian beach volleyball player January 11 – Matteo Renzi, 56th Prime Minister of Italy January 15 – Mary Pierce, French tennis playerMary Pierce https://www.wtatennis.com/players/160142/mary-pierce wtatennis.com Women's Tennis Association January 23 – Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial arts fighterLoading… http://ufcstats.com/fighter-details/2f732dd9210d301f 2026-09-10 ufcstats.com January 25 Mia Kirshner, Canadian actress Tim Montgomery, American athletehttps://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14246404 Tim Montgomery World Athletics 15 June 2026 January 29 – Sara Gilbert, American actress January 30 – Juninho Pernambucano, Brazilian footballerJuninho https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/juninho-pernambucano/ mlssoccer.com January 31 – Preity Zinta, Indian actress and entrepreneur February thumb|100px|Natalie Imbruglia thumb|100px|Drew Barrymore thumb|100px|Gary Neville thumb|100px|Brian Littrell February 2 – Ieroklis Stoltidis, Greek footballer February 3 – Brad Thorn, New Zealand-Australian rugby player1035 Brad Thorn February 4 – Natalie Imbruglia, Australian actress and singer February 5 – Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Dutch footballer and coachGiovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/4642/Giovanni_Van_Bronckhorst.html national-football-teams.com February 9 – Vladimir Guerrero, Dominican baseball player February 10 – Hiroki Kuroda, Japanese baseball pitcher February 14 – Malik Zidi, French actor February 17 Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress Kaspars Astašenko, Latvian ice hockey player (d. 2012) Václav Prospal, Czech hockey player February 18 Igor Dodon, President of MoldovaMoldova Social Security and Labor Protection System Policies, Laws and Regulations Handbook - Strategic Information and Regulations Global Pro Info USA 2018 9781514531259 26 Keith Gillespie, Northern Irish footballer Gary Neville, English footballer February 20 – Brian Littrell, American pop singerNetter Matt Backstreet Boys * Aaron Carter Pocket Books January 1999 New York 43–44 https://archive.org/details/backstreetboysaa0000nett/page/43 0-671-03539-8 February 22 – Drew Barrymore, American actress and film producerDrew Barrymore Biography, Movies, & Facts https://www.britannica.com/biography/Drew-Barrymore Encyclopedia Britannica 7 October 2020 en February 23 Wilfred Kibet Kigen, Kenyan long-distance runner Callan Mulvey, New Zealand-born Australian actor February 25 – Chelsea Handler, American comedian and television hostChelsea Handler: Biography http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-handler/bio/198528 https://web.archive.org/web/20100916040408/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/chelsea-handler/bio/198528 dead September 16, 2010 TV Guide September 13, 2010 March thumb|100px|Eva Longoria thumb|100px|Puneeth Rajkumar March 1 – Valentina Monetta, Sammarinese singerValentina Monetta https://eurovision.tv/participant/valentina-monetta-2 2025-04-05 eurovision.tv en March 5 – Jolene Blalock, American actress March 6 – Aracely Arámbula, Mexican actress, singer and model March 9 Roy Makaay, Dutch footballer177717 Lisa Miskovsky, Swedish musician Juan Sebastián Verón, Argentine footballerJ. Verón https://ca.soccerway.com/players/juan-sebastian-veron/10376/ soccerway.com SoccerwayNovember 2025 March 10 – Jamie Arnold, American-Israeli basketball playerhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/jamie-arnold-1.html Jamie Arnold International Stats Basketball-Reference.com March 11 Buvaisar Saitiev, Chechen wrestler David Cañada, Spanish cyclist (d. 2016) March 15 Eva Longoria, American actress Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess playerAugust 2026 will.i.am, American rapper and singer March 17 Puneeth Rajkumar, Indian actor (d. 2021) Test, Canadian professional wrestler (d. 2009) Natalie Zea, American actress March 18 – Sutton Foster, American actresshttp://www.playbill.com/article/from-eponine-to-charity-celebrating-birthday-gal-sutton-foster-on-the-musical-stage Skethway Nathan Playbill.com From Éponine to Charity: Celebrating Sutton Foster on the Musical Stage March 18, 2019 March 19 Vivian Hsu, Taiwanese singer, actress and model Le Jingyi, Chinese swimmer March 21 Fabricio Oberto, Argentinian-Italian basketball player Mark Williams, Welsh professional snooker player March 22 – Guillermo Díaz, American actor March 24 Thomas Johansson, Swedish tennis playerThomas Johansson https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/J129/overview atptour.com Albin Kurti, prime minister of KosovoBiography of the Prime Minister March 25 Ladislav Benýšek, Czech ice hockey player Melanie Blatt, English singer March 27 Fergie, American singer and actress Mihaela Melinte, Romanian hammer throwerMihaela MELINTE https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/romania/mihaela-melinte-14295749 worldathletics.org March 28 – Iván Helguera, Spanish footballerIván Helguera https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/j/j1144.html bdfutbol.com March 29 – Jan Bos, Dutch speed skaterhttp://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D103037%26SportID%3D103%26Personid%3D95524%26TaalCode%3D2%26StyleID%3D0%26Cache%3D2.html https://web.archive.org/web/20221023162124/http://www.isu.html.infostradasports.com/cache/TheASP.asp%40PageID%3D103037%26SportID%3D103%26Personid%3D95524%26TaalCode%3D2%26StyleID%3D0%26Cache%3D2.html October 23, 2022 Jan Bos isu.html.infostradasports.com International Skating Union April 30, 2026 live March 31 – Mirtha Vásquez, Peruvian politician and lawyer, Prime Minister of Peru April thumb|100px|Pedro Pascal thumb|100px|Anouk thumb|100px|Lita thumb|100px|Anderson Silva thumb|100px|Johnny Galecki April 1 Magdalena Maleeva, Bulgarian tennis playerMagdalena Maleeva https://www.wtatennis.com/players/130245/name Women's Tennis Association Kristine Quance, American swimmerKristine Quance https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51158 Olympedia April 2 Nate Huffman, American basketball player (d. 2015)https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/h/huffmna01.html Nate Huffman Stats Basketball-Reference.com Pedro Pascal, Chilean-American actor Adam Rodriguez, American actor April 3 – Koji Uehara, Japanese baseball pitcher1071 April 5 John Hartson, Welsh footballer Juicy J, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer April 6 Zach Braff, American actor http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/zach-braff/179781 Zach Braff TVGuide.com April 29, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140401032643/http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/zach-braff/179781 April 1, 2014 Sónia Lopes, Cape Verdean runner April 8 – Anouk, Dutch singer-songwriter and producer April 9 – Robbie Fowler, English footballer April 10 - David Harbour, American actor April 13 Jasey-Jay Anderson, Canadian snowboarder Tatiana Navka, Ukrainian born-Russian Ice dancerTatyana Navka https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/81915 Olympedia April 14 Lita, American professional wrestler Anderson Silva, Brazilian UFC fighter April 19 – Jussi Jääskeläinen, Finnish football player and coachJussi Jaaskelainen https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=13242 soccerbase.com April 21 – Danyon Loader, New Zealand swimmerDanyon Loader https://www.worldaquatics.com/athletes/1060480/danyon-loader worldaquatics.com April 22 Greg Moore, Canadian racing driver (d. 1999) Carlos Sastre, Spanish road bicycle racer April 26 – Joey Jordison, American metal drummer for Slipknot (d. 2021)https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jul/28/joey-jordison-obituary Joey Jordison obituary 28 July 2021 Adam Sweeting The Guardian 23 October 2022 April 27 – Kazuyoshi Funaki, Japanese ski jumperhttps://www.fis-ski.com/DB/general/athlete-biography.html?sectorcode=JP&competitorid=18712 Kazuyoshi FUNAKI FIS-ski.com International Ski and Snowboard Federation April 30 – Johnny Galecki, Belgian-born American actor May thumb|100px|David Beckham thumb|100px|Christina Hendricks thumb|100px|Enrique Iglesias thumb|100px|Hélio Castroneves thumb|100px|Jonah Lomu thumb|100px|Keiko Fujimori thumb|100px|André 3000 thumb|100px|Jamie Oliver thumb|100px|Mel B May 1 – Marc-Vivien Foé, Cameroonian footballer (d. 2003) May 2 David Beckham, English footballer Ahmed Hassan, Egyptian footballer May 3 – Christina Hendricks, American actress May 7 – Roxana Maracineanu, Romanian born-French politician and swimmer May 8 Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer Jussi Markkanen, Finnish hockey player May 9 – Chris Diamantopoulos, Canadian actor May 10 – Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian racing driver May 12 – Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player (d. 2015)https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/nov/18/jonah-lomu-dies-aged-40-according-to-reports The Guardian 18 November 2015 Mike Hytner 11 January 2020 All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu dies aged 40 May 13 – Itatí Cantoral, Mexican actress May 15 Ray Lewis, American football player Janne Seurujärvi, Finnish Sami politician, and the first Sami to be elected to the Finnish Parliament.https://www.eurotrib.com/story/2007/11/5/8342/36983 Minority MEPs? NordicStorm 5 November 2007 The European Tribune 14 March 2012 May 18 John Higgins, Scottish snooker player Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter Irina Karavayeva, Russian trampolinist May 19 Jonas Renkse, Swedish musician Masanobu Ando, Japanese actor Zhang Ning, Chinese badminton player May 20 – Tahmoh Penikett, Canadian actor May 21 – Anthony Mundine, Australian rugby league player and boxer May 22 – Janne Niinimaa, Finnish hockey player May 25 Keiko Fujimori, Peruvian politician Lauryn Hill, American singer May 27 André 3000, American musician, record producer, and actor Jamie Oliver, English chef, restaurateur and television personality May 28 – Charmaine Sheh, Hong Kong actress May 29 David Burtka, American actor and professional chef Mel B, English singer, songwriter, rapper, television personality, actress and author Daniel Tosh, American comedian May 31 – Toni Nieminen, Finnish ski jumper June thumb|100px|Nikol Pashinyan thumb|100px|Bryan Konietzko thumb|100px|Angelina Jolie thumb|100px|Linda Cardellini thumb|100px|Ismail ibn Musa Menk thumb|100px|Allen Iverson thumb|100px|Tobey Maguire June 1 Nikol Pashinyan, Armenian politician, Prime Minister of Armenia Frauke Petry, German politician June 4 Russell Brand, English actor and comedianMonitor Entertainment Weekly 1 June 2012 1209/1210 35 Angelina Jolie, American actress June 7 Allen Iverson, American basketball player Ekta Kapoor, Indian actress June 8 – Shilpa Shetty, Bollywood actress June 9 Andrew Symonds, British-born Australian cricketer (d. 2022) Ameesha Patel, Indian actress and model Lord Villanueva, Filipino associate justice of the Sandiganbayan June 11 – Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress and model June 15 – Elizabeth Reaser, American actresshttps://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography https://web.archive.org/web/20071024120323/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/396116/Elizabeth-Reaser/biography dead October 24, 2007 Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times Jason Buchanan 2007 Elizabeth Reaser April 2, 2012 June 16 – Anabel Conde, Spanish singer June 18 – Martin St. Louis, Canadian hockey player June 19 Oksana Chusovitina, German artistic gymnast Anthony Parker, American basketball playerhttps://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/parkean01.html Anthony Parker Stats Basketball-Reference.com Ed Coode, British rower June 23 – KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter June 24 – Christie Pearce, American footballer310 June 25 Linda Cardellini, American actress Natasha Klauss, Colombian actress Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player June 26 – Florence Loiret Caille, French actress June 27 Mufti Menk, Zimbabwean Muslim cleric and Mufti Tobey Maguire, American actor Mosese Rauluni, Fijian rugby union footballer June 28 – Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer (d. 2006) June 30 James Bannatyne, New Zealand footballer Ralf Schumacher, German racing driver July thumb|100px|50 Cent thumb|100px|Jack White thumb|100px|Cécile de France thumb|100px|Judy Greer thumb|100px|Suriya July 1 – Sufjan Stevens, American musician July 2 – Stefan Terblanche, South African rugby union player July 3 – Ryan McPartlin, American actor July 5 Zander de Bruyn, South African cricketer Hernán Crespo, Argentinian footballer Ai Sugiyama, Japanese tennis player July 6 Sebastián Rulli, Argentine actor and model Alessandro Juliani, Canadian actor and singer 50 Cent, rapper, actor, and businessman July 7 – Nina Hoss, German actressThe Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema 217 https://books.google.com/books?id=z7gFT_Duq1cC&pg=PA217 Bock, Hans-Michael Bergfelder, Tim 2009 Berghahn Books New York City, New York 978-0-857-45565-9 July 8 Amara, Indonesian actress, model, and singer Régis Laconi, French motorcycle racer Květa Peschke, Czech tennis player Elias Viljanen, Finnish musician July 9 Shelton Benjamin, American professional wrestler Gaizka Garitano, Spanish football player and coach Damián Szifron, Argentine director and screenwriter Jack White, American singer and guitarist July 10 Martina Colombari, Italian actress, model and television presenter Edoardo Gabbriellini, Italian actor, screenwriter, and director Stefán Karl Stefánsson, Icelandic actor (d. 2018) July 16 Ana Paula Arósio, Brazilian actress and modelAna Paula Arósio https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/ana_paula_arosio rottentomatoes.com Edoardo Gabbriellini, Italian actor, screenwriter, and director July 17 Elena Anaya, Spanish actress Darude, Finnish DJ and record producerDarude http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Darude-Finnish-Music.html Eurochannel.com August 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003230/http://www.eurochannel.com/en/Darude-Finnish-Music.html September 24, 2015 Cécile de France, Belgian actress Loretta Harrop, Australian triathleteLoretta Harrop https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/94437 Olympedia Terence Tao, Australian-American mathematician July 18 – Daron Malakian, Armenian-American guitarist July 19 – Hélène Tigroudja, French jurist and international law expert.Ministère de l’Europe et des Affaires étrangères 2018 Elección de Hélène Tigroudja en el Comité de Derechos Humanos https://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/es/politica-exterior/derechos-humanos/noticias/article/eleccion-de-helene-tigroudja-en-el-comite-de-derechos-humanos 12 February 2022 diplomatie.gouv.fr es July 20 Judy Greer, American actress and authorhttps://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235491/Judy-Greer/biography https://web.archive.org/web/20141214044034/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/235491/Judy-Greer/biography dead December 14, 2014 Judy Greer; Alternate Name: Judy Evans Greer, Judith Laura Evans, Judy Evans, Judith Laura Evans Andrea LeVasseur Movies & TV Dept. 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British Speedway Who's Who. 0-948882-81-6 Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist August 6 – Renate Götschl, Austrian alpine skier August 7 Gaahl (Kristian Eivind Espedal), Norwegian musician Megan Gale, Australian model and actress Charlize Theron, South African-born American actress August 9 – Mahesh Babu, Indian actor August 12 – Casey Affleck, American actor and film director August 13 – Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistani fast bowler August 15 – Kara Wolters, American basketball player August 16 – Taika Waititi, New Zealand filmmaker, actor, and comedian August 17 – Ian Casocot, Filipino writer August 18 – Kaitlin Olson, American actress August 22 – Rodrigo Santoro, Brazilian actor August 25 – Petria Thomas, Australian swimmerPetria Thomas https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45299 Olympedia August 29 – Dante Basco, American film, television and voice actorDante R Basco, Born 08/29/1975 http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dante_r_basco_born_1975_12486180 California Birth Index 24 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141024135351/http://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/dante_r_basco_born_1975_12486180 24 October 2014 dead August 30 – Radhi Jaidi, Tunisian footballer August 31 – Sara Ramirez, Mexican-American actress September thumb|100px|Mark Ronson thumb|100px|Michael Bublé thumb|100px|Jimmie Johnson thumb|100px|Jason Sudeikis thumb|100px|Marion Cotillard September 1 Sarah Mintz, Colombian actress and model Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer http://www.take40.com/artists/3779/natalie-bassingthwaighte/bio Natalie Bassingthwaighte – Biography Take 40 Australia MCM Entertainment 19 December 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120511105346/http://www.take40.com/artists/3779/natalie-bassingthwaighte/bio 11 May 2012 dmy-all Scott Speedman, Canadian actor September 3 – Redfoo, American disc jockey September 4 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, record producer, and singer September 6 – Ryoko Tani, Japanese judoka September 7 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle road racer (died 2007) September 8 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis playerElena Likhovtseva https://www.wtatennis.com/players/120151/name Women's Tennis Association September 9 – Michael Bublé, Canadian musician September 13 Peter Ho, American-Taiwanese singer and actor Idan Tal, Israeli footballerhttps://www.fifaindex.com/player/149980/idan-tal/fifa07/ Idan Tal - FIFA 07 - Player Stats www.fifaindex.com September 16 – Gal Fridman, Israeli windsurfer September 17 – Jimmie Johnson, American race car driver September 18 – Jason Sudeikis, American actor, comedian, and screenwriter September 20 Asia Argento, Italian actress, singer, and director Moon Bloodgood, American actress Juan Pablo Montoya, Colombian racing driver Joe Roff, Australian rugby union player September 22 – Ethan Moreau, Canadian hockey player September 23 – Kim Dong-moon, South Korean badminton player September 28 – Ana Brnabić, Prime Minister of Serbia September 30 Marion Cotillard, French actress, singer, songwriter, and musicianChase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months Bernan Press 2018 9781641432641 485 Ta-Nehisi Coates, American author and journalist October thumb|100px|Kate Winslet October 1 – Bimba Bosé, Spanish model, actress and singer (d. 2017) October 3 – Alanna Ubach, American actress and singerTheatre World: Volume 50 1996 Crown 234 9781557832368 https://books.google.com/books?id=IvQZAQAAIAAJ October 5 Parminder Nagra, British actresshttps://movies.yahoo.com/person/parminder-nagra/biography.html Parminder Nagra - Biography Yahoo! 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Jørgensen https://int.soccerway.com/players/martin-jorgensen/4038/ soccerway.comNovember 2025 Peter Pellegrini, Slovak politician, President of SlovakiaThe Statesman's Yearbook 2025: The Politics, Cultures and Economies of the World Palgrave Macmillan 2025 9781349961122 997 October 8 – Marc Molinaro, American politicianMOLINARO, Marcus https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/M001221 bioguide.congress.gov October 9 – Sean Lennon, British-American musician, songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalistJon Wiener Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files University of California Press 2000 9780520924543 327 October 10 – Ihsahn, Norwegian musician October 12 – Marion Jones, American athleteMarion JONES https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/marion-jones-14313964 worldathletics.org October 14 Floyd Landis, American cyclist Shaznay Lewis, English singer Carlos Spencer, New Zealand rugby union player and coach October 15 – Michél Mazingu-Dinzey, German-Congolese footballer October 16 – Jacques Kallis, South African cricketer October 21 – Henrique Hilário, Portuguese footballer October 22 Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor Míchel Salgado, Spanish footballerMichel Salgado https://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=19974 soccerbase.com October 25 Zadie Smith, English writer Antony Starr, New Zealand actor October 28 – Krisztián Zahorecz, Hungarian football player (d. 2019) November thumb|100px|Tara Reid November 2 – Danny Cooksey, American actor and comedian November 3 – Marta Domínguez, Spanish athlete November 4 Éric Fichaud, Canadian hockey player Lorenzen Wright, American basketball player (d. 2010)https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/959/lorenzen-wright Lorenzen Wright ESPN.com November 8 Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer Tara Reid, American actress November 10 – Markko Märtin, Estonian racing driver November 11 Daisuke Ohata, Japanese rugby union player Angélica Vale, Mexican-American actress, singer, and comedian November 12 Jason Lezak, American swimmer Amy Neighbors, American politicianLegislator-Profile - Legislative Research Commission https://legislature.ky.gov/Legislators/Pages/Legislator-Profile.aspx?DistrictNumber=21 2023-11-22 legislature.ky.gov November 13 – Ivica Dragutinović, Serbian footballerI. 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