1975: The Year That Was

12 The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters. 15 The SS Mayaguez is rescued by u.s. Navy and Marines; 38 Americans are killed. 16 India annexes Sikkim. 16 Japanese Junko Tabei becomes the first woman to reach Mt Everest's summit. 16 Wings releases "Listen to What the Man Said" in the U.K. 17 Mick Jagger punches a restaurant window, gets 20 stitches. 17 NBC pays $5 million for the rights to show Gone with the Wind one time. 25 The Golden State Warriors sweep the Washington Bullets in four games to win the NBA Championship. 27 The Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2 to win the Stanley Cup. 28 15 West African countries sign the Treaty of Lagos, creating the Economic Community of West African States. 30 The Yukon and the Northwest Territories are given seats in the Senate. 30 1972 Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine dies in a car accident. January 3 Danica McKellar, actress 5 Bradley Cooper, actor 22 Balthazar Getty, actor 22 Shean Donovan, hockey player 29 Sara Gilbert, actress February 2 Todd Bertuzzi, hockey player 4 Natalie Imbruglia, Australian musician 7 Alexandre Daigle, hockey player 11 Chuck Watanabe, kayaker 15 Serge Aubin, hockey player 20 Brian Littrell, musician ("Backstreet Boys") 22 Drew Barrymore, actress 24 Ashley Maclsaac, musician March 5 Jolene Blalock, U.S. actress 5 Niki Taylor, fashion model 15 Veselin Topalov, Bulgarian chess player April 4 Kevin Weekes, hockey goaltender 7 Ronde and Tiki Barber, twin American football players 9 Robbie Fowler, British footballer 22 Greg Moore, race car driver (died 1999) May 1 Marc-Vivien Foe, Cameroonian footballer (died 2003) 2 David Beckham, English footballer 8 Enrique Iglesias, singer 10 Hélio Castroneves, Brazilian Indy Car driver, two-time Indianapolis 500 winner 12 Jonah Lomu, New Zealand rugby player 15 Ray Lewis, American football player 19 London Fletcher, American football player 24 Marc Gagnon, Olympic gold medalist 25 Lauryn Hill, hip-hop singer 27 Jamie Oliver, British celebrity chef and TV personality (The Naked Chef) 29 Melanie Janine Brown, "Scary Spice" from The Spice Girls 29 Jason Allison, hockey player June 4 Angelina Jolie, u.s. actress 18 Martin St. Louis, hockey player 25 Vladimir Kramnik, Russian chess player July 1 Liv Tyler, daughter of Steven Tyler from Aerosmith 2 Eric Daze, hockey player 6 50 Cent, American rapper 11 Li'l Kim, American rapper 22 Markus Metzenthin, economist August 7 Charlize Theron, South A