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August 15, 1975

On August 15, 1975, bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup. The year's #1 song was "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille. John Butler, Magdalena Maleeva, Lou Bega would arrive in the same year.

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The year in brief

1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1975th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 975th year of the 2nd millennium, the 75th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1970s decade.

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What happened

On August 15, 1975

  1. 1975 Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman is killed along with most members of his family during a military coup.

    People of Bangladesh

    Bangladeshis are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay.

  2. 1975 Takeo Miki makes the first official pilgrimage to Yasukuni Shrine by an incumbent prime minister on the anniversary of the end of World War II.

    Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 to 1976

    Takeo Miki was a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 1974 to 1976.

Arrivals

Born on August 15, 1975

Bertrand Berry 1975– American gridiron football player (born 1975)
Vijay Bharadwaj 1975– Indian cricketer and cricket coach
Brendan Morrison 1975– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1975)
Kara Wolters 1975– American basketball player (born 1975)

Farewells

Died on August 15, 1975

Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Bangladeshi revolutionary and statesman (1920–1975)
Harun Karadeniz Turkish political activist and author (born 1942)

Elsewhere that year

Other moments from 1975

The class of 1975

Others born in 1975

John Butler 1975– American-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
Magdalena Maleeva 1975– Bulgarian tennis player
Lou Bega 1975– German singer
Lita 1975– American wrestler
Luciano Almeida 1975– Brazilian footballer
Heidi Alexander 1975– English politician

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