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December 22, 1975

On December 22, 1975, u.S. President Gerald Ford creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the 1970s energy crisis. 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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1975

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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 December 22, 1975

  1. 1975 U.S. President Gerald Ford creates the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in response to the 1970s energy crisis.

    President of the United States from 1974 to 1977

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977. He assumed the presidency after the resignation of Richard Nixon, under whom he served as the 40th vice president from 1973 to 1974, after the resignation of Spiro Agnew.

Arrivals

Born on December 22, 1975

Sergei Aschwanden 1975– Swiss judoka (born 1975)
Dmitri Khokhlov 1975– Russian footballer and manager
Marcin Mięciel 1975– Polish footballer (born 1975)
Stanislav Neckář 1975– Czech ice hockey player
Takuya Onishi 1975– Japanese astronaut, engineer and pilot (born 1975)

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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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