Date in year · 1975 · The 1970s

January 2, 1975

On January 2, 1975, at the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. 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.

Events

1

Births

3

Deaths

0

Year

1975

1970s

Around 1975

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.

Read the full year of 1975 →

What happened

On January 2, 1975

  1. 1975 At the opening of a new railway line, a bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways.

    City and Municipal Corporation in Mithila region of Bihar, India

    Samastipur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in Bihar, India. It is the headquarters of the Samastipur district and comes under Darbhanga division. The Burhi Gandak River flows through the city.

Arrivals

Born on January 2, 1975

Dax Shepard 1975– American actor, comedian and filmmaker (born 1975)
Jeff Suppan 1975– American baseball player (born 1975)
Reuben Thorne 1975– NZ international rugby union player

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

Step through

Nearby

Keep going

More to explore