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June 25, 1975

On June 25, 1975, mozambique achieves independence from Portugal. 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 (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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On June 25, 1975

  1. 1975 Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal.

    Country in Southeastern Africa

    Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique, is a country in Southeast Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west, and Eswatini and South Africa to the south and southwest. The sovereign state is separated from the Comoros, Mayotte, and Madagascar through the Mozambique Channel to the east. The capital and largest city is Maputo.

  2. 1975 Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declares a state of internal emergency in India.

    Prime Minister of India (1966–1977; 1980–1984)

    Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC). She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.

Arrivals

Born on June 25, 1975

Kiur Aarma 1975– Estonian television journalist (born 1975)
Linda Cardellini 1975– American actress (born 1975)
Albert Costa 1975– Spanish tennis player (born 1975)
Vladimir Kramnik 1975– Russian chess grandmaster (born 1975)
Michele Merkin 1975– American model

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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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