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June 5, 1975

On June 5, 1975, the Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War. 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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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 5, 1975

  1. 1975 The Suez Canal opens for the first time since the Six-Day War.

    Artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt

    The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia. It is the border between Africa and Asia. 11 mi) canal is a key trade route between Europe and Asia.

  2. 1975 The United Kingdom holds its first country-wide referendum on membership of the European Economic Community (EEC).

    British referendum of 1975

    The 1975 United Kingdom European Communities membership referendum, also known variously as the Referendum on the European Community (Common Market), the Common Market referendum and EEC membership referendum, was a non-binding referendum that took place on 5 June 1975 in the United Kingdom (UK) under the provisions of the Referendum Act 1975 to ask the electorate whether the country should continue to remain a member of, or leave, the European Communities (EC) also known at the time as the Common Market — which it had joined as a member state two-and-a-half years earlier on 1 January 1973 under the Conservative government of Edward Heath. The Labour Party's manifesto for the October 1974 general election had promised that the people would decide through the ballot box whether to remain in the EC.

Arrivals

Born on June 5, 1975

Zydrunas Ilgauskas 1975– Lithuanian-American basketball player (born 1975)
Duncan Patterson 1975– English musician
Sandra Stals 1975– Belgian middle-distance runner

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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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