Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s - 1980s - 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s
Years: 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 - 1980 - 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985
Events
Art, Culture & Fashion
Births
Deaths
- January 3 - Joy Adamson, conservationist and author of Born Free[?] (killed by a servant in northern Kenya).
- January 8 - John Mauchly, co-inventor of the ENIAC computer
- January 10 - George Meany[?], labor leader
- January 18 - Sir Cecil Beaton[?], fashion designer
- January 29 - Jimmy Durante, actor, singer, comedian, vaudevillian
- January 30 - Professor Longhair, King of New Orleans music
- February 7 - Secondo Campini, Italian jet pioneer
- February 13 - David Janssen, actor
- February 19 - Bon Scott[?], musician ("AC/DC")
- March 5 - Jay Silverheels, actor
- March 29 - Mantovani[?], musician
- March 31 - Jesse Owens, American athlete
- April 4 - Red Sovine[?], country music entertainer
- April 29 - Alfred Hitchcock, film director
- May 18 - Ian Curtis, band member of Joy Division
- May 28 - Rolf Nevanlinna, mathematician (*1895)
- June 7 - Henry Miller, writer
- June 23 - Clyfford Still, painter
- July 24 - Peter Sellers, actor
- October 25- Victor Galindez, boxing light heavyweight world champion, in car race accident.
- December 2 - Romain Gary, writer
- December 8 - John Lennon, musician
- December 31 - Marshall McLuhan (author)
- Clement Martyn Doke South African linguist
Nobel Prizes
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