At A Glance

21 October 1975 at a glance

Day of the week
21 October 1975 was a Tuesday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Bad Blood” by Neil Sedaka.
Top Film of 1975
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1975 was Jaws.
Bestselling Novel of 1975
“Ragtime” by E. L. Doctorow was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 1975.
Top-Rated TV Show
“All in the Family” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 1975–76 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 21 October is Libra.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 21 October 1975 fell in the Year of the Rabbit.
Birthstone
The birthstone for October is Opal.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 21 October 1975 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 21 October

  • 1969 The 1969 Somali coup d'état establishes a Marxist–Leninist administration.
  • 1973 Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first player in NFL history to score two safeties in the same game.
  • 1978 Australian civilian pilot Frederick Valentich vanishes over the Bass Strait south of Melbourne, after reporting contact with an unidentified aircraft.
  • 1979 Moshe Dayan resigns from the Israeli government because of strong disagreements with Prime Minister Menachem Begin over policy towards the Arabs.
  • 1981 Andreas Papandreou becomes Prime Minister of Greece, ending an almost 50-year-long system of power dominated by conservative forces.

Famous people born on October 21

  • Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1949)
  • Kim Kardashian, American reality television personality, actress, model, businesswoman and socialite (born 1980)
  • Glen Powell, American actor (born 1988)
  • Carrie Fisher, American actress and screenwriter (1956–2016)

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Events of 1975 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '1975 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 20 – Talent agent Michael Ovitz founds the Creative Artists Agency.
  • March 19 – The release of Tommy, a musical/drama produced by Ken Russel and Robert Stigwood.
  • April 4 – Bill Gates founds Microsoft in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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Life in the US in 1975

President

Gerald Ford

Gas (per gallon)

$0.57

Loaf of Bread

$0.36

Average House

$39,000

Weekly Wage

$189

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Keri Russell23 March 1976ActressView their day →Tupac Shakur16 June 1971Rapper & actorView their day →Zoe Saldaña19 June 1978ActressView their day →Christopher Nolan30 July 1970FilmmakerView their day →Jon Bernthal20 September 1976ActorView their day →Jason Sudeikis18 September 1975Actor & comedianView their day →Milo Ventimiglia8 July 1977ActorView their day →Sarah Paulson17 December 1974ActressView their day →

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