What Happened on October 5, 1975

Historical Events

F1 World Champion

Austrian Niki Lauda wins the United States Grand Prix at Watkins Glen to claim his first Formula 1 World Drivers Championship; wins by 19.5 points from Emerson Fittipaldi of Brazil

USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

Events in 1975

Famous Birthdays

Bobo Baldé, Guinean footballer, born in Marseille, France

Kate Winslet (48 years old)

British actress (Titanic, Revolutionary Road), born in Reading, Berkshire, England

Parminder Nagra, English actress, born in Leicester, United Kingdom
Scott E Weinger, American actor (Steve Taylor-Family Man, Full House), born in New York City

Born in 1975 1975 Highlights