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Posting tidbits about what happened 50 years prior.

Take a look back at what happened on this date, 50 years ago.

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February 1, 1975. Michael Jackson - "We're Almost There" released.

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2025/02/01
10:10 UTC

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February 1975. KC & The Sunshine Band - “You Don’t Know” released

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2025/02/01
10:10 UTC

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February 1975. Teach-In - "Ding-a-dong" released.

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2025/02/01
10:10 UTC

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January 31, 1975. First piece of "Star Wars" concept art by Ralph McQuarrie.

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2025/01/31
08:43 UTC

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January 30, 1975. Ernő Rubik applies for a patent in Hungary for his "Magic Cube".

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2025/01/30
06:08 UTC

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January 29, 1975. The Weather Underground bomb the U.S. State Department's main office in Washington, D.C.

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2025/01/29
07:46 UTC

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January 28, 1975. Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown first airs.

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2025/01/28
08:39 UTC

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January 27, 1975. Ringo Starr - "No No Song" released.

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2025/01/27
08:13 UTC

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January 25, 1975. Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the first President of Bangladesh, declares a state of emergency, authorizing him to rule by decree.

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2025/01/25
09:27 UTC

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January 21, 1975. Olivia Newton-John - "Have You Ever Been Mellow" released.

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2025/01/21
07:37 UTC

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January 21, 1975. Earth, Wind & Fire - "Shining Star" released.

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2025/01/21
07:35 UTC

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January 19, 1975. Saddam Hussein meets Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi.

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2025/01/19
09:41 UTC

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January 18, 1975. The Jeffersons begins airing on CBS.

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2025/01/18
09:06 UTC

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January 17, 1975. Queen - "Now I'm Here" released.

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2025/01/17
07:33 UTC

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January 16, 1975. Michael Jackson releases "Forever, Michael".

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2025/01/16
07:14 UTC

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January 15, 1975. Space Mountain opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.

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2025/01/15
06:38 UTC

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January 10, 1975. Pope Paul VI breaks a 900-year-old policy by accepting a woman, Uganda's Bernadette Olowo, as an envoy to the Vatican.

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2025/01/11
14:44 UTC

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[January 11, 1975] Atmospheric map for January 11, 1975 during the Great Storm of 1975.

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2025/01/11
13:23 UTC

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[January 9, 1975] Ralph Emery Show with Ernest Tubb & Justin Tubb -- January 9, 1975

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2025/01/09
13:27 UTC

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January 6, 1975. Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC, originally hosted by Chuck Woolery.

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2025/01/06
08:08 UTC

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[January 1975] The Canadian Nazisploitation film "Ilsa, She Wolf of the SS" premieres.

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2025/01/06
00:29 UTC

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[January 5, 1975] The Tasman Bridge disaster occurred on the evening of 5 January 1975, in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when a bulk ore carrier travelling up the Derwent River collided with several pylons of the Tasman Bridge.

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2025/01/05
13:14 UTC

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January 3, 1975. Ronald Reagan interviewed on Johnny Carson.

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2025/01/03
08:20 UTC

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January 1975. Leonardo DiCaprio's heartwarming family photo taken in Los Angeles when Leo was just a baby.

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2025/01/01
11:00 UTC

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1975. Murray Head - "Say It Ain't So, Joe" released.

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2025/01/01
10:59 UTC

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