James Riddle Hoffa was an American labor union leader who served as the President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971.
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935.
The New Zealand women's national football team, nicknamed the Football Ferns, is governed by New Zealand Football (NZF). The New Zealand national team qualified for the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, held in China in September 2007, sending the team to their first World Cup in 16 years, and the second since their 1975 debut in international competition.
"Solitaire" is a ballad written by Neil Sedaka and Phil Cody. Cody employs playing the card game of solitaire as a metaphor for a man "who lost his love through his indifference"—"while life goes on around him everywhere he's playing solitaire". The song is best known via its rendition by the Carpenters.
The 1973–1975 recession or 1970s recession was a period of economic stagnation in much of the Western world during the 1970s, putting an end to the overall Post–World War II economic expansion. It differed from many previous recessions by being a stagflation, where high unemployment and high inflation existed simultaneously.
The 1975 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson University in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 1975 NCAA Division I football season. In its fifth season under head coach Red Parker, the team compiled a 2–9 record, finished fifth in the ACC, and was outscored by a total of 381 to 177. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.
The 1975 are an English pop rock band formed in 2002 in Wilmslow, Cheshire. Now based in Manchester, the band consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Matthew Healy, lead guitarist Adam Hann, bassist Ross MacDonald, and drummer George Daniel.
Serge Cormier is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Acadie—Bathurst in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
On 2 October 1975, the loyalist paramilitary group the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) carried out a wave of shootings and bombings across Northern Ireland. Six of the attacks left 12 people dead and around 45 people injured. There was also an attack in a small village in County Down called Killyleagh. There were five attacks in and around Belfast which left people dead. A bomb which exploded in Coleraine left four UVF Volunteers dead. There were also several other smaller bombs planted around Northern Ireland but other than causing damage they didn't kill or injure anyone.
Richard Bragdon is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Tobique—Mactaquac in the House of Commons of Canada for the Conservative Party in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Chris Lewis is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Essex in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
The women's 100 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 13 and 14 October.
The men's 200 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 15 and 16 October.
The women's 200 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 14 and 15 October.
The women's pentathlon event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 15 and 16 October. It was the last edition where the 200 metres was contested as the last event of the pentathlon before being replaced by the 800 metres in 1979.
The men's decathlon event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 18 and 19 October.
The men's 400 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 17 and 18 October.
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 18 and 20 October.
The men's 800 metres event at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City on 13, 14 and 15 October.
