1000 Facts of the 1970s

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1975 41. DEBBIE BYRNE won the Queen Of Pop Award for the second successive year. 42. EASTERN SUBURBS won their 11th Sydney Rugby League premiership. 43. The first HOLDEN GEMINI was released. 44. LITTLE RIVER BAND formed and had their first hit with Curiosity Killed The Cat. 45. STARSKY AND HUTCH, starring David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser, began on US television. 46. British actor WILLIAM HARTNELL (first TV DrWho) died aged 67. 47. BEATLES were officially dissolved in the London High Court. 48. JUNKO TABEI from Japan became the first woman to climb Mt Everest. 49. BILLIE JEAN KING won her sixth women’s singles title at Wimbledon. 50. JIM CAIRNS was sacked as Deputy Prime Minister over loans negotiations. 51. British born US author P.G.WODEHOUSE died aged 93. 52. ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST won the Academy Award for Best Picture. 53. Colour of classified TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES changed from pink to yellow. 54. BOB HUDSON had the year's biggest novelty hit with The Newcastle Song. 55. VIC BENNETTS won the Australian PGA championship. 56. The film version of The Who’s rock opera TOMMY premiered. 57. Greek shipping-magnate ARISTOTLE ONASSIS died aged 69. 58. EVONNE GOOLAGONG married Roger Cawley in England. 59. JOHN WAYNE was a special guest presenter at the TV Week Logie awards. 60. JACK NICKLAUS won his fifth US Masters golf title.

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