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In your 51 years you’ve been around for…

  • 12 Prime Ministers
  • 2 monarchs
  • 13 World Cups
  • +4.1 billion people on Earth

1975

The world you arrived into

1975

The Vietnam War ended

On 30 April 1975, Saigon fell and the long war in Vietnam came to an end.

1975

The first Cricket World Cup

Eight teams contested the first one-day World Cup in England in June 1975; the West Indies won.

1975

What people were listening to

Now playing in 1975

  • Queen released "Bohemian Rhapsody"

    Nearly six minutes long, opera-obsessed and unmistakable, it landed in October 1975.

1975

At the cinema and on television

movies

Jaws invented the summer blockbuster

Spielberg’s shark opened in June 1975 and changed how Hollywood sold movies forever.

1975

Technology looked very different

  1. Microsoft was founded

    Bill Gates and Paul Allen started their company in Albuquerque in April 1975.

  2. Home video arrived

    Sony’s Betamax went on sale in 1975, letting people record television for the first time.

1975

People who share your birth year

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David Beckham was born

The footballer arrived on 2 May 1975 in Leytonstone.

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Kate Winslet was born

The actor arrived on 5 October 1975 in Reading.

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Charlize Theron was born

The actor arrived on 7 August 1975 in South Africa.

When these arrived

You were only…

  • 4 The Sony Walkman 1979
  • 14 The World Wide Web was invented 1989
  • 19 The PlayStation 1994
  • 23 Google was founded 1998
  • 26 Wikipedia launched 2001
  • 29 Facebook was founded 2004

A gentle reality check

Things that are younger than you

  • 1976 Apple was founded
  • 1977 Star Wars was released
  • 1979 The Sony Walkman
  • 1981 The IBM PC
  • 1981 The Humber Bridge opened
  • 1982 The compact disc
  • 1985 Mobile phones reached the UK
  • 1984 Tetris was created
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1975 vs today

A few things have changed since you arrived

A few things 1975 Today
  • Everyone on Earth about 4.1 billion about 8.2 billion

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