* 1898 – Helmut Hasse, German mathematician ( d. 1975 )

* 1975 – Katrin Rutschow-Stomporowski, German rower

In 1975 it was renamed again to, or ' DIN ' and is recognized by the German government as the official national-standards body, representing German interests at the international and European levels.

* 1975 – Hannah Arendt, German political theorist ( b. 1906 )

He later made plans with German film director Werner Herzog, whom Tom Luddy had introduced to Morris, to return in the summer of 1975 to secretly open the grave of Gein's mother to test their theory that Gein himself had already dug her up.

The work of post-war Germany's leading novelists Heinrich Böll and Günter Grass provided source material for the adaptations The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum ( 1975 ) ( by Schlöndorff and Margarethe von Trotta ) and The Tin Drum ( 1979 ) ( by Schlöndorff alone ) respectively, the latter becoming the first German film to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

* Philipp Rupprecht ( 1900 – 1975 ), Fips, German cartoonist

* 1975 – Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler, German politician

* 1887 – Ernst Hanfstängl, German pianist and politician ( d. 1975 )

* 1908 – Otto Skorzeny, German SS officer ( d. 1975 )

* 1975 – Andreas Klöden, German cyclist

* 1975 – Ingo Schultz, German sprinter

* 1887 – Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1975 )

* former German New Guinea became the Territory of New Guinea ( Australia / United Kingdom ) from 17 December 1920 under a ( at first Military ) Administrator ; after ( wartime ) Japanese / U. S. military commands from 8 December 1946 under UN mandate as North East New Guinea ( under Australia, as administrative unit ), until it became part of present Papua New Guinea at independence in 1975

Occasionally, devaluation was used, 60 % in total between 1975 and 1990, allowing the currency to more closely follow the depreciating US dollar than the rising German mark.

* 1975 – Sven Kubis, German footballer

* 1975 – Dirk Müller, German race car driver

* 1886 – Günther Dyhrenfurth, German geologist, and mountineer ( d. 1975 )

* 1906 – Hannah Arendt, German political theorist and writer ( d. 1975 )

* In the film The Hindenburg ( 1975 ), the German countess played by Anne Bancroft leaves Germany because her estate in Peenemünde has been confiscated by the Nazi Germans.

On 24 April 1975, the West German embassy in Stockholm was seized by members of the RAF ; two of the hostages were murdered as the German government under Chancellor Helmut Schmidt refused to give in to their demands.

* 1910 – Erich Kempka, German chauffeur ( d. 1975 )

The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.

The band maintained a five-year residency in the Afro-Shrine from 1970 to 1975 while afrobeat thrived among Nigerian youth.

The High School had rock band KISS visit for Homecoming on October 9 & 10, 1975 after the football team started playing their music in the locker room which led to the team winning more.

The rich orchestral accompaniment that became identified with the disco era conjured up the memories of the big band era — which brought out several artists that recorded and disco-ized some big band arrangements including Perry Como, who re-recorded his 1929 and 1939 hit, " Temptation ", in 1975, as well as Ethel Merman, who released an album of disco songs entitled The Ethel Merman Disco Album in 1979.

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

The rock band Queen used a ( toy ) koto in " The Prophet's Song " on their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.

In 1975, Friedman and his band taped an Austin City Limits show which was never aired.

In addition to stage work, Milford appeared in the 1975 television movies Song of the Succubus ( with Brooke Adams ) and Rock-a-Die-Baby also known as Night of the Full Moon, in which he performed music with his band Moon.

* Nederland, let op uw schoonheyt ( 1975 ) for symphonic band

Öngür joined Dadaşlar, a band with Ersen Dinleten between 1974 – 1975 and 1979 – 1980 and Dervişan ( Dervishes ), a band with Cem Karaca between 1974 and 1978 ; in 1975, Danga participated in Erkin Koray's ' Elektronik Türküler ' ( Electronic Songs ) album.

* 1975 – Ihsahn, Norwegian Musician ( Emperor band )

Following quickly on the heels of Fly By Night, the band released Caress of Steel ( 1975 ), a five-track hard rock / heavy metal album featuring two extended multi-chapter songs, " The Necromancer " and " The Fountain of Lamneth.

In May 1975 the three of them formed The Heartbreakers ; not to be confused with Tom Petty's band, which adopted the same name the following year.

From 1975 to 1977, Skyhooks were — alongside Sherbet — the most commercially successful group in Australia, but over the next few years, Skyhooks rapidly faded from the public eye with the departure of key members, and in 1980 the band announced its break-up in controversial circumstances.

With albums such as Wish You Were Here ( 1975 ), an ode to former band member Syd Barrett and screed against the music business and Animals ( 1977 ), a concept album based on Animal Farm by George Orwell, they were firmly in the realm of symphonic prog.

Journey To the Centre of the Earth ( 1974 ) and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table ( 1975 ) made use of symphony orchestras and choirs along with his band.

French-Canadian band Harmonium had a short career in the mid ' 70s during which their most notable release was Si on avait besoin d ' une cinquième saison ( If We Needed A Fifth Season ) ( 1975 ).

The symphonic rock band Opus released only one album, Opus 1 ( 1975 ), featuring Dušan Prelević on vocals, before disbanding.

Talking Heads was an American New Wave and avant-garde band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.

Later in 1975, the trio recorded a series of demos for CBS, but the band was not signed to the label.