March 2, 1975 (Sunday)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran declared the kingdom to be a one-party state, with the new "Rastakhiz (Resurgence) Party" to be led by Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.
- Central African Republic President Jean-Bedel Bokassa, in power since 1965, declared himself President-for-life. A year later, he would declare himself to be an Emperor.
- A bomb planted at a bus terminal in Nairobi, Kenya, killed 27 people and injured almost 100.
- Born: Kim Jung-eun, South Korean actress and producer, in Seoul
- Died: J. M. Kariuki, Kenyan politician, was kidnapped from the Nairobi Hilton Hotel by bodyguards of Kariuki's political opponent, Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta and murdered. His body was found three days later in a valley of the Ngong Hills.
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“Averageness is a quality we must put up with. Men march toward civilization in column formation, and by the time the van has learned to admire the masters the rear is drawing reluctantly away from the totem pole.”
—Frank Moore Colby (1865–1925)